WHO WE ARE
Pipilika Enviro Private Limited is a development communication agency based in Mumbai and Bengaluru, with a pan-India footprint across 14 states. Since our foundation in 2013, we have worked to amplify the voices of the country’s most marginalised communities – indigenous peoples, women farmers, informal workers, and the urban poor – through storytelling, documentation, and participatory media strategies.
Our work lies at the intersection of communication, development, and justice. We design and deliver content that is community-informed, multilingual, accessible, and often led by people who live the realities we document.
Our clients and collaborators include Tata Steel Foundation, SELCO Foundation, ITC, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, NDTV, Network18, Working People’s Coalition, and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact.
WHO WE ARE
We are development communication experts for social responsibility initiatives in indigenous, rural, and urban India. We collate, document, and disseminate social impact learnings and outcomes. Our work footprint spans 14 states.
We keep the face and voice of the communities at the center of our work by forging tangible intellectual partnerships with them.
OUR SERVICES
• Programmatic Consultancy.
• Documentation of project, impact, and community-level outcomes in all formats (print, audiovisual, photo journeys, reports, and books).
• National-level Campaigns and Fundraisers in traditional and new media.
• Events and conferences on Developmental Equity and Climate Justice.
• Train the Trainer Modules to build programme capacity.
• Group Training in Community Journalism and Campaigns for Solutions.
• End-to-end Branding for social responsibility programmes.
OUR SERVICES
• Programmatic Consultancy.
• Documentation of project, impact, and community-level outcomes in all formats (print, audiovisual, photo journeys, reports, and books).
• Train the Trainer Modules to build capacity, using adult-learning principles and the existing knowledge bank in the communities.
• National-level Campaigns and Fundraisers in traditional and new media.
• Group Training in Community Journalism to build ‘no-cost’ campaigns.
• End-to-end Branding for social responsibility programmes.
• End-to-end Branding for social responsibility programmes.
WHY CHOOSE US
Resource scarcity is tied to voice poverty and intellectual marginalisation. Our efforts are dedicated to bridging this gap in pursuit of greater equity.
Our project plans primarily work through the lens of the last-mile stakeholders. Our efforts are to decolonise narratives so that they are told by, owned by, and used by the communities.
OUR TEAM
Deepa Adhikari is a social entrepreneur and a Development Communication expert. She works extensively with indigenous peoples, women farmers, and the urban poor.
Previously, she spent 15 years in print journalism and national broadcast newsrooms. In her last journalistic engagement, she was with NDTV as a national news editor and produced award-winning documentaries on social justice that won at multiple festivals, including the New York Festivals and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Awards.
Since founding Pipilika, Deepa has played a key role in the creation of robust social campaign verticals on NDTV and Network 18, with content-led campaigns on education, the environment, healthcare, and livelihoods. She leads Content Strategy and Marketing at Pipilika.
She teaches community journalism at diverse fora and is a visiting faculty member for postgraduate students at Sophia College, Mumbai.
Mritunjay is a documentary photographer with over a decade of experience in content creation. Hailing from an agricultural community, he has extensively photographed and written about issues of indigenous India, migration, and rural livelihoods. His work has been published and widely exhibited.
He is a senior graphic designer. He has worked with advertising and communication design firms Ogilvy and Geometry Global in planning roles. He also has five years of work experience in the field of Data Analysis for Fortune 500 clients. His work is enriched by a diverse professional experience, which includes a stint with the Indian Railways.
In another avatar, he is an emerging stage artist in experimental storytelling.
He leads Project Strategy and Visual Creatives at Pipilika.
Murali A. has been a media professional for 25 years. He has worked with clients such as Infosys, Cisco, IBM, Intel, GE, Titan, Wipro, Unilever, JSW, Deloitte, and News18.
In his previous avatar, he worked as a video editor in a leadership role with Broadcast Media Inc. and CNN-IBN.
Murali has to his credit corporate, news, sports, defence, and indie documentation projects of varied scales across India. He also specialises in event management for social campaigns. He had edited the award-winning Kannada feature film Ramarajya, based on the Gandhian idea of a unified India.
He leads Planning and Production at Pipilika.
OUR CLIENTS
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