DM2014 – Awardees

S.No. Organization Name Project Objective
1 Agastya International Foundation To provide high-quality, hands-on science education through innovative outreach channels (like mobile labs, etc.) to disadvantaged, rural teachers and students, who lack access to interactive teaching-learning opportunities in Meghalaya.
2 BASIX Sub-K iTransactions Limited To deepen access to affordable financial services for unbanked, low-income populations in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram by leveraging local entrepreneurship and mobile technology, while assisting banks, insurance companies and other financial service providers to enhance their outreach to the last mile.
3 ERC Eye Care To provide accessible and affordable eye care, including low-cost optometry services, to the rural BoP population through a hub-and-spoke model, comprising a Hub Eye Hospital and rural Vision Centres, further supported by field outreach through mobile eye-camps.
4 FIA Technology Services Private Ltd. To deepen banking services in North-East India by setting up financial inclusion centers in Assam and Meghalaya, and by improving demand and supply of credit in the region.
5 GNRC Limited To create an affordable and accessible healthcare model in north east India through ultra-low-cost hospitals providing state-of-the-art healthcare, supported by rural outreach and preventive healthcare education.
6 GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute To improve the emergency management capacity in Government hospitals in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram for efficient and scientific handover of emergency patients, through a new cadre of paramedical professionals called Emergency Room Technicians (ERTs), to be trained by GVK-EMRI.
7 North East Diocesan Social Service Society To provide preventive and curative health care on Malaria, IMR and MMR1 in Assam and Meghalaya by upgrading health dispensaries and building capacities of community groups and local administration to address health issues.
8 SAS Poorna Arogya Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. To enable economically weaker populations to access affordable and specialist healthcare services from network of partners hospitals through low-cost insurance coverage.
9 Seven Sisters Development Assistance To catalyze inclusive and sustainable development in NE-India by enhancing capabilities of rural communities, particularly the agricultural skills/knowledge of women’s collectives, to improve crop productivity, nutrition and alleviate poverty.
10 Shija Hospitals and Research Institute Private Limited To offer Shija’s super-speciality healthcare services to people in Mizoram through regular health camps and free correctional and cataract surgeries, supported by the Government and Smile Train Inc.
11 South Asian Forum for Environment To promote a revenue-generating, renewable-energy based, community WASH2 hub for providing equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the urban poor in Assam and Meghalaya.
12 Swabalambi To create awareness on health and disability-prevention and management, and promote attitudinal/ behavioral changes so that health systems recognize and accommodate the needs of people with disabilities in their policies, planning and services delivery.

1 IMR and MMR: Infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate
2 WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Case Studies

Rangsutra

Envisaged as a bridge between artisans and consumers, Rangsutra works with small producer groups based in remote villages and towns in around 9 locations across the Indian states of Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Assam. It strengthens economic security in vulnerable communities by empowering members to create top quality hand made products which are then sourced and marketed to urban consumers through leading retailers.

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    We feel honoured, we are a young enterprise and being recognized by an institution like World Bank is a great feeling. We are pretty enthused to move ahead in a comparatively faster manner...we are looking forward to the coming 24 months when we are going to get various kind of inputs.
    Devendra Shukla, Chief Operating Officer, Educate Girls
    Through DM we have proposed to scale it up to different areas covering another 44,000 households where we can monitor the social security scheme. I am definitely thrilled and excited because this money will [make] us think in a different way, to upgrade our technology, our HR and streamlining our processes from a certain level to a different level. We need to build our capacity through DM.
    Mansingh Durga Prasad Nayak, Programme Director, (WOSCA)
    We are looking at this money more as in investment in infrastructure development as well as human resource development. We believe that the results of this will be seen very soon.
    Sumita Ghose, Managing Director, Rangsutra Crafts India Ltd.
    As far as scale is concerned, we have understood that a lot of capacity building is required for that. Resourcing and networking [with] other agencies is also important.
    Prabitra Mishra, Programme Director, Adhikar
    DM is the beginning...it definitely feels good. It has taken a lot of thought process as to how we take reliable lighting sources to Bihar...Winning DM matters a lot...the financial support will help us to build infrastructure, develop capacity of people to implement the program [of providing quality lighting to the poor] properly in Bihar.
    Prasanta Biswal, Sr. Manager – Mission Projects, Selco Solar Lights (P) Ltd.
    Basically a start-up needs to use the grant for the costs of capacity building of community, mobilization etc. Then there is the technical, research and development cost for doing the innovation part. The third necessity is providing the market linkage to the producer groups. These are the 3 core things that social entrepreneurs [look for] and for these, funds are not available. This will be the greatest benefit of the DM.
    Ravi Chandra, Managing Trustee, Bihar Development Trust
    In the last 3 years we have trained and placed 10,000 people [in jobs]. In this World Bank sponsored project we are trying to train and place 10,000 people in Bihar alone.
    Nishant Saxena, CEO Elements Akademia Pvt. Ltd.

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