There are more than a million non-profit organizations operating across the country for a variety of causes; from education to urban governance, from human rights to livelihood, tremendous amounts of citizen time, energy and resources are being devoted to the social sector. However, the internal challenges faced by social entrepreneurs are as big as the problems they seek to solve. Financial resources and skilled human resources are hard to come by. Lack of project design and management skills makes operations unorganized and chaotic, leading to inefficiencies in the organizations. Technology adoption is slow and people development is almost non existent. In short, unlike the business sector, there is a severe lack of support organizations that can service the needs of the citizen sector organizations and help them concentrate on social issues that they actually set out to solve.

 

We help social organizations make distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements to the performance of their organizations. We tackle their most difficult issues and serious grass root level challenges. Some of the benefits for organizations include systematic and structured support to solve critical problems and more importunately, we provide access to a wider, more influential network of key stake holders, support groups and the community at large. 

 

The Purpose of ITIHAS is to accelerate social change by helping non-profit organizations strategize core functions and program implementation at the grass-root level and by facilitating mutually profitable relationships between social organizations through collaboration and networking

 

 We categorize our work into 3 broad areas: 

 

Citizen Sector Organization Consulting:

 

• Consulting with the citizen sector is typically with regards to change facilitation, process management, volunteering management and motivation, scaling-up challenges, impact analysis and practical implementation issues faced at the grassroots.

 Corporate CSR Program Consulting:

 

• Corporate Social Responsibility is becoming an Integral functional component among the corporate sector. Focus on in house programs, employee engagement and funding for the citizen sector is on a rise. There is a stated need among this sector to help to identity credible organizations and their needs, and in designing of various programs for corporate and employee engagement

Sattva – The Magazine

 

• Sattva, the magazine: This monthly magazine completely dedicated to the citizen sector of Bangalore highlights the lesser heard of NGOs, their achievements, challenges and needs. This magazine also aims to promote networking amongst organizations and to acknowledge individual efforts in bringing about social change