What Gujarat CSR Authority does

Gujarat CSR Authority (GCSRA) is a state government entity established by the Government of Gujarat under the administrative control of the Industries and Mines Department, with the Chief Minister serving as Chairperson of its CSR Advisory Board. It operates as the official platform for facilitating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in Gujarat, primarily serving companies that meet the Section 135 thresholds of the Companies Act 2013 (net worth INR 500 crore+, turnover INR 1,000 crore+, or net profit INR 5 crore+) and must spend 2% of average profits on CSR. Its core offering is a web-based portal (gcsra.org) that handles company registration, NGO/implementing partner registration, project proposal submission, and CSR fund management, supported by a backend GCSRA Approval Management System. The authority does not charge fees for registration or facilitation; its economic model is a mix of cost-recovery training programmes (e.g., INR 24,000 + 18% GST per participant at IRMA) and pass-through CSR fund administration.

GCSRA structures its work around vertical thrust areas including Community Toilets/Sanitation, Diagnostic Healthcare, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Malnutrition (Children Pre-Anganwadi), Skilling for Livelihood, Education, and Skill Development for Special Children, and operates signature project initiatives such as the Robot Nurse program, Urban Rest Room Complex, and JIGNASHA digital learning. It conducts annual flagship events—the National CSR Conclave and Awards (2017–2019) and the GACL Gujarat State CSR Awards (through 2020)—alongside regional seminars in Vadodara, Rajkot, Bharuch, and Vapi. The organization is intentionally lean, with a core team of approximately 5 personnel led by CEO D. Thara, IAS, and is funded entirely by the Government of Gujarat rather than through commercial revenue or external capital.

Name

Gujarat CSR Authority

Legal name

Gujarat CSR Authority

Website

https://gcsra.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gujarat CSR Authority is a Government of Gujarat state entity that facilitates CSR compliance, fund management, and project implementation for companies operating in Gujarat under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ahmedabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CSR Fund Management: GCSRA facilitates CSR fund management by collecting contributions from companies and deploying them through credible implementing agencies for state-priority CSR projects. The authority maintains separate accounts for each contributing company.

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Distribution channels3 records

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Core offering

Gujarat CSR Authority (GCSRA) is a state government body that facilitates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in Gujarat by operating a web portal where companies, NGOs, and implementing partners register and coordinate CSR projects under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013. It collects and deploys CSR contributions from Public and Private Sector Companies through credible implementing agencies for state-priority thrust areas including sanitation, healthcare, malnutrition, skilling, and education, and runs the annual National CSR Conclave and Awards along with residential training programs in partnership with IRMA and the University of Michigan.

Product overview

Gujarat CSR Authority operates the GCSRA Portal as its primary web-based platform for CSR management in Gujarat, offering a unified system for company and NGO registration, project tracking, and partner database management. The platform is supported by the GCSRA Approval Management System for backend processing. GCSRA delivers services through vertical thrust areas covering sanitation, healthcare, innovation, malnutrition, skilling, and education. Additional offerings include National CSR Conclave and Awards (annual events since 2017), GACL Gujarat State CSR Awards, CSR Training Programmes (including IRMA and University of Michigan partnerships), Regional CSR Conclaves, and various publications. Special initiatives include Robot Nurse healthcare innovation, Urban Rest Room Complex infrastructure, JIGNASHA digital learning project, and the GCSRA-Adani Foundation Grant for innovative CSR projects.

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Products and services

• GCSRA Portal Web-based platform for Corporate Social Responsibility management in Gujarat, enabling company registration, NGO registration, project tracking, partner databases, knowledge resources, and procurement management. Used by PSUs and private companies to register and contribute CSR funds and by NGOs to register as implementing partners.
• GCSRA Approval Management System Backend portal system for processing and managing CSR project approvals, integrated with the main GCSRA platform. Supports the authority's CSR fund and project approval operations.
• National CSR Conclave and Awards Annual national-level conference and awards ceremony recognizing exemplary CSR work, bringing together 250-350+ corporate leaders, government officials, NGOs, and CSR practitioners in Gujarat.
• GACL Gujarat State CSR Awards State-level CSR awards program in partnership with GACL to recognize exemplary CSR projects by corporates in Gujarat.
• CSR Training Programmes Capacity building programs for CSR professionals including residential training at IRMA Anand (INR 24,000 + 18% GST per participant) and Socially Engaged Design programs with University of Michigan at Grand Hyatt Mumbai (INR 130,000 + GST per person).
• Regional CSR Conclaves Regional seminars held in Vapi, Rajkot, Vadodara, and Bharuch focusing on regional CSR perspective and local needs assessment findings for corporates and NGOs.
• GCSRA Publications CSR knowledge products including Standard Operating Procedures for Urban Restroom Complex, Aligning SDGs with CSR, Partnering for Impact, Re-inventing CSR for Transformational Impact, and Decoding the CSR Ecosystem in Gujarat.
• GCSRA-Adani Foundation Grant Funds for Innovative CSR Projects Grant funding program for innovative CSR projects, soliciting ideas from PSUs, corporates, and NGOs for scalable and replicable projects addressing human development challenges in Gujarat. Shortlisted projects receive implementation support.

