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Welcome to One Direction Institute (ODI)

The mission of One Direction Institute is to foster evidence-based research to generate new innovations, validate the innovative research ideas for viability through Innovation and Incubation Labs and disseminate the research output to different stakeholders through tailored training programs through short courses and stakeholders engagements..

The major focus of One Direction Institute is mostly focused on market based social enterprise approaches to poverty eradication and community development.

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Winning Awards

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Completed Projects
One Direction Institute

Research

We engage in action research to develop and implement initiatives to change lives of the poor.

Capacity Building

We design and deliver training programme to build capacity of development workers, policy makers and private sector actors
Development Interventions

Our Latest Projects

One Direction Institute through its projects design and implements sustainable solutions for social and economic development for people at the bottom of the pyramid. We work with communities at the grassroots to transform ideas into action, while mindful about environment.  

Skills Agenda

Economic Empowerment, Skilling

Women Economic Empowerment

Economic Empowerment, Women Empowerment

Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

Reproductive Health Rights, Skilling
Our Action Research Agenda

Transforming Ideas into Action

  • 01

    Basic Research

    We carry out research to understand the development problems and strive to design approaches that can deliver socially equitable, environmental sound development solutions
  • 02

    Validation and Incubation of Social Ventures

    Through our Incubation Labs we validate promising social enterprise ideas that can transform the lives of the people at the bottom of the pyramid
  • 03

    Impact Evaluations

    Our impact evaluation relies on rigorous methods to determine the changes in outcomes which can be attributed to a specific intervention based on analysis.
Social Enterprise for Development

Our Social Ventures

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Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture
The agriculture sector in India is facing the daunting task of feeding its rapidly expanding population; a task that seems increasingly uphill in the context of multiple challenges of climate change impacts
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Digital Economy
Digital Economy
With rapid changes in technology, economy, and society, one significant opportunity for emerging countries to grow is the digital economy. It is a new growth engine that will increase the nation's productivity and income in order to help escape the middle-income trap and take advantage of this emerging trend.
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Business Incubation
Business Incubation
Our Business incubation programme is a private, entrepreneurial, economic and social development process designed to nurture businesses from idea generation to start-up companies and, through a comprehensive business support program, help them establish and accelerate their growth and success.
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Volunteer with Us

We welcome volunteers and interns to come and work with us and contribute to our social impact, while gaining practical experience in designing and implementation economic solutions for disadvantaged people at the bottom of the pyramid.

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Our News and Articles

Publications & Blogs

One Direction Institute Research and Evaluations Centers regularly produces publications and blog posts to share thoughts and perspectives with policy makers, research, practitioners and the academia

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