Alone we can do so little,
together we can do so much.

-Helen Keller

About ACE Social Foundation

ACE Social Foundation (ASF) is a Decade old registered not-for-profit organization that has been championing the empowerment of persons belonging to diverse identity groups, by focussing on two important areas

Sensitizing & Educating the world about Diversity appreciation & Inclusion of People with Disabilities (PwD’s) & other Diverse Identity Groups (DIG’) like Women, PwDs LGBTQ, Elderly, etc.

Employment Creation for DIG’s leading to the financial liberation for the DIG’s.

ASF Operates 2 Flagship Initiatives

A darkness themed empathy experience.

A digital DEI education initiative

As a part of our ongoing efforts to expand our social impact footprint, ASF has embarked on a journey to expand its education footprint through Dialogue in the Dark Express, Desination Digital Education initiatives and Skill Development for PwDs.

ASF proposes to appeal to Corporates, grant making NGO’s & Donors to join hands with us & partner with us under any of our 3 eligible CSR projects as listed below.

Digital DEI Education

Champion the pursuit of educating schools & colleges on DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

Support the creation of 10 Micro-video lessons on Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion of people belonging to diverse identity groups.

CSR Act Eligibility 

Promoting Education, including “Special Education”

Vocational Skill Training

Join us to upskill people from Diverse Identity Groups - Disability, LGBTQIA+ & Women. 

Support the employment enhancing vocational skills training for people from diverse identity groups

CSR Act Eligibility 

Employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, Women, elderly and the Differently Abled

 

PWD Entrepreneurship

A unique livelihood opportunity to empower people with Disabilities.

Support the setting up of 1 travelling Dialogue in the Dark Express.

CSR Act Eligibility 

Livelihood enhancement projects for Persons with disabilities

CSR Eligibility

All the above activities of Ace Social Foundation are eligible for CSR funding under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 Schedule VII –

item ii

Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects.

ACE Social Foundation – Social Impact

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LAC Visitors sensitized about the abilities of persons with disabilities.

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Students sensitized about the abilities of persons with disabilities.

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Corporates sensitized about the abilities of persons with disabilities.

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Dark workshops conducted.

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Dialogue in the Dark was hosted across 60 Locations in India.

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Job Pledges created across 763 Companies.

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Created a Database of over 15,000 PwDs across India.

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Mobilized ~ 10,000 PwDs.

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Market relevant employability skill training given to 6,000 PwDs.

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Employment created for 4,000 PwDs across 473 companies in 18 sectors.

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New Rs 25 crore PwD Economy Created in India.

ACE Social Foundation – Key Stakeholders & Donors

Serial No. Stakeholder Name Project Details Year Of Implementation
1
State Bank of India Foundation
Launching of Dialogue in the Dark in Mumbai.
May 2022 to Date Ongoing project
2
Milaap Social Ventures Private Limited.
Crowdsourcing for Supporting PwD during the pandemic
May 2020 to July 2020
3
Swades Foundation
Skill training and livelihood creation of PwDs in Telangana.
January 2019 to March 2020
4
Telangana Department of Tourism, Government of Telangana
Launching Dialogue in the Dark in Telangana Tourist Bhavan, Hyderabad
January 2019 to March 2020
5
Telangana State Scheduled Caste Corporation
Skill training and livelihood creation of PwDs in Telangana
February 2018 to February 2019
6
Telangana State Minorities Finance Corporation
Skill training and livelihood creation of PwDs in Telangana
February 2018 to February 2019
7
Telangana Academy of Skill Development
Skill training and livelihood creation of PwDs in Telangana
February 2016 to October 2016
8
American India Foundation
Skill training and livelihood creation of PwDs in Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand & West Bengal
July 2015 to March 2018
9
Dialogue Social Enterprise
Exclusive Partnership for setting up DID centers in India.
2011 to Date Ongoing Project

Ace Social Foundation Board Members

Capt S Ravi

President

An Ex-army short service officer with over 30 years experience in Public Administration, operations, Liaison, Public Relations & Legal areas.

KA Faizal

Joint Secretary

Probationary officer with a leading Bank. As a visually impaired professional, Faizal is  involved with several NGOs as a trainer for persons with visual Impairment.

Rosheena Ismail

General Secretary

A social development professional with 10+ years of experience in Operations and  Program management across various projects in the private and government sector, specialising in Disability Skilling, Project Monitoring & Business Analytics.

Bathula Satyanarayana

Treasurer

A Social development sector professional with over 12 years of experience in the disability space.

Yedathurai Subba Rao Narayan

Executive Member

A Communications, Advertising and Direct Marketing professional with over 30 years of experience.

Lakshmi Sivasubramanian

Executive Member

A home maker with a deep commitment to help under privileged disabled & women with education & livelihood opportunities. Has been involved with leading NGO’s & associations to pursue her social passion of supporting women & PwD’s.

S. Rema Devi

Executive Member

A seasoned entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the beauty & saloon business. Has created, conceptualized & built over 5 Successful SPA and Beauty Business brands in partnership with budding entrepreneurs in the last 15 years.

Our Partners