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Trust and Trustees
A public charitable trust in the name of Adarsh Charitable Trust was registered in April 1998 with 12 trustees including three 'settlers'. The objects of the Trust were as follows :
1. For helping physically handicapped and mentally retarded persons
2. To rehabilitate persons with Cerebral Palsy and persons with other disabilities
3. To give medical assistance and relief to those who are poor and have become mentally and physically retarded through accidents or other calamities.
4. To establish and/ or construct, run and aid institutions, medical relief centers for this purpose
5. To promote research in the field of community based rehabilitation programs
6. To do any and all other lawful things as the trust may deem fit for the attainment of all or any of its objectives
Keeping in view the inadequate availability of financial and technical resources, in the beginning the trustees decided to set up a school for a rehabilitation institute only for children with Cerebral Palsy. This school started functioning under the name Adarsh from June 1998. With more experience and better availability of resources, in July 2003 a separate section for children with Autism was started. At present there are 98 children with CP, 40 children with Autism and around 40 multiple disabled children are under going training in Adarsh.
The overall administration, management and control of the affairs of the Trust and its properties vest in a Board of Trustees, constituted for this purpose. There are at present 35 trustees. The Board of Trustees meets once a year at an Annual General body Meeting held before the end of July every year. At this meeting the performance of the trust and its institutes is reviewed. To facilitate a meaningful review, the Secretary General presents a detailed report of its activities and the audited income and expenditure statement.
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Executive Committee
The overall administration, management and control of the affairs of the trust and its properties vest in a board of trustees, constituted for this purpose. There are at present 35 trustees. To monitor the working of the Trust, which runs a special school for children with CP, Autism, Down Syndrome and Learning Disorders. Trust also does Community Based Rehabilitation projects and for Vocational Training for our children.
An Executive committee consisting of :
� A Chairman
� A Secretary General
� A Joint Secretary
� A Treasurer and
� A few more members not exceeding 7 in number
has been constituted by electing them from among the trustees. The executive committee meets once a month and more often when conditions demand it. This committee normally decides on appointment of staff, purchase of equipment for the school, and on all matters relating to the day to day running of the school as well as planning for the future.
Governing Council
A Governing Council, as a policy formulating body is constituted from among the trustees elected by the Board of Trustees. At present there are eleven members. The Governing Council consists of persons from all walks of life, of good stature and high standing in society The Governing Council meets once in three months and works in close liaison with the Executive Committee.
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Funding
Adarsh caters to a number of children who belong to economically weaker sections of society. The cost of running such an institution is high on account of the very high faculty-student ratio, which is today about 1:4. Provision of transportation arrangements increases the cost. Obviously, it is not possible to recover the full cost from all the parents. Therefore, as soon as the assessment by the technical team is completed, and it is decided to admit a child, a sub committee of the executive committee meets the parent/s and discusses the fee that they can pay without difficulty. Generally, what a parent accepts as the level of fee that they can bear is alone levied. Thus there is normally a gap of about Rs. 1.2 lacs per month, between the expenditure and income from fees. This gap is met by sponsorship of children and donations. However continuous effort is needed to fill this gap. To help donors, two steps have been taken by Adarsh.
Donations to Adarsh in all forms enjoy the benefit of exemption under section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961
Adarsh has also been registered by the Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India under section6(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976, with Registration number 052850473 and can now, therefore receive foreign contributions.
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