Foreword

“
Idobro started its journey 10 years ago with a
commitment to “multiplying impact” at a time when
social entrepreneurship was a nascent concept and
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was not yet for
compliance.

Glenmark Foundation has been associated with Idobro for 9 of those 10 years, and it is a pleasure
to note the success of Idobro’s vision, action and perseverance in catalyzing the eco-system.

Glenmark Foundation, is working towards improving child health and reducing Infant/Child
Mortality. Idobro has been an active partner of Glenmark Foundation for Monitoring &
Evaluation, research, design and implementation. They have helped in creating multiple eco-
inclusive and innovative solutions towards improving mother and child health, like the
Communication Catalyst and Meri Poustik Rasoi while building capacity through the NGO
ranking initiatives. Idobro’s efforts to foster collaborations between Corporates, Government,
Academia and CSO’s through the RISE Summit is a unique model focused on interactive formats
and Glenmark foundation is proud to be associated with it since its inception.

In this impact report, you will see examples of the commendable work done by Idobro in the last
ten years. I congratulate Idobro on completing a decade of impact and wish them sustained success

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in all their future endeavours.

Cheryl Pinto
Director , Corporate Affairs
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

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 Preface
“
When you pass a milestone of a decade, it is a time for
deep introspection and evaluation. As we pieced together
this Impact Report, we pondered our successes and
reviewed lessons from our failures. An exercise that
resulted in significant realizations.

Two philosophies guided our efforts to “Multiply impact” on “Women, Social and Green issues. One is
to “Think Differently and Act together”. Innovation and diversity, powers everything we do while
leveraging the momentum of alliances. Two, to take a systems view of development, with a long-term
perspective of inter-linkages and the concept of the commons & cosmo-localization for scale.
Our impact, as reported is minuscule, given the magnitude of the problems our societies and planet
faces. There is a critical need to revisit the development paradigm. And again, related to the above
philosophies. First, we know that giving a man a fish, feeds him for a day but teaching to fish, feeds
him for a lifetime. The time has now come to change this thinking, after all who are we to decide what
he has to learn? It would be better for us to help him to “find” the fish! Interventions need to empower
individuals and institutions to take ownership of their problems and go after solutions. When
opportunities and partnerships are made available to people, impact is not just for a lifetime but a solid
foundation for generations to come!
Finally, what will drive change at a transformational pace and level? Involvement of as many as
possible. Hence the need for a three-pronged engagement model that gets individuals and institution to
come together and co-create solutions. The RISE Values by Idobro is just such a framework.
Responsible, Inclusive, Sustainable and Eco-system Friendly (RISE) are the new age values free from
traditional constructs and context of culture, religion, geography and politics. They can be the bedrock
for collaboration as citizens, entrepreneurs and stakeholders of this world and planet.

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Every person matters. Every bit helps.

Karon Shaiva,
Founder, & Chief Impact Officer
Idobro Impact Solutions
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 About Idobro
Idobro is a social enterprise with a mission “to measure and multiply the impact of women
social and green initiatives through citizenship, entrepreneurship and partnerships."

We firmly believe that every individual and institution is capable of impacting our
world, they just need to realise the opportunities that are there all around them and
motivate themselves to take action. Every person matters, every bit helps. And when
people join hands, we can make our world a better place and a greener planet!

In the past 10 years, Idobro has established itself as a resource centre for Research,
Implementation, Stakeholder Relations and Evaluation. We apply the critical lens of
Gender, Technology and Innovation for deeper insights into diversity, inclusion and
sustainability issues. Our end-to-end approach is based on an eco-system model of
advocacy, engagement and evaluation. Our annual RISE Summit provides thought
leadership to foster dialogue, build capabilities and facilitate collaborations for
integrated development. The RISE Infinity Foundations strengthens communities
through particpatory action and collective impact.

Our local and global experience in urban and rural settings, with online and offline
tools for corporate and non-profit, government and academic initiatives in
development and CSR, forms a 360o knowledge platform for long term benefit and
value to our communities, enterprise members, partners and associates.

