Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya (SNC) is one of the largest NGOs in India in the field of Eradication of Blindness. The Trust has State-of- the-art Eye Hospitals with world class infrastructure and latest equipments & modernized facilities having specialty departments in rural locations to provide High Quality, High Quantity, Low-cost sustainable Comprehensive Eye Care services.

Sectoral Exposure: Eye Health Care, Clinical Research, Community based research in the field of eye care

Technical Assistance: Advanced statistical support for all clinical and community-based research in the field of eye care initiated by the institution (results are published in peer reviewed national and international journals).

UNICEF works to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential from early childhood through adolescence. They work with partners around the world to promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children. UNICEF has helped reduce child mortality all over the world by working to reach the most vulnerable children everywhere. They work to support quality learning for every girl and boy, especially those in greatest danger of being left behind, to reduce child poverty and shield girls and boys from its lifelong consequences and to empower girls and women and to ensure their full participation in political, social, and economic systems.

Sectoral Exposure: Maternal death (MAPEDIR), Rural and Urban Health System, Polio Eradication Programme, Link Workers' Scheme, RMNCHA+

Technical Assistance: Data Analysis of maternal death verbal autopsy questionnaires (first pilot in India in Puruliya district of West Bengal), developed web-based application (microsoft platform) to capture and analyze maternal death verbal autopsy questionnaires implemented in all districts of West Bengal, handholding support to all Project Management Units (especially the Statistical Managers) of the Department of Health and Family Welfare (Government of West Bengal), Health System Facility Survey across the state, providing statistical supports to various reports (especially in the Polio Eradication Programme), Health System Gap Analysis.

Landesa works at scale to create opportunities that help people and communities lift themselves out of poverty. Landesa works side by side with governments and other organizations to strengthen land rights for people experiencing landless – those 400 million women and 250 million men who lack either access to land or a secure stake in the land they farm.

Sectoral Exposure: Evaluation of Agricultural Plot Allocation/ Regularization program in Rural West Bengal, Impact of secure land right, Assessment of land titling programme, Land records regularisation process, Conditions of Single Women in the Society [West Bengal, Odisha, Sikkim, Karnataka, Jharkhand]

Technical Assistance: Household Diary, Quantitative and Qualitative Surveys, Tool Development, Training, Data Entry, Data Analysis, Reports

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) is a global non-profit organization with its presence in 80 countries. It runs programmes in the remotest corners of India and urban areas to provide quality education and healthcare, protection from harm and abuse and life-saving aid during emergencies to children. Save the Children is fiercely committed to ensuring children not only survive, but thrive.

Sectoral Exposure: Interventions for Child domestic workers, vulnerable children living in rural areas, children at risk of trafficking, community level advocacy for child protection, child protection committees, cyclone disaster risk resilience [West Bengal, Jharkhand, Delhi]

Technical Assistance: Baseline studies, Quantitative and Qualitative Surveys, Tool Development, Data Analysis, Reports, Prepared MIS tool (Microsoft platform) for its partner NGOs based in multiple states for routine project monitoring, handholding support for implementation of MIS.

Child in Need Institute (CINI) is an Indian non-government organization (NGO), regarded as one of the most influential institutions working for poor children in India. Over more than four decades, CINI has been partnering with central and state government, national and international donors, non-government organizations and local communities to strengthen the capacity of deprived children and women to improve their health, nutrition, education and protection conditions.

Sectoral Exposure: Mother and Child Health, Vulnerability of Street Children, Education, Adolescents, Deaf Children, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), Urban Slums, Rural Bengal

Technical Assistance: Quantitative and Qualitative Tool Development, Data Collection through Field Survey, FGDs and In-depth Interviews, Data Analysis, Report, Developing MIS tool for project monitoring

Anjali, is one of the leading non-governmental organization in India, based in Kolkata, that is working to secure large-scale systemic changes in the mental health field, by making mental health institutions, systems and communities intersectional and inclusive.

Sectoral Exposure: Mental Health

Technical Assistance: Baseline studies (Field survey), Developed Improvised tool to collect mental health scenario in the community, FGDs and In-depth Interviews, Happiness Index, Developed Cloud-based MIS Interface for routine project monitoring and report generation.

Technical Assistance Support Team (TAST), managed by IPE Global and Options, was the core technical assistance provider for the Health Systems Development Initiative (HSDI), a five year (2005-2010) reform and investment programme of the Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW), Government of West Bengal. Its goal was to improve the health outcomes of the poor in the state through strengthening the health system and improving public regulation of private provision.

Sectoral Exposure: Health System Reforms

Technical Assistance: Building database of Health System Employees, selective on-site verification together with concerned officials, Developing computer interface for data entry and generating reports (Visual Basic, Microsoft Platform)

Railway Children is a non-profit organization with a mission to ‘create and enable sustainable changes in the lives of children living on the streets’. They work with children who made railway platforms their home, or the railway has enduring impacts on their lives.

