Why CSR advisory matters
India’s CSR landscape has matured significantly since Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 made CSR spending mandatory for qualifying companies. Today, corporates spend over 25,000 crore annually on CSR. But spending money is not the same as creating impact.
Many corporates still approach CSR as a compliance exercise — selecting projects based on convenience rather than strategy, choosing NGO partners through personal networks rather than rigorous assessment, and measuring success by expenditure rather than outcomes.
Transunifyy’s CSR advisory services help corporates move from compliance-driven CSR to impact-driven CSR — designing programs that create measurable social value while aligning with organisational priorities and stakeholder expectations.
Our advisory approach
CSR strategy and policy development
We work with corporate leadership and CSR committees to develop a comprehensive CSR strategy that connects business values with social priorities. This includes identifying focus themes aligned with the company’s core competencies and geographic presence, defining a multi-year CSR roadmap with clear objectives and measurable targets, drafting or updating the CSR policy to reflect strategic intent beyond regulatory minimums, and aligning CSR priorities with relevant Sustainable Development Goals.
The result is a CSR strategy that your board can confidently present to stakeholders — not a generic document, but a specific roadmap tied to your company’s identity and impact ambitions.
CSR program design and thematic structuring
Once the strategy is set, we help design specific programs that translate intent into action. This involves structuring programs by theme such as education, healthcare, livelihoods, environment, or water and sanitation. We define program logic using Theory of Change frameworks, design intervention models that are scalable across geographies, and create detailed implementation plans with activity timelines, budgets, and milestone definitions.
We bring deep domain expertise across 7+ social sectors, ensuring that program designs are grounded in what actually works in the field rather than theoretical frameworks.
NGO due diligence and partner selection
Selecting the right implementing partner is the single most important decision in CSR program execution. A well-designed program will fail with the wrong NGO partner, and a strong NGO can elevate even a basic program design.
Our due diligence process evaluates NGOs across multiple dimensions including organisational governance and leadership quality, financial health and audit compliance, implementation track record and past performance, geographic presence and community relationships, technical capability in the relevant sector, and FCRA status and regulatory compliance.
We provide corporate CSR teams with structured assessment reports and a shortlist of recommended partners — enabling confident, evidence-based partner selection rather than decisions based on relationships or reputation alone.
Monitoring, evaluation and learning systems
Most CSR programs collect data but few have structured systems to convert that data into actionable insights. We design custom Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning systems that define what to measure and how often through clear output and outcome indicators. We establish data collection protocols that field teams can actually follow, create dashboards that give programme managers and leadership real-time visibility, build evaluation frameworks for midline and endline assessments, and incorporate learning loops so that program design improves with each implementation cycle.
Our M&E designs integrate seamlessly with Transunifyy’s AI platform, so corporates who want technology-enabled monitoring can transition directly from advisory to automated tracking.
Annual CSR report preparation and impact narratives
The annual CSR report is often the only document through which a company’s social impact is visible to shareholders, regulators, and the public. We help prepare reports that go beyond listing activities and expenditure.
Our report preparation service includes compiling and analysing program data across all implementing partners, writing impact narratives that tell the story behind the numbers, creating visual data presentations with maps, charts, and beneficiary profiles, ensuring compliance with Schedule VII and other regulatory requirements, and preparing board-level summaries and stakeholder presentations.
Sectors we cover
Our advisory team has hands-on experience across India’s major CSR sectors including education and skill development, healthcare and nutrition, livelihoods and enterprise development, water, sanitation and hygiene, environment and climate action, rural development and infrastructure, and gender equality and women’s empowerment.
This multi-sector expertise means we can advise corporates on integrated CSR programs that address interconnected development challenges rather than isolated interventions.
What makes our advisory different
Field-first perspective — Our team has spent 20+ years implementing social programs across 200+ districts in India. Our advisory is grounded in what works on the ground, not just what looks good on paper.
Technology-enabled approach — Unlike traditional CSR consultants, we offer seamless integration between advisory and technology. Clients can move from CSR strategy to AI-powered implementation on the Transunifyy platform without switching vendors.
End-to-end support — From policy drafting to partner selection to annual reporting, we cover the complete CSR lifecycle. Corporates work with one team that understands their full context rather than piecing together multiple consultants.
Evidence-based outcomes — Every recommendation we make is backed by data from our platform and field experience. We measure what we advise, ensuring accountability at every stage.
Who our advisory serves
- Corporates starting CSR programs who need guidance on strategy, compliance, and partner selection
- Established CSR teams looking to strengthen program design, improve impact measurement, or restructure their NGO partnerships
- Companies preparing for board presentations who need compelling impact narratives and professional CSR reports
- Organisations exploring the Social Stock Exchange who need impact documentation and disclosure advisory
Lets discuss your CSR strategy
Every corporate has a unique context — different sectors, geographies, stakeholder expectations, and impact ambitions. We start with a conversation to understand yours, then propose a tailored advisory engagement. No generic templates, no one-size-fits-all recommendations.
