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Agenda
What makes social change last? 

DoDM 2026 takes that question into a day of candid, rigorous exchange, gathering the people building, funding, researching and governing the social sector around the gap between change that happens and change that endures.
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2026 Agenda

The
Day’s Sessions

October 8, 2026
Dr. Ambedkar International
Centre, New Delhi

Across four tracks, the day is designed as one shared inquiry that carries this year's theme into different domains of practice. The conversations are meant to provoke rather than present. From masterclasses to live cases to open debates, every session format invites you in, to press on a real decision, put your own questions to the people who have wrestled with them, and think alongside the room rather than listen to it.

PLENARY
Opening
Session

What enables movements, reforms, and organisations to endure beyond funding, leadership, and their founders?

Aamir Khan

Actor & Founder,
Paani Foundation

Aamir Khan

Actor & Founder,
Paani Foundation

Aamir Khan

Actor & Founder,
Paani Foundation

Aamir Khan

Actor & Founder,
Paani Foundation

Track 1
Governance
Building Institutions, Not Just Organisations

How do organisations build the governance, leadership and resilience needed to endure beyond individuals and funding cycles?

10:15 AM – 11:45 am
The Big Question
Who Really Owns A Non-Profit’s Mission?
Coming Soon
Masterclass
Data For Audit
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Track 1: Governance
Masterclass
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

Data For Audit

Do you know what your organisation’s data is telling you about its compliance and governance health? This hands-on masterclass will help you map your organisational data, identify the checkpoints that matter for audit readiness, and spot common red flags. Leave with a simple way to think about data as evidence — not just information — and strengthen your organisation’s readiness to build trust.
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Priya Subbaraman

Co-founder, Dhiraa

12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
Development Management Case
Governance Challenges
Coming Soon
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
The Long View
The Governance Of Trust
Coming Soon
Development Management Case
1:1 Advisory Session With Sector Experts
Coming Soon
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
Research Paper Presentations
Research On Governance
Coming Soon
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Track 2
Government Systems
From Schemes to Systems

How can public systems become more adaptive, responsive and capable of sustaining change at scale?

10:15 AM – 11:45 am
Research Paper Presentations
Research On Government Systems
Coming Soon
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
Masterclass
Scaling With The System, Not Around It
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Track 2: Government Systems
Masterclass
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm

Scaling With the System,Not Around It

Since 2018, ARMMAN's partnership with the Government of India took two digital health programs, Kilkari and Mobile Academy, from pilot to national scale within the public health system. Drawing on ARMMAN's journey, this masterclass unpacks why most pilots stall, what makes a program adoptable by government, and a framework you can apply to your own work.
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Kumar Madhu Sudan

Senior Project Director, ARMMAN

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
Development Management Case
Case Study From School Education
Coming Soon
The Big Question
To Be Announced
Coming Soon
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
The Long View
From Policy To The Last Person:
What Actually Has To Change
Coming Soon
Development Management Clinic
1:1 Advisory Session With Sector Experts
Coming Soon
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Track 3
Funding
Funding the Future
We Say We Want

What kinds of funding relationships enable organisations to think long-term, embrace uncertainty, and invest in lasting change?

10:15 AM – 11:45 am
The Long View
To Be Announced
Coming Soon
Development Management Clinic
1:1 Advisory Session With Sector Experts
Coming Soon
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
Research Paper Presentations
Research On Government Systems
Coming Soon
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
Masterclass
Funding Well: A Masterclass In
Effective Grantmaking
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Track 3: Funding
Masterclass
02:30 PM – 04:00 pm

Funding Well: A Masterclass In Effective Grantmaking

As part of the broader conversation on Funding the Future, we will examine what needs to change in the funding ecosystem to enable more meaningful and sustained outcomes. The discussion will explore how funders, particularly CSR teams, can move beyond short-term, transactional approaches and build stronger, more collaborative relationships with nonprofits.
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Dhruvi Shah

Executive Trustee & CEO, Axis Bank Foundation

Arun Nathan

Partner, Sattva Consulting

04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
Development Management Case
Systems Work: What It Takes,
What It Costs
Coming Soon
The Big Question
To Be Announced
Coming Soon
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Track 4
Impact
What is Impact
Beyond the Numbers?

How do we move beyond outputs and ask whether change is truly taking root and enduring over time?

10:15 AM – 11:45 am
Development Management Case
Between Purpose & Pressure: A Case
From Civil Society
Coming Soon
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
The Big Question
Who Gets To Define Impact?
Coming Soon
The Long View
To Be Announced
Coming Soon
Development Management Clinic
1:1 Advisory Session With Sector Experts
Coming Soon
02:30 PM – 04:00 pm
Research Paper Presentations
Research On Measuring Impact
Coming Soon
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
Masterclass
Beyond “Did It Work?”:
Measuring What Lasts
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Track 4: Impact
Masterclass
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

Beyond “Did It Work?”: Measuring What Lasts

Most impact assessments ask whether a program worked, but not for whom, under what conditions, or why effects last. Drawing on a realist evaluation of PRADAN's work, this masterclass offers tools to assess long-term impact in the messy, context-dependent settings nonprofits actually operate in.
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Prof. Ankur Sarin

IIM Ahmedabad

Bikalp Chamola

Assistant Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University

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