NGO jobs in India....

capt_mahajan

A list to get you started.

Note: these are not recommendations. In fact, I have heard some negative things about some of the organisations linked here. But I do not know these charities at all, so don't know the truth.

http://www.ashanet.org/
http://sta.umbc.edu/orgs/aid/
http://www.garamchai.com/charities.htm

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vargoje3

Nan and Curry please check out this link. It is an NGO based out of Pondicherry. I have first hand experiance with them, i did research for them for 5 months in 2006 and found the organization to be filled w/ great people who are actually working on making India a better place through environmental and social projects.

http://www.feralindia.org/

Nan and Curry

Thanks Captain and Vargoje3, I will check out the links.

whoami

Capt or anybody else,

If you happen come across any Indian NGO doing work in the area of enery and environment or climate change issues, please post the link or PM me.

Thanks.

machadinha

For what it's worth (not much, I'm afraid), that AID India above I've checked out in the past, looked like a worthwhile organization to me. Strong emphasis on non-aligned long-term local empowerment and so on. How I would like them in practice remains to be seen of course, so this isn't telling you much.

Their home page is here: http://aidindia.org/main/ . They have a number of chapters in several countries, including in the USA, so you could start checking them out at home. (Note that doing a web search for them, you'll find a lot of groups using the same or similar names, so be careful what you're looking at.)

This gang I know precious little about, but struck me as a possibly interesting organization at the time: http://www.duryognivaran.org/ . Again, I don't know about their particular affiliations or anything though.

Another: http://www.southasiadisasters.net/

Perhaps others can tell us something about where these guys are coming from.

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emailritu

Another comprehensive website listing NGOs that you might want to research is http://www.propoor.org/

Propoor lists some jobs, but not too many. I also posted earlier the URL of the most comprehensive website used by NGOs to post jobs but for some reasons it never showed up. Here it is again:

http://devnetjobs.tripod.com/india.html

It's good for larger, net-savvy groups but obviously many small, grassroot organizations aren't listing on there.

jalebiwallah

first let me give you a link or two to look at:

http://www.prayasonline.org/Careers_positions.html

and

http://www.karmayog.org

If you look carefully at the first sight you'll see an experienced accountant will make 20,000 rupees a month (this is good pay for NGO work in Delhi) and other positions will make less. I personally work (for no pay) at a grassroots NGO in Delhi where the highest paid person makes around 6,000 rupees (150 dollars) a month. If you're comfortable making that kind of money and think you have something to contribute then I say Inshallah and hope you will find a way to help.

Personally, I'm struggling with the same issue on some level, but am not sure I could take a salary for what I do here in good conscience. What I can do is get experience that may serve me well when I head back to the U.S. and look to work in the non-profit sector there. In the meantime I'm trying to find money so the NGO can raise the salaries of the staff it already has rather than spending some enormous amount on supporting my rich Gora tastes.....

MUKTi

Working with an NGO, IGO, etc. is a very real career and should be undertaken by individuals who treat it as such.

Social Work degrees are offered at the Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate level within India, across the U.S., throughout Europe and elsewhere.

The problem many qualified social workers find themselves dealing with is conveying to others that social work is indeed a career. Organizations such as the National Association of Social Workers inthe United States, and numerous others elsewhere, find themselves being forced to focus on lobbying in order to secure jobs for qualified social workers. Unfortunately, many share the uninformed belief that anyone is qualified to go to work for an NGO, etc. While this may be true in an extremely limited capacity, many people dedicate their continuing education and entire lives to enriching the lives of others and helping to impact positive changes at all societal levels.

@OP.. volunteering is a great way to be proactive and gain invaluable firsthand experience as well as a way to make your CV more robust. However, if you are considering this as a career path I suggest you pursue degrees in the fields of social work, sociology, anthropology, or the like. The Rajagiri School of Social Sciences in Kerala is a great place to do this in India and there are countless others abroad.

India has more NGOs than any other country in the world. However, many only pay specialized applicants with experience relative to the job opportunity available. Despite the many opportunities, few offer decent salary. You will have to be satisified with having enough rs. to put food in your mouth, clothes on your back, and the opportunity to live and travel on occassion around India.

Hope this helps.

supergal

I subscribe to a wonderful job list for Indian NGO jobs called DEVNETJOBS. You get jobs via email as well:

http://devnetjobsindia.org/

grikoo

This really depends on the type of work you're looking to do. A degree in social work might be completely pointless if you were looking for a job at an NGO dealing with environmental issues, rural development, etc. What's most important is that you have experience in whatever field you are trying to get a job in. That, and an integral understanding of what the NGO is doing (this may seem obvious, but you'd be surprised). It's not really different than trying to get a job anywhere else- the most qualified applicants will usually get the job.

That said, volunteering is a good way to get your foot in the door.