This Annual Report presents a transparent, detailed record of the humanitarian, educational, environmental, and social empowerment initiatives undertaken by ANCD Out of the Dark Organization during Financial Year 2023-24, accompanied by our full audited financial statements. As the field execution and program management partner for projects commissioned through our network partner, the Institute of Rural Development Programme (IRDP), our delivery footprint spans Odisha and select project sites in other states.

Aditya Narayan Dash

Founder & Managing Director (DIN: 09704453)

"Our journey is guided by a singular conviction: that no individual should be left in darkness when the power of community, skill development, and structured intervention can ignite hope."

Dear Stakeholders, Partners, and Well-Wishers,

It gives me immense pride and humble gratitude to present the Annual Activity Report of ANCD Out of the Dark Organization for the Financial Year 2023-24. Since our incorporation on August 16, 2022, under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, our organization has remained steadfastly dedicated to serving underserved communities, with our registered head office at Balidokan, Konark, Puri district, Odisha.

During FY 2023-24, we served as the field execution and program management partner for community development projects commissioned by corporate CSR partners through our network partner, the Institute of Rural Development Programme (IRDP). This brought our team's direct delivery work to beneficiaries in Odisha as well as project sites in Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh, spanning education, health, livelihood, and environmental interventions.

Financially, our operations achieved ₹3,74,717 in total contributions, of which ₹3,38,882 was directly deployed into field projects, including ₹1,51,159 for Education & Training Programs and ₹1,74,000 for Relief Kits & Environmental Stewardship. We closed the fiscal year with a net surplus of ₹35,835, demonstrating strict fiscal discipline and transparent governance under CA Sahoo Biswojit & Associates.

As we look forward, our commitment to expanding our field reach, enhancing institutional transparency, and deepening community partnership remains resolute. I extend my heartiest gratitude to our board, team members, implementation partners, and generous supporters who stand with us as we bring communities out of the dark.

Chandana Dash

Director (DIN: 09704454)

"True empowerment occurs when women, youth, and marginalized families gain self-reliance through dignified skill development and health security."

Respected Friends and Community Members,

Financial Year 2023-24 has been a year of deep grounding and operational consolidation for ANCD Out of the Dark Organization. As Director overseeing field operations and gender empowerment initiatives, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative change that occurs when rural women and youth are provided structured training opportunities, whether in our home base of Puri district or at project sites our teams travelled to in Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh.

Our focus during this operational year centered heavily on empowering women through Self-Help Group (SHG) formation, computer literacy drives, and vocational tailoring workshops. By equipping women with marketable digital and technical skills, we are fostering financial independence at the community level wherever our projects take us.

Furthermore, our maternal and nutrition relief kit distributions and environmental stewardship work brought essential relief and ecological upkeep to the communities we serve. Every rupee received was prudently deployed to ensure maximum field utility with zero administrative waste.

I convey my sincere appreciation to our dedicated women volunteers, field coordinators, and community partners whose unwavering trust fuels our daily work. Together, we continue to build an inclusive, resilient society.

The Financial Year 2023-24 marked the first full operational year of ANCD Out of the Dark Organization following its incorporation in August 2022. Operating as a non-profit Section 8 company headquartered in Puri, Odisha, our mission is to eliminate social inequality, enhance educational access, build rural skills, and provide food and health security — delivered as the on-ground execution partner for CSR-funded development projects.

Computer literacy centre session delivered under ANCD's Education & Skill Training program (FY 2023-24)

CORE GUIDING VALUES

ANCD Out of the Dark Organization is legally incorporated as a Non-Profit Section 8 Company under the Companies Act, 2013, regulated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India.

The leadership of ANCD Out of the Dark Organization is vested in its Board of Directors, who serve on a voluntary basis without receiving managerial remuneration or profit share, adhering to Section 8 non-profit principles.

Aditya Narayan Dash

Managing Director | DIN: 09704453

Holds 990 Equity Shares (99% holding). Directs strategic planning, program evaluation, stakeholder relations, and institutional compliance.

