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About Karma Consultants…

Ashok Kumar Sinha has initiated Karma Consultants in support with group of
professionals with a vision of making difference in the lives of people.
Karma has started its operation from January 2007 onwards from the state of
Bihar & Delhi. It is registered under partnership deed in Patna, Bihar as well
as it is also registered under Indian Trust Act in Delhi.
Karma is aiming for the growth of development sector with balance approach
of rights mode and service mode of work, so that community groups can
exercise their rights & entitlements with dignity & self-respect.
Karma firmly believes that community members are not just beneficiaries of
programs but agents of social change as well. It advocate for proper
coordination and liasioining between professional & non-professional
approach of intervention for empowerment of socially & economically
underprivileged community groups.
We are operating from two base locations of Delhi & Patna. We are also
partnering with assignment base NGOs groups for implementation of the
programme as well as providing consultancy services to NGOs / INGOs /
Community & Women Based Organization. We are focusing our support more
to newer emerging groups of community-based organizations / NGOs with
focus on dalits, tribal, minorities & women.
Geographical Coverage - Currently, Karma Consultants has been providing
consultancy services in the state of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi to diversified stakeholders.

Key Strategies…
• Organizing & Mobilizing Masses with focus on poorest, marginalized &
socially excluded groups

• Taking sides of the poorest community groups…

• Linking the local issues with Global Context…

• Promotion of GO – NGOs partnership as well as Public Private


Partnership…

• Promotion of Transparency & Accountability Exercises…

• Promotion of Institutional Linkage

• Policy & Media Advocacy…

• Promotion of Networks & Alliances…

• Gender & Inclusion Mainstreaming

• Strengthening Capacity

• Demonstrate innovative model that are scalable


Core Competencies …
• Promotion of Right to Food, Work and Livelihood through campaigns,
SHGs / Federation movement, MNREGA Mobilization and providing
Vocational skill training programme towards job & self employability
• Strengthening of local Self Governance
• Designing and Conducting participatory training programme for diversified
clients on range of issues
• Protection of Child Rights with focus on dalits, minorities & girls child
• Addressing Education Rights through making school functional, securing
education entitlements
• Addressing Health Rights – Reproductive & Child, Health / HIV & AIDS
• Promotion of Women Empowerment & Gender Development
• Climate Change & Sustainable Rural Energy
• Disaster Risk Reduction with flood & drought
• Participatory Action Research
• Participatory Reflection & Review Exercise
Recent Engagement & Services of Karma Consultants to NGOs, INGOs,
corporate bodies and government department
Inputs provided to diverse ranges of clients starting from NGOs, INGOs,
Corporate Bodies, Government, to Civil Society and Community Based
Organization - Partner NGOs of Geneva Global, USA, WaterAid, UK, Oxfam
India, Misereror, Germany, SKN, Netherland, DKA, Austria, KFB, Austria,
SDTT, Mumbai
Recent Institutional Engagement and Task Completion statement of
Karma Consultants...
S. No Assignment / Engagement Period of Roles of Karma Consultants and
Assignment Task Completed
1. Supporting to Partner Organization July 2010 – June • Providing Handholding support to
of DKA, Austria & KFB, Austria in 2011 Partner organization and imparting
the state of Bihar training programme as per the
need
• Facilitating Campaign like Pre
Panchayat Voter Election
Awareness Campaign
• Conducting Pre Funding Feasibility
Study
• Support in Programme designing &
planning
• Conducting Monitoring &
Evaluation Exercise as well as
regular tracking of programme
progress of partner organization
• Supporting in developing
strategies plan of the DKA & KFB,
Austria
2. Job Employability Training July 2010 – June • Running training centre and
Programme under Special SGSY – 2011 providing training to BPL youth and
Training Partner for Technopak, ensuring their placement in
Gurgaon garments sector in support with
Technopak,
3. Inputs support and preparation of July 2009 • Provided training to team members
Water Security Plan in close of NGOs and community leaders
coordination with government on preparation of water security
service providers, gram sabha and plan
community members for partner • Developed Water Security Plan for
organization of Water Aid – partner organization of WaterAid
SATHEE, Godda, Jharkhand and facilitated the groups for
ensuring implementation of the
plan under government schemes /
programme in coordination with
local panchayat such as MNREGA
4. • Conducting the process of end March 2009 & • Conducted End Line and Project
line exercise and conduct July 2009 Impact Assessment Exercise for
monitoring & evaluation the partner organization of Water
exercise for PARMARTH, Orai, Aid and Oxfam Hongkong in the
Jalaun supported by Water Aid, state of Bijhar, Jharkhand and
