Satish Patnaik
Satish Patnaik is a development practitioner working with PRADAN in Odisha for the last 20 Years. He currently serves as an Integrator and looks after the APC project in the state.
July 10, 2025
As of late 2023, the NGO‑Darpan platform (administered by NITI Aayog) reports approximately 187,395 officially registered NGOs in India, which are those typically eligible for government funding (https://ngodarpan.gov.in/#/). This staggering number underscores the sheer breadth and depth of civil society’s presence in India’s development landscape.
August 23, 2021
Recognizing and respecting the enormous wisdom of the adivasis and the age-old ways they care for the ecosystem while sustaining themselves will go a long way in supporting us to use our resources judiciously. Any sweeping changes imposed on them without an understanding of this delicate balance will have disastrous consequences on humankind and our planet
November 19, 2019
More than 30 lakh civil society organizations (CSOs) exist in India; these are one of the prime job creators for the educated youth. However, the question of how these young professionals are nurtured and find a true vocation after making an informed choice of joining this sector is an area less emphasized.
October 7, 2018
Realizing that the world of consumerism and many of the interventions carried out in the name of development will take their people away from traditional practices and habits that have sustained them in good health over centuries, the Kandho tribe takes active steps to resist any outside help that will snuff out age-old, time-tested resources and ways of living and life. In this, they are helped by Living Farms, a civil society organization, in South Odisha.
May 3, 2018
Questioning the dominant mode of life and livelihood choices and critically analyzing the development interventions aimed at attaining them, the villagers of Mendha choose the most suitable method of a collective way of life for them