Ritwik Sarkar

Ritwik Sarkar
Designation: Evaluation Specialist
Ritwik is responsible for assisting the head of evaluation at 3ie in coordinating grant windows, preparing grant proposals, organising steering group meetings, assisting with in-house research and managing external relationships.

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It’s time to take note of the Self Help Groups’ potential

As the world is scrambling for resources to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, India is fortunate to have a motivated cadre of women assisting the fight at the community-level. Rightfully called the ‘silent soldiers’, the 690 lakh or so women members of around 63 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country formed under the Indian government’s flagship Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) have come to the forefront.

Empowering women through National Rural Livelihoods Mission

Neelima Devi*, a 35-year-old Self Help Group (SHG) member, aspires to start an eatery with her husband in their village. She was one the many women we had met during our field visits to Jharkhand and Maharashtra in 2019.