History

It all started in the year 2012 when our founder Naveen Gupta after qualifying his finance degree and after working with one of the top consulting firms in the world decided to pursue his passion for acting and theatre. With no formal training and any Godfather he didn’t receive any response from the established theatre groups in Delhi so he decided to produce his own show, he consequently approached many theatre directors active in Delhi . During this period, he thought to incorporate a registered entity and then produce theatre shows under this entity and then the idea from just theatre widened to promotion of art and culture, education , productive aging , working for differently able , poverty eradication , rural development etc. So finally in 2013 with the support of fellow friends udgs foundation was formed as section-8 company under Companies Act of India and its first project ‘Express and Lead’ was launched to conduct personality and skill development workshops with the underprivileged children. Soon after launching ‘Express and lead’ , ‘Unfold yourself’ was also kick started and udgs foundation collaborated with one of the leading theatre group in Delhi , ‘Collegiate Drama Society(CDS) ’ to provide onstage, backstage and financial support in various productions of CDS. In our initial years years of its operations, udgs foundation is still in a learning stage and that stage will never end. Along with the support of its members and partners, udgs foundation has touched lives of thousands of children through its life skills workshops and many more people through its theatre shows ( 25:till 2016.) in different parts of the country . e are in process of expanding our scope, reach through more programs and redesigning the existing programs and by bringing together a like minded people who wish to contribute for the development of all.