08/04/2026
Dhwani Foundation at the ‘Vibrant Odisha Conclave 2026’, Bhubaneswar.
Over the past 20 months, our work in Odisha has focused on Organisation Change Management (OCM) for grassroots NGOs so they can operate with stronger systems, clearer processes, and greater stability.
Today, 120+ grassroots organisations across the state are part of this journey. Many are closely connected to their communities, working on programs in such diverse domains as livelihoods, education, health, disability, rural development. Through sustained engagement, they have strengthened governance practices, improved financial and compliance systems, and adopted technology to manage programmes and track progress more effectively.
This has led to a visible shift in how organisations function. They are better positioned to access funding, navigate regulatory requirements, and make informed, data-backed decisions, while continuing to serve their communities with consistency and credibility.
At the ‘Vibrant Odisha Conclave 2026’, organised by Indus Valley Times in partnership with the Centre for Socio-Economic Studies, this work was recognised with the Best Development Organisation Award 2026. The award was received by mihir mohanty, Asst. Director – East & Northeast Region, Dhwani Foundation.
This recognition belongs to our 120+ grassroots partners across Odisha who have trusted us on this OCM journey to build their organisations towards growth, resilience, and sustainability.
It also reflects the growing role of strong grassroots organisations in shaping Odisha’s development journey. Odisha's development goals are ambitious. Whether they are met will depend significantly on how strong the grassroots organisations working closest to communities actually are. This recognition reinforces why that matters.
Dhwani Foundation 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘕𝘎𝘖𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘴. 3 𝘊𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 175 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 8 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 & 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺, 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘔𝘐𝘚 & 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
Aravind MJ KN Gopinath Manju Kuchhal mihir mohanty