The Aseema Trust, Chennai was founded to bridge arts and education, to link rural and urban schools through folk performing arts, to use performing arts as tools of empowerment , teaching and to bring the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in respect for diversity and dignity of labour projects through spinning on Charkha. Founded by V.R.Devika and run by her team of coordinator and finance manager Vasantha Parthasharathy and Project Field Officer Ashwini Kasi, the Trust is nourished by the connections it has made with other NGOs, educational institutions and artists, locally, nationally, and internationally