Sectoral Exposure: Intervention among the platform children (Project Muktangana, Prajak)

Technical Assistance: Data analysis of quantitative and qualitative survey data. Report.

World Vision India is one of the country’s largest child-focused humanitarian organizations. With over six decades of grassroot experience, it employs proven, effective development, public engagement and relief practices empowering vulnerable children and communities living in the contexts of poverty and injustice to become self-sufficient and bring lasting change.

Sectoral Exposure: Nutrition of pregnant women, diet diversity, anemia in school children

Technical Assistance: Tool development, data collection and data analysis.

IntraHealth International is a global health nonprofit organization that has worked in over 100 countries since 1979. It aims to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work so that everyone everywhere has the health care they need to thrive. IntraHealth joins forces with governments, businesses, technologists, artists, activists, and more to cultivate local solutions with lasting results. IntraHealth’s programs generate long-term social and economic impact to keep communities around the world healthy, strong, and prosperous.

Sectoral Exposure: Mobile health application (mSakhi) [Uttar Pradesh]

Technical Assistance: Qualitative endline assessment, FGDs and In-depth Interviews with ASHAs, ANMs, ICDS workers, community women and health officials of Jhansi district of UP.

GOAL is an international humanitarian response agency based in Ireland and working with vulnerable communities in over 60 countries. Since its foundation, GOAL has responded to almost all the world’s major humanitarian crises till date. GOAL’s purpose is to save lives and empower communities to develop resilience and greater control over their lives and livelihoods. GOAL aims to increase the resilient wellbeing of the world’s poorest people and focuses on those who are excluded or marginalized, particularly those who are vulnerable because of their socio-economic status, gender or age.

Sectoral Exposure: Family Planning, Water & Sanitation, Hygiene [among the rural population of West Bengal]

Technical Assistance: Data Aanalysis of KABP Studies conducted in consecutive years.

Aapne Aap Women Worldwide was co-founded by 22 women from a red-light district in Mumbai, India, who were the subjects of an award-winning documentary, The Selling of Innocents. Members of the organization possess a shared vision of a world where no woman is bought or sold. Aapne Aap actively works to prevent the trafficking of girls and to eliminate its facilitating factors.

Sectoral Exposure: Assessment of loss suffered by families evicted from slums due to construction of a fly-over.

Technical Assistance: Reaching out to the evicted families scattered in different places across the district, interviewing them about the loss they suffered, collected information about post-eviction changes in their livelihood, income and consumption pattern. Robust and scientific survey based on journalistic probing.

FXB India Suraksha (FXBIS) is an Indian non-governmental, non-profit organization providing development assistance to marginalized children, women, and communities in rural and urban India. Since inception, the organization has had a special focus for children, especially those from marginalized communities and the HIV/AIDS infected or affected children.

Sectoral Exposure: HIV/ AIDS, Rural Bengal, North East States

Technical Assistance: Baseline studies, Quantitative and Qualitative Tool Development, Data Collection through Field Survey, Data Analysis, Report, Developing MIS tool for project monitoring

Sabuj Sangha is a non-profit, non-government development organization committed to enhancing wellbeing of the communities caught between the vagaries of nature and shifting tides in the Sundarban delta. The organization believes that there is no simple solution to reduce/eradicate poverty. As such, in order to overcome poverty, it is necessary to address the range of issues that poor people face on a daily basis. Tackling issues in an integrated, sustainable manner, Sabuj Sangha aimed at improving quality of life of most vulnerable people of the communities.

Sectoral Exposure: Immunization and Antenatal Coverage, Infant mortality, Maternal Mortality, Livelihood Intervention, Self-Help Groups, Non-Banking Finance

Technical Assistance: Quantitative surveys for estimating development and coverage Indicators, Quantitative Tool Development, Training of field enumerators, Data Analysis, Report, Developed MIS tool for monitoring utlisation and repayment of small credit.

Kolkata Konsultants, is a consulting company engaged in building the capacity of the development sector organizations for effective advocacy on child protection and education issues.

Sectoral Exposure: Mid-Day Meal Programme in Schools

Technical Assistance: Tool development, data analysis, report and presentation

YouthInvest Foundation works to ensure the fundamental rights to education, health, and livelihood for adolescents and youth are realized in achieving their full potential. YouthInvest creates and facilitates opportunities that enable adolescents and youth, particularly girls, to participate in activities that ensure their rights to health, education, and livelihoods.

Sectoral Exposure: Issues and concerns of the youth population of India, Nutrition

Technical Assistance: Quantitative and qualitative survey, questionnaire development, data analysis, reports.

CLPOA or the City Level Plan of Action was established to bring in a quantitative change in the lives of children living in difficult circumstances by providing basic protection and services as stated in the UN Convention of the Rights of Child and then ensuring a sense of dignity and empowerment for these children. CLPOA is one of the prime non-governmental, non-profit organizations in the state of West Bengal (India).

