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The people carrying the mission
Programme leads and founders grow into responsibility without ever being trained for it. Decision-making, conflict, delegation and self-renewal are learned late and at high cost — often at the point of burnout.
An academy for the social sector
Learning that turns NGOs into institutions that last.
Structured cohorts, mentors from the field, and tools your team applies the same week — for the people who carry India's missions forward.
2 cohorts
Open for 2026
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The problem
Where NGOs get stuck
Most organisations we meet are not short on commitment. They are short on the two things that let commitment compound.
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The institution around them
Governance, systems, documentation, finance discipline and succession stay informal. The organisation depends on a few individuals, and funders sense the fragility long before it is named.
Our approach
Four commitments that hold the work together
Not a syllabus. A way of working that keeps learning attached to the organisation long after a session ends.
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Mentorship & guidance
Personalised support from experienced mentors, applied against real-time challenges rather than hypothetical ones.
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Continuous learning ecosystem
An environment that sustains reflection and growth through peer interaction and expert sessions long after a workshop ends.
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Action-oriented approach
Practical tools and strategies implemented inside the organisation, leading to measurable improvement.
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Peer learning
Collaborative learning with fellow NGO leaders — shared experience, shared challenges, shared practice.
Programs
Two programs, one arc — the leader and the institution
Samvardhini
Founders, programme heads and emerging leaders carrying organisational responsibility.
- Clarity of role, priorities and decision-making
- Practices for delegation, conflict and self-renewal
- A peer group of leaders facing the same terrain
Register interest
Samvardhini 2025 cohort · applications open
Arohanam
NGOs strengthening governance, systems and organisational maturity.
- Governance, finance and documentation discipline
- Systems that reduce dependence on individuals
- A capacity roadmap the board can act on
Register interest
Arohanam 2025–26 · Arohanam 2026 announced
Our impact
The count, and what sits behind it
Organisations that make clearer decisions, retain their people longer, and can explain their own systems to a funder without hesitation.
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Transformation stories
What changes, in the words of the people it changed
We came in looking for training and left with a way of running the organisation. The difference shows in how our team makes decisions when no one senior is in the room.
The mentoring was the part we underestimated. Having someone ask the hard question every month changed what we were willing to fix.
Our governance documentation went from scattered to something we could put in front of a funder without flinching.
Placeholder testimonials — to be replaced with named participants and organisations.
Mentors & network
Meet the networkPractitioners who have run organisations, not only studied them
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Governance & institution building
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Leadership & human excellence
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Finance & compliance for NGOs
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Programme design & measurement
Placeholder profiles — awaiting mentor bios, photographs and credentials.
Knowledge & insights
Resource centreOur thinking, put down in a usable form
Support us
For CSR teams and foundations backing capacity, not just projects
We partner with corporate CSR functions and philanthropic foundations to fund cohorts, sponsor regional programmes and co-develop capacity-building tracks for their grantee networks.
Bring your team into the next cohort
Tell us about your organisation and where it is stuck. We will point you to the programme that fits — Samvardhini, Arohanam, or a conversation before either.