Development Labs is a group of young enthusiasts who want to promote new ideas from youth to help create a sustainable future. Their vision is to help disadvantaged people through honest and transparent collective action against social and environmental challenges. They leverage existing networks of agents of change to efficiently fight social and environmental problems. Their priorities include engaging youth and supporting small grassroots NGOs working in remote areas. They develop awareness campaigns, help NGOs with projects, create documentaries, and offer CSR courses for students. Their approach focuses on transparency, accountability, and utilizing a business-like model to enable community benefits through increased awareness and changed behaviors.

1. Development Labs
- Inspiring New Directions
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2. Content
Who Are We?
Values We Stand For
What We Work For?
What We Do?
Our Approach
Priority Issues
Implementing Partners
Current Activities & Projects
Services for Businesses

3. Who Are We?
A bunch of Young
Enthusiasts Operate
Ethically
Want to develop an
environment to
promote new ideas
Want to Work for
by the youth for a
a better tomorrow
sustainable future

4. Vision, Mission & Objectives
Vision: To help disadvantaged/ less
privileged people with honesty, and
operate transparently and collectively
fight against social and environmental
challenges
Mission: Leverage the already existing
framework of agents of change and
effectively and efficiently fight against the
social and environmental evils prevalent
Objectives:
a) To channelize the power of youth
for a positive change
b) Help grassroot level NGOs operate
efficiently and create greater impact
c) Develop tools to involve more
people to work towards social
equality
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5. Values We Stand For
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Sustainability
• De-risking
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6. What Do We Work For?
• India is on verge of finishing its natural
resources
"You cannot escape the
responsibility of tomorrow by • Has already run out of coal supplies
evading it today" - Abraham
Lincoln • Westerners way of growth has failed
• Millions affected by AIDS, TB, Malaria,
Malnutrition
• India employs 60 million child laborers
• Every second young child in India is
malnourished
• Less than ¼ of rural population use toilets
• Only 4 out of 10 girls who enroll complete
eight years of schooling
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7. What Do We Do?
• Transform awareness to behavior
• Develop new and innovative ways of
engaging individuals and sensitizing
towards the cause
• Work only with small NGOs in
remote areas
• Volunteer Engagement
• Develop Documentaries
• MDG Focused Apparel Range
• CSR Courses for Students who
want to pursue a career in social
sector
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8. Our Approach
What would make the system more
DESIRABLE?
Transparency Accountability
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9. Our Approach
What would make the system more
ECONOMICALLY VIABLE?
Business-Like Approach
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10. Our Approach
What would make the system more
FEASIBLE?
Right Talent
Availability
Funds
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11. Key Features of Our Approach
• No Extra Efforts: Make people aware so that they can
do their bit in their jam packed routine to improve many
lives
• No Donations: We are NOT ASKING FOR
DONATIONS
• People are the medium, Change is the result: We
want to bring about a change in people’s behavior
through new awareness approaches
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12. How We make this Model
Sustainable
Added
Value
Accountability
Transparency
Business- Like
Approach Benefits
Availability Community
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13. Priority Focus
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14. Why T-Shirts?
Macro Level
Change
Change in
Behavior
Awareness
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15. Current Activities
• Awareness Campaigns
• Helping NGOs in Preparing
& Implementing Projects
• Preparing Documentaries
• CSR Courses for Students
(In Pipepline)
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16. Current Activities
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17. Implementing Partners
S.No. Implementing Partner Issue Addressed
1. Rajrappa Gramin Vikas Sansthan Disability (Physical &
Mental)
2. Parivartan Health and Environment
3. Indian Women Development Society Maternal Health, & Women
Empowerment
4. Yuva Jagriti Kendra Illiteracy & Infant Health
5. Prabhaw Niketan Health, Disability
6. Karnpura Yuva Vikas Kendra Child Welfare
7. Radha Govind Public Welfare Society Livelihood Generation
8. Gramin Vikas Sanshodhan Va Prashikshan Illiteracy and Preserving
Sanstha Culture
9. Patel Gramin Vikas Sanstha Children’s Education
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18. Services for Businesses
Stakeholder
Sustainability Engagement/
Reporting Mapping
Sustainability/
Social Benchmarking,
Assessment Monitoring, &
Evaluation
CSR Portfolio Integrating CSR
Management into Corporate
Strategy
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19. Development Labs
3rd Floor, Govind House,
Kalu Sarai, New Delhi – 110016
P: 011- 6565-2226, 6565-3339
Website: www.developmentlabs.in
Email: info@developmentlabs.in
THANK YOU
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