and IDF, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Supported by Oxfam, Hongkong • Interacted with community
members and observed sign of
change
5. • Played roles as Technical October 2008 – • Provided Technical Support in
Service Providers to Small & March 2009 Livelihood Security Programme
marginal Farmers and poorest (Rehabilitation) to CARE, PATNA
landless & marginalized April 2009 to July and it partner NGOs
community groups in 2009 • Facilitated Institutional linkages
Muzaffarpur & Samastipur processes with RAU, Pusa and
district of Bihar for partner District Administration Authority,
organization of CARE India Samastipur
• Note - Involved Agriculture • Provided Technical knowhow in
Experts in the project setting up the two - Agriculture
Service Station
• Provided technical inputs,
information and knowledge to flood
affected small & marginal farmers
for demonstration of improved &
scientific techniques in farming
• Linked the programme with income
generating activities through
training inputs – PARA VET
Training, Goat Rearing Training,
Business Development Training,
Collective marketing promotional
training, etc
• Process Documentation &
Reporting of the Project
• Provided advisory services to
develop IEC and training module
• Instrumental in Convergence &
Promotion of Institutional Linkages
under the leadership of women
based institutions & community
based organization
6. Played role of Coordinating June 2008 – • Conducted 4 Cluster Workshop for
Resource Organization in the State December 2008 CSO and developed cluster
of Bihar supported by Poorest Areas specific plan
Civil Society (PACS) Interim Phase • Facilitated Village awareness
programme of DFID, UK. Facilitated campaign for Ensuring
NREGA Campaign in Gaya & Tirhut engagement of Stake holders in
cluster areas (12 districts) for DFID, creating awareness and ensuring
UK through Management action in context of the poorest of
Consultants – Development the poor as non negotiable
Alternative (DA) & PWc, Delhi • Facilitated Village meetings and
ensured Documented cases of
• Note – Involved 2 professional discriminatory / good practice in
in the programme NREGA – implementation
• Defined clear processes for
conducting of village meetings and
for the documentation of cases as
well as processes to
representatives of partner CSOs
• Enabled District Advocacy
Meetings and Workshops for
influencing District authorities and
engaging them in the process
• Conducted and Facilitated the
State Level Policy Workshop.
• Analyzed the Documented cases
and shared with government
functionaries for making
recommendations to the state
Government
• Prepared the state report in
support with other coordinating
groups
7. Partnership with Infrastructure October 2007 to Karma Consultants has started it
Leasing & Financial Services Ltd March 2009 (pilot training Centre in Khudhani block of
(IL&FS) and Ministry of Rural project). Muzaffarpur District and conducted the
Development, Government of India training programme in coordination
as Training Partner - Karma with district administration and local
Consultants has implemented the CSOs groups. Karma Consultants was
Public Private Partnership also responsible for placement of the
programme supported by the trainees in the industry.
Ministry of Rural Development in the Key Tasks…
capacity as training partner to IL&FS • Creating Awareness for the
– CDI Ltd. The Ministry of Rural Programme among the target
Development has given a mandate population
to IL&FS Cluster Development • Engaging and deploying qualified
Initiative Limited the task of setting trainers for conducting the
up 100 training center across the specified training programs as per
country to train women and youth the requirements of IL&FS CDI
from BPL families and also have to • Identification of Trainees as per
get employment in Apparel Industry. norms, criteria and procedure
Karma has supplemented the efforts determined by IL&FS CDI in line
of IL&FS for giving better with the guidelines / requirements
opportunities to socially & of Ministry of Rural Development,
economically underprivileged Government of India, in
groups (Below Poverty Line) in all consultations with DRDAs & IL&FS
levels of employment, including self- • Conducting training programs as
employment in the capacity of per the methodology and schedule
Training Partner. finalized by IL&FS
• Ensuring high quality and timely
Note - Karma Consultants has delivery of training as per
involved team 10 members for specifications determined by
successful implementation of the IL&FS
training programme as per the • Documentation of enrolment,
prescribed mandates. Project trainee profiles, trainee feedback,
Director, Programme Manager, data on achievement of
Centre in charge, 3- trainers (1 deliverables of the training
female & 2 male), 2 Community program and submission of
Mobilizers, 1 - Placement Support monthly progress reports and such
Person at work site and Guard. other reports
• Taking necessary steps to ensure
the participation and attendance of
the selected trainees for training
• Providing requisite venue along
with suitable infrastructure
• Providing necessary assistance to
the trained persons for obtaining
jobs in apparel industry

