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Pooja Sharma

Pooja Sharma

Founder & CEO, The Sarvodya Collective

In 2020, when her brother with an intellectual disability lost his job due to the pandemic, Pooja Sharma decided to act. She saw first-hand how inclusion often existed only on paper. Determined to create real change, she began by walking 40,000 steps in a day, a personal challenge that quickly became a movement. Over 80 people across 12 cities walked, ran, and cycled 25,000+ kilometres, spreading the message of inclusion. From this spark, The Sarvodya Collective (TSC) was born, a growing community committed to awareness, allyship, and action.
About The Sarvodya Collective

TSC works to build inclusive, informed, and enabling communities around every neurodivergent person in India. Its two flagship programmes drive this mission forward:

1. Awareness & Allyship (A&A) Programme brings conversations about neurodiversity into everyday spaces. Through Inclusive Duniya Circles, volunteer-led sessions, and storytelling tools like comics and books, it helps individuals recognise bias, challenge stigma, and take micro-actions that build allyship.

  • 28,000+ youth engaged
  • 170+ comics and 4 books produced
  • 13 partner organisations in 2025 campaign

2. Schools Programme reimagines education as a foundation for inclusion. By training teachers and sensitising students, it builds classrooms where diversity is seen, accepted, and celebrated.

  • 1,300+ teachers trained
  • 47,000+ students reached

Impact and Recognition
TSC’s impact continues to grow. A parent-led initiative, Sibling Circle, now offers safe spaces for siblings of persons with disabilities, often the invisible caregivers. Legal and social advocacy through the Collective has helped families navigate crises with dignity and support.

Globally, Pooja’s work has been recognised by:

  • Royal Society of Arts (RSA) appointed to its Global Faculty in 2024
  • HundrED Global Collection 2025 featuring Naina’s Inclusive Duniya
  • Ciena Solutions Challenge student-led TSC project on neuroinclusive events recognised for innovation

Her Philosophy
Pooja believes that lasting inclusion begins in small, everyday spaces, a classroom discussion, a parent circle, or a simple act of empathy. “If each of us can make our own small bubble inclusive,” she says, “then as these bubbles connect, we can truly build an #InclusiveDuniya.”

Connect with The Sarvodya Collective
sarvodya.org/
info@sarvodya.org

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