Ensuring Robust Monitoring Evaluation of CSR Social Projects: Experiences and Best Practices
Ms. Anagha Mahajani is the Head Program Research and Monitoring at Ambuja Cement Foundation, a CSR arm of Ambuja Cements Ltd. Anagha is part of an Executive Committee (ExCom), ACF and a member, Corporate Sustainability Steering Committee, Ambuja Cements Ltd. During the last 11 years with ACF she has led New Initiatives, Community Development Programs and currently the Program Research and Monitoring.
Ekta has 20 years of social impact and change management experience spanning across a wide spectrum of industries from Banking, Consulting, Telecom to Energy, having held global, regional and country leadership roles. Apart from being skilled in corporate social responsibility, circular economy & sustainable development, brand & reputation management, community & stakeholder engagement, change and program management, customer experience and business excellence (lean six sigma black belt) - passionate about building a more sustainable world by leveraging current skills and continuously learning new ones!
Kaushik Sinha is Group Head - CorpComm, CSR and Corporate Services of Magma Fincorp Limited. He leads Magma’s brand marketing, public relations and media outreach, Magma’s award-winning CSR programs, also spearheads Corporate Services and Infra Development functions.
Jhalak Jain is currently associated with Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation as Senior Manager, CSR. Honeywell is committed to improving the world we live in by creating, supporting, and nurturing programs and initiatives that serve a global community. Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s global corporate citizenship initiative, offers programming, provides resources and financial support, and encourages employee volunteerism where we can make a real, lasting impact in four critical areas: Science and math education, child safety, inclusion and diversity, and humanitarian relief.
Bobbymon is part of the leadership team and heads Impact Measurement and Advisory at Sattva. He brings over 15 years of experience in the development sector, across program design, implementation, and Monitoring and Evaluation. He has designed and delivered more than 75 social impact assessment projects across sectors and geographies with large CSRs and Foundations such as Google, JPMorgan, ACC, Philips, L&T Infotech, L&T Financial Services, Dell and Fidelity. He has been instrumental in developing & publishing a Lifeskills assessment tool for youth. He holds a master’s degree in Social work and is an alumnus of the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme.
India CSR Summit & Exhibition is South Asia’s largest CSR, SDGs and social impact forum. The Summit brings together business leaders, board directors, CSR foundations, impact investors, philanthropists, innovators, government agencies, the UN bodies and non-profits leaders to explore synergies and co-create solutions.
Built on the context of mandatory CSR provisions in India, the Summit, in the last 6 years, has truly become the convergence of social impact leaders from across the country. The event has already witnessed participation of over 490 exhibitors, almost 6700 organizations and 11500 professionals. The recent summit on September in 2019 was a benchmark event in terms of the scale, participation and knowledge sharing with 500+corporate heads, 100+ exhibitors and 2000+ delegates from 1900+ organizations coming in one platform to attend 30+ panel sessions on various thematic areas, 10+ masterclasses specially curated for corporate and non-profits, along with keynote talks, product demos and networking sessions.