Programme Achievements - Karma


has identified 896 candidates, trained
849 and placed 552 BPL youth and
women of different locations of Bihar &
Uttar Pradesh as per the defined set of
training manual. We have placed the
candidates through placement linked
efforts of IL&FS CDI Ltd in M/s Zeus
Clothing, M/s Melange Clothing,
Hyderabad, Banswara Syntex Ltd,
Surat, Textrade, Surat, Prathibha
Syntex, Indore, Yashodhan Garments,
Veeta and Vastraa Overseas,
Banglore.
8. Supported in grounding & March 2007 – Association as Consultant
implementation of Education July 2007 Organization in designing, strategizing
Campaign under banner of and facilitating in implementation
NACDOR, India exercise of the Education Campaign of
CADAM in the state of Haryana
9. Played role of Support Supervision January 2007 – Karmaʼs roles as Resource
as Resource Organization in the January 2008 organization…To assist the
State of Bihar supported by Poorest Management Consultants (MC) in…
Areas Civil Society (PACS) • Provided supportive supervision of
programme of DFID, UK - The UK the sanctioned projects under
Department for International • DFID PACS to ensure that the
Development (DFID) through its implementation and management
India office has established the of the project design as per
PACS programme which aims at required outputs and outcomes
helping civil society organizations and is progressing as per required
(CSOs) to assist people in the outputs and outcomes and is
poorest and the most backward progressing as per the work plan
districts of India to realize their to achieve the project objectives
entitlements more effectively and in and goals
sustainable ways. The programme • Assisted Civil Society Organization
is concentrating on clusters of the (CSOs) in identifying livelihood
108 poorest districts with cross state intervention at the community level
boundaries, but which are located in so as to demonstrate impacts
Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, thereof in measurable terms at the
Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and community level
Maharastra. The Government of • Coordinated the peer review
India has identified the districts workshop and Regional
within the focus areas. The project Workshops and consolidation of
is addressing the thematic areas learning for programme level
related to Local Self Governance, aggregation by the MC
womenʼs empowerment, policy • Assisted CSOs in compiling
advocacy, Self Help and Social success stories, lesson learnt and
Cohesion. preparing documents for uploading
them on Desktop
Note - Involved 4 full time • Information System (DIIS),
professional for accomplishment of developed for Monitoring
the task as per the agreement Evaluation And
• Learning (MEAL)
• Assisted CSOs in re-aligning
activities and budget as per
approved
• Project Implementation Plan so as
to formulate a common strategy for
demonstrating impact on the
ground
• Performed Project closure Visits
• Facilitated MEAL and State Core
Group Meeting
Results – Created momentum among
partner CSOs about the programme
and provided hand holding support to
associated stakeholders of the
programmes including community
leaders, which has contributed in
maximizing the impacts of the
programme in favour of poorest &
marginalized community groups in the
operational areas.

