Rashtriya Sewa Bharati

Name

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati

Legal name

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati

Website

https://rashtriyasewabharati.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati is a non-profit charitable trust federating 45 representative organizations and 800+ affiliated NGOs to execute 35,560+ social service projects across India in education, health, livelihoods, and disaster relief.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Social Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

Keywords

• Charitable trust services
• Disaster relief operations
• Community education programs
• Grassroots healthcare outreach
• Livelihood self-reliance training

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization generates revenue primarily through donations from individuals, corporations, and government sources. Donations are collected via website fundraising pages, direct bank transfers, and during disaster relief campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati is a public charitable trust that coordinates and supports affiliated social service organizations across India. It delivers free-of-cost programs in four core verticals — Education (schools, hostels, coaching, value education centers), Health (community health volunteers, yoga and ayurveda clinics, hospitals, nutrition initiatives), Self-Reliance (women's self-help groups, cottage industries, stitching and computer training), and Disaster Relief (flood, cyclone, and pandemic response operations).

Product overview

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati is a public trust established in 2003 that organizes and supports social service organizations under a nationalist framework. The organization operates as a unified platform with four core verticals: Education (Samskara Kendra, Coaching Centers, Book Banks/Libraries, and Residential Schools), Health (Arogya Mitr, Yoga Kendra, Nature Cure Clinics, Hospitals, and Suposhit Bharat nutrition initiative), Self-Reliance (Vaibhavshree SHGs, Cottage Industries, Stitching Training, Computer Education Centers, and Professional Course Centers), and Social Work (Covid-19 Relief, Natural Disaster Response, Kishori Vikash, and Bhajan Mandli). The organization works through 45 representative Sewa Bharati state organizations and 800+ affiliated trusts/NGOs, running over 35,560 projects total including 19,520 education programs, 9,560 health programs, 9,392 social programs, and 5,649 self-reliance programs. The portfolio includes specialized initiatives like Sewa Bharti Chhatravas (girls hostel), Shabari Seva Samiti (malnutrition eradication), Pandit Deendayal Dham (multi-service center), and Panchajanya Kutir Udyog (bamboo crafts enterprise).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Suposhit Bharat: A nutrition-focused initiative to address malnutrition among pregnant ladies and newborn children
• Matrichhaya Shishu Grih
• Matruchhaya
• Bal Gopal
• Shabari Seva Samiti
• Arogya Mitr
• Samskara Kendra
• Ekal Vidyalaya
• Vaibhavshree
• Jan Jagaran
• Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram

