Business Description:AccessAbility is a leading Universal Design and Disability Employment Specialist empowering organisations to welcome, engage, and service diversity by helping them create an inclusive and barrier free environment.
Persons with disabilities bring to the table a large untapped potential, both as consumers of products and services and as human resource for the (high growth) manpower crunched industry. AccessAbility helps mitigate the structural, attitudinal and policy barriers which currently prevent the organisations from recognising that potential enhancing their socio-economic value.
AccessAbility offers a range of professional services such as Disability Employment and Post Employment Services, Disability Sensitization Training, Architectural Access Consultancy, Policy Auditing etc.
Industry:Social Entrepreneurship
Founded in:2006
Source of idea:
Significant Competitors:International architectural services/design firms may pose a threat if they decide to enter this space; however the essential technical knowledge to deliver services is not available locally.
Company Details :
Company Name:AccessAbility
HeadQuarters:New Delhi
Stage of the company:Several customers or locations
No of Employees (2006):0-5
No of Employees (2007):6-15
Office Locations(2006):0-1
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted: No
Profits (2006):Did not exist
Profits (2007):Did not exist
>Partnerships:AccessAbility presently has no formal tie-ups, but proactively engages with organisations in the social sector and is further seeking symbiotic partnerships to scale up different initiatives.
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:(1) We charge a tuition fee from the students who do courses from us.
(2) We also charge a small franchise fee from our franchisees besides a nominal royalty from them.
Awards & honors:The team members have been awarded at many occasions for their role in the development sector, but as an organisation we are yet to be credited
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Sachin Verma
Age:31
HomeTown:New Delhi
Education:Masters University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
No of companies promoted: No
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Assistant Manager at Jindal Saw Ltd.
Ex-Job Description:Corporate Social Responsibility
Favorite Book/Movie:You can win by Shiv Khera