Idobro Footprints

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Our Mission
“To measure and multiply the impact of women social and green
initiatives through citizenship, entrepreneurship and partnerships.”

Our Approach
Think Different, Act Together

Our Theory of Change

Idobro (i5*) –Process of Multiplying Impact

*In the ancient Glagolitic alphabet, dobro means 5

And is the symbol of 5 as seen in our logo as well
Idobro = I5 – 5 Step Process of Multiplying Impact

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 Our Milestones
RISE Summit takes a world approach and
become the RISE World Summit
2019

India Partner for

SEED Program
2018

2017
Market research across
4 GCC countries 2016 Launch of Citizenship
program in school across
India
Launch of RISE Infinity
2015
Foundation & Good Pitch first
time in India
2014 1st Multi country research
study in evaluation across
Ventured into partnerships on social South East Asia
interventions with corporates & 2013
Launched Impact expo
Launch of RISE Summit- the multi
2012 stakeholder platform and
Evaluator Conclave, Nepal – First
Launch of International event
marketing & sales
2011
platform for WSG
entrepreneurs
2010 180 entrepreneur network established
Executed WB – India Development Marketplace
project for funding entrepreneurs across India &
launch of our first social catalogue
2009
Launch of Idobro to multiply impact
on WSG issues

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 Our Impact

7,50,000 individuals 7 countries and 22 states of

reached India

1,000 WSG Entrepreneurs 70,00,000 lakh

supported WSG sales

1,20,000 students 1,70,000 employees

sensitized engaged

540+ institutions & 100+

Partner Organizations 1800+ event days

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 Our Programs
Idobro has been working with stakeholders to co-create participatory, innovative
and scalable solutions to multiply impact on women, social and green issues that
encompass the SDG canvas. Our three verticals below summarizes our approach
of working on holistic and integrated development for all.

Citizenship
“Enable individuals and institutions to be involved with
their surroundings, co-create solutions and build
progressive societies based on the RISE values”

Entrepreneurship
“Provide an inclusive and nurturing eco-system for Women,
Social and Green (WSG) entrepreneurs to Access markets,
Build Capacity, Create linkages & Deliver solutions” (ABCD)

Partnership
“End-to-end or modular solutions to leverage strengths &
resources across stakeholder groups to multiply socio-
environomic impact”

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 Our Sectors

Livelihoods WASH Agriculture

Livelihood Nutrition Education

Health Waste Disability

Women
Empowerment

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 Partner Voices

“I am sure as thought leaders and catalysts Idobro

will be important contributors to a progressive and
prosperous India.”

Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India

“The Idobro approach based on the RISE values

and principals is exactly the embodiment of social
process innovation at its very best!”

Cheryl Y. Kiser – Executive Director –The Lewis

Institute and Babson Social Innovation Lab &
Creator of The Uncommon Table

"It is critical that Governments, Corporates, Investors,

NGOs and Individuals work together in order to effect
significant changes as we co-create sustainable world
for our planet. RISE summit is one such congregation
which is the starting point for new initiatives that not
only bring forth new ideas but also support and scale
existing initiatives. !"
Dev Bhattachayra
Aditya Birla Group
Group Executive President

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 Impact

51,720
Students directly engaged

22 States
In India

7,905
Professionals engaged

117
Neighbourhood
initiatives/solutions provided

540+ institutions &

100+ organizations
Partnered

58,525
Beneficiaries

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 Citizenship
The power of one for collective good
The RISE Citizenship program enables individuals and institutions to work towards creating simple,
practical neighbourhood solutions. The program helps links the concrete problems they see around them
on a daily basis, to larger issues that affect our planet. This enables participants to take issues from a
personal to a world view, by mapping to global critical issues identified by SDG’s.
The program is a unique approach to discovering solutions through an evolutionary journey of self-
awareness, social sensitivity, critical thinking and teamwork. We also design customized community
engagement programs that results in collective impact for all.

