Samata

Name

Samata

Legal name

Samata

Website

https://samataindia.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAB

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAFAC

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPADAGAH

Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

SECONDARYBPAGAEAM

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Tribal rights advocacy
• Forest rights claims
• Community development
• Legal intervention services
• Social justice programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Visakhapatnam

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Samata operates as a non-governmental organization funded through donations and grants. The organization raises financial resources through crowdfunding for education support and receives support from various development programs.
2. Community-Driven Income Generation: Implements community-based income generation programs including cashew farmers marketing initiative, tribal vegetable growers association, and community-based tourism projects that generate income for tribal communities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Samata is a social justice organization working for the rights of the tribal "Adivasi" people of Andhra Pradesh and the protection of the natural resources and ecology of the Eastern Ghats. The organization delivers advocacy, legal intervention, community organizing, forest rights facilitation, education support, and bonded labor rescue services to tribal communities. It also operates a national mining alliance (mines, minerals & PEOPLE), a fellowship program, and the Dhimsa magazine.

Product overview

Samata is a social justice NGO, not a product or technology company. It does not offer a technology product, platform, or software service. The organization provides advocacy, legal intervention, community development programs, and educational support services focused on tribal rights and environmental protection in the Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its activities include grassroots mobilization, legal aid, forest rights advocacy, education support, livelihood programs, and operates media publications (Dhimsa magazine and MICI information center).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• mines, minerals & PEOPLE (mm&P): A national alliance of communities, academicians, NGOs, and other people concerned with mining and its ill effects. Samata serves as the National Secretariat. The alliance is spread across 16 states and tackles issues like climate change, land rights, human rights, forest rights, mining, and migrant workers.
• Dhimsa Magazine
• Samata Fellowship Program on Constitutional Values
• MICI (Mining Information Centre of India)
• Crynet Collective

Products and services

• Samata Fellowship Program on Constitutional Values
• Dhimsa Magazine
• Mining Information Centre of India (MICI)
• Samata Judgement Legal Advocacy
• Tribal Children Summer Camp
• Bonded Laborer Rescue and Rehabilitation Program
• mines, minerals & PEOPLE (mm&P) Alliance
• Crynet Collective

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 10,000 bonded laborers rescued from brick kilns in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KBK Resource CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Samata partnered with KBK Resource Centre in 2019 to conduct rescue drives for child labor, forced labor, and victims of human trafficking from brick kilns in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha. The partnership spans over 30 villages in Balangir district of Odisha and has rescued more than 10,000 bonded laborers including child laborers.
• Mines, Minerals & PEOPLE (mm&P)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSamata serves as the National Secretariat for mines, minerals & PEOPLE (mm&P), India's only and largest national mining alliance. The alliance works across 21 states with over 100 grassroots groups and 20 supporting organizations, addressing issues including climate change, land rights, human rights, forest rights, mining impacts, and migrant workers issues. mm&P also has international presence as editors of MAC: Mines and Communities.
• The Hunger ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with The Hunger Project for the Women & Panchayati Raj Campaign in Andhra Pradesh, focusing on leadership training for women elected to local village councils (panchayats).
• Ministry of External Affairs and NLUDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Government of India through Ministry of External Affairs and National Law University Delhi (NLUD) on rights of tribal and marginalized communities.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace India: Larger, well-funded environmental advocacy organization operating in India with overlapping concerns on mining, forest conservation, and community displacement. Overlaps with Samata's anti-mining advocacy and Eastern Ghats environmental protection work, but with a global brand and broader mandate.
• ActionAid India: Federated international NGO with operations across India focusing on women's rights, land rights, and tribal community development. Comparable to Samata in community-led development and rights-based approach, but with broader thematic scope and larger budget.
• Amnesty International India: Human rights organization active in India focused on civil liberties, minority rights, and corporate accountability. Overlaps with Samata on bonded labor, indigenous rights, and human rights advocacy, but operates at a much larger and more international scale.

Direct peers

• Ekta Parishad: India-based mass movement for land rights and non-violent mobilization of marginalized rural and tribal communities. Comparable to Samata in grassroots mobilization, land tenure advocacy, and rights-based approach to rural poverty.
• All India Forum of Forest Movements (AIFFM): National coalition of forest-dependent and tribal communities working on forest rights, Joint Forest Management, and forest-dweller protections. Comparable to Samata's forest rights, IFR patta filing, and community organizing on natural resource policy.
• National Adivasi Alliance: Coalition of tribal and Adivasi organizations across India working on policy and rights advocacy. Comparable to Samata's mm&P alliance convening model and its national-level tribal rights agenda across multiple states.
• Narmada Bachao Andolan: India's most prominent anti-displacement and tribal-adivasi rights movement, focused on protecting indigenous communities from large infrastructure and mining projects. Directly comparable to Samata in legal advocacy, grassroots mobilization, and emphasis on constitutional and Fifth Schedule protections.

Emerging players

• Cultural Survival: Indigenous-led organization supporting tribal media, advocacy, and community development worldwide with India presence. Comparable to Samata's Dhimsa magazine initiative and indigenous-led media production.
• Survival International: Global indigenous rights movement with active India programming on Adivasi and tribal community protection. Comparable to Samata in indigenous rights focus and advocacy against extractive industry encroachment, but with global rather than India-anchored structure.

Regional players

• Vasundhara (Odisha): Odisha-based research and advocacy organization focused on natural resources, mining, and tribal community rights in eastern India. Directly comparable to Samata in mining policy research, MICI-style information dissemination, and tribal community support, but geographically focused on Odisha.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=uAGh5fRfOuM&t=1209s
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samataindia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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