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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

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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 Drives the Mission of a Social Purpose Organisation?
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Track 1: Governance
The Big Question
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

Who Drives the Mission of a Social Purpose Organisation?

To challenge assumptions about who shapes and safeguards the mission of a social purpose organisation, and to explore how founders, Boards, leaders, funders and communities can share stewardship and accountability to sustain social change.
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Moderator

Aarti Madhusudan

Founder, Governance Counts

Sonal Kapoor

Founder & CEO, Protsahan India Foundation

Kakul Misra

Director, ISDM

Masterclass
Beyond Compliance: Data as Governance Assets
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Track 1: Governance
Masterclass
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

Beyond Compliance: Data as Governance Assets

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 & Director, Dhiraa SkillDev Foundation

Dr. Garima Sharma

Strategic Capacity Building, ISDM

12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
Development Management Case
Governance Dilemmas: Grassroots Voices
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Track 1: Governance
Development Management Case
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm

Governance Dilemmas: Grassroots Voices

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Sunanda Rangarajan

CEO, OFSI

02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
The Long View
The Governance Of Trust
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Track 1: Governance
The Long View
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

The Governance Of Trust

To explore how the governance systems of funders, NGOs and intermediaries shape trust, power, accountability and decision-making in funding relationships—and what it takes to move from transactions to partnerships that enable lasting social change.
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Prasad Baji

Board Member and Chair, SVP Mumbai Chapter

Noshir Dadrawala

CEO, Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy

Amrtha Kasturi Rangan

COO, A.T.E. Chandra Foundation

Development Management Clinic
1:1 Advisory Session With Sector Experts
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04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
Research Paper Presentations
Research On Governance
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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
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12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
Masterclass
Building Enduring Partnership with Government
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Track 2: Government Systems
Masterclass
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm

Building Enduring Partnership with Government

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
What Makes Social Change Last? A Case Study from School Education
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Track 2: Government Systems
Development Management Case
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

What Makes Social Change Last? A Case Study from School Education

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Saurabh Chopra

Senior Director, Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives, Central Square Foundation

Parikshit Luthra

Director, Policy & Government Partnerships, The Convergence Foundation

Dr. Dhir Jhingran

Senior Project Director, ARMMAN

The Big Question
The Big Question (with Centre for Catalyzing Change)
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Track 2: Government Systems
The Big Question
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm

The Big Question (with Centre for Catalyzing Change)

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Dr. Dhir Jhingran

Senior Project Director, ARMMAN

04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
The Long View
From Policy to the Last Person: What Actually Has to Change?
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Track 2: Government Systems
The Long View
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

From Policy to the Last Person: What Actually Has to Change?

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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
The Long View (with Kotak Mahindra Bank)
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Track 3: Funding
The Long View
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

The Long View (with Kotak Mahindra Bank)

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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 the Future: Beyond Transactional CSR
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Track 3: Funding
Masterclass
02:30 PM – 04:00 pm

Funding the Future: Beyond Transactional CSR

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
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Track 3: Funding
Development Management Case
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

Systems Work: What It Takes, What It Costs

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Gautam Sood

Associate Director, Finance & Fundraising, Indus Action

The Big Question
The Big Question (with Azim Premji Foundation)
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Track 3: Funding
The Big Question
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm

The Big Question (with Azim Premji Foundation)

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Swetha Prakash

Associate Director, ISDM

Vaishnavi Pawar

Sr. Research Associate, Global Knowledge Hub, ISDM

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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 and Pressure: A Case from Civil Society
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Track 4: Impact
Development Management Case
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

Between Purpose and Pressure: A Case from Civil Society

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Sachin Oza

Executive Director, DSC Foundation

12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm
The Big Question
Who Gets To Define Impact?
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Track 4: Impact
The Big Question
12:00 PM – 01:30 Pm

Who Gets To Define Impact?

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Sharon Weir

Co-Founder and Strategy & Research Lead, 4th Wheel Social Impact

Kankana Trivedi

Research Manager, Global Knowledge Hub, ISDM
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Trisha Varma

Director, ISDM

The Long View
What Counts as Evidence? Bridging What We Measure, Know and Do
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Track 4: Impact
The Long View
10:15 AM – 11:45 am

What Counts as Evidence? Bridging What We Measure, Know and Do

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Moderator

Robyn Mildon

CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
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Purnima Ramanujan

Senior Lead - Research, Impact and Learning, Transform Schools

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

Professor, IIM Ahmedabad

Bikalp Chamola

Assistant Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University

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