Task Completed for the clients in the past…


• Facilitated Project Partnership Management with NGOs, CSOs and CBOs
- have strong network of 90 NGOs in Bihar and 55 NGOs in Bundelkhand
and Poorvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh

• Facilitated Job Employability & Self Employability for the members of


SHGs / Federation by developing scope for Income Generating Activities
and Micro Enterprise Development

• Provided training to youth / adolescents in collaboration with local NGOs,


Women Based Organization and liked them with self- employability –
Pump set training, Para Vet Training, Tailoring & Stitching & Embroidery,
Beautician, Lac Bangle Making, goat rearing training, etc

• Provided Technical Consultancy to different clients on programme


planning, implementation, strategy development, campaigning & policy
advocacy planning, process documentation and project monitoring &
evaluation exercise
• Conducted Livelihood Mapping, Business Planning & training Need
Assessment for SHGs / Federation groups for CSOs partner organization

• Designed, Facilitated & Conducted Participatory Training, Training Need


Assessment, Course Curriculum and manual development on different
issues including vocational skill training courses - Rights Based Frame
Work Training to partner organization of Water Aid, Right To Information
Training to NASVI groups of NIDAN

• Facilitated Participatory Bottom up Planning – Livelihood Security Plan,


Education Security plan, Drought Risk Reduction Plan, etc – For Oxfam,
Water Aid, SDTT supported project in the state of Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

• Project Monitoring & Evaluation Exercise for MISEREROR Supported


Project on Child Labour Issues in Shikohabad district of Uttar Pradesh and
Health Project in Gaya & Jehanabad district of Bihar in 2007

• Project Proposal developed for NGOs for different donors and government
programme like for NABARD, Ministry of Rural Development – Special
SGSY project

• Assisted NGOs groups for developing programme designing & planning on


Education, Livelihood, Disaster Risk Reduction agenda in the Drought
Affected and Flood Prone Areas of Bihar & Uttar Pradesh with focus on
dalits, adivasi, women and Children

• Facilitated in conducting social audit exercise under MNREGA and Rajiv


Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

• Supported and provided inputs in Policy Advocacy work of Ahar Pyne


Bachao Abhiyaan and Barh Mukti Aandolan in the state of Bihar and
Aapda Nivarak Manch and Mahila Ekta Sangh in the Bundelkhand region
of Uttar Pradesh

• Promoted the agenda of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in


the drought and flood through workshop, meeting and training in presence
of experts, community leader, political and administrative functionaries

• Conducted Report Titled – Assessment of the Baseline Conditions of the


Urban Poor in Delhi for Water Aid India Supported Urban Project on
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Issues - published report title - Assessment
of the Baseline Conditions of the Urban Poor in Delhi – March 2008 –
Swatch Delhi Swasth Delhi for WaterAid, India

• Conducted Action Research study for policy advocacy – Contribution of


SHGs movement towards attainment of MDGs

• Prepared Report of the Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy, Indore, Madhya


Pradesh supported by NIUA, Delhi on the basis of primary & secondary
information provided by the implementing NGOs
• Provided support in Designing and implementing issues specific
Campaigns such as Right to Food Campaign, Right To Education
Campaign, Right to Dignity Campaign, MNREGA Campaign, Drought &
Livelihood Campaign, Pre Panchayat Election Voter Awareness
Campaign, MDGs Campaign, Right to Information Campaign etc…

• Conducted Participatory Reflection & Review Process / Annual Reflection


& Review Process for the project by engaging all stakeholders - published
report - A Journey of Securing Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for poor &
marginalized community – November 2008 for Water Aid, India

• Participated in State & National Level Policy Advocacy Process on


different issues such as Education Right, Food & Livelihood Rights,
Governance, Dalits rights etc

• Contributed and provided inputs in Network / Alliance activities of other


groups and facilitated platform politics in favour of the poorest &
marginalized community groups…

Correspondence Address:

Ashok Kumar Sinha


Karma Consultants
H. No - C – 284
Minto Road Complex
New Delhi – 110002
Email - ashokmohit@gmail.com
Ph no - +91- 9968590875

Ashok Kumar Sinha


Karma Consultants
H. No – LIG – 3/ 53 - Block 1
Bahadurpur Housing Colony
Bhootnath Road
Patna – 26
Ph No - +91- 9431810206
Email -ro.karma@gmail.com

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