SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY |
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We provide a resource of social expertise for the development of
projects that are committed to social sustainability. Under our wide spectrum of social
advisory services we contribute in social planning, development of implementative
mechanism and supporting institutional functioning through pragmatic development approach.
Our multifaceted professional exposure and enrichment amply deliver convincing value added
services in social assessment, social investment and social management planning process.
Specifically, we offer the following services:
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Rural Development Planning |
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We deliver wide spectrum of advisory services for rural development
and planning with integrated approach for economic betterment of people as well as greater
social transformation. Our service offerings in rural development and planning area
include:
Physical and social infrastructure planning
Livelihood restoration and planning
Planning, implementation and evaluation of poverty
alleviation, infrastructure development and social security programs
Drinking water, housing and rural transport planning
Strengthening of rural and local administration, training
& research, human resource development, development of voluntary action etc. for the
proper implementation of the programs
Sustainable planning for desert areas, drought prone areas
Planning for natural resource management
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Urban Development Planning |
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Our service offerings for urban development and planning cover
consulting for social infrastructure, physical infrastructure planning, demand and need
assessment for various services and facilities etc. Our premium offerings include:
Planning and establishing alternative public transportation
systems & pragmatic solution for traffic congestion, air pollution
Developing resources, and protecting ecologically sensitive
regions
Planning and study the effects of growth and change on
community
Sheltering the homeless
Social planning of highways, airports, water and sewer lines,
schools, libraries, and cultural and recreational sites
Study and forecasting future trends in employment, housing,
transportation, population and migration
Urban poverty studies and planning
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Poverty Study and Planning |
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We offer advisory services for study of key poverty issues, poverty
measurement, monitoring, analysis, and preparation of poverty reduction strategies for
developing communities. The specific services under poverty study and planning include:
Preparation of poverty reduction strategies
Planning pro-poor growth & equality
Poverty analysis
Planning for implementation of poverty alleviation project and
schemes
Monitoring and evaluation of poverty related projects and
schemes
Poverty and social impact assessment
Poverty and health impact assessment
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Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Planning |
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Most of the infrastructure development projects cause certain
unavoidable temporary human and property losses in the form of displacement or hindrances
to their existing socio- economic conditions. Our pool of experts in the social
development advisory do provide sustainable social planning to mitigate this type of
losses from the planning stage till the implementation and as well as monitoring
the impact in the post implementation period. We provide R&R advisory services in
various sectors like Road, Energy, Aviation, Port, Urban Infrastructure and, Housing etc
covering wide range of cliental groups. The prime focus and thrush of our services include
the following:
Resettlement impact assessment
Development of plan for suitable mitigation measures
Preparation of resettlement action plan for the project
affected people
Preparation of Land acquisition plans
Indigenous people's development plan
Suggesting income restoration measures
Institutional strengthening of R&R institutions
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Indigenous People
Development and Planning |
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Indigenous people/ native tribal people are always vulnerable to
any change which affects their socio-cultural identity, dignity and economic status. We
provide advisory services for Indigenous Peoples' development planning in a manner which
ensures that the development process fosters full respect for the dignity, human rights
and uniqueness of Indigenous People. We deliver the following:
Identification of indigenous people
Assessment of indigenous people's issues
Indigenous people development planning
Title process management
Native title research and analysis
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Impact Assessment |
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We deliver wide range of impact assessments including social impact
assessment for developmental projects, plans, schemes and programs related to various
sectors. Major service offerings in this area include the following:
Social impact assessment
Poverty impact assessment
Gender impact assessment
Health impact assessment
Disasters and risk impact assessment
Government policy impact assessment
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Social Surveys and
Development of Research Tools |
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With our rich academic and consulting expertise and experiences, we
deliver a variety of social surveys using contemporary and innovative research
methodologies and research tools. Our service offering include:
Formulation of appropriate methodologies for social research
and analysis
Development of tools for social surveys and research
Execution of social surveys and research projects
Quantitative and qualitative research analysis
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Participatory Development
Planning |
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With credible exposure and experience in participatory development
planning, we analyse community problems or opportunities from within a village,
cooperative or group and suggest sustainable local development plans and mechanisms. Our
participatory planning approach includes:
Conducting an external appraisal of current development trends
and opportunities
Conducting an internal appraisal of institutional, financial
and resource availability
Assessment and analysis of the planning options
Planning of organization's development objectives
Prioritization of development options to make a strategic plan
of action
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Social Policy Analysis and
Research |
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With our in house capabilities and wide academic and institutional
network we have created an enabling environment for various social policies analysis and
social research across the disciplines and different subject areas of the humanity
faculty. Our advisory services on social policy analysis and research include:
Labour market, family and community change
Social exclusion
New social divisions (class, gender and other dimensions) and
inequalities
Attitudes, behavior and needs and individual decision-making
The delivery of welfare policies and programs
Patterns of risk and social protection in welfare
Criminal justice policy
The impact of social policy on incomes, opportunities and well
being
International social policy and cross-national comparison
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Social Audit |
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We have been assisting various government and private organizations
and agencies to assess and demonstrate their social, community and environmental benefits
and limitations. Our social audit extended to auditing schemes and programs being
implemented in various social development and service involving generating credible user
feedback on a variety of qualitative and quantitative indicators of service delivery like
access, usage, quality & reliability, costs and satisfaction etc.