Sectoral Exposure: Maternal and Child Health, Urban Slums

Technical Assistance: Developing questionnaire, supervising field survey work, data entry, data analysis, reports

International Community of Women (ICW) Living with HIV/AIDS Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific chapter of the global network of women (ICW) living with HIV/ AIDS. ICW works to advocate for the rights of women, espcially those living with HIV/AIDS.

Sectoral Exposure: HIV/ AIDS, Positive Networks, Funding needs Assessment of women PLHIV

Technical Assistance: Developing questionnaire, data analysis, reports.

Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) is a premier civil society organization delivering essential health services focusing on sexual and reproductive health in India, especially in regions where key developmental indicators are poor and gender disparities are high. They work with corporates, businesses and bilateral donors to deliver health services and information, build capacities and advocate for causes that support the community’s development and well-being. FPAI was instrumental in introducing family planning programme in the country’s first Five-Year Plan, and thus, India became the first country in the world to have a family planning programme.

Sectoral Exposure: HIV/ AIDS Stigma Index (Tamil Nadu, India)

Technical Assistance: Training of field enumerator, Data Analysis, Reports, Computation of Stigma Index. This is the first roll out of Stigma Index in India.

Sutra Consulting is a management and development consultancy organization focussed on providing solutions to complex human development challenges. Sutra works in such sectors where challenges to deliver equitable quality of life are demanding.

Sectoral Exposure: Annual Performance Assessment Under Institutional Strengthening of Gram Panchayat Project (ISGPP)

Technical Assistance: Data Entry, Scrutiny and making statistical tables

Splash is a social justice organization committed to the poor, an international development agency disciplined around urban economies, a social enterprise dedicated to putting ourselves out of business, and a safe water company focused on children. Put this odd combination together and exciting things are happening.

Sectoral Exposure: Water and sanitation in urban schools.

Technical Assistance: Tool development, field survey, data analysis and report. (Worked through Rotary Club of Kolkata, a partner of Splash)

Talash aims to work towards creating a culture of safety, respect and caring for everyone, everywhere, especially for girls. Talash enables individuals to discover inner power and enhance abilities for negotiating gender based violence, threats of violence and deal life challenges with ease and confidence.

Sectoral Exposure: Women safety programme

Technical Assistance: Developing MNE Framework for their school intervention programme on women safety.

Development Solutions INC is engaged in strategic and actionable consulting. Their work focuses on the cycles of ideas-to-action to unearth evidence and support development sector stakeholders to maximise social impact in health, education, WASH, and socio-economic inclusion.

Sectoral Exposure: Education Reform Programmes

Technical Assistance: Statistical comparison of three large education datasets that are generated every year in India to assess the state of education in the country: (i) Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), (ii) National Achievement Survey (NAS), and (iii) District Information System for Education (DISE). Advanced Statistical support for proposals and reports prepared by the organization.

Institute of Valuers (IOV) is a premier organization of valuation professionals in India. IOV assists and guides general public, government and semi-government bodies in adjudicating valuation-related disputes through its Experts Council, certifying valuation professionals and developing valuation standards.

Sectoral Exposure: Valuation of Assets, Training of valuation professionals.

Technical Assistance: Statistical Analysis of the data submitted by the professional valuers (members of IOV-RVF). MNE Interface for monitoring the performance of the trainers based on the ratings given by the students enrolled with IOV-RVF.

Dakshayani & Amaravati Health and Education empowers patients and caregivers with the right knowledge, tools and forums to seek and access healthcare options that suit their needs and through their voices bring about a positive change in the healthcare environment.

Sectoral Exposure: Critical Illness Insurance

Technical Assistance: prepared a report on the current scenario of critical illness insurance cover available in India, especially regarding stroke.

Micro Insurance Academy (MIA): Founded by a globally acknowledged Health Economist, Proff Dr David Dror, MIA pioneers innovative insurance solutions for the poor communities. MIA is engaged in active research to understand and explain the factors affecting human behaviour towards insurance as a tool for mitigation of financial risk. MIA has enormously contributed to the body of knowledge on insurance, especially, community-based insurance.

Sectoral Exposure: Insurance, community-based insurance, micro-insurance

Technical Assistance: Advanced statistical support for studies on community-based health insurance. Developed computer application for monitoring community-based health insurance projects. Simulation techniques and statistical calculation based on the simulated datasets to estimate the premium. Evaluation of community-based health insurance programme implemented by the Government of Rwanda.

The Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) is dedicated to social science research. ADRI undertakes academic research of direct relevance to development efforts in diverse disciplines such as economics, sociology, history, statistics, environment, education, public administration, management and information science. ADRI offers research results in an innovative, demystified and use-worthy form to ensure that the results of the research are used by as many classes, persons and institutions as possible.

Sectoral Exposure: Pradhan Mantri Jana Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) - Health Insurance Programme sponsored and implemented by the Government of India.

Technical Assistance: Advanced statistical support for baseline studies in multiple districts of of Bihar to understand the state of implementation of the health insurance scheme.