Women's India Trust (WIT)

What Women's India Trust (WIT) does

Women's India Trust (WIT) is a charitable trust founded in 1968 in Mumbai by Ms. Kamila Tyabji with the original mission of training less privileged and unskilled women to stitch sari petticoats. Over 55+ years the organization has expanded into a portfolio of vocational programs spanning Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery (ANM, a two-year diploma), Certificate Course in Nursing Care, Early Childhood Care & Education, Balwadi kindergarten, tailoring, block and screen printing, food production, and soft-toy/handicraft production. Cumulative impact metrics cited by the organization include 700+ ANM graduates, 65+ nursing care graduates, 180+ early childhood educators trained, and 1,900+ children enrolled in Balwadi.

WIT operates a vertically integrated 'train-and-sell' model. Women are trained at the head office in Mahim and at the Kamila Taybji WIT Center in Panvel (Navi Mumbai), and the finished output — bags, home and kitchen linen, table linen, handcrafted animal toys, and food products such as three-fruit marmalade — is sold through a physical retail shop at Bombay Market, Tardeo and a Shopify-based e-commerce storefront at wit.org.in. A corporate gifting program provides customization for bulk enterprise orders, and donations are accepted online via the Cashfree payment gateway.

The organization is privately held as a trust, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investor backing disclosed. Reported headcount is 11 employees and revenue is not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market relies on a Shopify storefront, organic social media (Facebook, Instagram), email newsletters, and a 'Shop for Cause' positioning that frames purchases as charitable contributions, supported by donor outreach for operational funding.

Name

Women's India Trust (WIT)

Legal name

Women's India Trust

Website

https://wit.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Women's India Trust (WIT) is a 1968-founded Mumbai non-profit that trains underprivileged women in nursing, tailoring, printing, and food production, then sells the handcrafted output through a Mumbai retail shop and Shopify e-commerce store under its 'Shop for Cause' brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Vocational Training Services

NAICS

Textile Furnishings Mills (3141)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Crafts & DIY (Paper, Fiber, Wood, Resin, DIY Projects) (EDAAAGAB)

Keywords

• Vocational training programs
• Women empowerment services
• Handcrafted home textiles
• Nursing midwifery education
• Handmade food products

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: WIT generates revenue through the sale of handcrafted products including bags, home linen, toys, handicrafts, and food products. These items are produced by trained women at WIT's facilities and sold through its e-commerce platform and physical shop.
2. Donations: WIT accepts charitable donations to support its training programs and operations. The organization has a donation page accepting contributions via Cashfree payment gateway.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Women's India Trust (WIT) is a non-profit organization that delivers vocational skill development training (tailoring, block and screen printing, soft toys and handicrafts, food production, early childhood care education, and Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery) to less privileged women in Mumbai, and operates a "Shop for Cause" retail channel selling handcrafted goods (bags, home linen, kitchen linen, table linen, handcrafted animals and food products such as 3 Fruit Marmalade) produced by women in its training programs. WIT also operates a Balwadi (kindergarten) for children of women trained by the organization and accepts charitable donations to support its mission.

Product overview

Women's India Trust (WIT) is a charitable organization established in 1968 that provides vocational training programs and sells handcrafted products. WIT operates a dual offering: (1) Training Programs including Balwadi (kindergarten), Early Childhood Care Education, Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery Diploma, Toys & Handicrafts, Food Production, Block Printing, Screen Printing, and Tailoring; and (2) A retail 'Shop for Cause' e-commerce store selling handmade goods including Bags and Cases, Home Linen, Kitchen Linen, Table Linen, Handcrafted Animals, and Food Products like marmalades. Products feature traditional and contemporary block and screen printed designs made by trained women. The organization has impacted over 700 ANM graduates, 65+ Certificate Course in Nursing Care graduates, 180+ Early Childhood Care & Education participants, and 1900+ Balwadi kindergarten children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Balwadi (WIT Kindergarten) Kindergarten / early childhood education program serving children of women trained by Women's India Trust.
• Early Childhood Care Education (Teachers' Training Program) Training program that prepares teachers for early childhood care and education roles.
• Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery Diploma Two-year diploma program in nursing and midwifery for women pursuing healthcare careers.
• Toys & Handicrafts training program Skill development program in soft-toy making and handicraft production, output sold via WIT's Shop for Cause initiative.
• Food Production training program Vocational training program in food production and preservation, output sold through WIT's food products retail line.
• Block Printing training program Traditional textile printing technique training program taught at WIT.
• Screen Printing training program Textile printing technique training using screen printing methods.
• Tailoring training program Fundamental sewing and garment-making skills training, historically WIT's founding program starting with sari petticoats.
• Bags and Cases retail collection Handcrafted bags and cases sold through WIT's Shop for Cause initiative, produced by trained women using block- and screen-printing techniques.
• Food Products retail collection Homemade food products, including preserves and marmalades, made by women trained in WIT's food production program. Mumbai delivery only.
• Home Linen retail collection Handcrafted home textile products including table and kitchen linens produced by WIT's trained women.
• Handcrafted Animals retail collection Stuffed handcrafted animal toys, available in vibrant prints, made by WIT-trained women.
• Kitchen Linen retail collection Handcrafted kitchen textile items produced by WIT's trained women.
• Table Linen retail collection Handcrafted table textiles produced by WIT's trained women.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained 700+ Auxiliary Nurse Midwives
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mann Deshi Foundation: Maharashtra-based NGO providing vocational skills, microfinance, and entrepreneurship training to rural women. Comparable on women-focused skills training and livelihood-generation model.
• Anokhi: Block-printed textile brand with social mission supporting artisan livelihoods. Highly comparable to WIT's block and screen-printed home linen, bags, and apparel lines.
• Industree Crafts Foundation: Social enterprise producing handcrafted goods (home textiles, accessories) through artisan producer groups across India. Directly comparable on the handicraft production, women-artisan training, and retail monetization model.
• Tara Projects (Tara Trust): Fair-trade social enterprise producing handcrafted home textiles and accessories through women's artisan groups. Comparable handicraft product mix and women-empowerment mission.
• Conscious Food: India-based artisanal food brand with social mission (preserves, jams, baked goods). Comparable on the small-batch, women-made marmalade/preserve products in WIT's retail line.
• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): Indian women-empowerment organization combining vocational training with cooperative production and market access. Closely comparable to WIT's training-plus-retail model serving disadvantaged women.

Broad incumbents

• Fabindia: Established Indian retailer of handcrafted textiles, home linen, and apparel sourced from artisan communities. Comparable on handcrafted home linen, table/kitchen linen, and block-printed textile products sold by WIT.

Emerging players

• Chetna Organic: Fair-trade and organic producer cooperative supporting smallholder artisans and farmers in India. Comparable on ethical sourcing, women-led production, and retail of artisan-made goods.

Others

• GoodWeave India: Certifier and ecosystem player in ethical handloom/handicraft textiles, with associated producer programs. Comparable on ethical textile production and women artisan welfare in the handloom space.
• Women on Wings: Social enterprise supporting rural Indian women through skill development and enterprise growth. Adjacent peer focused on the livelihood-generation and skill-training mission that WIT also pursues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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