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Govind Singh Rathore (born 07 July 1982) is the founder of Sambhali Trust, a grassroots organization for education and women empowerment in Rajasthan. . Govind Singh Rathore is also committed to the defense of LGBTQIA+ rights in his city of residency, Jodhpur.

Biography
As the son of a rural family from the village of Setrawa, Thar Desert, Govind Singh Rathore faced his father's death at the age of sixteen. Local traditions required the teenager to take responsability as the head of the household. Soon after, he got engaged and married. Seeing his mother's situation worsening due to local partiarchial structures which leave widows at the margin of society sensitized him to women's social disadvantages in Rajasthan. He started to teach disadvantaged girls at his home.

Encouraged by the success of his efforts in Setrawa Govind Singh Rathore settles in his family building in Jodhpur to formally open the non-governmental organization Sambhali Trust in 2007. From 2007 to 2024, Govind Singh Rathore worked with more than 56 000 women, children and people of the LGBTQIA+ community in Rajasthan. His travels to Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and France helped him to promote Sambhali Trust in Europe while establishing partnerships and fundraising opportunities for the organization. Govind Singh Rathore's actions often conflicting with local traditions are frequently criticized by parts of the local population. Those actions include promoting women empowerment as a man and collaborating with Muslim communities as well as engaging foreign volunteers. However, Sambhali Trust has gained international recognition and was granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Govind Singh Rathore moved to Setrawa with his relatives and the volunteers of Sambhali to provide food and masks to the local population. Sambhali Trust facilities in Jodhpur were offered to local officials as quarantine centers, as was Govind Singh Rathore personal house

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