Who We Are
A Responsible Citizen (ARC) Foundation is a Gujarat based NGO committed to contributing towards sustainable development goals as well as empowering the youth to speak up and effect social change. We are passionate about fostering critical thinking skills and socio-political awareness in today’s youth and promoting greater civic participation. Parallelly, we take up initiatives aiming at environmental conservation and social upliftment of the underprivileged.
3 Lakh+
Trees Planted
930+
Students trained in Debate
800+
Household Reached
150+
Successful Events
What we do
Conduct workshops and tournaments to spread the culture of debating among school students
Contribute to environmental conservation through tree plantation, waste management, and other sustainable practices.
Facilitate the education of underprivileged children and aid the development of rural areas.
Collaborate with organizations for corporate social responsibility projects
What we do
Conduct workshops and tournaments to spread the culture of debating among school students
Contribute to environmental conservation through tree plantation, waste management, and other sustainable practices.
Facilitate the education of underprivileged children and aid the development of rural areas.
Collaborate with organizations for corporate social responsibility projects
Where it all began
ARC is an initiative started by a veteran Air Force officer -Wg. Cdr.
Dharmendra Sharma. As someone who served the nation, he wants its citizens to not be blinded by rhetoric but to examine social issues critically and solve them.
Our founder was instrumental in planting more than 6000 trees in the new
Air Force station at Vadodara, which was the start of his afforestation project. Along with the NGO Baroda Beautiful Council, he organized waste segregation and management in the late 90s, enlisting the help of rag pickers as well. After retirement, Wg Cdr. Sharma started by converting his own home into a zero-waste one and subsequently established A Responsible Citizen Foundation to carry forward his environmental conservation endeavors on a bigger scale.
Our co-founder, Abhilaksh, and the core team, having benefited immensely from debating in college, wanted to give back to the community by spreading a culture of critical thinking and debating among young students across the country and broadening their worldview.
Our Team
Dharmendra Sharma
Founder & Managing Trustee
Abhilaksh Sharma
Co-Founder
Bhrigu Kapur
Director, Operations
Nivedita Mantha
Achintya Murali
Yash Vardhan Thirani
Salonee Gupta
Naveen Goyal
Siddharth Paliwal
Jignesh Patel
Accountant
Muskan Singh
Volunteer
Manasija Das
Volunteer
Bhrigu Kapoor
Volunteer
Manasija Das
Volunteer
Achintya Murali
Volunteer