At its core of the program are the RISE Values – Responsible,

Inclusive, Sustainable and Eco-friendly. These are the new age
values that drive positive action and collaborations. Diversity and
Innovation are the cornerstones of the program that helps to
internalise the “Why” before we can expect people to undertake the
“How” to tackle issues. The RISE Citizenship program helps
youth and corporate employees to understand themselves better
and also identify opportunities to be involved in their surroundings.
As RISE Citizens who want to act and create sustained change, all
four RISE values need to be nurtured.

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 Key projects
Lilavati Podar High School – RISE Program
In 2017, Idobro conducted the RISE Citizenship Program in
Lilavati Podar High School. Taking traffic & waste management
as the hyper local problems, Idobro organised a series of
workshops. The school was also aiming to create zero waste and
encouraged their students to participate in the endeavour whole
heartedly. Over a period of time on the basis of the
intervention and sensitivity training as part of the IDOBRO
workshops, the students became active participants towards
zero waste creation and traffic management.

St Xavier's Institute of Learning – SDG & RISE Program

In December 2018, Idobro conducted an action research program to
train 100 students on the RISE Citizenship program. The students
combined SDG’s & RISE values with the college’s theme “Action for
Harmony” to promote waste management techniques on the college
campus but also in their internship schools across the city. Assemblies
were conducted on waste management across 7 internship schools which
sensitized teachers & students on the need for proper waste management.
A survey of the teachers of the schools was undertaken to see the impact
& analysis revealed that 94% of the participants felt that the assemblies
were impactful and were the need of the hour.

Swedish Institute - SSIP

Idobro partnered with the Swedish Institute for the
Social and Sustainability Immersion Program (SSIP)
over three consecutive years.
The program was focused on sharing experiences
and to explore collaboration and showcase projects
that focus on diversity, inclusion and sustainability
among the Swedish Institute Alumni and Swedish
companies in India.

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 Key projects
VVF Limited – Hygiene Behaviour Change Program
VVF Limited partnered with Idobro to design & implement a
Behaviour Change Campaign focused around healthy living
through washing of hands in government schools across
Maharashtra. The program was implemented in phases, the first
targeted 15,000 school children & the second engaged with 35,000.
The BCC was designed keeping in mind the target group, i.e. the
students and involved various activities such as games, demos, role
plays, and videos around the outskirts of Mumbai. A special
animated video along with a jingle was also created to be shown to
the children leading to a high rate of recall among them.

Running & Living – Marathon at Aarey

Idobro partnered with Running & Living, an organisation that
believes in encouraging people to run for the several health benefits
associated with running. Idobro organised two half marathons every
year in Aarey, one in the monsoons, and one in December from 2015
to 2017. The monsoon marathons saw a higher number of
participation compared to the ones held in December. The oldest
person who ran to keep fit was 90 years! We also got the
participation of corporate teams, who took part for the dual benefit
of fitness and team building.

Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd – Pan India

Employee Engagement
The Employee Engagement & Volunteering activity done with
Tata Capital in the year 2016 – 17, was one of the most ‘engaging’
one done with Corporates. Idobro partnered with them from
November to March to organise monthly volunteering activities in
their branches across 10 cities in India. Activities conducted were
around sports, financial literacy, Secret Santa, mentoring students,
waste management and clean up of streets, engaging with school
children through presentations, quizzes and chart making. Over
1000 volunteers took part & engaged with over 1200 beneficiaries.

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 Volunteering Activity,
TATA CAPITAL
RISE Circle of Impact
LILAVATIBAI PODAR

Volunteering Activity, RISE Teacher’s Training

GLENMARK LILAVATIBAI PODAR

Principal’s Conference World Environment Day,

on RISE Citizenship Carter Road, Bandra

Half marathon,
RUNNING & LIVING

Employee Engagement
GLENMARK

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 Partner Voices
"I thank Idobro who has been our pillar of support
in providing customized guidance to Chungi in
reaching out to a larger market & giving due
recognition to our producer community. The support
by Idobro has given wings to our artists!"

Shweta Tiwari – Founder, Chungi

“It has been a great association with Idobro. Their

approach is as a partner rather than a vendor and
this will definitely help us evolve and expand our
social footprint in a more deep and impactful way.”

