Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust

What Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust does

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust (BPWT) is a Kolkata-registered, non-commercial public welfare trust founded on 17 January 1982 by the late Sri P.D. Agarwal, initially established as the Bhoruka Research Centre for Haematology and Blood Transfusion — the first private blood bank in Calcutta. Its original mandate centered on ensuring safe blood supply through mandatory screening for Hepatitis B, C, HIV, VDRL and malaria, rejection of professional donors, and component preparation (Concentrated Red Blood Corpuscles, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Platelet Concentrate, Cryoprecipitate, Cryopoor Plasma) under a six-hour post-collection protocol; by 2007 it collected 8,540 units (96.1% voluntary) and supplied 11,252 units, and it holds the Government of India-designated Regional Blood Transfusion Centre status along with ISO 9001:2008 certification from TUV CERT (Germany).

From the mid-1990s onward, BPWT diversified into community health programs targeting mobile and cross-border vulnerable populations in eastern India: trucker HIV/AIDS interventions at 5 halt points (West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Assam); reproductive child health services across 7 locations reaching 550,000+ people with European Commission funding; community-based TB treatment (CB-DOTS) integrated with RNTCP; two 10-bedded Community Care Centers for PLHA; the Snehneer shelter home for HIV-infected/affected children; the Child Watch program for street children; anti-girl-trafficking work at Indo-Nepal border crossings with UNIFEM support; an HIV/AIDS mainstreaming (Abhiyan) initiative across 6 Bihar districts under NACO; workplace interventions at Kolkata Port Trust industries; and a research collaboration with ICRW on HIV stigma and intimate partner violence in Srikakulam.

BPWT operates on a grant-funded, non-revenue model: services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries, financed by institutional donors including the European Commission, Clinton Foundation, Hope Foundation Ireland, UNIFEM, Dorabji Tata Trust, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, CARE-Bangladesh, Elton John Foundation, and Indian state AIDS control societies. Its GTM is community-direct: 3,000+ trained community health volunteers, peer educators, NGO forums, and behavior-change-communication campaigns distributed across fixed centers at border and transport-hub sites plus mobile health camps. Distribution channels are field-based service delivery, with no commercial product, app, SDK, or paid offering in the input data. Customer/beneficiary segments include truckers and highway populations, sex workers, trafficked women and adolescent girls, HIV-infected and affected children, street children, TB patients, and marginalized women in border communities.

Name

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust

Legal name

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust

Website

https://bpwt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust is a Kolkata-based non-profit public welfare trust operating blood banking, HIV/AIDS prevention, tuberculosis control, reproductive health, anti-trafficking, and child welfare programs across five eastern Indian states, primarily funded by government bodies and international foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health and Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments (HLAJAAAK)

Keywords

• Blood banking services
• HIV/AIDS prevention programs
• Reproductive child health
• Tuberculosis DOTS treatment
• Anti-trafficking shelter services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kolkata

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust operates a Regional Blood Transfusion Centre and a portfolio of public health programs serving vulnerable populations in eastern India. Its core offerings include voluntary blood collection and blood component preparation, HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions (Truckers' Intervention, Community Care Centers, Snehneer shelter home), community-based TB treatment (CB-DOTS), reproductive child health services across five states, anti-girl trafficking shelters, and capacity-building training for NGOs and government health workers.

