About Us
Sanmat, formerly Sri Someshwar Nath Mahadev Trust, came into being in 2007 by two young college graduates Amit Choubey and Nitesh Kumar. They believed that the sustainability and scalability of policies and programs lies in clear and well-defined implementation processes. They, thus through Sanmat, focussed on bridging the governance and implementation gaps in execution of various government and non government programs to reach the most marginalized population in northern India.
Creating self-sustainable communities in India.
Benefitting from strong partnerships with state governments, the scale of Sanmat’s operations spans three north Indian states – Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, impacting 200,000 people through improved livelihood and education, and health.
Key regions
Operations in 3 states of india
TARGET GROUP
UNDER-PRIVILEGED
Groups like Particularly
Vulnerable Tribe Group (PVTG)
200
0000IMPACT
Through learning,
Livelihood and health
Initiatives
2400
STRENGTH
and counting
Strong partnership with state governments
Key Pillars
Health & Healthcare
Learning & Livelihood
Other Initiatives
Learning & Livelihood
Learning & Livelihood
Ensuring access to education and employable skills is one of the finest approaches to improve the socioeconomic standing of the impoverished. Sanmat employs short, medium and long-term strategies to meet peoples’ urgent needs and guarantee ongoing upward mobility, particularly for women.
SHORT TERM STRATEGY
Entrepreneurship & Skill Development
LONG TERM STRATEGY
EDUCATION
Entrepreneurship & Skill Development
Sanmat’s journey in skill and entrepreneurship development began in 2013 with the Dashrath Manjhi Kaushal Vikas Yojana when Sanmat supported the Mahadalit Mission in skill development in all the 38 districts of Bihar. Since then, Sanmat has set up many skill centres including mega-skill centres in Bihar and Jharkhand in collaboration with government departments.
DEVELOP MARKETABLE SKILLS
REALISE ENTREPRENEURSHIP POTENTIAL
ACHEIVE EMPLOYEMENT
Sanmat’s skill centres and trainings follow the norms set by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Sector Skill Council (SSC)
Entrepreneurship cell (e-cell) in Ranchi and Patna, run by Sanmat, are helping people learn design thinking, market research, creative skill etc.
Industrial Training Institutes
Sanmat is managing State Council of Vocational Training (SCVT) and National Council of Vocational Training (NCVT) affiliated ITI in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The centre is running two- year diploma courses for the higher secondary students in this very backward block of the district- Manoharpur. The center runs vocational courses in following trades-dress making, Computer operator and programming assistant, electrician and fitter.
Sanmat is also running Janardan Prasad Memorial Private ITI in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh in Partnership with JPM Trust.
Government Collaborations
विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
जनजातीय कार्य मंत्रालय
MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS GOVERMENT OF INDIA
Why Sanmat Stands Out
Multiple skill development
centres in Bihar and
Jharkhand with a total
capacity of 5000 students
1 mentor for every 15 students
Science and art exhibition
conducted to instill scientific
thinking and creative abilities in students. Best models are
awarded with a prize.
Direct interaction with the
industry/sector experts
Handholding support to
students for 3 months to ensure
successful absorption after
placement
Students are well groomed with
professional etiquttes and soft
skills in addition to the job role
Education
Sanmat works to ensure that those who are less fortunate have access to education as well as to pique students’ interest in STEM fields, especially among female students.
Access to education through government schemes: Socio-economic upliftment through education is a 3-step process:
MOBILISATION & COLLABORATIONS
IMPROVED
ENROLLMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC
ACCESSION
Sanmat has worked on providing access to government schemes under the Right to Education (RTE) Act and the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme, 2009. Our work with RTE led to the admission of 6500 children in the top schools of Patna. Sanmat runs bridge courses for drop out children seeking readmission in schools. This has helped them in meeting the learning gap.
Inclination towards STEM subjects:
By situating STEM subjects in the broader context of their lives, Sanmat empowers children to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. Sanmat has collaborated with Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to promote secondary students’ interest in STEM fields.
The Team
Amit Choubey, Founder And Ceo
A Philanthropist on mission to bring good change, Amit Choubey founded SANMAT in 2007 in Chennai to empower the disadvantaged communities and bring good change in lives of people through innovative intervention at policy as well as grass root level. An engineer by training, he comes from very simple family of a remote village in Nawada-Govindganj of East Champaran, Bihar. He did most of his schooling from the local government school. He has done MA Governance from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK and Masters in Public Administration, LKY School of Public Policy, NUS, Singapore.
Nitesh, Co-founder And Chief Growth Officer
Nitesh is an Engineer by training from Dr. MGR University, Chennai. He worked for a short while with various software companies in southern India. But his drive to work for the social cause had him co-founded Sanmat along with his college senior. Nitesh holds various certifications from National Institute of Rural Development.
Dr. Pushkal Giri, Director -learning And Livelihood
Dr. Giri comes with more than 15 years of experience in the education sector. A teacher himself, he has received multiple awards for his innovative teaching ways, Asian Education Awards, Best Principal Award by Blue Berry International being the most recent ones. Dr. Giri has been awarded by CBSE (COE) for training more than 200 teachers. He has worked as a Graduate Teacher in Madifushi School, Ministry of Education- Republic of Maldives.
Santosh Choudhary, State Head-skills
Santosh has nearly 15 years of experience of working with corporate and NGOs. He has expertise in implementing skill programs for both- union and state governments like DDU-GKY, PMKVY, PMMKK, DDUKK and SJKVY leading to social inclusion and empowerment. He has been associated with Surya College of Education (Affiliated Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur and NCTE Bhopal) as Assistant Director. Santosh has multiple accolades to his name. he received best training award in rural development by Jeevika, Bihar. He has also been awarded ‘Employee of the Year’ in Just Dial by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.
