About DESI
The Development Evaluation Society of India (DESI) was formed by a group of evaluation professionals and researchers with the aim of evolving a strategy to revive and sustain the culture of “learning from experience” in development planning and administration. It was registered (No. S-32707) in 2002 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Our Objectives
DESI plans to attain its goal by undertaking the following activities:
- Undertake studies to identify and understand the factors that help create an enabling environment for mainstreaming development evaluation in governance; technology promotion and technology demonstration to assess the impact of such interventions in agriculture, industry, health and other sectors to achieve sustainable economic and environmental goals.
- Dissemination of the results of such research to planners, policy makers, intelligentsia, media and civil society organisations.
- Promote exchange of views across the whole spectrum of stakeholders on issues relating to reforms and actions required to revive and sustain the culture of evaluation for development effectiveness.
- Undertake capacity building and promote excellence in the theory and practice of development evaluation through training, networking, research, technology promotion and demonstration, sensitisation and dissemination of research output and information.
- Undertake impact evaluation studies and promote debates on the merits of various development interventions, schemes and programmes.