About IDR_Note

About IDR India Development Review (IDR) is India’s first independent media and knowledge platform for the development community. Our mission is to advance knowledge on social impact in India. We publish ideas, opinion, analysis and lessons from real-world practice. Our job is to make things simple and relevant, so you can do more of what you do, better.

Organisation Details • Founded in: 2017 • Founding team: Smarinita Shetty (Co-founder and CEO), Rachita Vora (Co-founder and Director, Content and Partnerships), & Devanshi Vaid (Co-Founder and Director, Outreach and Reader Engagement) • Philanthropic partners: Ashoka Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Tata Trusts & A.T.E Foundation • Board members: Abhay Havaldar Director (National Stock Exchange and Ex-MD, General Atlantic), Amee Misra (Investment and Trade Economist, DFID), Garima Deveshwar Bahl (Leadership coach and Founder, Avasaram), & Sandhya Rao (Finance Specialist) • Knowledge partners: Alliance Magazine, The Bridgespan Group, Dalberg, FSG, Next Billion, Stanford Social Innovation Review

Our Story Although the development community in India has a vast trove of expertise and wisdom on advancing social change, that knowledge often resides in silos, either locked in people’s heads or buried within organisations.

This limited access to learning, insights, evidence and best practices constrains what we can achieve–both individually with our programmes and money, and also collectively as a sector seeking to create impact.

We founded IDR as a nonprofit in 2017, with the objective of surfacing these ideas, experiences and practices, so that together we can do more and do right by the millions of Indians whom we work with and for.

Our Story We promise to highlight voices on issues that matter, regardless of whether they belong to little-known grassroots organisations or big-name funders. We will write about what has worked but we will also talk to our failures. We will showcase the big ideas even as we cover the functional knowledge that helps us improve our programmes and organisations.

As a platform for Indian voices, we are committed to reflecting the diversity, complexity, and inventiveness of the sector. We want IDR to be as much yours as it is ours.

Topics We Cover Corporate Social Responsibility in India

Philanthropy in India

Education System in India

Environment in India

Health and Tribal Health in India

Rural Development in India

Livelihoods in India

Human Right in India

Water and Agriculture

Nonprofit Fundraising

Leadership and Talent Management

Board and Governance

Monitoring and Evaluation

Organisational Development

Technology

Entrepreneurship

Collaboration

Diversity and Inclusion

Gender

Inequality

Scale