CII is a non-government, not-for- profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded in 1895, India's premier business association has over 8,300 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 200,000 enterprises from around 250 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.

Connect4Change is a consortium of five Dutch development organisations (Akvo, Cordaid, Edukans, ICCO, IICD and preferred partner TTC) who joined hands to accelerate the development of people in Africa and Latin America by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The consortium works in economic development/agriculture, education and healthcare.

Their objective is to protect the rights of the Scheduled Caste communities in accordance with constitutional safeguards provided to them. To formulate plans, policies and schemes for the overall development of the Scheduled Caste communities. To ensure accelerated development in S.C. dominated areas by way of augmenting funds and its judicious applications based on needs of the SC communities .To function as a nodal department in coordinating and monitoring of programmes of SC welfare especially in SC dominated districts. To implement educational and economic development programmes along with various support schemes for maximizing the benefits in favour of the SC communities.

The Hans Foundation is a charitable trust fund that was created to provide a source of endowment for not-for- profit organizations in India. As one of India’s largest funds, we have funded hundreds of charitable organizations across India. We value our partners’ hard work and fund their efforts, which cater specifically to the needs of underprivileged people in their localities.

The IKEA Foundation aims to improve opportunities for children and youth in the world’s poorest communities by funding holistic, long-term programmes that can create substantial, lasting change. The Foundation works with strong strategic partners applying innovative approaches to achieve large-scale results in four fundamental areas of a child’s life: a place to call home; a healthy start in life; a quality education; and sustainable family income.

The Linde Group is a world leading supplier of industrial, process and speciality gases and is one of the most profitable engineering companies. Linde products and services can be found in nearly every industry, in more than 100 countries.

National Brain Research Centre is the only institute in India dedicated to neuroscience research and education. Scientists and students of NBRC come from diverse academic backgrounds, including biological, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and medical sciences, and use multidisciplinary approaches to understand the brain. Located in the foothills of the Aravali range in Manesar, Haryana, NBRC is an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and is also a Deemed University.

Noida Power Company Limited distributes power in Greater Noida, near Delhi in Uttar Pradesh, which is being developed as an industrial hub and urban settlements. The Company reaches out to a population of about 7 lac spread across hamlets, villages and a new township spanning an area of 335 sq. km. The Company is a joint venture between the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, a leading business house in India and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, an autonomous body of U.P. Government responsible for town planning and infrastructure development. The venture marks the strategic entry of the Group into privatized distribution of electricity in North India. The Company started its operations in December 1993 pursuant to grant of license by the U.P. Government.

Oxfam India works to address root causes of poverty and inequality. We see poverty as a problem where people are deprived of opportunities, choices, resources, knowledge and protection. Poverty is something more than mere lack of income, health and education. It is also people's frustration on being excluded from decision-making. While the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the guiding framework under which Oxfam India functions, we also derive our mandate from the Constitutional Rights promised to every citizen of the country.

The Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) programme was an initiative of the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). Its aim was to reduce the welfare gap between socially excluded groups and the rest of the population by helping socially excluded communities to claim their rights and entitlements more effectively.

Rights Education And Development Centre (READ) is a Non-Government Organizational established in the year 2001, with the objective to create a Society where every person has the Right to Life and Dignity. By working at a community level, we ensure children have a quality education through our Child Activity Centers. Women are organized into federations and have possibility to save and avail loans at the time of requirement; otherwise they depend upon money lenders who charge huge rate of interest. We provide awareness to the community about importance of education which we believe would transform the community in the coming years.

Saakshar Bharat, the new variant of earlier NLM, a centrally sponsored scheme of Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI), was launched on the International Literacy Day, 8th September, 2009 with the following goals: to raise literacy rate to 80%, to reduce gender gap to 10% and minimize regional and social disparities, with focus on Women, SCs, STs, Minorities, other disadvantaged groups. All those districts that had female literacy rate below 50% (as per census 2001) including Left Wing Extremism affected districts (irrespective of literacy level) are being covered under the programme.

Seva Mandir is one of India’s leading development nonprofit organizations. It currently works with 360,000 people across 700 villages of southern Rajasthan, where over 90% of the population relies on subsistence agriculture and most people live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.35) a day. What is distinctive about Seva Mandir is that it does not just deliver aid, but instead uses every development project as a way to build stronger communities. This is accomplished through 532 Village Forums and associated Village Funds, which co-manage all Seva Mandir projects and ensure that citizens themselves take responsibility for their village. Over time, these Forums have grown into institutions of just governance, turning Seva Mandir projects into sustained investments in more self-sufficient and equitable communities.

With “Powering a Greener tomorrow” as its vision, Suzlon Group, the Global leaders in wind energy, has mandated Suzlon Foundation, an autonomous body to ensure integration of sustainability across all its business operations. Suzlon Foundation leads CSR, and is an integral part of business strategy. CSR is defined more like a “Responsible Business” practice rather than a charitable act. Currently, Suzlon Foundation through its CSR initiatives works across all business verticals and though predominantly India focused at present, it has plans to grow globally wherever Suzlon is present.

The Society for Technology & Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) is a social enterprise set up in the year 1985 at New Delhi, India. It is an "incubation engine" of the Development Alternatives Group which has been providing development solutions in India and elsewhere. The vision of Development Alternatives Group is to create sustainable livelihoods on a large scale and to thus mobilize widespread action to eradicate poverty and regenerate the environment.

TARAhaat is a Development Alternatives Enterprise. Development Alternatives, a pioneer sustainable development enterprise was established in 1983 as a not for profit research, development and action organization. With two decades of experience and over 400 professionals, the DA Group has had a profound impact on the creation of sustainable livelihoods, specifically in the innovation and application of appropriate technologies and their distribution through micro enterprises in rural India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a scientific research institution.

Telecentre Foundation (TCF) is a 501c (3) nonprofit international organization based in San Francisco, California delivering new knowledge, projects and services in a global scale in collaboration with multiple organizations from around the globe, and logistic offices in Manila, Philippines.

UNICEF is fully committed to working with the Government of India to ensure that each child born in this vast and complex country gets the best start in life, thrives and develops to his or her full potential. The organisation began its work in India in 1949 with three staff members and established an office in Delhi three years later. Currently, it advocates for the rights of India’s children in 16 states.

HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL, a diversified global enterprise active across varied sectors including technology, healthcare and talent management. It is a gold standard not for profit organization that matches the national and international development standards...