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FOUNDER · PRESIDENT
Vibha Gurtu
Author, facilitator, and personality-development practitioner. Her 20+ years of experience help people strengthen confidence, communication, self-expression, presence, and everyday decision-making.
About Aumtara
A shift
here brings
a shift there.
Aumtara Foundation creates opportunities to learn, express, build confidence, develop skills, and participate more fully in community life.
A community space for mind, body, soul, conversation, and shared learning.
Why we exist
Development begins with confidence—and grows through opportunity.
The Foundation helps people recognise their strengths, express themselves, learn from one another, and build the confidence to make meaningful choices.
Through workshops, community programmes, skills training, agricultural development, and women-led enterprise, Aumtara connects personal agency with practical pathways to progress.
The people
Three perspectives.
One whole.
Personality development, sustainable livelihoods, agriculture, and women-led progress meet in the Foundation’s integrated approach.
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TRUSTEE · RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Shakti Singh
Agricultural consultant, progressive farmer, and sustainable livelihoods practitioner with more than three decades of field experience in Lakhimpur Kheri.
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SKILLS · WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP
Seema Singh
NGO professional and coach working with tribal and rural women across vocational skills, digital literacy, entrepreneurship, self-help groups, and financial independence.
How it comes together
One foundation,
two movements.
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Aumtara · confidence and personal development
Personality development, communication, relationship with self, creative expression, meditation, and spiritual growth.
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Aumtara LEADS · community self-reliance
Skills, sustainable livelihoods, local employment, women-led enterprises, and traditional craft preservation.
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Development with dignity
The shared aim is agency: stronger personal confidence alongside practical skills, income opportunities, and community leadership.
The guiding belief
“We create a space to express, share, exchange, learn, unlearn, and rediscover.”
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