Leadership Blogs - by Dr. Kavita Ghosh, Head- Design (Progams)- Development Consortium Not every challenge in programme development has a solution. Some are paradoxes we learn to navigate. How do we balance long-term change with short-term expectations?How do we design for local contexts while thinking about scale?How do we make ideas simple without losing their rigour?In this edition of DC Leadership blogs, Kavita, Head of Programme design, reflects on three paradoxes that h

Written by: Prem Kumar - State Program Coordinator (Love Matters India, Teen Book), Bihar When I began working in the field of sexual and reproductive health, the first thing I heard was: "This is a job? And for a man?" At first, it felt like a taunt. Later, I realized that this reaction was exactly why the work needed to be done. Working across different districts of Bihar with Love Matters India, I quickly understood that the biggest barrier to young people's health was not

Leadership Blogs - by Sandeep Tyagi, Associate Director-Health- Development Consortium Behind every programme outcome, every community meeting, every last-mile intervention, there is usually a grassroots field worker holding the system together quietly, patiently, repeatedly. In this piece, Sandeep Tyagi, Associate Director Health reflects on the physical, emotional, and financial realities shaping grassroots work in the development sector and why care for field workers is n

Leadership Blogs - by Anshuman Prasad, Director – Finance & Partnerships- Development Consortium Editorial Note: Every organisation has a visible story: programmes, impact, growth. But behind it, there is always a quieter force that shapes how all of this becomes possible: Financial leadership. In the early stages, finance is often seen as administrative—something that supports the work. What we don’t talk about as often is how it evolves into something far more central. A fu

Leadership Blogs - by Anamika Srivastava - Founder & CEO - Development Consortium Editorial Note: In this third reflection, Anamika Srivastava, Founder and CEO of Development Consortium (DC), writes about that shift. The moment when leadership moves from building an organisation to stewarding its future. This is Part 3 of a three-part reflection on what it truly takes to build and evolve an institution. Together, these reflections trace a leadership journey from survival, to