Surmai Kaushik – CSR Lead, Mahindra Susten

“Idobro does an excellent job of facilitating cross

sectorial partnerships. They have the knack of
spotting critical issues and designing relevant
solutions. ”
Manish Joshi – Additional Municipal Commissioner,
Thane

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 Impact
5000
enterprises engaged

1550+
entrepreneurs supported

381+ workshops

200+
Women entrepreneurs mentored

850+
Exhibition Days

70,00,000+
Sales facilitated for WSG
entrepreneurs in INR

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 Entrepreneur-ship
Fostering innovation and resilience

The Entrepreneurship program works towards creating innovative solutions for enterprises
focussed on women, social and green issues. Entrepreneurs are critical to reach the last mile through
organisational approach but need support. We also focus on the missing middle in the spectrum of
women entrepreneurship. This program looks at these enterprises both as users and enablers
of social development through the ABCD program.

Idobro’s ABCD model for entrepreneurship (Side Figure)

is a customized, end to end approach to creating
innovative social/business solutions for Woman, Social
and Green Enterprises (WSGEs). Through this model,
Idobro helps enterprises by providing a nurturing eco-
system to build, sustain and scale through opportunities
and partnerships.

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 Key projects
British Council - Young Women Social
Entrepreneurship Program
The Programme was developed by British Council & Diageo-
USL with the purpose of disseminating social enterprise
expertise to women communities across India. Two of
Idobro’s women employees were selected and trained in the
area of social entrepreneurship at IIM Kozhikode. Post this,
Idobro organised ‘Cascading Workshops’ and provided social
enterprise trainings to 122 women members belonging to Self
Help Group’s and others. The workshops focused on various
aspects of enterprise development including business plan
development, sales pitch, packaging, marketing and more.

KJ Somaiya College - Sell-athon

Idobro launched this concept in RISE 2016. Students of BloomBox,
the entrepreneurship cell of KJ Somaiya College of Engineering,
participated in this program. They got a hands on opportunity to
sell products of Idobro Member entrepreneurs for a week during
RISE Summit. The entrepreneurs gave the products on a
consignment basis at wholesale prices. It was a win – win situation
for both: Students learned and earned, and the entrepreneurs got
visibility and sales.

US Consulate - Women Entrepreneurship

Development Program
Idobro and the US Consulate conducted a 4 part training series to
introduce entrepreneurs to key concepts of business scale
planning. The program was based on Idobro’s ABCD training
curriculum specially designed for entrepreneurs & provided a
spectrum of tools & solutions to help them identify & target
customer base while keeping operations growing successfully! The
group was a mixed gathering of established and new
entrepreneurs. The program was designed to include theoretical
knowledge & real time solutions along with a Q&A session with
established entrepreneurs and experts.

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 Key projects
Magic Bus India Foundation – Market Research for
Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Magic Bus India Foundation partnered with Idobro to undertake a
market research for a program which would offer customised need
driven training for youth. Idobro had to undertake the market research,
in four semi-rural areas across Maharashtra and Telangana, to identify a
need and skillsets for the said program.
Having a deadline of two months, two teams were working
simultaneously with local stakeholders at each location. A number of
possible enterprises options were explored and their viability examined.
Post study, each location had enterprise opportunities recommended,
based on the local ecosystem along with the demand analysis to help in
customising local program.

Tata Capital - Solar Entrepreneurship Program

Tata Capital Financial Services partnered with Idobro to train youth
with a keen interest in perusing careers in solar. 32 students formed
the 1st batch. The training was conducted in February and March
2019 in Thane. 30 sessions were conducted comprising of technical
knowledge as well as entrepreneurial skills. As part of the sessions,
extreme care was taken to organise theoretical and practical
sessions with visits to installation sites and expert guest faculty.

