Urmul Seemant Samiti

Name

Urmul Seemant Samiti

Legal name

Urmul Seemant Samiti

Website

https://seemant.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bikaner

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: Operates as a nonprofit organization funded through grants from national and international organizations, government departments, and donations. Major funding sources include various development partners listed on the website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Urmul Seemant Samiti is a non-profit society operating in the Thar Desert region of Rajasthan, India. It delivers integrated rural development programs targeting women, children, marginal farmers, and camel herders, spanning livelihoods, education, health, women's empowerment, child protection, and natural resource conservation. Its portfolio combines grassroots service delivery, advocacy, and community-managed data systems such as a geo-tagged water body monitoring portal.

Product overview

Urmul Seemant Samiti operates as a portfolio of interconnected social programs rather than a commercial product platform. The organization runs multiple community development initiatives including Mission Biogas (sustainable energy), Income Generation Programme (women's empowerment through crafts), The Camel Partnership (pastoralist livelihoods), Urmul Model Farm (agricultural training), Child Centred Community Development, Prajwala (menstrual hygiene), Childline 1098 (child protection), and the Ponds of the Thar Desert data portal (water conservation). The annual Maru Manthan forum serves as a knowledge-sharing platform. These programs collectively address livelihoods, education, health, disability, child/women rights, and WASH in the desert communities of Bikaner and Jodhpur districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple villages reached with development interventions in Bikaner and Jodhpur districts
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Government of RajasthancoreOthersState government partnership for implementing various development programs in rural Rajasthan. Provides institutional support and scheme access for community beneficiaries.
• Government of IndiacoreOthersCentral government partnership including Border Area Development Programme and various central schemes for rural development.
• Plan InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partnership supporting adolescent girls programs including menstrual hygiene management and sanitary napkin preparation training.
• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Nations agency partnership for child welfare and development programs.
• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational child rights organization partnership for child protection and development initiatives.
• Childline 1098coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for child helpline service providing emergency assistance and protection to children in distress.
• Urmul TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization within the Urmul Group of 14 organizations, providing overall guidance and coordination.
• Water HarvestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater conservation organization partnership for water resource management programs.
• SahjeevanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partnership for livelihood and environmental programs in western Rajasthan.
• Usha Silai CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for skill development and sewing machine provision for women.
• Selco FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainable energy foundation partnership for clean energy solutions in rural areas.
• IWMIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Water Management Institute partnership for water conservation research.
• Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Nations agency partnership for revival of traditional pastoral routes in western Rajasthan with National Rainfed Area Authority.
• Central Wool Development BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment body partnership for wool-related livelihood programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Foundation for Ecological Security: FES works on community-based natural resource management, land restoration and watershed development in arid and tribal regions of India. Closely comparable on the water/commons governance side via the Ponds of the Thar work.
• PRADAN: PRADAN promotes livelihoods among rural poor across multiple Indian states via Self-Help Groups, agriculture and micro-enterprise programs. Directly comparable women's SHG formation, farmer training and livelihood-diversification approach.
• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): SEWA organizes poor self-employed women in India's informal sector for work, income security and social protection. Direct overlap on women's SHG formation, craft-based income generation and Kashida-type artisanal livelihoods.
• Seva Mandir: Seva Mandir is a Rajasthan-based NGO working on rural development, women's empowerment, education and natural resource management in Udaipur and southern Rajasthan. Most direct Indian peer — same state, same community-led development model, similar grassroots depth.
• BAIF Development Research Foundation: BAIF works on livestock development, agriculture and women's empowerment across rural India. Comparable livestock/livelihood focus (camel and cattle), SHG formation, and training-of-trainers delivery model.
• Gram Vikas: Gram Vikas is an Odisha-based rural development NGO focusing on water, sanitation, education and livelihoods in tribal villages. Comparable integrated rural-development, water-conservation and community-mobilization model.
• Sahjeevan: Sahjeevan is a Kutch-based organization supporting pastoralist livelihoods, camel and small-ruminant value chains, and rural communities in arid western India. Direct overlap with the Camel Partnership and pastoralist livelihood work.
• Childline India Foundation: Childline India Foundation runs the national Childline 1098 helpline network — the same program Urmul Seemant Samiti operates as a nodal partner. Directly comparable on the child protection and rights delivery mechanism.

Broad incumbents

• ActionAid India: ActionAid India is a larger, national-level anti-poverty federation working across women's rights, education and disaster response. Overlapping program portfolio but operates at much greater scale and breadth than the anchor.

Emerging players

• WaterAid India: WaterAid India focuses specifically on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in underserved communities. Overlaps on the WASH and water-conservation programs that Urmul Seemant Samiti runs in the Thar.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@UrmulSeemant
• Facebookfacebook.com/urmulseemant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urmul-seemant-samiti
• Instagraminstagram.com/urmulseemantsamiti/?utm_medium=copy_link&hl=en%20
• Xx.com/urmulonline

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