List of non-governmental organisations in India

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This is a list of notable nonprofit organisations, charitable organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in India or connected with Indian diaspora.


List of Nonprofit and Non-Governmental Organisations in India
NameCategoryDate of foundationHeadquartersFounder(s)
World Vision India
  • Education
  • Children
  • Community Development
  • Sanitation
  • Emergency Relief
1962 Chennai Robert Pierce
Akshaya Patra Foundation
  • Children
2000 Bangalore Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Butterflies India
  • Children
  • Human Rights
1989 New Delhi Rita Panicker
Child Rights and You (CRY)
  • Children
  • Human Rights
1979 Mumbai Rippan Kapoor
Deepalaya
  • Human Rights
16 July 1979 Delhi
  • T. K. Mathew
  • Y. Chackochan
  • P. J. Thomas
Child In Need Institute
  • Children
  • Education
1974 Kolkata Samir Chaudhuri
SaveLIFE Foundation
  • Road safety
  • Emergency medical care
2008 New Delhi Krishen Mehta

Piyush Tewari

Evangelistic Association of the East
  • Children
  • Elderly Care
  • Education
  • Humanitarian Aid
1924 Kerala
  • Geevarghese Cor-Episcopa Athunkal
EVidyaloka
  • Children
  • Education
28 January 2011 Bangalore
  • Satish Viswanathan
  • Venkataraman Sriraman
Save the Children India
  • Children
2008 Gurgaon
  • Sudarshan Suchi (CEO)
Goonj
  • Community Development
  • Humanitarian Aids
1999 New Delhi Anshu Gupta
Gurshaahi
  • Punjabi Literature
  • Rural Libraries
  • Education and Culture
2019 Bathinda
  • Arpit Arya
  • Kulwinder Sharma
  • Paramjot Joga
  • Sharandeep Singh
Panjab Digital Library
  • Language and Literature
  • Cultural Preservation
  • Education
2003 Chandigarh Davinder Pal Singh
HelpAge India
  • Community Development
  • Elderly
April 1978 New Delhi
HOPE (Hold On Pain Ends) Charitable Trust
  • Urban Development
  • Health
2014 Kerala Mahesh Parameswaran Nair
Katha
  • Children
  • Education
1988 Chennai Geeta Dharmarajan
Lepra
  • Community Development
  • HIV/AIDS
1924 United Kingdom Leonard Rogers
Maher
  • Children
  • Women
2 February 1997 Pune Lucy Kurien
Maitri Pune Malnutrition

Child mortality

1197 Pune Anil Shidore
Mobile nurseries [1]
  • Children
  • Education
  • Medical
1969 Delhi Meera Mahadevan
MITRA
  • Community Development
  • Human Rights
2004 Mumbai B.G. Deshmukh
MOHAN Foundation
  • Healthcare
1997 Chennai Sunil Shroff
Narayan Seva Sansthan
  • Children
  • Disabled
1985 Udaipur Kailash Ji Agrawal 'Manav'
Pratham
  • Children
  • Education
1994 Mumbai
Prayas
  • Children
  • Trafficking
1988 Delhi Amod Kanth
Prerana
  • Children
  • Trafficking
1986 Mumbai
Project Nanhi Kali
  • Children
  • Education
1996 Mumbai Anand Mahindra
Salaam Baalak Trust
  • Children
  • Education
1988 Delhi Praveen Nair
SERUDS
  • Children
  • Elderly Care
  • Education
  • Health
2003 Andhra Pradesh Mallikarjuna Gorla
Seva Mandir
  • Rural and Community Development
1968 Rajasthan Mohan Sinha Mehta
Shoshit Seva Sangh
  • Children
  • Education
16 July 2004 Patna J. K. Sinha
Sree Ramaseva Mandali
  • Arts
  • Education
1939 Bangalore
  • S.V.Narayanaswamy Rao
  • S.N.Varadaraj
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal
  • Health
  • Human rights
  • Sikhism
unknown Delhi Jitender Singh Shunty
Tulir
  • Children
  • Sex Abuse
 Chennai Vidya Reddy
Church's Auxiliary for Social Action
  • Humanitarian Aid
  • Education
  • Sustainble Livelihood
  • Skill Development
  • development
  • Gender Justice
1947 Delhi Sushant Agarawal
Leaf Bank Environment Conservation Delhi
Akanksha Foundation Education1991 Mumbai Shaheen Mistri
CHD Group Global Public Health

Medical Relief in Disasters Nutrition Child Health Road Safety Primary Health Care

2014 Mangalore Dr Edmond Fernandes

Cynthia Fernandes

Social Network for Assistance to People Human Rights

Community Development

2008 Kolkata

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