India’s one of the leading not-for-profit organization, Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), announced its initiative of enhancing female gender ratio in the organization, by increasing its female workforce. The company announced increase of female workforce by 30% in Q2 of the financial year 2023- 2024. PRADAN aims to recruit only women executives the next quarter, to drive positive change and spread the message of gender equality across the country...
The Delhi headquartered organization has more than 60 offices across the country and the talent acquisition is planned across all its regions and offices. There is special focus towards Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and West Bengal. In the last forty years of its establishment, PRADAN has worked towards enhancing the quality of life of marginalized communities. It has worked with around 2.64 million women across the seven states. With a dedicated team of nearly 700 people, operating in 60 field teams, PRADAN aspires to bring in young and dynamic women, who can help take the organization to the next level of growth.
Speaking on the announcement, Arnab Chakraborty, Integrator, HRD from PRADAN said, “The next few years are focused on PRADAN’s exponential growth; in terms of increasing its community outreach, introducing more projects and campaigns, upgrade rural agriculture and there is a special focus in Central Indian Tribal Region. While we have reached out to more than 10 million individuals in the last financial year, we want to increase the outreach to 50 million individuals in the next seven years, and women work force will form an integral part of PRADAN’s project expansion plans.”
Female employees joining the organization would be trained to provide a sound understanding on the work model of PRADAN. From class-room training, field visits, on-ground training to living amidst the marginal section, PRADAN provides end-to-end training to prepare employees physically, mentally and emotionally to make them sector ready. The eligibility criteria for the positions at PRADAN, include a minimum of 24 months' work experience (across any sector).
PRADAN is the National Support 41 year old Organisation to NRLM, the flagship rural development programme which has been working extensively towards reaching out to the poorest communities, building human capabilities and building women’s self-reliant collectives as change agents. It has been working extensively for the rural populace in the seven states of Central and Eastern India. PRADAN recruits and trains young professionals from across the country to engage with socio-economically marginalized communities at the grassroot level.
Over the years, PRADAN has partnered with many State Governments and Ministries of central to design and implement initiatives that impact and transform lives of the rural poor. PRADAN is also the National Support Organisation for the Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture, which provides a knowledge and capacity building role in these key ministries.