Application Deadline:
3 November 2025
About Organisation
The Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF) is the philanthropic arm of the Vedanta Limited group, actively engaged in community development across India. Operating with a focus on women, children and rural health, AAF’s flagship initiative is the Nand Ghar movement, which modernises Anganwadi centres to deliver nutrition, early childhood education and healthcare in underserved communities. For example, Nand Ghar today spans thousands of centres across 15 states, serving hundreds of thousands of children and women and integrating health, digital education and infrastructure improvements. AAF supports innovations in nutrition (such as millet-based supplements), health interventions, and ecosystem building to uplift rural communities and reduce malnutrition and anaemia among children and women.
About the Grant
AAF is inviting expressions of interest from non-profit organisations (NPOs), civil society organisations (CSOs) and implementation partners (IPs) to conduct non-invasive anaemia screening across Nand Ghar centres in selected Indian states. The objective is to reduce anaemia prevalence among children aged 2–6 years attending Nand Ghars by deploying innovative, technology-enabled, non-invasive screening methods. The work will involve field screening, data collection, follow-up interventions and linkage to care through the Nand Ghar platform. Applicants are expected to demonstrate their capacity to implement at scale, manage health data, engage with communities and integrate screening within child health workflows at the Nand Ghar centres.
Who can Apply?
Eligible organisations include Indian NGOs, NPOs, CSOs or IPs with experience in child health, anaemia screening, nutrition or related public health programmes. Applicants must have evidence of previous implementation in similar domains, ability to work in field conditions across rural/tribal settings, access to local networks and data-management capacity. Organisations should be able to coordinate with the Nand Ghar infrastructure and state/Anganwadi health systems. Preference may be given to those capable of bringing technological innovations (non-invasive screening devices, AI analytics) and to partnerships involving local implementation capacity. The call is open to entities registered in India with good governance practices and track record of health/child-welfare implementation.
How to Apply?
Interested organisations should submit an expression of interest (EOI) outlining their screening approach, prior experience, technology/innovation used, geographic coverage (states/centres), field logistics and expected outcomes. The submission should include a project summary, organisational profile, team details, and any relevant prior work. The call was announced recently and organisations should follow AAF’s official guidelines for submission.
Application Deadline
The call was posted on 3 November 2025, and applicants are requested to submit their EOIs as soon as possible during the open call period.
Last Date To Apply
For more information, please visit the grant website here.
