๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , Indiaโ€™s cities are becoming a centre of the countryโ€™s NCD mortality burden, particularly among men, and the urban-rural gap has widened across recent reporting periods. This points to a growing concentration of NCD deaths in urban gical transition continues to unfold unevenly across the country.

Communicable disease mortality has fallen to historic lows nationally between 2022 and 2024, and rural areas continue to report a 3 percentage-point higher share than urban areas. Indiaโ€™s mortality profile therefore carries two patterns at once, and each calls for its own response.

Health systems that plan for both can serve each population where its needs are greatest. Early screening and primary care in cities are a practical starting point.

Read the full article: indiadatainsights.com/indias-mortaliโ€ฆ

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#DiwaliAtSattva | Diwali festivities filled our offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram-Delhi, and Mumbai. Together, the Sattva family shared laughter, delectable sweets, and loads of fun.
May this festive season illuminate your life too with joy, success and happiness.
Season's greetings to yours.
#HappyDiwali
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Equity is the destination. Does CSR have a path to get there?

Reaching equity means constantly reassessing and improving how CSR is designed and delivered. Our upcoming report, โ€œCatalytic CSR: Where Focused Capital Can Move Indiaโ€™s Developmental Needle,โ€ identifies the key corporate philanthropy can drive real transformation across India.

But knowing where to focus is based on a key mindset shift: treating corporate philanthropy as a continuous cycle of learning and adaptation. Contexts shift, needs evolve, and the evidence behind any intervention changes over time. Adaptability is what keeps CSR relevant and ensures it reaches the people and places where it matters most.

Explore early insights here: sattva.co.in/sattva-annual-โ€ฆ

Stay tuned for the full report.

#CatalyticCSR #CSR #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CorporatePhilanthropy #SocialImpact #SustainableDevelopment #IndiaDevelopment #SattvaCSRReport
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ?

At the ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, Sattva Consulting joined a discuss what makes these partnerships effective. Arun Nathan moderated, with Vinay Madan (CDSL - Central Depository Services India Ltd), Mohammad Asim Khan (Cadence), Shilpashree Muniswamappa (Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd) and Mamta Malik (RSPL Group).

The conversation covered five ideas, from multi-year funding and programme thinking to the true cost of impact, grantmaking processes and agency within the CSR framework. Swipe through to learn more.

#OnePurposeForum #CSR #CorporateNGOPartnerships #Philanthropy
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For more on what makes funder and nonprofit partnerships last, watch Philanthropy Forward, Sattvaโ€™s dialogue series. Episode 1 features Arun Nathan and Dhruvi Shah, Executive Trustee at Axis Bank Foundation. Watch on YouTube: sattva.co.in/quick-read/phiโ€ฆ
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The Innovation Yatra brought together perspectives on why science and technology must become a greater part of philanthropic priorities. Featuring insights from Kris Gopalakrishnan and Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, alongside a feature by Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy and Akshay Modi in his post explores the need for greater philanthropic investment in Indiaโ€™s scientific and technological capabilities.

CNBC covered the journey and asked why Indiaโ€™s innovations struggle to leave the lab. Watch the video now: lnkd.in/dUb64weW

#InnovationYatra #PhilanthropyForScience #CSR #IndiaInnovation
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The CSR GPS is suggesting less-travelled routes of impact. Are you ready to explore them?

CSR is beginning to shift toward high-need states, with CSR spend growing at ~35% CAGR, but underlying funding gaps remain significant. Biharโ€™s Multidimensional Poverty Index is nearly 5 ile the latter receives nearly 19 times more CSR per capita. For CSR to truly be effective, it needs to move closer to addressing critical needs, rather than keep concentrating on regions or issues which already see an upswing in funding.

Learn more through the early insights of our new CSR report, โ€œCatalytic CSR: Where Focused Capital Can Move Indiaโ€™s Developmental Needle.โ€ Stay tuned for the full report! sattva.co.in/sattva-annual-โ€ฆ

#CatalyticCSR #CSR #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CorporatePhilanthropy #SocialImpact #SustainableDevelopment #IndiaDevelopment #SattvaCSRReport
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Meet Kala, a 14-year-old girl whose journey represents the experiences of many adolescent girls in India.

