Flashback: Highlights & Takeaways from DoDM 2024

DoDM is India’s leading conference on Development Management. A collaborative space where purpose-driven organisations come together to ideate, co-create, and develop strategies to create impact at scale.

Over time, it has become a significant convening for India’s social impact community.

Last year, in November 2024, at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, we welcomed over 1100 participants from across the country, along with 27 international contributors who submitted research papers.

People joined us from social impact organisations, consulting firms, government departments, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) units, for-profit enterprises, universities, and think tanks.

Curious about what DoDM 2024 was all about?

At DoDM 2024, Samaaj (society), Sarkaar (government), and Bazaar (market) came together to question, collaborate, and co-create the future of Development Management in India.

The dialogue spotlighted the urgent need to rethink management frameworks to drive effective interventions around water scarcity, hunger, inequality, etc.

With 100+ speakers, from grassroots leaders to philanthropy, policy, and education researchers, it was a day of bold ideas, reflection, and insights ready for action.

People attended from global foundations like the Ford Foundation, the NASSCOM Foundation, PRADAN, Magic Bus, Quest Alliance, and more.

Key highlights from DoDM 2024:

• Thought leaders such as Aamir Khan, Amit Chandra, Pramath Raj Sinha, and Dr. Shamika Ravi shared powerful perspectives on the development scale and impact.
• Launched the Outcomes Readiness Framework, a self-assessment tech tool designed to help nonprofits evaluate their readiness for outcomes-based work.
• Announced Code4Change 2, an initiative that sought to empower the Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs) ecosystem to leverage data science for enhanced operations, efficiency, and impact.
• Introduced a first-of-its-kind research track connecting academics and practitioners through 12 paper presentations.

What lies ahead: DoDM 2025

DoDM 2024 brought together people from across the development sector. It highlighted the need for sustainability, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.

The 2025 edition goes further, with new voices, bold ideas, and immersive sessions. You will leave with practical insights to strengthen management practices in social sector interventions and amplify your impact.

You will explore the science of decision making, strategies to manage intergenerational teams, practices to manage working capital, and build financial resilience, etc.

Whether you’re with a nonprofit, CSR, government organisation, funding organisation, or any social purpose organisation, or someone passionate about the social sector, DoDM 2025 is for you.

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