Product overview

Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust operates a multi-program social welfare organization in India focused on public health. The core offerings include the Bhoruka Research Centre for Haematology and Blood Transfusion (blood bank services), multiple community health intervention programs addressing HIV/AIDS prevention and control, tuberculosis control through CB-DOTS, reproductive child health services, and anti-trafficking initiatives. Supporting programs include Community Care Centers for PLHA, Snehneer shelter home for HIV-affected children, Child Watch for street children, and a Training Unit offering capacity building services. The organization maintains ISO 9001:2008 certification and operates across multiple states in eastern India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bhoruka Research Centre for Haematology and Blood Transfusion (Blood Bank) Regional Blood Transfusion Centre providing voluntary blood collection, mandatory sero-positivity screening (Hepatitis B, C, HIV, VDRL, malaria) and blood component preparation (Concentrated Red Blood Corpuscles, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Platelet Concentrate, Cryoprecipitate, Cryopoor Plasma) for patients requiring transfusion and partner hospitals.
• CB-DOTS Program (Community-Based DOTS for Tuberculosis) Community-based Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) program for tuberculosis control under RNTCP, operating in Boongaon Tuberculosis Unit and reaching 615,000 population. Provides case detection, sputum collection, treatment compliance support, and patient tracking through community health volunteers.
• Snehneer - Home Away from Home (Shelter Home) Residential shelter home for HIV-infected and HIV-affected children providing holistic care including nutritional support, educational support, psychological support, medical facilities including ART linkage, and recreation. Currently houses 18 residents from 5 districts of West Bengal.
• Child Watch Program Program for underprivileged street children in Kolkata providing nutritive food, health services, birth certificate issuance, schooling support, sensitization programs, and child labour prevention. Serves 97 street children including child laborers and drop-outs.
• Workplace Intervention Program HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program targeting workers at industries in the Kolkata Port Trust area, including FCI, HJM, CISF and ABC India Ltd. Develops company HIV/AIDS policies, provides care and support for positive individuals, and promotes non-discrimination.
• Community Care Centers (CCC) 10-bedded inpatient and outpatient care facilities for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) providing ART access support, ART monitoring, counselling, drug adherence, nutrition counselling, ICTC facilities, PPTCT services, and referral linkages to ART centres, TB-DOTS, and medical facilities.
• Truckers' Intervention Program (Healthy Highway Project) HIV/AIDS prevention program for truckers at five major halt points across five eastern Indian states (West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Assam). Provides Behaviour Change Communication, condom promotion through social marketing, STI treatment, peer education, and community-based VCT services.
• Reproductive Child Health Program Community-based program across 7 locations in 5 eastern Indian states reaching 550,000 population. Focuses on maternal health care, antenatal checkups, safe delivery, birth spacing, family planning, adolescent health training, and awareness generation through Behaviour Change Communication via 3,000+ community health volunteers.
• Anti Girl Trafficking Program Cross-border intervention program along Indo-Nepal border areas (Petrapole, Panitanki, Jogbani) to combat trafficking. Includes awareness generation, shelter home for survivors (7 placed at Panitanki), economic empowerment through skill training, and network building with BSF, SSB and police via 61 vigilance committees.
• Abhiyan - HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS mainstreaming program implemented across six districts of Bihar (East Champaran, West Champaran, Sitamahri, Madhubani, Purnea, Katihar) through a Resource Center in Patna. Focuses on advocacy, IEC materials, capacity building, and coordination with government departments, NGOs, CBOs, CSOs, trade unions, and youth groups.
• HIV/AIDS Stigma & Violence Reduction Intervention (SVRI) Action research study in collaboration with International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) examining dynamics between stigma and intimate partner violence among mobile populations in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. Targets sex workers, truckers' helpers and truckers' spouses with stigma reduction, violence prevention, condom promotion, and health provider training.
• Bhalobasa Care & Support Unit Care and support unit for people with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Kolkata providing interim care, counselling, HIV testing, medical treatment, and home and community-based care. Supported by Dorabji Tata Trust and West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society.
• Training Unit / Capacity Building Capacity-building training services for NGOs, CBOs, doctors, health workers, paramedics, government officials, and health sector professionals. Delivered through training manuals covering peer education, behaviour change communication, social marketing, home-based care, and reproductive child health; includes 8+ training sessions delivered to external institutions.
• E-Library Digital library of publications providing downloadable manuals and reports covering HIV/AIDS treatment, counselling, care & support, prevention & BCC, gender, legal issues, stigma, trafficking, communication, migrants, children & HIV/AIDS, annual reports, conference reports, intervention reports, training manuals, and research reports.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,540 units of blood collected in 2007 with 96.1% voluntary donation rate
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• CARE-BangladeshcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border collaboration with Bhoruka to minimize HIV vulnerability along the India-Bangladesh border at Petrapole. Joint cross-border vulnerability study conducted.
• The International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating on an action research study (SVRI Project) examining the dynamics between stigma and intimate partner violence among mobile and mobility-affected populations in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.
• NACO (National AIDS Control Organisation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBhoruka serves as Mainstreaming Resource Unit (MRU) in Bihar, providing human resources support for technical and counselling services in government blood banks and ICTC centres in West Bengal. PPP to promote RTI/STI service delivery in Orissa.
• West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government body supporting multiple Bhoruka programs including truckers intervention at Petrapole, Bhalobasa care unit, and migrant labourers program. Provides technical and financial partnership.
• Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government body supporting truckers intervention program in Guwahati and supporting the Community Care Center established in July 2008.
• Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported Bhoruka's ISO 9001:2008 certification process and quality management system development, providing guidance on standards implementation.
• ABC India LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner in Kolkata Port Trust workplace intervention program area; also provided flood relief support for Bihar flood victims alongside Bhoruka in 2008.
• Apollo-Gleneagles HospitalsupportingTechnology or IntegrationQuality assurance partnership for blood bank TTI testing: all positive blood samples and some negative samples from Bhoruka are cross-tested at Apollo-Gleneagles Hospital blood bank, and their samples are tested at Bhoruka's laboratory.
• Various NGOs and Training InstitutionssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrained 8 NGOs including City Level Plan of Action, Don Bosco Ashalayam, Family Physicians Association, Indian Institute for Mother and Child, ONGC, West Bank Hospital on topics including HIV/AIDS basics, counselling, reproductive health, and blood banking.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CARE India: Large international NGO with significant Bihar and West Bengal presence working on maternal-child health, gender, and HIV. BPWT's cross-border work with CARE-Bangladesh creates direct interface; broadly comparable on RCH and women's empowerment portfolios.
• Pathfinder International (India): International reproductive health NGO operating in India on family planning, maternal health, and HIV programs. Comparable as a grant-funded, multi-state reproductive and sexual health implementer with government partnerships.
• Indian Red Cross Society (West Bengal / National): India's largest humanitarian organization with overlapping blood banking, health, and disaster response mandates. Directly comparable on blood bank operations, voluntary donation drives, and public-welfare positioning, though it operates at much greater national scale.
• Tata Medical Center / Tata Trusts Health Initiatives: Major Indian philanthropic foundation funding and operating healthcare and cancer programs across India. Dorabji Tata Trust is already a BPWT funder; comparable on funder profile and capacity-building approaches in public health.

