kanthari in Trivandrum, Kerala, South India, provides a 12-month leadership training course to equip social change makers from across the world, with tools required to run organisations that create a positive social impact.
All hands-on practical workshops are conducted by a group of international experts we call catalysts. kanthari fosters participants from all over the world. 

Some have university degrees while others have little to no formal education. Some are blind or physically disabled, others have no disabilities at all. What is important is a sense of ownership, motivation, creativity, talent and passion to make the world a better place and strength to be forces of good rather than victims of circumstance.

kanthari has been officially accredited by the National Quality Council which is part of the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET). The scope of Accreditation being “leadership for social change” vocational training centre.

Our Vision:
We see a world transformed by ethical visionaries and spiced with integrity, equality and empathy.

Our Mission:
By providing tailored leadership training, we catalyse visionaries from the margins to realize sustainable social change.

Our Concept:
Through an immersive, hands-on and intensive training program; kanthari equips participants with all the techniques, methods and ideas they need to start up and run effective, relevant social enterprises/ventures/initiatives all over the world.

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