About AJKA

Our Journey

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

Gender mainstreaming is an integral component of AJKA’s approach, embedded across all interventions to ensure equity and inclusiveness. The organization follows a realistic, participatory, and bottom-up approach, which has helped it evolve into a dynamic learning organization. Recognizing education as a key driver of social transformation, AJKA places strong emphasis on improving the quality of secondary education as a pathway to mainstreaming underserved communities.

Institutionally, AJKA operates on a pro-people management framework with clearly defined accountability at every level. The Secretary serves as the chief functionary, overseeing organizational operations and decision-making processes. Supporting this structure are program and support coordinators (administration and accounts), assistant coordinators, and field-level volunteers who ensure effective execution of activities on the ground. Strategic decisions are governed by a seven-member Board of Governors, comprising the President, Secretary, Treasurer, and other members, ensuring transparency, accountability, and organizational integrity.

Vision

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

Our vision is to build a just and equitable society where socially, economically and culturally excluded communities, particularly women, children, and marginalized groups, can grow and develop to their full potential, becoming active and contributing members of our society and communities.

MISSION

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

Assisting marginalized communities, especially women, children, adolescents, vulnerable youth, landless people, and smallholders, to become economically and socially empowered by promoting their rights and social justice.

OPERATIONAL AREA

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

Three districts i.e., Jharsuguda, Sundargarh and Sambalpur located in western Odisha, India.

TARGET COMMUNITIES

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

  • Multiple Marginalized Women (MMW), Children, Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Youth.
  • Landless Laborers, Small and Marginal Farmers.
  • Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Economically Backward and Socially Excluded.

Organizational Structure

Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA) is a well-established non-governmental organization, legally registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. With over 26 years of dedicated service, AJKA has been actively working across  the states of Odisha and West Bengal, focusing on sustainable livelihoods, environmental conservation, quality  education, adolescent and community health, and participatory governance. The organization is committed to empowering marginalized communities, particularly women, children, and adolescents from Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and other backward sections. Through a range of welfare and development initiatives, AJKA strives to enhance their socio-economic conditions and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. AJKA’s core strategies revolve around capacity building, networking, and strategic collaboration to ensure effective implementation of its programs. The organization actively facilitates dialogue on critical development issues and works towards designing responsive and practical solutions. Collaboration with local and national-level organizations has strengthened its efforts in information dissemination, awareness generation, advocacy, and policy engagement.

Legal Status of the organization

Organization Registration Details

Registration Type

 

Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860

Registration No.23578/01

Date of registration: 19.06.2000

FCRA number Date & Registration

Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India,

New Delhi, under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act,

1976

FCRA No: 105000009

Date: 24.08.2022 (Renewed Till.30.09.2027.

Income Tax & 80G Registration Details 

AAAAA6593KF20226   /Date: 31.12.2021.

Income Tax & 12A Registration Details 

AAAAA6593KE20206 /Date: 27.05.2021.

PAN Card No

AAAAA6593K.

TAN Registration

BBNA02011C / Date: 30.06.2012.

Service Tax Registration

AAAAA6593KSD001 / Date: -08.02.2013.

NGO Darpan Unique ID

OR/2016/0109243 / Date:18.11.2016.

CSR Registration (Unique ID No

CSR: CSR0001386 / Dated: 27.08.2021.

General Accounts Detailed

1.A/C No-10707911202, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

2. A/C No-40569867762, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

3. A/C No-30151776146, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

4. A/C No-41195151564, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

5.A/C No-41209596782, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

6. A/C No-41122733365, State Bank of India, Panchgaon Branch, Jharsuguda

FC Accounts Detailed

Account No.40088158773, State Bank of India, NDMB, New Delhi, IFSC-SBIN0000691.

Name and Designation of the Chief Functionary

Mr. Goutam Behera, Secretary/Chief Functionary

Mobile: 9938172901.

Email: ajkajharsuguda.orissa@gmail.com

AJKA’s main thematic areas of development intervention include

Empowerment of the Poorest of the Poor through

  1. Social Education & Skill for Life.
  2. Social Health & WASH Promotion.
  3. Social Economy & Gender Equity.
  4. Natural Resource Management.
  5. Organic Farming Practices.
  6. NPM Management & Practices.