The Non-Profit
Leadership Archive

The ADCLOD Podcast with Social Impact Leaders is an initiative of the Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development (ADCLOD) at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad — a centre dedicated to advancing research and thought leadership in leadership and organisational development. India has a rich legacy of not-for-profit organisations addressing a broad spectrum of social and economic issues — from education and health to environment, livelihoods, and women's empowerment. Despite their vital role in shaping inclusive development, these organisations remain underrepresented in mainstream management education and public discourse.

This series seeks to change that. Each episode is an in-depth conversation with founders and practitioners who have built impactful institutions from the ground up — sitting with complexity: the failures that taught more than the wins, the institutional pressures that shaped strategies, the personal reckonings that came with scale. Transcripts and findings will be made open source and shared with researchers across institutions, in keeping with ADCLOD's mission to nurture research on leadership in the country.