Chandana Dash

Director | DIN: 09704454

Holds 10 Equity Shares (1% holding). Oversees grassroots field operations, women empowerment initiatives, and community mobilization.

ANCD Out of the Dark Organization is registered and headquartered in Puri district, Odisha. As the field execution and program management partner for community development projects, our team implements CSR-funded interventions commissioned through our network partner, the Institute of Rural Development Programme (IRDP), and allied corporate sponsors — carrying our on-ground delivery work beyond Odisha to project sites in other states as assignments require.

REGISTERED HEADQUARTERS: PURI DISTRICT, ODISHA

Head Office: Balidokan, Konark, Puri, Odisha (Pin: 752111)

Core Odisha Field Work: Health camps, free medicine distribution, and drinking-water access projects delivered in and around Konark and Bhubaneswar.

MULTI-STATE EXECUTION FOOTPRINT (FY 2023-24)

Field deployments also reached Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh, delivering CSR-funded education, livelihood, and environmental programs on behalf of corporate partners including RITES Limited, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, and NCRTC.

Odisha registered headquarters, with field execution extending to Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh

Our operational interventions are closely aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to drive tangible, structured impact across every project site.

Education and skill development form the cornerstone of ANCD Out of the Dark Organization's field strategy. In FY 2023-24 we expended ₹1,51,159 across three delivery formats: computer literacy labs, intellectual property & legal-awareness sessions, and vocational workshops for youth and women.

Rural computer literacy lab session for first-generation digital learners

MS-CIT certified computer training centre for youth and adults

As part of our education mandate, ANCD resource persons conduct Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) awareness sessions for school and college students, explaining patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets in accessible language to build early legal literacy.

Intellectual Property Rights awareness session for students at PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya, New Delhi

College-level IP awareness lecture covering patents, copyrights and trade secrets

Dedicated computer centres provide hands-on typing, MS Office, and internet-literacy practice for rural women and first-time learners, many of whom are operating a computer for the very first time under guided, small-batch instruction.

Hands-on computer practice session at a vocational training centre

Peer-learning session at a community computer literacy centre

Delivering consistent, quality programming across project sites depends on a well-trained field team. ANCD periodically sends program staff and volunteer coordinators for structured capacity-building workshops with knowledge partners to sharpen facilitation and reporting skills.

ANCD program team at a facilitator capacity-building workshop, TERI School of Advanced Studies

Field coordinators reviewing session planning and reporting formats

Across computer literacy, IP awareness, and vocational tracks, the Education & Skill Training program reached over 450 students and young adults in FY 2023-24, with particular emphasis on first-generation learners and women entering the digital workforce for the first time.

Student cohort with ANCD facilitators on completion of a training module

Certificate distribution at the close of a computer literacy batch

This program combines two strands of work delivered under corporate CSR partnership: maternal and nutrition relief-kit distribution to vulnerable families, and highway green-belt landscaping maintenance. Together these absorbed ₹1,74,000 during FY 2023-24.

Relief kit handover under a corporate CSR partnership, organized through IRDP

Highway green-belt landscaping maintenance, a CSR initiative on National Highways Authority of India land

Nutrition and maternal-care kits — containing essential supplements, hygiene items, and baby-care material — were handed directly to expectant mothers and low-income families at community distribution camps organized in partnership with corporate CSR sponsors.

Maternal relief kit handover under a BSES Rajdhani Power Limited CSR initiative, organized by IRDP

Community distribution of nutrition and hygiene kits to beneficiary families

Beyond maternal kits, the program periodically distributes dry-ration packets and festive relief support to households facing seasonal distress, ensuring that short-term food insecurity does not compound existing vulnerability.

Dry-ration relief kit distribution to beneficiary families

Volunteers packing and preparing kits ahead of a distribution camp

Under a CSR initiative supported by Hindustan Colas Pvt. Ltd. (HINCOL) on land owned by the National Highways Authority of India, ANCD's field crew carries out regular roadside vegetation management and green-belt upkeep to maintain safe, well-tended highway corridors.

