Who we are?

We are Viridus, a Social Impact organisation working with governments, academic institutions, communities, organisations, and individuals to address some of India’s biggest social challenges. The name Viridus is rooted in Latin, which means ‘green’ or ‘flourishing’. We believe that individuals, organizations and communities thrive when nurtured from within.

Our Essence

We are not a consultancy in the traditional sense. We are a circle of people—rooted, reflective, and real—who walk with others on journeys of growth, healing, and transformation.Our work is about nourishing individuals, communities, organisations, and systems by paying attention to what often goes unnoticed. We believe that every system carries its own wisdom. Our role is not to fix, but to listen. Not to impose, but to witness. Not to accelerate, but to slow down—to hold space with presence and care. We are nourished by the people we walk with—and in that, we offer nourishment in return

How do we live our principles?

Principles only come alive when they are lived. For us, they are less about “what we believe” and more about “how we practice.” They remind us to stay vulnerable, to stay close to real struggles, to act with fairness, and to choose depth over scale. This is how we hold ourselves accountable for the work we do.

Engage with the messy and the real – Step into complexity with openness and courage.
Link reflection with action – Let learning and doing continually inform each other.
Facilitate discovery and learning – Create space for people to find meaning and freedom.
Anchor in fairness and care – Act with justice, dignity, and compassion.
Stay small, go deep – Choose integrity and substance over scale and speed.
Think in deep time – Act for sustainability and the flourishing of all life.

What we do

Our Areas of Practice

We engage in

Strategy Development — helping groups clarify where they want to go, why, and how.

Supporting Change Journeys — strengthening people, teams, and organisational systems so change is sustainable.

Social Design & Interventions — imagining, piloting, and refining real-world solutions that respond to lived contexts.

Research & Analysis — helping find root causes of issues, gathering evidence, learning continuously, and using that to inform decisions.

Learning Resource Development — creating tools, curricula, guides, or platforms that support collective learning, unlearning, and relearning.

Fellowship & Network Programs — cultivating ecosystems of practice, peer learning, and leadership among those committed to social change.

Community Resilience Strengthening — working with communities to adapt, respond, recover, and thrive in the face of changing, uncertain realities.

Focus Areas

At Viridus, our work flows across three interconnected domains. Each one is rooted in our principles, yet shaped by the real contexts of the organizations and communities we walk alongside.

Education

We view education as a political and transformative act — one that is never neutral, always shaping how people perceive themselves and the world. Our work here focuses on learner-centered approaches, unlearning and relearning, and designing programs that help people engage with the real struggles of our time. We partner with schools, foundations, and state bodies to design curriculum, build the capacity of educators, and create learning ecosystems that are purposeful and contextually grounded.

Well-being & Compassion Training

We believe that well-being is not a luxury but a necessity for people across sectors... Our compassion trainings help individuals and teams cultivate resilience, presence, and care for themselves, for others, and for the ecosystems they serve. We design reflective spaces, workshops, and long-form processes that allow people to pause, listen inwardly, and return to their work renewed and grounded.

Organizational Development
& Leadership

Flourishing organizations require fairness, equity, and purposeful leadership. We support civil society organizations and leaders in creating cultures that are just, resilient, and future-facing.Our OD approach is dialogic, emergent, and empowering — helping organizations build capacity, strengthen leadership, and anchor themselves in deep-time thinking for sustainability.