SATPUDA / PRADAN - Mushroom Supply Chain

SATPUDA MUSHROOMS is a cooperative of tribal women oyster

mushroom growers from some of the poorest families in India’s
endemic poverty regions of tribal Madhya Pradesh. This was promoted
by PRADAN, a national level premier professional rural development
public service organization. Idobro undertook their market
development and provided recommendations for a financial and
operational growth strategy. This involved a detailed study of their
Supply Chain and an end-to-end Value Chain analysis. We also
designed and produced a 3600 communication campaign from an
interactive website with recipes and nutrition information to point of
sale buntings and more. Idobro also identified distribution channels
and developed varied customer segments such as Hotels, Corporate
buyers, Celebrity chefs and more.
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 Entrepreneurship Development
NABARD stall @ SARAS World Trade Centre, Mumbai

ABCD Entrepreneurship
Model
Driving with Selvi,
Training program

SEED Replicator

Women's Day Workshop,

AMCO

Exhibitions by Idobro
members

Entrepreneur Mentoring
Sessions
Entrepreneurship Project
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 Key projects
SEED – Replicator Workshop
SEED partnered with Idobro to conduct the SEED Replicator
Workshop at the World Trade Center. The workshop was conducted
for Enterprising entrepreneurs who wish to imitate eco-friendly
business models and create their business. The workshop was a part
of a series of workshops in India, Thailand and Uganda organized
between the United Nations environment programme and the
German-based International Climate Initiative.
The Workshop targets both originators of an idea and aspiring
entrepreneurs and brings successful eco-inclusive business models
that provide proven solutions to environmental challenges to be
implemented in various geographic locations.

BSE – Financial Literacy Workshops

Idobro along with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) held over 20
workshops focused on Investor Awareness over a period of two
years. The workshops catered to the youth and women who were
interested in investing in the stock market and not only saving, so
as to create a second source of income for themselves. It made
them aware on the risks associated with the same and ways to
minimize it.

CBFW – Mentoring Program

Idobro has been a partner with the Cherie Blair Foundation since the
past six years for the Mentoring Women in Business Programme.
The program focuses on women in developing and emerging markets
who have the ideas and ambition to become successful entrepreneurs
but are held back by barriers such as lack of access to business skills,
technology, networks and finance.
The program combines mentoring with technology to offer cross-
border support to women entrepreneurs. They are matched with
mentors around the world using the online platform, where they
spend 12 months working one-on-one. Till date Idobro has provided
access to over 200 women to the program.

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 Impact
7 countries,
22 states

150+ 6,50,000
Projects individuals,

540+ institutions & 100+

organization partners

33512
People engaged 14
in programs SDG’s Covered

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 Partnership
Resource optimisation and scaling impact

Collaboration across sector stakeholders is the key to multiplying development in the 21st century. The
fundamental core of good alliances is their ability to bring together diverse resources in ways that can
together achieve more impact : greater sustainability, maximized usage of resources, avoidance of
duplication and increased value to all. However fostering partnerships require significant investment of
time and deeper understanding of the eco-system forces at play.

The Idobro landscaping tool (Side Figure) is used to

design end to end & modular multi-stakeholder
approaches across issues and geographies to leverage
strengths and resources. The eco-system model helps to
identify the challenges and capabilities that are faced or
required around a specific issue or community. It
therefore assists Program Planners to identify actors that
could be invited to partner and why would they do so.
The intersection of market based solutions and shared
value drivers identifies the win-win proposition for all
stakeholder groups to collaborate.

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 Key projects
Communication & Advocacy

Sandvik India Diversity Awards

The Sandvik India Diversity Awards was launched in March 2016
with a focus on exemplary leadership in promoting diversity &
inclusion particularly in Maharashtra across multiple social areas.
Idobro partnered with Sandvik Asia Pvt. Ltd. over two consecutive
years in designing, and end to end implementation including
organising the mentors, identification of jury and creating the
social media platform. The process consisted of three rounds of
selection followed by a mentoring program. Senior professionals
from the sector were mapped with relevant participants to mentor
them in creating their pitch & strategy for the final round of
selection.

