Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About us

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India (AKAHI) is a not-for-profit network agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of private, non-denominational and international development agencies. AKDN, one of the world’s largest private charities is working in 30 countries, employing approximately 80,000 people, mostly in developing countries. AKAHI impacts more than 10 lac beneficiaries through Development Programmes, Consultancy, Research, Studies and Advocacy, with special focus on capacity and leadership development at the local level by combining scientific, technical and community-based approaches.
AKAHI collaborates with Government, Bilateral and Multilateral Organizations, Academia and private sector, including corporates and
their CSR, Philanthropies and the Civil Society to implement development programs in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana, and
provides technical consultancy to all stakeholders across all geographies.
Active since 1970, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India (AKAHI) works in the following Habitat related themes with the lens of Climate Change & Sustainability:
1) 4500+ Habitat Improvement interventions
2) 5000+ Environment & Water interventions\

3)1000+ Emergency Management interventions

4) 40,000+ Health, Hygiene and Sanitation interventions
Supported by a “Board of Eminence” for robust governance, AKAHI is guided by the AKDN values with necessary organizational and safeguarding policies in place including GHG Emissions Management Policy, which has targets, guidelines and methods to minimize and measure the carbon footprint of all its operations.
AKAHI and its work has been widely published, appreciated and awarded at various forums and platforms in India- by the stakeholders, beneficiaries, donor agencies and through third party assessments


Causes we work on

  • Children & Youth
  • Community Development
  • Environment
  • Poverty & Hunger
  • Reducing Inequality
  • Skill Development & Livelihood
  • Water & Sanitation
  • Women

Awards won

  • AKAHI and its work has been widely published
  • appreciated and awarded at various forums
  • both nationally and internationally - Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation- GoI
  • UN Habitat Dubai International Award
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
  • Tata Institute of Social Sciences
  • State Governments of India as well as various development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awards for “best practices and models". AKAHI’s work has also been appreciated by the stakeholders
  • beneficiaries
  • donor agencies and through third party assessments. Government of Kerala felicitated AKAHI as one of the largest institutional contributors for providing non-food relief material during the 2018 Kerala floods.

Why work with us

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India (AKAHI) is a not-for-profit network agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of
private, non-denominational and international development agencies. AKDN, one of the world’s most reputed and largest private charities, is working in 30 countries, employing approximately 80,000 people, mostly in developing countries.
Working for AKAHI, develops skills and credentials by providing best-in-class and international experience and recognition that is appreciated across the globe.
NGO Details

Contact Details

  • 405A/407, Jolly Bhavan No.-1, 10, New Marine Lines, Mumbai- 400020, INDIA Tel: +91 22 22005677 / 22017175; Mobile: +91 7250134803
  • 7250134803
  • kumar.gaurav@akdn.org