Field crew carrying out roadside green-belt maintenance under a HINCOL CSR initiative, NHAI land

Vegetation clearance and debris collection along an assigned highway stretch

Relief kit distribution and green-belt maintenance together reached hundreds of beneficiary families and multiple highway stretches in FY 2023-24. ANCD plans to deepen both strands in FY 2024-25 as project assignments expand.

A beneficiary family receiving their relief kit at a community distribution point

Completed stretch of highway green-belt maintenance work

Empowering women through Self-Help Groups (SHGs), vocational skill training, and public-awareness engagement is central to ANCD's gender-equity framework, delivered across the project sites our field team serves.

Women's Self-Help Group meeting and skill orientation session

Group discussion on livelihood and financial-inclusion topics

Women participants receive practical, hands-on training in tailoring, garment-making, and handicraft production, equipping them to take on stitching orders or launch small home-based micro-enterprises.

Tailoring and garment-making skill session for SHG members

Regular SHG cluster meetings build members' confidence in savings discipline, basic bookkeeping, and group leadership — practical financial-literacy skills that strengthen the group's ability to manage its own micro-enterprise fund.

SHG cluster meeting covering savings discipline and basic bookkeeping

SHG leader presenting group records to members

ANCD's field team also supports public-facing gender-awareness campaigns run with infrastructure and transport-sector CSR partners, bringing women's safety and access-to-mobility themes to community audiences.

"Empowering Women through Mobility & Transportation" community awareness program, Ghaziabad

Community engagement session on women's access to public transport and mobility

Across SHG formation, vocational training, and public-awareness engagement, the Women Empowerment program reached hundreds of women in FY 2023-24, several of whom have since taken on leadership roles within their own groups.

SHG members at the close of a training and group-registration session

Women participants following a community outreach session

Health and medical relief form one of ANCD's most consistently Odisha-based programs, with regular free check-up and medicine distribution camps organized under IRDP in Puri district, frequently supported by corporate CSR partners such as RITES Limited.

Free medical check-up and medicine distribution camp, a CSR initiative of RITES Limited, organized by IRDP at Konark, Puri

Patients registering for consultation at a community health camp

General health check-up camps provide blood-pressure monitoring, blood-sugar testing, and basic consultation to residents who would otherwise need to travel long distances to access a doctor.

Community members undergoing free health screening at a medical check-up camp

Doctor consultation in progress at a field health camp

Following diagnosis, essential medicines are dispensed free of cost directly at the camp, removing the financial barrier that often prevents follow-through on a doctor's prescription.

Free medicine distribution at a RITES Limited-supported medical camp, Bhubaneswar, commemorating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Volunteers dispensing prescribed medicines to patients

Dedicated screening slots for expectant mothers and young children form a regular part of camp operations, with referrals made to government health facilities where specialist care is required.

Maternal health screening at a community medical camp

Health volunteer recording patient details during a check-up session

Health camps conducted through FY 2023-24 delivered free consultation and medicine access to hundreds of residents across Puri and Bhubaneswar, Odisha. ANCD aims to extend camp frequency and introduce mobile health outreach in FY 2024-25.

Community members gathered at the close of a free health camp

Volunteers and visiting medical staff at a completed camp

ANCD's field team delivers modern farming and hydroponics training to smallholder farmers under CSR-funded agricultural skill-development projects, introducing soil-less cultivation techniques alongside conventional best practices.

Farmer skill-training session on modern cultivation techniques, supported under an NCRTC CSR partnership

Commercial-scale hydroponic vegetable cultivation demonstration unit

Structured workshops introduce participating farmers to modern agricultural practices — from soil health management to efficient irrigation — delivered in partnership with infrastructure-sector CSR sponsors under their rural development mandate.

Second-phase farmer skill-training programme on modern agricultural practices, Dausa district, Uttar Pradesh

Farmers attending a classroom session ahead of the hydroponics demonstration

Live hydroponic units — growing leafy vegetables on nutrient-film racks without soil — give farmers a hands-on look at water-efficient, high-yield cultivation suited to limited land and uncertain rainfall.