Her story begins with reaching secondary school, but access to education is only one part of the journey. As girls grow older, they face decisions about their education, ften without having an equal voice in shaping them. Building agency means ensuring they have the confidence, capabilities and freedom to make those choices.

But what happens after these skills are learned? Kala needs more than lessons in decision-making and resilience. She needs the support of teachers, families, communities and institutions to put these skills into practice.

The next step is to strengthen the ecosystem around girls, creating sustained support that helps them navigate adolescence and move towards education and work.

Read Sattva Consultingโ€™s report, Enabling Girls to Navigate Secondary Education and Work in India:
sattva.co.in/publication/Soโ€ฆ

#GirlsEducation #AdolescentGirls #GirlsAgency #GenderEquality
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India's CSR spending reached Rs 40,794 crore in FY25. Yet the five states with the highest multidimensional poverty receive Rs 94 per capita, compared with Rs 455 in the five lowest-need states.

These early insights from the first chapter of our new CSR report, 'Catalytic CSR: an move India's developmental needle', have been covered by five media outlets.

Read the coverage:

โžก๏ธ Deccan Chronicle: deccanchronicle.com/business/poor-โ€ฆ

โžก๏ธ ANI News: aninews.in/news/business/โ€ฆ

โžก๏ธ Business Standard: business-standard.com/content/press-โ€ฆ

@DeccanChronicle @ANI @bsindia @ThePrintIndia @thewire_in

The chapter analyses where India has made social progress, where it continues to falter, and where CSR needs to flow to create long-term impact. Explore our early insights: sattva.co.in/sattva-annual-โ€ฆ

#CatalyticCSR #CSR #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CorporatePhilanthropy #SocialImpact #SustainableDevelopment #IndiaDevelopment #SattvaCSRReport
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โžก๏ธ ThePrint: theprint.in/ani-press-releโ€ฆ

โžก๏ธ TheWire: m.thewire.in/article/ptiprnโ€ฆ
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Flipkart Group invites startups to participate in the Sustainability Action Summit โ€™26 Startup Challenge, with Sattva Consulting as the summitโ€™s knowledge partner. The challenge aims to identify market-ready innovations in sustainable packaging and circularity, with the potential hies and integrate into existing supply chains.

The challenge is open to Indian startups in the seed to pre-Series A stage, with at least one year of operations and a technology readiness level (TRL) of 6 or above.

Participating startups stand a chance to win cash prizes of โ‚น2.5 lakh for the winner and โ‚น1 lakh for the runner-up, along with mentorship and opportunities to connect with industry experts and investors.

Applications are open until 7 November 2026, with the final pitches and results scheduled for 25 November 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

Startups developing scalable solutions for sustainable packaging can apply here: forms.gle/kr1CTAm1JcgspFโ€ฆ

@Flipkart

#Flipkart #FlipkartGreen #SustainabilityActionSummit #SustainablePackaging #CircularEconomy #StartupInnovation
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๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , Bihar's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is nearly 5 times Maharashtra's, yet Maharashtra receives nearly 19 times as much CSR funding per capita.

Indiaโ€™s corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending reached Rs 40,794 crore in a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% over the past decade. However, Sattva Consulting and India Data Insights analysis finds that CSR funding remains concentrated in established sectors and better-funded geographies, even as several development indicators show limited progress or deteriorating outcomes.

The first chapter of our new CSR report, โ€˜๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐’๐‘: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฅ๐ž ', analyses where India has made social progress, where it continues to falter, and where CSR really needs to flow to create long-term impact.

Read here: sattva.co.in/sattva-annual-โ€ฆ

#StatisticallySpeaking #CSR #IndiaDataInsights #MultidimensionalPoverty #SattvaCSRReport
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Sattva Consulting, on behalf of Cisco, invites Expressions of Interest from organisations to serve as the lead implementation partner for thingQbator 2.0. The programme is a technology-led innovation, skilling, and student entrepreneurship programme for institutions across Tier
Interested organisations should complete the Form below.
Application link: indiapartnernetwork.org/event-details/โ€ฆโ€ฆ
Last date to apply: 06.11.2026
Email: rfp.cisco@sattva.co.in
Shortlisted organisations will be invited to the RFP stage.

@cisco_in
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#TheSattvaPath

Namrata Sinha, Senior Engagement Manager in Corporate Advisory, reflects on her career journey so far - covering CSR implementation, DEI, CSR leadership, and more.