Glenmark Foundation - Communication Catalyst

Idobro in partnership with Glenmark Foundation designed the
Communication Catalyst to bring together the creativity &
enthusiasm of students & resource starved NGO’s. The aim was to
bring a change in the complex issue of malnutrition in low-income
households through innovative strategies. Beginning as a pilot in
Mumbai in 2016, the Behaviour Change Communication
competition has now expanded to a nation-wide competition which
offers a mentorship program to 10 selected teams annually.

Yes Bank – I am the change Program

Idobro partnered with Yes Bank Foundation over two
consecutive years as an outreach and implementing partner
to organise workshops across multiple metro cities for the
“Yes I am the Change program”. Idobro managed the end
to end arrangements for the workshops including the
venue, facilitator, the outreach and registrations for the
program to make sure the workshops were well facilitated
and attended. Over the course of the workshops Idobro
managed to get over 560 people for the workshops.

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 Key projects
Stakeholder Engagement

COE SA – Evaluation Conclave, Nepal

The Community of Evaluators in collaboration with Community
of Evaluators Nepal, organised the Second Evaluation Conclave
from 26th February to 1st March 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The
objective of the conclave was to bring together thinkers,
commissioners & practitioners of evaluation in an interactive
forum to discuss, deliberate and share advancements in the theory
and practice of evaluation.
This was the first international program in which Idobro was
responsible for End–to- End Event Process, Design & Execution,
including ticketing to tourism for delegates across countries.

Glenmark Foundations – Meri Poushtik Rasoi

Keeping Glenmark Foundation’s key focus being malnutrition, one
of the major causes of child deaths in India, Idobro designed “The
Meri Poushtik Rasoi cooking competition” aimed at discovering
traditional, rich, indigenous recipes from across India, with the
objective of sharing it with NGOs and other stakeholders working
in the space of malnutrition. The recipes were shortlisted and the
final cook off was conducted in Mumbai on the lines of Master
Chef, with professional cooks as the judges. The first edition saw
the participation of over 500 recipes from across all the states in
the country, while the second edition had over 700 persons
competing.

Trent Limited – NGO Due Diligence

Trent Limited financially supports NGO projects in areas of Child
Education & Nutrition across India a Star & Diya initiative in
Westside stores. This programme enables customers to participate
in ‘giving’ by lighting a diya during Diwali, or putting up a star on
the Christmas tree during Christmas; the proceeds are routed to
selected NGOs.
Idobro partnered with Trent over three consecutive years for the
process of identification, due diligence and evaluation of such
NGO’s across multiple locations in India.

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 Key projects
Evaluation & Strategy

Tata Capital – Impact Assessment

Tata Capital partnered with Idobro to undertake a Impact
Assessment of the Education & Health Program spread across 6
sick tea gardens to derive learnings to further scale it up. Idobro
interacted with the local beneficiaries using PRA techniques as well
as key stakeholders to understand the ground reality.
The study helped understand the direct & indirect impact the
program was having on the beneficiaries and also assisted in
identifying key strategies such as partnerships and other value
addition to increase the program impact leading a Needs
assessment study in 19 Sick tea gardens for scaling up the program.

Godrej Group – Brand Perceptions Analysis

Two companies within the Godrej group partnered with Idobro to undertake a brand
perception analysis within the local communities they worked in. The studies were
conducted in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand to measure the change in perception of
the community compared to that of the administration.
The exercise covered a number of parameters which were gauged based on a
predefined index and the inputs were incorporated into the social programs running in
these locations. The second analysis conducted after two years assisted in understand a
shift in perception of the local community compared to the earlier exercise.

Mahindra Susten - Environmental Social Impact

Assessment
Mahindra Renewable Private Limited partnered with Idobro for an
Environmental Social Impact assessment of a section of the
“Gujarat Solar Park” the world's third largest photo voltaic power
generation area. The ESIA needed to be in line with the IFC
standard 1 and comply with the World Bank requirements. Keeping
this in mind Idobro visited the site & engaged in dialogues with the
local stakeholders, including Govt. This understanding of the local
dimensions aided in identifying & developing specific Community
Engagement Plans to bring about a spur of development within
the area thereby impacting the lives of the local community.

