AccountAid India - Information on accounting and legal issues affecting non-governmental organisations, and donor agencies working in India. Includes material on Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976 (FCRA).

Alternative for India Development - AID is a national level NGO that emerged as an umbrella organisation for several small community organisations.

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences - AIMS - Aims to provide medical services and healthcare to the poor in Southern India.

Andhra Foundation - News, services, history, and more.

Antodaya, Kalahandi - Fighting hunger, discrimination, injustice, and disease in Thuamul Rampur Block, Orissa , India.

Appropriate Technology for Tibetans - Development organisation for Tibetan exile communities.

Association for India's Development (AID) - Addresses interrelated problems of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, dependency, disease, social inequalities, corruption, and dwindling natural resources.

BAIF Development Research Foundation - NGO, concerned with poverty, rural development, cattle breeding, cultivation.

Barefoot College - A development programme for rural areas, addressing problems of drinking water, income generation, electricity and power, social awareness, and the conservation of ecological systems in rural communities.

Calcutta Foundation - Socio-cultural organization reaching out to the under-privileged and weaker sections of Calcutta's society.

Calcutta Rescue - Works to improve the health and quality of life of the destitute and socially disadvantaged of Calcutta and rural West Bengal.

CARE India - working in the fields of education, health, family planning, development, and nutrition.

Cause and Effect - Organisation collecting sponsorship and donations online to help victims of natural disasters.

Centre for Civil Society - An independent, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to improving the quality of life for citizens of India.

Centre for Science and Environment - CSE is a public interest research and advocacy organisation which promotes environmentally-sound development strategies.

Child Relief and You - Indian organization set up in 1979, to provide relief to underpriviledged Indian children. The organization supports child and women development initiatives all over India.

Concern India Foundation - Helping people help themselves.

Courage India Cancer Foundation - Works for the poorest of the poor cancer patients and gives them direct financial aid, psychological support and our dream project is PRASHANTHI, already in its initial stages where there will be holistic living, meditation and stress free environs. Courage is formed of people who have exprienced this disease closely.

CUTS Centre for Consumer Action Research and Training (CART) - Mission:  To enable people, in particular women, to achieve their rights to basic needs and sustainable development through a strong consumer movement.

Deep Griha Society - An independent, charitable organization working to better the lives of people living in the slums.

Development Promotion Group - Working for the development of poor and weaker sections of rural, urban and tribal South India.

Enolar Systems Marketing - Manufactures water heaters, cookers, and lighting.

Ernakulam Karayogam - Founded by the Nair community, promotes goodwill, dignity of labour, morality, social work, health, and education.

Friends of the River Narmada - Grassroots people's movement against the construction of large dams on the river Narmada in India.

Friends of TREAD - UK based charity providing education and training in deprived areas in India.

GIVE Foundation - Non profit company, providing financial services to NGOs to promote greater transparency and accountability.

ICICIcommunities.org - Provides on-line donation links, enabling volunteers and donors to help NGOs and social developmental, welfare and charity causes in India.

India Committee of the Netherlands - Independent NGO, based on solidarity with deprived groups in Indian society - informing people in the Netherlands how political and economic developments in the West affect millions of people in India.

India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF) - Supports grassroots and non-government organizations serving the disadvantaged and impoverished.

India Development Group - The purpose of IDG is to alleviate poverty in the rural areas of India. Associated with the Appropriate Technology Development Association [ATDA] and Schumacher Institute of Appropriate Technology [ SIAT].

India Development Information Network - Portal site for development issues on India. Has a searchable database of NGOs and a development newspaper.

India Development Organizations -- Open Directory

India Development Service - IDS supports grass roots development projects and has initiated an externship program under which US based students are encouraged to participate in an IDS supported project in India..

India Rural Development Fund - Funds grass root rural development projects in India.

India Sustainable Development Networking Program -- United Nations

India Think Tank - A volunteer organization interested in the positive development of India and its image both internally and internationally.

India Together - Features social and political issues and events.

