About Sutra
A Rajasthan-based centre for policy, systems and social development.
Where we started
Sutra was founded in Jaipur and incorporated as a Section 8 not-for-profit company under the Companies Act, 2013. We are beginning our work in Rajasthan, with a focus on disability rights, caregivers and inclusive public systems, alongside Umang and 3 Sixty Law Group.
We run RPwD Act sessions in Jaipur, we research how policy behaves once it reaches a district office, and we give free legal assistance on disability rights matters.
A sutra is a thread, and a statement dense enough to hold an argument together.
Both meanings describe what we try to do: connect evidence to action, and communities to the systems meant to serve them.
How we work
Start where the system lands
A law is only as good as the district office, the classroom and the clinic that deliver it. We look at that end first.
Work through people with reach
Schools, firms, departments and civil society bodies already hold the relationships. We add legal and policy capacity.
Say what we do not know
We cite our sources and name our gaps. On a question of law, a careful answer matters more than a quick one.