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 Case Study
A 360 degree approach towards strategic CSR

Mother & Child Health

One Point Agenda

Multiple Issues

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 Impact Assessment across 19 sick
tea gardens - TATA Capital
Impact Assessment
across
4 states
MCX
Indoor Air Pollution,
GLENMARK

Baseline Analysis,
GODREJ
Sanitation Campaign, VVF

Needs Assessment,
Ambuja Cement Foundation

SANDVIK India Gender

Awards

MAHA INFRA Summit

Health & Hygiene,

VVF
Sankalp, 2010

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 Partner Voices
“Platforms such as the RISE Summit, encourage
the engagement of key stakeholders to espouse a
framework for sustainable development!”

Dr. Achyuta Samanta – Founder – Kalinga Institute

of Social Sciences & KIIT university

“As always, it was a great pleasure and a wonderful

experience to meet people from diverse
backgrounds at RISE. I think lot of ideas came up.
It was quite a gain for me to know about how other
companies view employee engagement and how
serious this business is all about.”
Anagha Mahajani- General Manager CSR-
Ambuja Cement Foundation

“The government is a very integral partner fo any

large scale impact on the development agenda. I
think this is a very important step taken by Idobro
to create a bridge between different groups.
Sanjay Sethi (IAS) – Development Commissioner
(Industries) – Government of Maharashtra

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 RISE Gallery

Plenary Workshops

Chat Tables Social Tour

Film Festivals Round Table Discussions

Exhibitions Syory-telling
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 RISE World Summit
(Beyond an Unconference)
The RISE World Summit is a convening of stakeholders committed to
diversity, innovation and sustainability for a new and just world. In-depth
deliberations are a pre-requisite to building alliances, and partnerships are
the key to multiply impact.
Beyond an UnConference, the RISE Summit is unique. All activities are
participatory and non-hierarchical with no presentations or panels. The
event format for the RISE Summit is planned for inclusion, relevance
and flexibility to facilitate:
• Cross-sectoral dialogue
• Capacity building
• Collaboration
The RISE Summit (as it began
in 2013) is now into its 7th year. It
has grown from a single city-2 day-
4 format event, to a 5 days-2 cities-
20 format active-mapping platform
for resources and exchange.

Our efforts to catalyze the development space through

social dialogue, grows with every passing year, and with
multiple Country Partners, making it truly a World Summit.

RISE World Summit 2020 in

partnership with the Centre for Policy
Studies (CPS), IIT Bombay will be
held from 16th – 21st January across
Mumbai and Pune.
Conferences, Unconferences,
RISE Summit ….. Join Us!
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 Impact Assessment across 19
MAHA INFRA Summit sick tea gardens
Indoor Air Pollution,
TATA Capital
GLENMARK

RISE World Summit

Impact Assessment across
4 states
MCX

SANDVIK India Gender Health & Hygiene, VVF

Awards

Perception Analysis,
GODREJ

Health & Hygiene,

VVF RISE Summit

Needs assessment across 8 tea

gardens,, TATA Capital

Sankalp, 2010 SANDVIK India

Diversity Award

Meri Poushtik Rasoi, Needs Assessment,

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 RISE Infinity Foundation
RISE INFINITY FOUNDATION (RIF) was
founded in 2014 with the objective to help create a
more Responsible, Inclusive, Sustainable and Eco-
Friendly society that will meet the immediate
needs of those who are vulnerable, challenged and
underserved, while caring for our future
generations and the planet.

We firmly believe that every individual and institution is capable of

impacting our world, they just need to realise the opportunities that are
there all around them and motivate themselves to take action. Every person
matters, every bit helps. And when people join hands, we CAN make our
world a better place and a greener planet!

Share a little:
TIME - Volunteer with us to learn and create impact simultaneously
TALENT - IUse your knowledge, skill and experience for good
TREASURE - Contribute in cash or kind through office supplies and
operational infrastructure

Partner for Purpose, Progress, Prosperity and Peace

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Thank you for being a part of our
journey

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