Serve the women and poor (SWAP) Trust was founded in 2001 by Dr. Paul and Sarah Rajan in India. The Trust is registered as a charity with the Government of Tamilnadu, Department of Income tax and Ministry of Home Affairs under FCRA, Government of India. Dr. Paul T Rajan is a Doctor of philosophy (Ph.D) in engineering with a vast experience of about 33years in the field of Technical and vocational Education at various levels of teaching and administration .Sarah is a trained teacher and associated herself with child and women development programmes and makes the home. They are blessed with two sons and both are medical doctors.