About Dharma Life Labs

A collaboration between Dharma Life, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at the London Business School, and Siriti, the Lab leverages local relationships, digital connectedness, and real-time insights to drive impact at scale. Dharma Life Labs has been created to fill the gap in our understanding of rural India and provide an unfiltered presentation of issues, insights, and opinions of the rural population.

People

Improving the quality of life and addressing gender issues among vulnerable communities, such as women and children.

Planet

Addressing climate change, reducing pollution and waste, and promoting sustainability.

PLATFORMS

Pioneering outcome-focused solutions by leveraging emerging technology and innovative approaches.

Design Principles

EMPATHY-DRIVEN EXPERTISE

We bring together experts at the top of their fields to push boundaries for vulnerable rural communities.

FOCUS ON TANGIBILITY

We are dreamers, but our need for real-world impact grounds us.

Thriving in Ambiguity

We take constraints and challenges in our stride and thrive in the ambiguity in our quest for answers.

CREATIVE CONFIDENCE

We believe in our big ideas and have the ability to act on them.

EMBRACING FAILURE

We aren’t afraid to take risks and fail since it is a step towards success.

CELEBRATING OPTIMISM

We believe in a better world, one where no communities are vulnerable.

Dharma Life Labs Collaborators

Driving inclusive progress through a network of over 16,000 rural entrepreneurs across 50,000 villages.

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Creating impact by applying academic insights to help solve big challenges to drive large-scale, enduring change.

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Driving sustainable change through strategic design and innovative behaviour change communication.

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Driving change through integration of existing and new technologies.

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Partners & Supporters