Indian Centre of Philanthropy - Promotes and strengthens philanthropy in India.

Indian Environmental Society - Encouraging knowledge and appreciation of nature and the implementation of environmentally-sustainable development programmes.

Indian NGOs - Directory of NGOs in India.

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research - Research on development (in its economic, technological, social, political, and ecological aspects) from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Also a deemed University offering M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees.

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies - A think tank on South Asian security issues.

International Development Enterprises (IDE) - Aims to identify, develop, and market sustainable technologies to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions of farmers.

Kalakar Trust - Supports artists from low-income groups.

Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan - A website for information and coordination of relief efforts and NGOs, following the February 2001 earthquake in Kutch.

Living with Nature - Offers a discription of bio-dynamic farming in desert conditions which leads to sustainable development and a unique way to build low cost homes.

Mahamana Malaviya Mission - With a membership of alumnii of the Banaras Hindu University, the Mission carries out social improvement projects across the country.

Mark Shepard's Nonviolence Page - Includes the full text of several books and articles on Mahatma Gandhi, nonviolence, and simple living.

Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources - Includes information on policy measures, research and development strategy, and renewable energy programs.

Myrada - Non-governmental organization assisting in the promotion of sustainable development initiatives in Southern India.

National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) - Promotes economic and developmental activities for minorities, with preference to occupational groups and women.

Naujhil Integrated Rural Project for Health and Development (NIRPHAD) - Promotes self-reliance and education in rural areas.

NFI Homepage - Information page of National Foundation for India. 'A fund raising and grant making foundation which supports voluntary action for national development.'

Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council - Organization serving the human race irrespective of color, religion, sex, caste or creed. Primarily based in India, with members and clients worldwide.

Parivartan - Parivartan is an active social organization helping Indians, mainly in New Delhi to fight against corruption, bribery and other human rights violation.

Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) - Focuses on socio-economic and socio-political equality and welfare.

Priyadarshni Academy - Non-profit, socio-cultural and educational organisation.

ProPoor - Repository of information on South Asian humanitarian NGOs, their leaders, projects, events, publications, donors, and links.

Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) - Works for the tribal communities of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

SandeshIndia - A website offering web-based information and services to non-governmental organisations.

Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute - Dedicated to developing technologies and providing services to promote the use of renewable energy.

Satya Circle - Online forum that allows discussion of several spiritual, cultural and social issues. Provides articles, chat and message boards.

Save Bangalore Forum - Brings together citizens, groups, and officials to address civic issues in Bangalore.

Search India. com - Non-Governmental Organizaton Directory

Sevalaya Home - A registered charitable organization which runs an orphanage in the village of Kasuva about 40 kms west of Chennai, India.

Society for Participatory Research in Asia - A non-governmental, non-profit organisation working in the field of governance, occupational health, global networking and other related areas in south asia.

Southern Health Improvement Samiti (SHIS) - Promotes education, women's empowerment, health, and community development of the Sunderbans region.

Sulabh International - Social service organization that works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation, health and hygiene, non-conventional sources of energy, waste management, and social reforms.

Suryodaya Hi-Tech Engineering - Manufacturer of solar water heating systems.

SVAM Electonics - Non Conventional Energy Division - Manufacturers and resellers of solar photovoltaic and solar water heating systems.

Tamil Nadu Foundation

Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) - Promotes industrial development through partnership with private enterprise.

Toronto-Calcutta Association - Provides medical services to Calcutta, working with sex workers and providing education to children.

UNIDO: Technology Bureau for International Industrial Partnerships - UN project promoting investment and technology flows to and from India, focusing on small and medium enterprises.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - India - Programmes include technology transfer, sustainable development, primary education, health support, and economic reforms.

Volunteers for India Development and Empowerment (VIDE) - Assists victims of natural disasters with relief and rehabilitation.

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) - Helps rural people living alleviate their poverty through participatory natural resource management on a watershed basis. Based in Ahmednagar, MH.

World Bank in India, The - Includes overview, data, publications, news, and more.
 
 
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