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Social research · change for social good

India doesn't have a generosity problem.
It has a decision problem.

Too much social-sector evidence arrives too late, or never reaches the room where the decision is made. We measure the change your programmes make, and put it where it counts: the next decision.

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A women's collective in group discussion in a field during a community study
Field study · community group discussion
Delta Insights researchers inspecting a crop with women farmers during a field study Field study
Solar food-processing dryers assessed during a feasibility study Feasibility
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01Our thesis

The cheapest way to multiply India's social impact isn't more money. It's better decisions.

A programme designed on evidence reaches the right people. A budget informed by a baseline funds what's actually missing. An intervention that knows its own results scales what works and stops what doesn't.

None of this requires a rupee more. It requires evidence in the room when decisions are made.

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Why "delta"

The symbol for change: the difference between before and after.

Every programme in the social sector claims a delta; very few can show it. That's our work. We find the delta, we explain why it happened, and we make sure it changes the next decision: the next budget, the next design, the next scale-up.

Our vision
To make evidence the default in every social decision in India.
02What changes when evidence enters the room

The deltas we found.
The decisions they changed.

All case studies →
Δ State government · public policy
2024–25
Δ 75%
of OBC respondents never reached Class 12
Did not reach Class 12Did
Featured case

Designing inclusive OBC welfare policy through evidence-led research

A 10,000-household study across Madhya Pradesh on the socio-economic and educational conditions of OBC communities, the evidence base a state department needed for inclusive policy reform.

10,000
households
52
districts covered
3
languages on field
The decision it changed → Policy inputs on scholarships, hostels and coaching now sit with the state Commission.
Read the case study →
Incubator Feasibility
UP & Bihar
Δ 21.5kg lost per 100kg harvested
Each square ≈ 1kg of harvestLost
Our feasibility study across 113 districts of UP and Bihar quantified post-harvest losses and 96% distress sales.
The decision it changed → Micro cold-storage deployment is being designed around the districts and technology our evidence pointed to.
Impact investor Portfolio impact
45,000 lives
Δ 27.7% income increase
Baseline
Endline
Portfolio-wide measurement for an impact investor quantified income uplift across 45,000 beneficiaries.
The decision it changed → The numbers now drive portfolio decisions and investor reporting.
Foundation STEM education
Jammu & Kashmir
Δ 86.7% learning gain
Pre
Post
Mean assessment score · 50+ schools
Our assessment of a STEM programme across 50+ Jammu & Kashmir schools proved the model works.
The decision it changed → The evidence anchors its scale-up case.
Trusted across the social sector
Government of Madhya Pradesh Next Bharat Ventures Villgro Innovation Foundation Thinkpod Foundation Curio Lifestyle Zenith Drugs KriSHE Carbon Satya Srijan India MARGN
03What we do

Nine instruments, one continuous line from question to decision.

Services are the how, not the identity. Find yourself by where you are in the programme: before you commit, while it runs, or when you have to prove it.

All nine in detail →
01 Before you commit

Point the money at what is actually missing.

01 Strategic Needs Assessment Know what to build, before you build it. 03 Feasibility & Scoping Test the ground before you commit. 04 Value Chain Analysis Find the leak. Find the leverage.
02 While it runs

Measurement that moves with the programme, not after it.

05 Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Course-correct while there is still time. 06 Data Collection Reliable data, gathered with rigour. 07 Training & Capacity Building Build the internal muscle to keep measuring.
03 When you must prove it Δ

Turn results into something a board, a donor or a ministry will act on.

02 Social Impact Assessment Prove what worked. Learn what didn’t. 08 On-Demand Research Quick, sharp answers when you need them. 09 Knowledge & Communications Carry the evidence to the people deciding.
04Who we work with

Four kinds of partners.
One kind of work.

Researchers and stakeholders inspecting a biochar kiln on a CSR site visit

Funders & CSR

Due diligence you can defend to a board, and impact reports that satisfy compliance.

Impact Assessment
Needs Assessment · MEL
Women's collective during a community programme

NGOs

Evidence that strengthens programmes and sharpens donor reporting, without eating your programme budget.

Impact Assessment
MEL · Capacity Building
Officials and researchers walking a farm plot during a field assessment

Government

Policy designed on the ground, not on paper. Large-scale research in the languages your citizens speak.

Needs Assessment
Data Collection · Training
A nursery entrepreneur tending seedling trays under shade net

Social Enterprises

Market signals that translate into strategy, and impact numbers investors will trust.

Feasibility
Impact Assessment · Value Chain
05How we work

The Delta Method.

Four stages, one obsession: making sure the answer lands before the decision does.

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Scope

Sharpen the question. Align on the decision to be made.

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Field

Gather data on the ground, in local languages, with our own trained enumerators.

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Analyse

Triangulate quantitative and qualitative data with mixed-methods rigour.

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Translate

Deliver insights as decisions, not decks, and stay in the room while you decide.

06Why us

Why partners choose Delta Insights.

Rigour without the big-firm price tag

IIM- and TISS-trained methodology at rates designed for the social sector.

Strong field presence

Our own enumerators in 7+ languages across 13 states. No outsourced fieldwork.

Decisions, not just decks

Every report ends with what to do next, and we stay in the room while you decide.

AI-enabled, field-grounded

AI-assisted analysis and automated workflows for faster insights and sharper decisions.

Let's talk

What's the delta your programme is making?

Let's find out, and make it count in your next decision.

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Email
drakshal@deltainsights.in
Phone
+91 9560 220 195
Based in
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh