OUR BLOGOur India Team
In 2011, we set up our partner organisation in Kolkata in order to manage our operations in India. Shivia India, known locally as Nirdhan (www.nirdhan.org), is a Section 8 company (NGO), with permanent FCRA status enabling Shivia UK to transfer funds at any time.
Our two organisations work in close harmony and share the same aims and objectives in all that we do.
Nirdhan is governed by a board of five directors (trustees). Click on the name to read a short profile:
- Vasant Subramanyan: Director & Chairman
- Shouryabrata Mandal: Director
- Deepak Daftari: Director
- Amitabh Rai: Director
- Sundaresan Radhakrishnan: Director
Nirdhan also has a small management team based in Kolkata who are responsible for our programmes:
The field team is made up of four Field Supervisors and 36 Livelihood Service Providers who deliver toolkits and training to our beneficiaries. They are all recruited from the villages where we work so speak the local language, know the communities there and, most importantly, are trusted and respected by our farmers. There are also two data entry operators who capture all our social impact data.
