Delhi · Since 2014

Confidence
to move
forward.

A charitable foundation building confidence, capability, community participation, and sustainable livelihoods in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

The Aumtara community gathered for a learning programme in New Delhi
Confidence · Community · Livelihoods

People thrive when confidence and opportunity grow together.

Our purpose

We believe confidence and opportunity should grow together.

Aumtara Foundation began by creating accessible spaces for self-development, confidence building, workshops, creative expression, and community learning in Delhi.

Through Aumtara LEADS, that work extends to tribal and rural communities in Uttar Pradesh—connecting personality development with skills, livelihoods, local leadership, and economic self-reliance.

2014Foundation established in Delhi
2,000+People reported trained through Aumtara LEADS
230+Families directly supported in the COVID safety net
1Guiding idea: development should build dignity and agency

Reported public figures; the COVID figure refers to direct support attributed to the Aumtara–Yellow Street safety-net effort.

Vibha Gurtu, founder of Aumtara Foundation
Founder · Guide · Author
Meet the founder

Vibha
Gurtu.

For over two decades, Vibha has worked with people on confidence, communication, relationships, self-expression, and personal development.

Her approach combines reflective conversation with practical work on personality, image, body language, self-awareness, and the confidence to participate more fully in life.

Meet the Foundation team
In practice

From a room for reflection to a network of response.

Masked community outreach workers supporting young people during the COVID-19 response in Delhi
A documented partnership · 2020–21

The COVID-19 Safety Net

During the pandemic, Aumtara collaborated with Yellow Street / Gully Ruggers on food, safety materials, sanitation, and myth-busting support in Delhi. Public accounts attributed direct support to more than 230 families; coverage of the wider partnership later reported a 5,000-family reach.

Partnership figures are reported outreach numbers, not audited impact statistics.

A public journey

Aumtara Foundation begins

A Delhi-rooted charitable trust begins creating spaces for self-development and community learning.

Workshops and public gatherings

Aumtara’s early work includes exhibitions, confidence-building workshops, creative learning, and community events.

Community response during COVID

The Foundation joins Yellow Street’s safety-net work across Delhi communities.

The work grows across communities

Aumtara carries the work forward through personal-development programmes in Delhi and skills, agriculture, livelihoods, and women-led development in Uttar Pradesh.

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