Our story / Meja, Prayagraj

A long view.
Local work.

Dr. Ambedkar Shikshan Seva Sansthan is a registered non-profit rooted in Uttar Pradesh and known in its public work as Pakka Vikas.

An archival gathering of community members and children
Archive / Community history
1983

Where the record begins

History matters when it deepens responsibility.

The organisation was registered on 4 February 1983. That date anchors our institutional identity, while the name Pakka Vikas expresses the standard we bring to the present: development should be sturdy, shared and close enough to change daily life.

Based in Shyamnagar, Shuklapur, Meja, our work sits at the intersection of education, children’s rights, drinking water, sanitation, cleanliness, women and children’s development, and the effort to end child labour.

What holds the work together

Three beliefs. One standard: dignity.

01

Rights before charity

Education, safety and clean water are not rewards. They are foundations for a life with agency.

02

People before programmes

Cause areas overlap in real homes. Our view of development must be wide enough to see the whole person.

03

Continuity before spectacle

The work that lasts is repeated, understood and owned locally—not performed once for a photograph.

Across generations

Before digital updates, there were gatherings, classrooms and paper photographs.

The format changes. The question does not: did people leave with more knowledge, more confidence, or a safer path forward?

Archival photograph of a community cultural gatheringArchival group photograph with children and adults

Institutional timeline

A record you can follow.

1983Registered with the Registrar of Societies under No. 3318/1982-83.
2021NGO Darpan identifier recorded as UP/2021/0296852.
TodayWorking across six connected cause areas from Meja, Prayagraj.
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Registered. Verifiable. Accountable.

Trust, in plain sight.

Donor confidence starts with facts that can be checked. These are the organisation’s public registration identifiers—not a badge, a promise.

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NGO DarpanUP/2021/0296852
Societies Registration No.3318/1982-83
File No.I-74237
Date of registration04-02-1983