Praya has a modest origin in 2017 as a trust to promote charitable activities for betterment of women, especially during their early career. Water and environment are important natural resources for livelihoods in villages of India. Girls and women being the direct stakeholders, their knowledge about environment and cultural interrelationships could lead to a better understanding of life. This will be the driver for the activities of PRAYA.

The members of the trust having been given good education and gender parity in their family wish to propagate it to those underprivileged living in rural and economically backward areas. A corpus was created by the trustees of Praya from out of the funds left over by their parents and interest accrued thereon. Activities of the Praya will be supported through earnings from the interest at present.