Friends For Inclusion
Friends For Inclusion exists to empower people with disabilities to live with confidence, dignity, and independence. Established in 2017, Friends for Inclusion is a cross-disability not-for-profit organization. Our activities are designed to help people with disabilities overcome barriers, which cut across three tracks, namely: Innovate, Educate & Facilitate. Friends For Inclusion’s community of donors and partners have touching 30,000+ individuals. across the country.
15+
Disabilities touched across our initiatives
30,000+
Times we help find info on disability
4,500+
Audience influenced through our speaking engagements
10+
National & state Policy interventions for disability inclusion
50+
Events invited us to speak
30+
Strategic Collaborations including Govt, agencies, NGOs, corporates, in-body & academia
40+
National & international Media features
10+
Research / articles published
10+
Awards & recognitions received
Our Values
Friends For Inclusion’s vision is to empower persons with disability to live with confidence, dignity, and independence.
integrity
Integrity in everything we do
We strive never to take the easy path, but always the honest one. We practice integrity in all our actions and try to do the right thing by every stakeholder.
passion
Serve with passion
We are fiercely committed to our purpose of empowering people with disabilities, and work with a burning desire to make a difference.
empathy
Empathy for all
We are committed to working together with unconditional respect, freedom, trust, and support for each other.
Respect
Respect for Human Rights
We respect, promote, and defend the human rights of individuals and communities to live in safety, security and dignity and foster a rights-based approach.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Fairness and Anti-discriminatory
We promote fairness, impartiality, and equity in all our activities, practices and dealings with all stakeholders and does not discriminate based on gender, caste, class, religion, ethnicity, age, colour, nationality, disability, disease, or sexual orientation. FRIENDS FOR INCLUSION adopts affirmative policies and practices that facilitate equal opportunities for women, people with disabilities and groups facing discrimination and exclusion.
Our programs
Innovate
We innovate tech-based solutions for people with disabilities to help them overcome barriers & enable their full & effective participation. Read more about the innovate track
Educate
We educate & Build awareness on contemporary issues and topics that impact lives of people with disabilities. Example: Awareness on Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2016 (RPWD Act), Accessibility etc. Read more about the educate track
Facilitate
We strive to facilitate an equal & inclusive development agenda by partnering with stakeholders to improve the socio-economic well-being of people with disabilities. Example: inclusive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), AP-GAP, etc. Read more about the facilitate track
Our team
Friends for Inclusion is founded & led by the award-winning & widely recognized brother duo of Ankit & Pratik Jindal. Between them, they have 20+ years of experience with a stellar body of work in the information technology companies like NTT Data, Dell Technologies, Wipro, and Infosys. They have done their MBAs from India’s leading business schools such as FMS and SIBM. They are persons with disabilities themselves and have first-hand experience dealing with various technological, infrastructural, and attitudinal barriers, on an everyday basis. As a result, they have been instrumental in ushering several new innovations, services, perspectives, and dynamism not only to Friends for Inclusion, but to the disability sector at large.
Legal & Financial Information
- Friends For Inclusion is a non-government organization registered as a charitable trust under the provisions of the Indian Trust Act 1882 (Reg. No: BKN150, dated. May 20, 2017), with the sub-registrar: Bangalore/ Bengaluru.
- Friends For Inclusion is registered u/s 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and with the Director of Income Tax (Exemptions) u/s 80G, valid until 31-Mar-2026 (Approval no: AAATF5964GF2021401.
- India address: 1001, 25 main road, 9 crossroad, HSR Layout Sector 1, Bengaluru: 560102, Karnataka, India.
Annual Reports
To view detailed financial statements and disclosures, please read through the Annual Reports. Read More