Direct peers

• ActionAid India: Anti-poverty and women's rights NGO operating across multiple Indian states including West Bengal and Bihar. Comparable on cross-border anti-trafficking, women's empowerment, and HIV-affected children's welfare work, with similar funder mix.
• HLFPPT (Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust): Not-for-profit trust delivering reproductive health, family planning, and HIV prevention programs across India, including social marketing of condoms and contraceptives. Directly comparable to BPWT's truckers' intervention, social marketing, and RCH programs.
• Sankalp India Foundation: Bengaluru-based NGO operating blood banks and network-of-blood-centers initiatives with strict quality standards. Directly comparable as a non-government, non-profit blood bank operator focused on safe, voluntary-donor-driven transfusion services in India.
• Family Planning Association of India (FPAI): Long-standing NGO delivering reproductive and sexual health services, including HIV/AIDS and community health programs across India. Comparable on RCH service delivery, clinical community outreach, and government-NGO partnership models.
• Population Foundation of India: NGO focused on reproductive health, family planning, and maternal-child health advocacy and programs across India. Directly comparable to BPWT's Reproductive Child Health Program across 5 eastern Indian states, including community health volunteer mobilization.

Emerging players

• Naz Foundation (India) Trust: NGO focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, sexual health, and stigma reduction among vulnerable populations. Comparable on HIV prevention among key populations, though concentrated in fewer geographies than BPWT.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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