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Community
Driven Development (CDD) Planning |
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With our proficient professional and research group, we assist in
planning of community-driven development (CDD) by formulating policy and development
framework to give control of decisions and resources to community groups. Our advisory
services to CDD includes planning and development of community institutions, community
mobilization, community consultation, strengthening and finance planning for community
institutions, orienting community access to information, and planning & developing an
enabling environment etc.
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Gender Studies and Planning |
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We undertake gender studies and analysis as a practical tool for
examining activities, problems, knowledge, and access to natural resources of both women
and men, clarifying where they differ and where they are complementary. We also design,
co-ordinate and supervise projects on the impact of economic reforms on various dimensions
of gender-based inequality. Our development planning emphasizes women empowerment through
developing mechanism for women to participate in project planning and decision making etc
in development projects. Our integrated approach of gender impact assessment includes:
Respective levels of representation and participation in
decision-making
Effective access to resources and effective distribution of
these resources
Norms and values that influence roles, attitudes, behaviours
and others' expectations
Rights, freedoms and access to justice
Role of women in natural resource management
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Child Labour and Child Rights |
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We assist in assessment of child labor problem in various sectors
and contribute in child labor campaigning projects in India. Our professionals have
acquired extensive expertise in dealing with labor laws and national and international
child rights and conventions etc. We offer planning and implementation of child labor
rehabilitation projects with integrated approach of their wellbeing.
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Social Investment
Strategy and Planning |
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Our approach to social investment strategy focuses on helping
various entities to determine both where and how to invest to maximize social and economic
value. Our social investment advisory services include social investment strategy and
planning, assessment of impact of community development programs and delivering community
development/social capital programs /projects. The specific areas are:
Assessment of social investment portfolio and corporate assets
Assessing the competitive constraints that could be addressed
through social investment
Developing a social investment management system
Strategic planning for social investment
New social investment startup strategy
Investment strategy for civic bodies
Public private partnership
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Risk Assessment and
Disaster Management |
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We assist individuals, households and communities in dealing with
diverse risks to steer sustained economic and social development and combat unproductive
coping strategies. We provide wider scope of socio-economic risk and vulnerability
assessment including deprivation from basic social and economic infrastructures leading to
poor health, unemployment, poverty etc. Our strategic management planning covers
sustainable labor market, social insurance, and social assistance policies etc.
With the help of multidisciplinary professionals and planning approach, we design,
implement and provide training for emergency/disaster management solutions to drought,
cyclones, floods etc by comprehensive hazard identification, risk assessment and impact
analysis, mitigation strategies, emergency response procedures, and community recovery
plans etc .
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Microfinance
and Small Enterprise Development |
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Our proficient social and economic development expertise are amply
capable of providing advisory services to micro enterprises, self employment activities
and household enterprises for achieving social and economic development. We assist in
raising the ability of the self-employed and rural poor to sustain the economic activities
essential to their survival. At this front, we offer development and formulation of
fundamental policy, legal and regulatory framework to allow micro level financial
institutions to develop and operate effectively and capacity assessment and institutional
strengthening including imparting training for their sustainable operations.
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Community Natural
Resources Management |
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For community natural resources management, we offer wide range of
advisory services with our interdisciplinary approach. We plan and develop sustainable
resource management through improved system suggesting user-friendly and state of the art
technology. Our integrated approaches to natural resource like land and water resources
management includes poverty reduction, food security strengthening and developing enabling
environment and to promote national, regional, and global capacities to combat
desertification and restore degraded lands.
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Rural Water Supply and
Sanitation |
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Through our enriched professional experiences we deliver people
oriented decentralized, demand driven and community based water supply and sanitation
programs for the rural areas. We carry out situational analysis of rural areas, need and
demand assessment for water and sanitation and plan integrated water resource management
system such as rain water harvesting and treatment. Our planning approach envisages
sustainable water management for poverty reduction and economic growth in developing
communities.
