Document Actions
About the 2008 Award
- 2007 Winners Goonj.., from left to right: Shri. N. R. Narayanamurthy, CEO & Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd.; The Honorable Finance Minister Shri. P. Chidambaram, Mal Warwick, Chair, The Resource Alliance; Anshu Gupta, Director, Goonj.. and the rest of his Team
The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, in collaboration with The Resource Alliance, held this year's India NGO Awards 2008.
Rewarding professional management, innovation in local resource mobilisation and programme effectiveness, the Awards were open to small, medium and large NGOs from all over India working towards social and environmental transformation.
Winners were announced at a National Award Ceremony in Delhi where the Awardees were presented with a trophy and a cash prize of Rs 4,00,000. Other benefits included:
- All applicants were invited to participate in customised workshops on resource mobilisation and related areas.
- Regional finalists will participate in platforms to engage with potential donors.
- Profiles of the national and regional finalists were published in a casebook, which will be distributed across the country.
About the Awards
VIDEO: profiles of the 2007 Finalists, Part 1.
The India NGO Awards were instituted in 2006 with an aim to advance India’s non-profit sector by promoting financial and organisational stability, and strengthening community support of civil society. A joint initiative of The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and the Resource Alliance, the Awards seek to:
- Promote good standards and practices in resource mobilisation, accountability and transparency
- Recognise and celebrate excellence in the non-profit sector
- Identify and strengthen successful resource mobilisation practices
- Create examples and inspiration for other non-profits and promote cross-regional learning
- Promote the overall credibility of the non-profit sector for long-term sustainability
Organisations are evaluated on:
- The effective and sustainable mobilisation of resources from the local community
- The demonstration of efficient management of resources, good governance practices, transparency and accountability
- Impact of the services provided to the community
Partner
The Resource Alliance is an international network working to build the capacity of not-for-profit organisations to mobilise funds and local resources for their causes, achieved through training, knowledge sharing and networking activities worldwide.
RSS