Nutrient-film hydroponic growing racks producing lettuce and leafy greens

Close-up of a hydroponic demonstration unit shown to farmer trainees

Farmers trained under this program have begun experimenting with small-scale hydroponic and poly-house setups of their own, applying lessons on nutrient dosing, spacing, and pest management learned during the workshop series.

Farmer group reviewing a poly-house and hydroponic setup guide

Trainee farmers inspecting a working hydroponic rack

The Agricultural Skills & Hydroponics program trained a meaningful cohort of farmers in FY 2023-24 and established a working relationship with NCRTC's CSR team for continued agri-tech outreach in future years.

Farmer trainees and ANCD field staff at the close of a training session

Completed hydroponic demonstration setup ready for farmer visits

ANCD supports social inclusion and rights-advocacy work for transgender and other marginalized communities, facilitating welfare access, documentation assistance, and public awareness engagement wherever our field team is assigned.

Transgender community rights-advocacy gathering

Community outreach and welfare-facilitation session

Public rights-awareness gatherings bring visibility to the lived concerns of transgender community members, creating space for collective advocacy on dignity, non-discrimination, and access to public services.

Transgender community members at a public rights-advocacy gathering

Community members voicing concerns during an advocacy event

ANCD facilitators assist transgender community members with identity documentation, welfare-scheme enrolment, and liaison with local institutions — practical support that often determines whether an entitlement is actually accessed.

Welfare and documentation facilitation session for transgender community members

Community member receiving guidance on welfare-scheme enrolment

Beyond documentation, ANCD connects transgender beneficiaries with health screening camps and social-security helplines, ensuring that advocacy work translates into tangible access to services.

Community health and welfare linkage session

Field facilitator providing referral guidance to a community member

Social inclusion and rights-advocacy engagement in FY 2023-24 supported transgender community members through public awareness events, documentation facilitation, and service referrals. ANCD intends to formalise this into a standing program track in future years.

Community members and ANCD facilitators at the close of an advocacy session

Group photo following a welfare-facilitation outreach visit

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2024 (Amount in ₹)

INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 (Amount in ₹)

NOTES FORMING PART OF BALANCE SHEET & INCOME EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

Visual representation of FY 2023-24 fund deployment showing high program efficiency (96% direct field activity spend).

Financial Growth Analytics: FY 2022-23 vs FY 2023-24 comparison highlights significant operational scaling in our first full financial year.

Two-Year Comparative Summary of Balance Sheet & Income Statement Statements.

Regional media coverage and newspaper reports highlighting our field activities during FY 2023-24.

Local newspaper clipping reporting on a community health camp organized by IRDP, implemented by ANCD's field team (Page 51)

Regional media coverage and newspaper reports highlighting our field activities during FY 2023-24.

Local newspaper clipping reporting on a community health camp organized by IRDP, implemented by ANCD's field team (Page 52)

Regional media coverage and newspaper reports highlighting our field activities during FY 2023-24.

Local newspaper clipping reporting on a community health camp organized by IRDP, implemented by ANCD's field team (Page 53)

Visual highlights of field implementation, community engagement, and beneficiary impact during FY 2023-24.

Computer literacy classroom in session

IP awareness lecture for students

Facilitator capacity-building workshop

Certificate distribution at a training batch

Visual highlights of field implementation, community engagement, and beneficiary impact during FY 2023-24.

Free health check-up camp

Medicine distribution to patients

Doctor consultation in progress

Community health screening session

Visual highlights of field implementation, community engagement, and beneficiary impact during FY 2023-24.

SHG cluster meeting

Vocational tailoring training

Mobility & livelihood awareness session

Women participants at a community program

Visual highlights of field implementation, community engagement, and beneficiary impact during FY 2023-24.

Farmer skill-training workshop

Hydroponic demonstration unit

Farmers inspecting a growing rack

Agri-tech training session

Direct voices from the field: Real stories of transformation from participants in our FY 2023-24 programs.

Strategic 5-Year Strategic Vision (2024–2029) for expanding ANCD Out of the Dark Organization's institutional scale and field footprint.