Aajeevika Bureau

What Aajeevika Bureau does

Aajeevika Bureau is an India-based non-profit public service organization founded in 2004/2005 and headquartered in Udaipur, Rajasthan. It serves migrant informal workers who move between rural source regions in South Rajasthan and urban destinations in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, addressing issues of meagre wages, precarious working conditions, lack of legal rights, and exclusion from social security and urban services. The organization operates four core programmes: (1) the India Labour Line, a toll-free helpline (1800-1800-999) providing information, counselling, distress support, and emergency response nationwide; (2) the Legal Education and Aid (LEAD) Cell, offering legal aid, mediation, and community engagement; (3) the STEP Academy, delivering vocational training, life skills, and placement services for youth; and (4) Ujala Samoohs, a network of women's solidarity collectives with 13,000+ members across South Rajasthan.

The underlying delivery model relies on a physical network of Shramik Sahayata evam Sandarbh Kendras (Workers Facilitation Centres) in rural blocks and urban destinations, supported by an ecosystem of affiliated organizations (Work Fair and Free Foundation, Shram Sarthi, ShelterSquare Foundation, Basic HealthCare Services) and a nationwide response network of trade unions and civil society partners. Technology is centred on the phone-based LabourLine helpline and case management systems rather than digital platforms.

Aajeevika Bureau is funded through grants and donations from a diversified base of institutional donors, including Azim Premji Foundation, Misereor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Thermax, Forbes Marshall, Bajaj Allianz, Dasra, and AJWS. Services are provided free of cost to migrant workers. The organization is governed as a charitable trust with co-founders Rajiv Khandelwal (Executive Director) and Krishnavatar Sharma (Chief Mentor) playing long-standing leadership roles, and the founders have received Ashoka Fellowship (2005) and India Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) recognition.

Name

Aajeevika Bureau

Legal name

Aajeevika Bureau

Website

https://aajeevika.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Aajeevika Bureau is a non-profit public service organization supporting migrant informal workers in India through legal aid, a toll-free LabourLine helpline, vocational training, and women's collectives, operating across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Migrant Worker Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

Keywords

• Migrant worker support
• Informal labour rights
• Legal aid services
• Vocational skills training
• Social protection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Udaipur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and Donations: Funding from institutional donors, foundations, and individual donors to support program operations. The organization publishes annual audit reports and FCRA reports indicating transparent financial management.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Aajeevika Bureau is a non-profit public service organisation that supports India's migrant informal workers through a coordinated suite of services, including the India Labour Line (toll-free helpline) for distress support and grievance redressal, the Legal Education and Aid (LEAD) Cell for legal aid and mediation, the STEP Academy for vocational skills training and placement, and a network of Workers Facilitation Centres in rural source regions and urban destination cities. These services are complemented by Ujala Samoohs women's collectives and programmes on occupational safety, entitlements access, and research and policy advocacy.

Product overview

Aajeevika Bureau operates as a public service organization offering a coordinated suite of services for migrant workers in India's informal economy. The core offerings include the India Labour Line (ILL) - a phone-based helpline for distress support and grievance redressal; the Legal Education and Aid (LEAD) Cell - providing legal aid and education; the STEP Academy - delivering vocational skills training and placement services; and a network of Shramik Sahayata evam Sandarbh Kendras (Workers Facilitation Centres) for direct community support. These services are complemented by women's empowerment collectives called Ujala Samoohs. The organization does not operate as a technology platform but rather as a field-based service organization supporting workers through facilitation centres, helplines, legal services, and skills training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• India Labour Line (ILL)

Quantifiable outcome

• 13,000+ women organized into Ujala Samoohs collectives
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Basic HealthCare Services (BHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing healthcare services to migrant workers and their families in the communities served by Aajeevika Bureau.
• Shram SarthicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the Aajeevika ecosystem working on labour issues and migrant worker support.
• ShelterSquare FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization addressing shelter and housing needs of migrant workers in urban areas.
• Work Fair and Free FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTara Nair and Divya Varma serve as Co-founder and Director of Work Fair and Free Foundation, which is affiliated with Aajeevika Bureau. The foundation focuses on work fairness and freedom for workers.
• Trade Unions and Civil Society OrganisationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLarge response network of trade unions and civil society organisations working on labour issues across the country that support the India Labour Line operations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): Large Indian trade union organising women in the informal economy across similar sectors. Directly comparable as both organisations mobilise informal women workers around wages, social protection and entitlements, though SEWA operates at significantly greater scale.
• PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action): Indian NGO working on rural livelihoods and women's collectives in tribal and rural geographies. Directly comparable in promoting women's collectives and livelihood support, though with broader rural-development scope rather than migration focus.
• Nirmaan Organization: Indian non-profit working on livelihoods, education and skilling for under-served youth and women, with a strong donor and corporate-CSR base. Comparable as a peer-sized Indian non-profit operating skills and entitlements programmes at national scale.
• Gram Vaani: Social-tech organisation building community media and voice-based platforms for underserved Indian communities. Comparable on the technology-of-engagement dimension — both rely on phone-based, low-tech channels to reach marginalised populations.
• Mobile Creches: Indian NGO providing early childhood care and education for children of migrant construction workers at urban worksites. Directly comparable in targeting migrant informal worker families and providing field-based services at urban destinations.
• Jan Sahas: Indian social development organisation focused on migrant and Dalit workers' rights, rehabilitation from bondage, and access to justice. Highly comparable in target beneficiary (migrant informal workers) and service mix (legal aid, recovery, rehabilitation).
• LabourNet Services: India-based organisation providing skilling, certification and placement services for informal sector workers. Comparable on the vocational-skilling and placement side of Aajeevika's STEP Academy offering.

Others

• Dasra: Indian philanthropy foundation that is both a funder of Aajeevika and a sector-capacity builder. Relevant as an ecosystem peer that channels CSR capital to migrant-worker and informal-sector NGOs and shapes funder strategy in the space.

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity India: Large international non-profit operating in India on shelter and housing for low-income and migrant families. Comparable in serving migrant-worker shelter needs (parallel to ShelterSquare Foundation partnership) at much larger organisational scale.
• International Labour Organization (ILO) India: UN agency working on labour rights, informal economy and migration policy in India. Comparable as a thought-leader and policy influencer on migrant worker issues, though with global mandate and far larger resource base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aajeevikabureau
• YouTubem.youtube.com/@aajeevikabureau9326
• Facebookfacebook.com/AajeevikaBureau
• LinkedInin.linkedin.com/company/aajeevika-bureau
• Instagraminstagram.com/aajeevikabureau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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