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Health and Nutrition Studies |
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We do health impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation of
community health schemes and projects, impact evaluation of health schemes and projects on
HIV/AIDs, immunization programs etc. We also offer Child Nutrition Studies, Reproductive
Child Health (RCH) Studies, Food Distribution Studies, Food Security Studies, Nutrition
Education Studies and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) studies etc.
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Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) Planning |
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The present day society has started witnessing the relationship
between the profit motive business activities and its impact on the society and
environment which is being realized as a part and parcel for the overall business model.
Issues like environmental damage, human cost, rootless-ness due to displacement, improper
treatment of workers, and faulty production leading to social inconvenience or
environmental danger, are major concerns.
We provide strategic advice to companies in various sectors like financial, property,
automotive, oil and gas, power, manufacturing and corporate communications with strategic
advice on how to identify, assess and manage their social, environmental and ethical
responsibilities. This advice enables companies to understand the key drivers in their
sector, report on performance to their stakeholders and gain business benefit. Our main
offerings in this area include:
Formulation of new corporate social planning and policy
Assessment of the existing CSR policies and suggest the due
diligence plan on how the existing CSR can be aligned with other development activities
Baseline CSR reviews and business case development
Social and ethical benchmarking
Strategic action planning systems
Corporate environmental and social reporting
Mechanism for proper implementation of the CSR policy
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Project Monitoring and Evaluation |
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We deliver advisory services for monitoring and evaluation of
multisectoral development projects, schemes or programs. The specific areas of our service
include monitoring and evaluation of:
Health and nutrition projects and schemes
Education projects and programs
Resettlement plan and project implementation
Community development projects and schemes
Livelihood projects and programs
Poverty alleviation project and schemesPlanning for natural
resource management
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Capacity
Assessment and Institutional Strengthening |
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Our diversified professionals with interdisciplinary work approach
do capacity assessment including organizational strength, working environment and
organization's management practices such as values and ethics, risk management, integrated
performance information, stewardship, leadership, human resources and accountability etc.
Our capacity development exercise accompanied with training, education and technology
transfer gives special attention to the environment in which people apply their skills. We
serve not only for public sector management but also extend to strengthening of civil
institutions and investments in social capital. Our integrated approach to institutional
strengthening involves building or improving the co-ordination of national and local
government institutions, private entities, and nongovernmental organizations to deliver
comprehensive programs to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
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Tourism Study and Planning |
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The dramatic growth of tourism world wide and its impact on
socio-economic development is one of the most remarkable phenomena of this period.
Tourism, as an industry, needs proper planning and strategy for its growth. Our team of
experienced professionals specializes in consulting and research in hospitality marketing,
tourism planning, travel research, tourist demographics, visitor conversion studies, and
destination marketing. The broad service areas are situational analysis, strategic
planning, implementation planning and monitoring performances. Specific services provided
are:
Tourism master planning
Market and economic feasibility studies
Asset evaluation, strategy development and implementation
Tourism development strategies and regional tourism plans
Perception, opinion, demand and satisfaction studies of the
tourists
Impact assessment studies
Economic impact studies
Infrastructure planning and its evaluation
Inventory of tourism assets
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Market Research and Media Studies |
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We offer a wide range
of market research and media studies for the competitive market and multifaceted consumer
world. Our advisory services in this area include:
Market trends studies to identify current and emerging trends
within society, including product usage, brand purchasing habits, shifts in product usage
and other important issues facing the industry.
Benchmark surveys of products and service's prospects,
attitudes and opinions before and after an advertisement campaign to measure how well the
advertising is meeting its objectives.
Brand awareness and preference to explore the position of
company, as well as your competitors' positions in the market, and presents new ideas on
how to improve product acceptance.
Inquiry follow-up study to demonstrate the effectiveness of
advertising program and sales-lead tracking system by surveying prospects who have
responded to the advertisement.
Advertisement evaluation to measure prospects' perceptions and
opinions of existing advertisement, or variations in copy or graphics being considered for
a new ad campaign.
New product development to determine customers' and prospects'
unfulfilled needs and aids in the development and introduction of new product into the
market.
Consumer profile studies provide detailed information about
consumer habit in purchasing, product usage, paying capacity, purchasing influence and
strength etc.
Product usage/application studies provide detailed information
on a specific product, including who is currently using the product, when and why they are
using it, and for what applications.
Pre election opinion pool and exit poll surveys.
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