ORGANISATIONAL DETAILS

ABOUT THE INDUSTRY:

HUMAN RESOURCES:

Human resource management refers to the process of recruiting and developing a company’s
workforce. The HR department is concerned with identifying talent gaps in a company,
advertising for positions, evaluating potential candidates, and hiring top talent.
Human resource management does not just handle the recruitment of new employees; it also
oversees redundancy for companies that want to downsize. HR management also oversees
orientation programs to introduce new employees to the company’s goals, objectives, and
policies. Overall, human resource management guarantees the smooth running of employees
within a company.
Human Resource Management (HRM) is a collective term for all the formal systems created
to help in managing employees and other stakeholders within a company. Human resource
management is tasked with three main functions, namely, the recruitment
and compensation of employees, and designating work. Ideally, the role of HRM is to find
the best way to increase the productivity of an organization through its employees. Despite
the ever-increasing rate of change in the corporate world, the HRM role is not likely to
change in a significant way.

COMPANY’S PROFILE:

ORGANSITION’S NAME: Niswarth-The Selfless

Website : http://www.theselfless.org
Industry : Non governmental organisation
Type : privately held
Headquaters : New Delhi
Founded : 2018

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

‘Niswarth – The Selfless’ is a Registered Trust 410 of 2019-2020. It is a Delhi based non-
profit non-governmental organization. Nikita Yadav, a dental student, who aims for a better
Delhi, founded it in August 2018.
नि: स्वार्थ -The Selfless is a group of like-minded people who strongly believe in having a
‘Niswarth’ attitude and work towards improving the society.

Their efforts are majorly focused on various social issues, which need attention and action in
order to create a better society, a better Delhi and a better India for future generation and
ourselves. They work to promote health awareness among the masses to lead a healthy
lifestyle.

In one way or another, They also try to spread awareness about the effects of air pollution and
various ways to reduce it. At Niswarth they organized various campaigns where they help the
needful in Niswarth way and educate people about air pollution, healthcare and education.
They aim to recongnize and value the potential of local resources and traditional wisdom of
people. Their focus is concentrated on the receiver’s dignity instead of the donar’s price.
They promote circular economy by ensuring maximum use of
each material.They value collaborative efforts with partner organizations to increase
effectiveness and scale. Niswarth views every entity as equal stakeholder in the process of
development rather than observing hierarchical relationships.
In the race of development they all are too focused on machines i.e. the big and  known
issues, ignoring the needles- the most important basic needs.

DESIGN AND STRATEGY PRINCIPLES:

 Building and maintaining a connection of empathy, dignity and valuing between the
issues of the poor and the rich.

 Leveraging and empowering already available resources, wisdom, time, skills and
efforts of people.

 Approaching complex and interwoven challenge of poverty and discard in a human-

centered and community driven way.

 Equipping end users in cities and villages to thrive and evolve sustainably

 Listening deeply to our rural communities with humility, treating people with
dignity and respect.

 Working alongside. We facilitate, nudge and empower our partners and communities
environmentally and socially to infuse new life and vitality into their communities.
  Being responsive. We are constantly learning, incorporating and addressing from the
reality of changing communities, contexts and deepening relationships

 Evolving solutions with, not for the communities we work with.

 Rooting Ideas in Community. Our on ground strategies are built from the context,
cultures, knowledge, wisdom, resources, needs, and aspirations of the rural
communities we work with.

 Principles Driven. Our reflection, decision-making and action, in the face of

complexity and uncertainty is driven by our guiding principals

CAMPAIGNS DONE BY NISWARTH

Food campaign:

They had organized 3 food campaigns in 2018:

August 19: at Sikenderpur metro station, Gurugram.

September 02: at Sikenderpur metro station, Gurugram.

October 15: at Nathupur shills slum area, Gurugram.

They provided cooked meals which included dal, rice, and salad to the slum children and
homeless senior citizens. The raw material for the cooked meal was collected from people all
over Delhi, who wanted to contribute their resources with a Niswarth feeling to feed the
underprivileged.

Special attention was given to the waste disposal and abandoning the use of plastics. We used
leaf made ‘pattal plates’ and offered water through jars instead of using plastic glasses.

Tree plantation campaign

Niswarth’s team also focuses on saving the environment. They have participated in various
plantation drives that take place in Delhi. Our team took part in NBCC’s plantation drive held
on 8th September and planted 12 plants in total.

