We move rural development forward.

Village institutions, and the systems that hold them up. Panchayats, SHGs and village committees carry the last mile of every programme, and almost none of it is written down anywhere they can reach. Decisions live in registers, entitlements live in queues, and the people closest to the work have the least to work with.

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A village runs on institutions, not on visits, across rural development.

Panchayats, SHGs and village committees carry the last mile of every programme, and almost none of it is written down anywhere they can reach. Decisions live in registers, entitlements live in queues, and the people closest to the work have the least to work with. We build the systems, tools and operations that help rural development programmes work on the ground and keep working after launch.

We deliver across the ecosystem, for the people at its heart.

  1. 01

    Communities

    Villagers gathered together in a lane

    The people every programme is built for.

  2. 02

    Government programmes

    An empty co-working space

    Public systems working at scale.

  3. 03

    Nonprofits

    Women carrying bundles across a field

    Organisations running the work on the ground.

  4. 04

    Foundations & CSR

    A group seated together in a field

    Funders backing outcomes that last.

  5. 05

    Innovators

    A team gathered around a laptop

    Teams building tools for real conditions.

Our impact on the ground.

15+Rural Development programmes and partners
10yrsOn the ground
1M+People reached through what we build
10States where this work reaches

How can we help?

“We do not start with a proposal. We start by understanding your problem well enough to deserve one. Bring it to us as it is, messy is fine, and we will figure out the way forward together.”
SG
Satyam GambhirCo-founder, commons.inc
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A farmer standing in a paddy field holding seedlings

Rural Development programme strategy

Programmes designed with the cost per outcome right before the budget locks.

A line of workers transplanting rice, hills behind

Service design

Journeys designed around the people moving through them.

Two young women working at a table in a classroom

Digital platforms

Built to be adapted, extended and used by the organisations doing the work.

A man transplanting rice in a flooded paddy

Field operations

Deployment, training and handover until your team runs it.

Rural Development products.

Have a problem in mind?

Tell us what you are trying to change, and we will tell you how we would take it on, and whether we are the right partner for it.

Other focus areas.