Diversity is our strength

We are EnAble India

EnAble India began in 1999 with one question.

How do we create independence for PwDs?

What started as a quest to help one person gain economic independence has grown into a nationwide movement. Founded by Shanti Raghavan and Dipesh Sutariya, EnAble India was born from a deeply personal mission when Shanti’s brother, Hari, began losing his sight at the age of 15. Their journey to help him soon expanded into a transformative initiative, impacting nearly 5 lakh persons with disabilities across India—and the impact continues to grow.

Vision

A life of dignity for persons with disability !

Mission

To celebrate the human spirit by enabling the unification of ecosystems around persons with disability.

Values

Diversity is in our DNA

Founders’ Story

Shanti Raghavan

Founder, Managing Trustee and Chief EnAbler

Since 1999, Shanti has been dedicated to advancing the economic independence and dignity of persons with disabilities. With an MS in Computer Science from Monmouth University, USA, and 12 years of experience in the software industry, she brings a strong technical and professional background to her work.

Shanti is an Ashoka Fellow, a National Award winner, and serves on the Governing Council of the Skills Council for Persons with Disability (SCPwD).

Recognised by Business Today as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business in 2017, she has also received several prestigious awards, including the Times Now Global Amazing Indian Award, the NCPEDP Shell Helen Keller Award, and the Zero Project Award for Innovative Practice.

Shanti’s contributions have been further acknowledged with the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 award by the Schwab Foundation and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, as well as the Social Innovator of the Year award by the Schwab Foundation in 2020. In 2022, she was honoured as one of 75 Women Transforming India by NITI Aayog and was invited as a speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Dipesh Sutariya

Co-founder, Trustee, Chairman and Managing Director

Dipesh Mayukh Sutariya is passionate about transforming attitudes towards employment of people with disability. His work focuses on creating a new market where the corporate sector’s needs are met by an expanding pool of professionals with disabilities, who challenge the myths and stereotypes surrounding their hiring.

Dipesh holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from USA, and brings over 26+ years of combined corporate and development sector experience. A continuous learner and a catalyst leader, Dipesh provides strategic direction to the development sector. He is also the former President and Founding Member of the Disability NGOs Alliance (DNA), Chairperson of the Workability Asia chapter, Board Member of Workability International and mentor at IIM Bangalore NSRCEL’s Social program.