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Celebrating 10 Years of Asar
Asar Social Impact Advisors is a startup in the environment and social justice impact space with a commitment to building climate resilience and ambitious climate action. We identify challenges and opportunities, research them, verify ground truths, and understand local contexts, in order to build innovative strategies that are rooted in reality. Asar convenes multi-stakeholder conversations and helps build relationships between various key actors to be able to sustain collaborations essential to deliver real-world impact.
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10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
Spotlight
State Climate Action
Strategic Communications
Maharashtra
Blog
When Panchayats Lead: Stories from the Frontlines of Climate Action in India
Sharda Gaydhane-Shende had been speaking for about four minutes when I realised the 300-seat room had gone quiet in a…
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Blog
The Mycelium Framework: Principles for Building Resilient Networks
Throughout history, most human systems, social, organisational , have been shaped by hierarchical and centralised structures. While these models work…
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Commons Sensing: Ep 03 – Who Owns the Commons? Law, Policy & Power | Johnson Topno & Shalini Bhutani
Commons Sensing: Ep 01 – Grounding Commons Through Practice | Jagdeesh Rao Puppala & Huda Jaffer
Sustainable Mobility
Tamil Nadu
Blog
Everyday Mobility in Tamil Nadu: More Than Just Transport
Somewhere between home and work, the walk to a bus stop, crossing a street, a footpath that narrows or disappears…
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Air Quality
Blog
Rising Heat, Shared Responsibility: A Curation of Resources on Extreme Heat
As India faces rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, the country’s battle with extreme heat has become one of its…
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Success Stories
Asar’s work comes alive through the people and places we engage with. Discover how communities, partners, and changemakers are co-creating solutions that matter, and why these moments of change inspire our continued commitment to climate resilience.
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Commons
Maharashtra
Maharashtra’s First Net-Zero Village: A Woman Sarpanch Leads with Care
From a small village in Bhandara, Bela Gram offers a blueprint for climate action rooted in care, courage, and community.
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Commons
Maharashtra
When the Wells Run Dry: How Kalmana’s Women Secured Water for Their Village
In Kalmana Gram Panchayat of Nagpur district, recurring droughts were felt most strongly by women. They spent hours fetching water…
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Commons
Odisha
Commons at Stake: Community Leadership Revives an Ecosystem in Odisha
For more than two years, a collective of Indigenous women in Odisha’s Badakichab village, walked their Commons with maps, memory,…
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Commons
Kerala
When the Sea Enters Our Homes: How Coastal Kerala Is Rewriting Climate Resilience
Each year, as tides rise along Kerala’s coast, fear quietly enters people’s homes. High-tide flooding is no longer an occasional…
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Commons
Odisha
Where Rights Took Root: Odisha Gram Sabhas Protect &Prosper from ‘Green Gold’
In the Baipariguda block of Odisha’s Koraput district, Kendu leaf, often called “Green Gold”, has long sustained tribal livelihoods. Yet…
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Commons
Jharkhand
When the Lights Went Out: How a Coal-Belt Village in Jharkhand Is Building Its Own Energy Future
In Dantoo, a coal-belt village in Bokaro district, the climate crisis first revealed itself as darkness. During the 2021 lockdown,…
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Commons
Karnataka
How Karnataka’s Kolar Panchayats Passed Key Resolutions to Restore Commons
Kolar district is a border district of Karnataka comprising six taluks and is a district that has more than 3000…
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Commons
Bihar
Holding the Rains: How Communities in Garhi Forests Are Restoring Water, Wildlife and Dignity
In the Garhi forests of Bihar, climate stress first showed up as thirst. By the end of November each year,…
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10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
10 years of building lasting networks
10 years of climate action
10 years of supporting local communities
10 years of fostering collaborations
Asar’s Geography of Operations
At Asar, we believe in the power of connection. Our work spans across geographies and domains — bringing together communities, governments, researchers, civil society organizations, and industries. This interactive network map showcases our growing ecosystem: who we work with, where we work, and the impact we co-create.
Asar In Numbers
10+
States we’re already active in
15
States we aim to be active in by 2030
8
Climate-linked domains we work across (Energy, Mobility, Commons, Agriculture, Industrial Transitions, Air Quality, Gender, Education)
7
Regional languages (beyond English) powering our climate communications
100+
Partners engaged across states and domains
10+
MoUs signed with state governments u0026 departments in the last 3 years