About Gramonnati
Eight Years of Building Things That Last.
Our Story
Gramonnati Trust was founded on 5th October 2017 in Puducherry by Maj. Ved Prakash Sharma (Retd.) and a fellow Cisco Systems colleague — both leaving stable corporate careers to pursue social entrepreneurship.
Their mission was audacious: develop 10,000 rural entrepreneurs within five years. That mission first took root in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir — through digital classrooms, rainwater harvesting, and entrepreneurship training delivered in partnership with the Indian Army and TERI.
Since 2022, Gramonnati has evolved that same grassroots discipline into a new frontier: smart sanitation and circular-waste infrastructure through the Woloo Programme and Clean & Divine India — built, once again, by the people most often overlooked: women, war widows, and ex-servicemen families.
Vision & Mission
Self-reliant communities — in water, sanitation, livelihoods and waste.
"To make every community we work with self-reliant — in water, in sanitation, in livelihoods, and in waste."
Dignified Livelihoods
Employment and ownership for women, ex-servicemen families and war widows.
Smart Sanitation
Technology-enabled Powder Rooms across Indian cities, transit hubs and temple towns.
Circular Economy
Waste-to-Pellet (RDF) units that turn local waste into local revenue.
Rural & Women's Entrepreneurship
Skilling, mentoring and seed-funding rural entrepreneurs at scale.
Technology, Transparency & Partnerships
Audited reporting, live dashboards, BRSR/SDG alignment.
Governance & Credentials
The compliance backbone behind every rupee.
Trustees
Leadership shaped by service, finance and field experience.
Maj. VP Sharma (Retd.)
Founder & Managing Trustee
Retired Army Major. Founded Gramonnati in 2017. Architect of the Woloo–Gramonnati partnership. Champion of veteran welfare.
Shrihari Allangala
Trustee, Finance & Strategy
30+ years in investment banking and private equity. Strengthens Gramonnati for large CSR partnerships.
Ayushi Sharma
Trustee, Women Empowerment
Leads all women-empowerment programmes. Manages field operations and the Woloo women-operator model.
Brig. Atul Sharma (Retd.)
Trustee, Armed Forces Coordination
35 years in Defence ICT. B.Tech. Expertise in large-scale programme management and governance.
Shyam Kaluve
Trustee, Technology
30+ years in the technology industry. Deep experience in CSR projects.
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