Clothes donation drive

The winters in Delhi are the coldest. They organized a clothes donation drive in the month of
December and January. For this, They collected winter clothes like sweaters, jackets, and
blankets from people all over Delhi and distributed them to homeless people who spend their
winters shivering on the roads from Chattarpur Region to AIIMS Region, New Delhi.

Reduce Air Pollution – Need of the hour (Give blood take Oxygen campaign)

They organized a blood donation camp on January 13, 2019, in Ayanagar, where an indoor
air purifier plant was gifted to every blood donor as a token of appreciation. We collected 61
units of blood and submitted them to the Indian Red Cross Society.
We also partnered with Paras Hospital for health check-up of blood donors.

They organized an awareness campaign, with various school and college students. They
discussed about the harmful pollutants in air and different ways to reduce and control air
pollution.

Dental awareness campaign

They also organized a Dental Awareness Camp on March 20, 2019, at Prayas Children Home
NGO and celebrated a ‘Phoolon Wali Holi’ with the shelter home girls. They urged to avoid
the use of harmful colours, reduce waste of water and celebrated this Holi with flowers.
Colourful hand impression of girls was taken, with her name and what she aspires to become
written by them on a white cloth sheet focusing on women empowerment.

By these campaigns, Niswarth as a team has been using the youth-power to create a long-
lasting impact on our society.

STRUCTURE:

The organisational structure determines how information flows between levels within the
company. Having an organisational structure in place allows companies to remain efficient
and focused. Organizational structure is a way of grouping and organizing your business to
make sure every employee at an acceptable standard.

The business development plays the major role. Business development is the creation of long
term value of an organisation from customers, markets and relationships.
CSR PROJECTS OF NISWARTH:

Over 2 decades, Niswarth’s work has been largely recognized for creating alternate new
currencies for development i.e. material and community voluntary labor for development. 
Using urban surplus materials as a powerful resource for large scale development works
across the country; ranging from education, sanitation, agriculture, water, livelihood,
menstrual hygiene, and sustainability to environment. Spread across different geographies,
Niswarth’s work puts empathy and dignity first and foremost. Their holistic view of rural
development is rooted in not only fulfilling their basic needs but empowering them to be the
decision makers.  
Annually engaging in 7000+ development works pan India (from road repairs, water channels
revival to bridges, re-making schools etc.) involves a huge logistical cost of processing,
rentals and transportation to operate on such scales.

INITIATIVES OF NISWARTH:

Dignity for work (DTW)

Worldwide when we think of resources for any kind of development work, we think of
money. Niswarth works on turning old material as a resource for hundreds of rural
development activities.
School to school
Niswarth’s award winning School to School initiative is addressing the educational needs of
thousands of remote & resource starved village/ slum schools by channelizing under-utilised
material of city’s affluent schools not as a thing to distribute but as a tool to bring about
comprehensive behaviour change in the recipients and the contributors!
Rahat
For nearly 2 two decades, niswarth has been working on varied disasters from earthquakes to
Tsunami, cyclones, floods, etc. Rahat as an initiative has evolved into an active, reliable and
time-tested network of stakeholders in both rural & urban India ensuring our timely response
for generating need based disaster relief & rehabilitation efforts.
Green by Niswarth
Green by Niswarth’ a brand built around reusing and up-cycling even the last shreds of
material that Goonj receives. A range of over 100 different products like purses, fancy bags,
file folder, mats etc. made out of torn jeans, obsolete audio tapes, one side used paper etc.
shows the ingenuity, craftsmanship and design aesthetics of women from nearby slums
involved in making these products. Buying a ‘Green by Goonj’ products ensures that our
work in rural India continues unhindered irrespective of large/small funding support.
MILESTONES/REGONITION:

