
Our Vision
“Holistic development of families from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds”
Our Mission
"Developing adult capacities towards creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for the holistic development of family members"
Tapasya has been operating in Maharashtra since 2018, in the areas of Governance and Behavioral change.
We are an 80G and 12 AA certified NGO .
THE PROBLEM
Lack of opportunity for holistic development of families from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
1. Lack of an ecosystem of support and care
Families have no access to information and support that can help influence behavioural change.
As a consequence, critical developmental milestones in the lives of children are not met.
2. Lack of awareness of welfare schemes
Families lack the awareness and the ability to leverage available government policies and schemes.
Intended beneficiaries of the policy/scheme do not access the relevant benefits/ support.
OUR SOLUTION
Tapasya works on holistic development of families from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds.

OUR APPROACH
We have a multi-sectoral and integrated approach to delivering solutions that leverages evidence-based best practices, builds systemic capacity to deliver solutions and addresses needs across the spectrum of health and education, to serve the most marginalised/disadvantaged communities.
Community Involvement
We build the capacities of ‘Sakhis’ who are women from the communities we work in to deliver our programmes. This ensures that the change is owned and driven by members of the community.
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Technology
We use technology for information dissemination and managing program efficiency. We run helplines to reach families and use online data entry tools to support those seeking information.
Collaborations
We collaborate with Government departments and functionaries at all levels to build systems’ capacity. We also engage with NGOs, academic institutions and other organisations to leverage their expertise and complement their efforts in our focus areas
OUR IMPACT

Tapasya at a Glance



Our programs under 'Project Sakhi'
Behavioral Change Communication
Our main focus is to improve health-seeking behaviour among women who are either Pregnant, lactating and mother of 0-6 year children:-
- An understanding of the importance of antenatal/postnatal care (ANC/PNC) and support from ASHA. (Their ANC/PNC visits will be tracked)
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- Support through training and counselling on any kind of health issues (Mothers will be connected with local government’s health care system)
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- Support through training and counselling on adoption of healthy practices
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- Support in accessing government’s maternity benefits (For financially disadvantaged mothers) and tracking long term impact of the same
Unlocking multiple
welfare schemes
Our main focus is on the Leadership Development of community people around childhood unlocking access to multiple welfare schemes, who will be supported on:-
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- Community-level Awareness of various welfare schemes and their benefits and process.
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- Identification of eligible families who can apply for any eligible schemes.
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- Document readiness: Helping families ensure all required documents are ready.
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- Application support: Supporting families to apply for all the eligible schemes and get their final benefits.




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Founders

Mrinal Rao
Leadership Team

Tapas Sutradhar
Leadership Team
Program Team

Ravindra Jadhav
Project Coordinator

Pooja Dhumal
Helpline Sakhi

Chaitrali Amble Project Coordinator

Kalpana Mane
Sakhi

Kajal More
Helpline Sakhi

Amruta Zhanje
Sakhi

Sonali Tate
Sakhi

Swati Jadhav
Sakhi

Rama Londhe
Sakhi

Saraswati Maindargi
Sakhi
Advisory Board

Madhukar Banuri
CEO, Leadership For Equity

Madhuri Dhariwal
Associate Director,
Indus Action

Sowmy VJ
Consulting Partner,TCS

Ishita Bhattacharya
Brand & Digital Head
Tata Realty And Infrastructure Ltd

Suresh M
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VP-IT, Credit Suisse

Sneha Arora
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CEO, Atma
Tapasya
A Wing, Chandraneel Society,
Flat-102, Sinhgad Rd,
opposite cosmos bank,
Anubandh Nagar, Dattawadi,
Pune, Maharashtra 411030
020-29999140
+91-946593160