Products and services

• Samskara Kendra After-school centers providing revision classes for children from remote villages and slums, teaching course syllabus along with Indian culture and values, run by trained teachers who also encourage parents to send children to school.
• Coaching Centers Free coaching classes for competitive examinations (UPSC, NEET, IIT, SSC, Railways) and general students, run by well-trained teachers and professionals to ensure no person is deprived of opportunities due to financial problems.
• Book Bank and Library Hundreds of libraries and book banks established throughout the country with vast collections of ancient texts, literature, and books related to education and competitive exams, including mobile 'Jhoola Library' for slums and remote areas.
• Residential Schools Full-time residential educational facilities for tribal and underprivileged children providing free education, accommodation, and meals.
• Arogya Mitr Community health volunteer program where trained volunteers cure common diseases using homeopathy and ayurvedic treatment, provided with kits containing basic apparatus to identify diseases and medicine, monitored by state-level committees.
• Yoga Kendra Around 1,000 yoga centers in urban and rural areas providing regular classes in yoga shastra and training programs for yoga instructors, promoting both preventative and curative approaches to healthcare.
• Nature Cure Clinics Clinics combining Ayurveda and Naturopathy, serving as one gateway for both patient cure and basic training in these ancient sciences.
• Hospitals and Clinics Around 50 multi-specialty hospitals and thousands of clinics run on no-profit basis, including 300-bed Dr. Hedgewar Hospital in Aurangabad. Mobile OPD services and blood banks with lakhs of volunteers also operate across India.
• Suposhit Bharat Nutrition intervention program addressing malnutrition among pregnant women and newborn children through food-based nutrition interventions at institutional level, street foods, and school canteens, working with POSHAN Abhiyaan.
• Vaibhavshree Self-Help Groups Self-Help Group empowerment initiative with unique weekly participatory meetings, focusing on developing ownership and leadership among members with socio-economic empowerment.
• Cottage Industries Training Skill upgradation and development programs in cottage industries including pickle, masala, papad, bari, deepak, idols, festival products and handicraft manufacturing, preserving India's cultural heritage.
• Stitching Training Centers Stitching and tailoring training centers teaching craftsmanship from fabric cutting to finishing, enabling women to become self-reliant in garment making and boutique operations.
• Computer Education Centers Technology training centers providing courses from basic computer knowledge to professional software and hardware, reaching rural and remote places with over 1,000 centers across the country.
• Professional Course Centers Professional courses in electrician, plumber, beautician, mehndi, driving and more, designed to make citizens self-sustainable and reliant in their professional fields.
• Natural Disaster Response Operations Disaster relief operations responding to floods, cyclones, droughts and other calamities with thousands of volunteers providing 24-hour support for affected populations, including responses to Fani, Amphan, Tsunami, Kedarnath, Srinagar, and Assam floods.
• Kishori Vikash Over 3,000 centers providing guidance in education, skill development, self-defense, health and allied subjects to teenage girls, helping them become empowered economically and socially while preserving Indian values and culture.
• Sewa Bharti Chhatravas Girls Hostel (Ujjain) Girls hostel in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh providing free education, accommodation and meals to tribal girls from class 6 to 12. Established in 2001 with 36 girls, has produced 240 successful alumni including teachers, engineers, nurses and government officers.
• Shabari Seva Samiti Malnutrition eradication program for tribal children aged 2 months to 5 years, providing healthcare, nutritious food packets, and parental education across 1,600+ villages in Raigad, Palghar, Thane, Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon districts.
• Pandit Deendayal Dham (Mathura) Comprehensive development center in Mathura providing education (Saraswati Vidya Mandir), healthcare (Ayurvedic hospital treating 30,000 patients annually), self-reliance (5,000 women trained in stitching), and agricultural development serving 56 villages of Farah block.
• Panchajanya Kutir Udyog (Bamboo Craft Enterprise) Bamboo craft training and production enterprise in Assam's Jorhat district, achieving Rs 50 lakh turnover by 2022, benefiting over 60 villages with thousands trained in bamboo product making.
• Bhajan Mandli and Deep Pujan Initiative motivating and encouraging women to participate in bhajan, arti and deep puja in local temples, with lakhs participating in preserving values, culture, rites, rituals and local traditions.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• North Eastern Development Financial Institute (NEDFI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022NEDFI provides funding and support for skill development projects. Through NEDFI's Kheti project, women in Assam receive training in craft and livelihood activities including Jalakumbhi product making.
• Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Founding organizational parent. RSS provides ideological guidance and volunteer network support. Sewa Bharati operates as the social service arm of RSS with shared values and coordinated disaster relief operations across India.
• Bajrang DalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRSS affiliate organization that cooperates in disaster relief operations and social service activities.
• Vishwa Hindu ParishadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRSS affiliate that cooperates in disaster relief and cultural preservation activities.
• Vanvasi Kalyan AshramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeparate organization focused on tribal welfare with 19,398 service projects. Founded by Balasaheb Deshpande in 1952, operates residential schools, healthcare, and livelihood programs for tribal communities.
• Sewa Bharati Organizations (State-level)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor45 state-level Sewa Bharati organizations operating as the primary distribution channel for all social programs across India.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Akshaya Patra Foundation: Large Indian NGO running the world's largest mid-day meal program with centralized kitchens serving millions of schoolchildren daily. Comparable scale ambition in education-adjacent nutrition delivery and donor-supported operating model.
• ActionAid Association India: Indian arm of an international humanitarian federation working on disaster relief, women's empowerment, and education — explicitly co-mentioned in Rashtriya Sewa Bharati's Tamil Nadu flood operations. Highly comparable humanitarian mandate and grassroots structure.
• Smile Foundation: Indian NGO running multi-vertical programs in education, healthcare, and livelihood for underprivileged communities. Closely comparable portfolio structure (education/health/livelihood trifecta) and donor-funded delivery model.
• Habitat for Humanity India: Indian arm of an international housing-focused NGO building homes and supporting disaster-affected communities. Comparable shelter/community-development focus and donor-funded affiliate-driven delivery in India.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): India-focused child welfare NGO supporting education, healthcare, and protection for underprivileged children. Comparable donor-driven, multi-affiliate model with similar beneficiary base and program verticals.
• Helpage India: Established Indian NGO providing healthcare, elder care, and disaster response programs through a network of partner organizations. Comparable donation-funded delivery model and Indian grassroots network structure.
• Goonj: Large Indian NGO focused on disaster relief, community development, and material reuse across rural India. Directly comparable in scale, volunteer-driven delivery model, and pan-India grassroots footprint.
• Pratham Education Foundation: One of India's largest education-focused NGOs running learning programs, vocational training, and school interventions at national scale. Closely comparable in education vertical, scale (multiple states), and donor-supported operating model.
• SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association): Indian trade union and women's empowerment organization running self-help groups, vocational training, and livelihood programs. Directly comparable self-reliance/empowerment vertical (Vaibhavshree-style SHG work) and member-driven delivery model.

Others

• Give India: India's leading online donation platform aggregating hundreds of credible NGOs. Comparable as an enabling/infrastructure peer — both organizations compete for the same digital donor pool and use Razorpay-class payment rails.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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