Jan 2021 : Recognition by Rajasthan Patrika

 Oct 2020 : Marico Innovation Awards

 2020 :  Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice ‘for its phenomenal
achievements in easing the lives of countless Indians from the terrors of this
pandemic’
 Dec 2019 : Lakshmipat Singhania Award-IIM Lucknow National Leadership
Award for his Community Service & Social upliftment work
 Aug’19: CEO Awards 2019 “Social Stalwart Award” to Mr. Anshu Gupta 
 April 2019: CFBP Council for Fair Business Practices awarded Goonj for the second
time, Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Fair Business Practices
 Feb’18: AIMA (All India Management Association) Award to Anshu Gupta
 Dec’17: Rahat– Goonj’s disaster relief and rehabilitation effort received iF Social
Impact Prize
 July’17:Curry Stone Design Prize recognized Anshu Gupta , Founder Goonj as the
Social Design Circle honoree
 July’15: Ramon Magsaysay Award to Mr. Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj for
transforming giving as a developmental approach.
 Nov’14: Goonj wins Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award.
 Aug’14: Asia’s leading English magazine ‘The Top 10 of Asia’ features  Anshu
Gupta, Founder Goonj among Asia’s top 10 social entrepreneurs.
 July’14: Goonj is one amongst ‘The Purpose Economy 100 Asia’
 July’14: Goonj gets chosen among 100 leading Global Green Innovations of the
prestigious think tank SUSTAINIA
 Feb’14: Goonj gets a place among The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies
in India in a listing by Fast Company
 Nov’12: ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awardto Anshu Gupta, Founder of Goonj
by Schwab Foundation
 July’12: GOONJ gets chosen as ‘Game Changing Innovation’ by NASA and US State
Dept.
 June’12: GDN Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project
 Feb’12: GOONJ wins Edelgive award in health & wellbeing category.
 Nov’10: Anshu Gupta gets listed in international Forbes magazine as one of India’s
most powerful rural entrepreneurs.
 May’10: Innovation for India award by Marico for developing innovative solution by
using old cloth and other material.
 March’10: Goonj wins ‘Jamnalal Bajaj CFBP Award’ for Fair Practices
 Nov’09: ‘Cloth for Work’ wins international Lien i3 Challenge Award
 June’09: ‘Not Just a Piece of Cloth’ wins GOONJ’s third Changemaker’s Innovation
Award
 March’09: CNN IBN’s Real Heros Award to Anshu Gupta in women welfare
segment.
 March’08: GOONJ wins India NGO of the Year Award in a nationwide search &
selection by Resource Alliance.
  May’07: GOONJ’s sanitary napkin project Not Just a Piece of Clothwins World
Bank’s Global Development Market Place Award.
 July’07: Vastra Samman recognized as one of The Good Practices by Dubai
International Awards.
 2006: Wins the prestigious Changemakers Innovation Award,the second time,
for Rahat, our disaster relief initiative
 2004: Prestigious Ashoka Fellowship to Anshu Gupta for his innovative idea & its
mass social impact.
 2004: GOONJ wins Changemakers Innovation Award for its School to
School initiative.

VISION

The art of giving is the art of living.

We firmly believe in working selflessly and strive to inculcate the ‘Niswarth’ feeling in the
people of Delhi. We want to change the winds of Delhi at such a level that no matter who
stays or steps in the city, they feel “यह मे री दिल्ली है ” deeply in their heart and feel
responsible for taking care of its environment.

There is no magical snap to convert Delhi into a pollution-free city. This needs to be done by
us and the people around us. As responsible citizens of this country and as residents of our
beloved Delhi, we must take necessary actions and follow the motto of “We are Delhi, and
we will make Delhi, free from all sorts of pollution”.

Join hands with Niswarth and work towards the dream of a cleaner, greener and healthier
Delhi.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT NISWARTH?:

 Respect for all
 Dignity for self
 Work in remote areas Pan India
 Field visits and Activities
 Many Events and Campaigns
 Individual budget for Learning & Development
 Saturday Adda (fun time get together – now in its online avatar)
 Team meets and food, and more food.
 Peaceful and satisfied sleepy nights.

COMPETITORS:
ZONAL WELFARE COUNCIL
Zonal Welfare Council is a top competitor of niswarth. Zonal Welfare Council was founded in
Bishnupur, West Bengal} in 1990. Zonal Welfare Council competes in the Non-Profit Organization
industry. Compared to Goonj, Zonal Welfare Council generates $7.9M less revenue .

CHILD IN NEED INSTITUTE

Child In Need Institute (Cini) is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and was founded in
1974. Child In Need Institute (Cini) operates in the Non-Profit Organization industry. Child
In Need Institute (Cini) generates 41% the revenue of niswarth.

PARIVAAR
Parivaar has been one of Niswarth's top competitors. Parivaar is a Private company that was
founded in null in 1980 Parivaar operates in the industry. Compared to niswarth, Parivaar has
fewer employees.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
An internship provides a variety of benefits
The following are the learning objectives of doing my internship at Niswarth-selfless
PLANNING-
 Help plan and organize employee engagement activities Help plan and execute events and
workshops for new hires and current employees.