3. India of contrasts…
Global India Developing India Poorest India
• Boasts of 8-9% growth in • Small farmers, micro • >3 m people live on < $ 1 a
its economy – the second enterprises, village day and > 500 m on <$ 2 a
fastest growth rate in the industries day
world • Extremely low • One in 3 of the world’s
• Known as world’s back productivity, poor access poor people lives in India
office and IT hub to basic services • > 1 m women and children
• However, benefits are die every year due to poor
shared by few Indians access to health services
and > 50 m children fail to
attend primary school with
any regularity
4. …Karnataka is not very different.
A land of cosmopolitan However, poverty is Northern Karnataka is
opportunities & rampant an island with gap in
growing middle class • 15m people in Karnataka resource allocation
• Recorded the highest lack access to basic • 30% of the population is
growth rates in terms of services like education, poor living on < Rs 12 /
GDP and per capita GDP in health and institutional person / day in rural areas
the last decade in India finance and Rs. 19 / person / day
• Karnataka has the 6th • The agricultural output is in urban areas
highest per capita GDP of mostly dependant on • 59 of the 114 most
all states in India southwest monsoon as backward blocks are in
• Known as Silicon Valley of only 26.5% of the sown Northern Karnataka (out
India area is irrigated. of total 175 blocks)
5. Social …but also an
problems are obligation to
For Nirantara
not just create a better
opportunities… society
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6. Nirantara = Continuous, forever
Vision Mission
Creating a Society without poverty Connecting deprived to opportunities
Nirantara Community Nirantara Livelihood
Nirantara FinAccess
Services Resources PL
Farm Livelihoods
Microfinance Microfinance
Pulses, Cotton, Dairy
Education Non-farm Livelihoods
The Financial Inclusion
HoneyBees!! Handlooms, Garments
Support to
Institution Development and Backward & Forward
Livelihood
Skill & Technology Transfer Linkage
Company
Financial Service
Facilitation
Reach & impact through Focus on Karnataka’s socio-economically
Triple Bottom Line approach backward districts 6
7. Key functional areas
Microfinance Microcredit, micro
Community-owned
NBFC with a
& financial -insurance and
financial literacy
professional
management
inclusion
Livelihood Farm and non-farm
livelihoods in value-
Driving integration
to one-stop-shop, at
promotion chain methodology door-step level
Access to Pre-primary and Owned & managed
lower-primary by edu-preneurs
foundation schools for the kids with a franchising
between 2-11 years arrangement
Education
8. People behind Nirantara Sevas
• Promoters / Board of Directors
– Mr. Niranjan Sheelavant: Social entrepreneur, promoter of Nirantara Sevas
group, 12+ yrs experience in development, microfinance and rural livelihood
promotion
– Mr. RK Mukherjee: Ex-banker with considerable experience in microfinance
operations. Works closely with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
– Mr. Hassan Mulla: Education entrepreneur having 12+ years of experience in
micorfinance, banking and livelihood promotion
– Dr. Arun Balamatti: Agri- Extension specialist, 15+ yrs experience in sustainable
agriculture project management
– Mr. Ali Asghar: 12+ yrs experience in social entrepreneurship, non-farm
livelihoods Value Chain expert
9. For further info, please contact:
Nirantara
No. 123, Shantaveera, 10th Main, 2nd Cross,
Near Vidya Shankara Ganapati Temple,
Mahalakshmi Layout, Bangalore 560096, Karnataka, India
info@nirantara.org |+91 80 23 575 288
10. Go to…
Nirantara Community Services
Shri ShivGayatri Infin
Private Limited
Nirantara Livelihood Resources
Private Limited
