Dharma Life

Dharma Life is a pioneering award winning business, created in 2009, that is driving sustainable economic growth in rural India, by creating livelihood and building a market for socially impactful world class products that improve lives and livelihoods. Dharma Life has improved over 2.5 million lives – with a network of more than 3,500 village entrepreneurs operating across six states in India (Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan). Dharma Life partners with corporates to provide a product range to meet the rural consumer’s need. Dharma Life Works on the principle of 3i (insights, interventions, impact) and offer specialized rural services through its offerings of ImpactLab, Active Impact, Skill Impact and Channel Impact. Dharma Life works to: 1. Build a national network of rural entrepreneurs (Dharma Life Entrepreneurs) by providing business training, mentoring and support to people with high potential in rural villages. 2. Activate market demand by raising awareness of the economic and social value of these products to rural customers. 3. Create a sustainable value chain for “social impact” products by working with manufacturers, distributors and local retailers. Dharma Life Goals:- By 2020 we aim to: • Create a network of 100,000 Dharma Life entrepreneurs out of which 50% are female entrepreneurs • Serve 50 million rural low income consumers • Expand our network across India and globally