For CSR partners
Project Uttaran 2026–27
An integrated community development programme for education, healthcare, biodiversity and livelihoods in West Bengal. Twelve months, eight districts, 10,000 people reached directly and more than 50,000 indirectly.
Why this project
The Sundarbans are losing mangroves to cyclones, erosion and salt water. In tribal districts such as Jhargram and Purulia, children fall behind for lack of learning support, and health care is far away. In Kolkata’s bastis, young people finish school without skills that find work.
Uttaran (“rising up”) tackles these together, because they feed each other: poor health holds back learning, missing skills hold back income, and a damaged coast takes livelihoods with it.
What it will deliver in a year
| Area | What we will do | Annual target |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Students supported with learning kits, digital learning and career guidance | 2,500 |
| Education | Learning support sessions at 10 community centres | 500 |
| Healthcare | People screened at general and eye camps, with telemedicine follow-up | 10,000 |
| Healthcare | Health camps held | 100 |
| Environment | Trees planted and maintained | 1,00,000 |
| Environment | Mangrove saplings planted in the Sundarbans | 25,000 |
| Women | Women in entrepreneurship, financial literacy and self-help groups | 2,000 |
| Skills | Young people trained in RAC, electrical and appliance repair, computers and soft skills | 1,500 |
| Skills | Placed in jobs or helped into self-employment | 1,000 |
| Community | Awareness programmes | 150 |
Where the money goes
Every line is costed in the full proposal, with unit costs and quantities. Plantation and skill training are partly met by government schemes and training partners, so the CSR share for those is lower than their full cost.
Progress is measured against a baseline survey, a midline assessment and an endline evaluation, with an independent third-party evaluation and a statutory audit. Partners receive progress reports and the annual report, with photographs and beneficiary numbers.
| Component | ₹ (lakh) |
|---|---|
| Healthcare programme | 135 |
| Education and digital learning | 105 |
| Biodiversity and climate resilience | 75 |
| Skill development and placement | 60 |
| Women’s empowerment | 40 |
| Programme staff across components | 35 |
| Administration | 20 |
| Monitoring and evaluation | 15 |
| Audit, documentation and reporting | 15 |
| Total | 500 |
Schedule VII, Companies Act 2013
- Promoting education, including special education and vocational skills (item ii)
- Promoting preventive health care (item i)
- Promoting gender equality and empowering women (item iii)
- Environmental sustainability, ecological balance and protection of flora and fauna (item iv)
- Rural development projects (item x)
Sustainable Development Goals
- 1No poverty
- 3Good health
- 4Quality education
- 5Gender equality
- 8Decent work
- 13Climate action
- 15Life on land
- 17Partnerships
What we have done before
Health and eye camps in rural South 24 Parganas, seven blood donation camps, RAC training for unemployed young people with training partners, education support in bastis and villages, tree planting, and relief after floods, fires and cyclones. See our work.
Documents for due diligence
Trust deed, PAN, 12A and 80G certificates, CSR-1 registration, list of trustees, the board resolution approving Project Uttaran, and audited accounts for the last three financial years. We send them with the full proposal.