Dialogues on
Development Management

2025

India's foremost conference on reimagining how we build and lead social purpose organisations

August 21, 2025 | New Delhi

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Participants

1,175+

Sessions

20

Speakers

80+

Research papers
presentations

12

2025 theme

Building a Viksit Bharat
Through Development Management

DoDM 2025 explored how to help build a Viksit Bharat through stronger leadership, data-driven decision-making, organisational resilience, and innovative financing. The conference emphasized community-led leadership, collaboration, and institutional capacity as key drivers of sustainable and inclusive social impact.

Featured Speakers

Ravi Sreedharan

Co-Founder & President, ISDM

Sonia Singh

Founder-CEO, SSA India

Amit Chandra

Co-Founder, A.T.E. Chandra Foundation

Amarjeet Sinha

Retd. IAS; Senior Fellow, CSEP

Ashish Dhawan

Founder-CEO, The Convergence Foundation

Mirai Chatterjee

Director, SEWA Social Security.

Plus 75+ additional speakers across all four tracks.

Programme

Plenary : Building a Viksit Bharat Through Development Management

Speakers: Amit Chandra, Ashish Dhawan, Mirai Chatterjee, Amarjeet Sinha, Sonia Singh; Ravi Sreedharan

Recording

Narendranath Damodaran

“DODM is one of the very few convenings where broader development issues and management of institutions are discussed. It has enriched me and the sector.”

Track 1

The Art and Science of Decision-Making for Social Change

Session 1

Flattening the Pyramid: Distributed Decision-Making for Success

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Session 2

Making Your Data Work for You: The Data Maturity Journey

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Research Presentation

Shaping Decisions with Values, Evidence, and Data

Masterclass

Knowledge Management Approaches in Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Track 2

Strengthening the Core for Social Change

Session 1

Middle Matters: Developing the Leaders Who Hold it All Together

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Session 2

Leveraging Volunteer Power: 2X Your Impact for the Same Cost

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Session 3

Leveraging Volunteer Power: 2X Your Impact for the Same Cost

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Research Presentation

Redefining Leadership: How Young Women and Gen Z Are Shaping Inclusive Development

Masterclass

Resilience Beyond Resources: Building Blocks of Strong Organisations

Track 3

Financing the Future of Social Change

Session 1

From Compliance to Credibility: Strengthening Civil Society Narratives

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Session 2

Power, Partnership and Philanthropy: What Really Works in Trust-Based Giving?

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Session 3

Retail Fundraising: A Strategic Pillar for Sustainable Impact

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Research Presentation

Innovative, Collaborative, and Inclusive Financing Models for Social Change

Masterclass

Outcomes Readiness in Practice — A Masterclass for Nonprofits

Track 4

Delivering Social Impact at Scale

Session 1

Scaling What Matters: Models, Language, and Practice

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Session 2

Methodologies for Studying the Long-Term Impact of Non-profits

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Research Presentation

Redesigning for Scale: Lessons from ECCD, Foundational Learning, and SEL

Masterclass

Rethinking Impact: Creating ToC and Resulting M&E

Previous Editions

DoDM ’23

The Inaugural Edition

Where it began: establishing Development Management as a discipline worth convening around.

DoDM ’24

Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar

1,100+ participants across three tracks, opened by Aamir Khan, Amit Chandra and Dr Shamika Ravi.