Swipe to read more on her path to and progress within Sattva, from early experiences that stood ade a difference. Namrata also reflects on what Sattva means to her and her insights for other prospective applicants.

#LifeAtSattva #ImpactCareers
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Indiaโ€™s social progress has been visible, albeit uneven. From an SDG Index score of 60 in 2019-20, we touched 71 in 2023-24, improving on metrics like female-to-male wage gap ratio and maternal mortality rate. On the other hand, the indicators of women's healthy BMI and the s in the informal sector have worsened.

CSRโ€™s consistent growth over the last decade provides a dependable, catalytic, and strategic source of impact funding. Currently, Education, Health, Livelihoods, Rural Development, and Environment account for up to 80% of CSR. CSR is also reaching high-needs regions faster than before. Aspirational Districts have seen a 200% increase in CSR flow.

However, the question is โ€“ is CSR tackling Indiaโ€™s most urgent challenges quickly enough? Geographically, urban and industrial districts alone account for 70% of total CSR. CSR per capita is much higher in lower-need states. And even within themes such as Education and Healthcare, funds are concentrated in a few subsectors.

Explore early insights from the upcoming report, ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐’๐‘: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฅ๐ž, to examine Indiaโ€™s social progress, CSR growth, and the gaps that are left to be filled. Explore it now: sattva.co.in/sattva-annual-โ€ฆ

#CatalyticCSR #CSR #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CorporatePhilanthropy #SocialImpact #SustainableDevelopment #IndiaDevelopment #SattvaCSRReport
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In the face of falling Official Development Assistance, and persisting social challenges, Africa is in need of a new paradigm of development funding: one that is more domestic, self-sustaining, and catalytic. Our new report, The State of Corporate Social Investment in Africa, panies by revenue in three countries โ€“ Zambia, Kenya, and South Africa โ€“ laying out the landscape of CSI, examining the levels of participation, sustainability reporting, thematic priorities, and paths ahead for each country. The report also offers a peek into the impact playbook of 10 companies.

Read now: sattva.co.in/publication/asโ€ฆ

#CorporateSocialInvestment #CSI #CorporatePhilanthropy #AfricanDevelopment
#Sustainability #DevelopmentFunding
#ImpactInvesting
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India Inc. does CSR. South African firms engage in CSI. The first is driven by a legal framework. The latter is mostly grounded in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policy and driven by incentivisation. A decade on for both countries, how has the corporate philanthropy and what is there to be learnt from each other?

This was the conversation explored in the Roundtable, โ€œ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐’๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š," hosted by us in collaboration with Schneider Electric.

Fascinating key similarities emerged between the countries:

โžก๏ธ Education is a priority theme for both nations

โžก๏ธ Large corporates are exceeding their mandate, and approach this investment more strategically

โžก๏ธ Nonprofits remain the biggest recipients of CSI funds

Whatย differentiates India and South Africa is the level of accountability and data disclosures Indian firms are held responsible for.

Schneider Electric, which has long been a model of corporate citizenship, conducted an engaging walkthrough of their innovation lab, which is part of their Access to Energy initiative.

We thank Schneider Electric, Trialogue, Ayush Gupta, Cornay Keefer, and Cathy Duff for making this roundtable such an enriching experience.

#CSR #CSI #CorporatePhilanthropy #SocialImpact #SattvaAfrica

@SchneiderElec
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Our leadership roundtable, organised with India Mobile Congress, โ€˜๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ: ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐’๐‘ โ€™, brought together industry leaders, CSR heads, and experts. The conversation delved into the CSR and what it could mean for the country as a whole.

Sattva triangulated and identified opportunities for the industry to contribute to nation-building through CSR:

โ†’ Synchronising CSR investments to enable collective place-based outcomes

โ†’ Bringing business capabilities to advance national development priorities

โ†’ Leveraging telecom's platform position to unlock multiplier impact across industries

Read more in our new report: ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: A 20.5x growth in telecom CSR over a decade signals the opportunity to turn scale, networks and capabilities into greater impact.

Link: sattva.co.in/quick-read/csrโ€ฆ

#TelecomCSR #NationBuilding #CorporateSocialResponsibility #SocialImpact
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