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Adani FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020GCSRA-Adani Foundation Grant Funds for Innovative CSR Projects initiative to recognize and fund scalable CSR project ideas addressing human development challenges in Gujarat. Shortlisted projects receive implementation support.
• University of Michigan (Center for Socially Engaged Design)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership to conduct Socially Engaged Design for CSR Executives training program in Mumbai. Three-day executive program on socially engaged design and creative problem solving for CSR professionals.
• Setco FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Association with Setco Foundation for organizing Socially Engaged Design program for CSR executives alongside University of Michigan.
• IRMA (Institute of Rural Management Anand)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018MoU signed between GCSRA and IRMA to jointly conduct training programmes on CSR. Five residential training programmes organized at IRMA Anand focusing on Section 135 compliance, CSR value chain, due diligence, project development, and monitoring & evaluation.
• GACL (Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerGACL is Award Partner for Gujarat State CSR Awards series. Provides support for organizing and promoting state-level CSR recognition program.
• Reliance Industries Ltd.coreOthersMajor corporate partner contributing to CSR projects through GCSRA platform for implementation in Gujarat.
• CLP IndiamajorOthersPower company partner engaged in CSR activities through GCSRA facilitation.
• Deepak NitritemajorOthersChemicals company engaged in CSR implementation through GCSRA platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• GiveIndia: GiveIndia is a donation and philanthropy marketplace that connects donors (including corporates) with verified NGOs and tracks impact through a digital platform. It is comparable to GCSRA as a digital intermediation layer for CSR/philanthropy funds, with a strong technology backbone and pan-India reach.
• Goodera: Goodera is a corporate volunteering and CSR management platform that helps companies discover NGOs, manage projects, and report on impact. It serves a similar buyer (CSR/HR leaders at large corporates) and overlaps with GCSRA's partner-discovery and reporting capabilities.
• CSRBox: CSRBox is a private SaaS-enabled platform that connects corporates with NGOs, manages CSR compliance, and provides impact measurement, directly competing with GCSRA's portal-based matching and reporting functionality. It is a technology-driven alternative addressing the same Section 135 compliance and project execution needs in India.

Others

• Dasra: Dasra is a philanthropic advisory and capacity-building organization that connects donors and corporates with high-impact NGOs. It shares GCSRA's mission of improving CSR/philanthropy outcomes through partner vetting and capacity building, though at a national and advisory-driven level.
• Sattva Knowledge Solutions: Sattva is a consulting and research firm that advises corporates, foundations, and governments on CSR strategy, project design, monitoring, and evaluation. Comparable to GCSRA in that it helps translate CSR budgets into impact, though it operates as a private advisory rather than a government platform.

Broad incumbents

• Tata Trusts: Tata Trusts is one of India's largest philanthropic foundations, funding development projects across health, education, livelihood, and more. It represents the corporate foundation archetype that GCSRA's CSR platform ultimately serves and channels funds toward, making it a benchmark for scale and grantmaking discipline.
• Reliance Foundation: Reliance Foundation is a major Indian corporate foundation implementing large-scale CSR programs in health, education, rural transformation, and disaster response. As one of GCSRA's named CSR partners, it is a natural benchmark for the type and scale of programs that the authority routes funds to.
• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI): FICCI runs CSR-related committees, awards, and capacity-building programs, and acts as a national-level facilitator between government, corporates, and civil society. It is comparable to GCSRA as a non-government, industry-body version of a CSR facilitation platform, though much larger and pan-India.
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII): CII is a national industry body that actively promotes CSR best practices, hosts awards and conferences, and facilitates corporate-NGO partnerships across India, mirroring GCSRA's convening and recognition role but at a pan-India scale and across all sectors.

Direct peers

• National CSR Hub (Tata Institute of Social Sciences): National CSR Hub at TISS is a knowledge and capacity-building platform for CSR practitioners, directly comparable to GCSRA's mandate of facilitating CSR compliance, training, and stakeholder coordination in India. Both serve as neutral, government/affiliated bodies that enable corporates to identify credible partners and build capacity for CSR project implementation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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