Problem clarity, stakeholder centricity, and mindful intervention
are the greatest enablers for sustained impact.
We help you connect them synergistically.
Approach
At 86B, we utilise a theory-based, research-focused, framework-driven, mixed methods approach to monitoring & evaluation, the cornerstone of our outcomes validation being verifiability & triangulation.
Non-profit Organisations
Development Institutions
Incubators & Accelerators
Education
Skilling
Livelihoods
Gender
Health
Digital Media
Working across diverse domains & organisations has allowed us to consolidate expertise & experience. This positions the work that we do at the strategic core of our clients' long-term vision and action,
as we continually expand our portfolio.
Services
Evaluating
We work with you to conduct needs assessments, impact evaluations, pilot & scale tests, and portfolio performance assessments.
Mentoring
We enable you to integrate impact in M&E + product functions and articulate impact in strategic + leadership positions.
Teaching
We build capacity through introductory courses or customised workshops on impact definition, methodologies, & rigour.
Key Projects
India Development Review
This involved the development of an Impact Report to assess IDR’s contribution to knowledge curation, networking, and advocacy efforts.
My Choices Foundation
This involved the development of an Impact Report to assess MCF’s efforts in addressing gender-based violence and human trafficking.
Intelehealth
This involved coaching ITH's M&E team and assessing needs as they deployed their telemedicine interventions across various geographies.
MukkaMaar
This involved evaluating MM’s WhatsApp Bot pilot to understand its desirability, feasibility, and effect on physical + psychological outcomes
Indian School of Public Policy
This involved conducting a series of weekend training sessions + week-long asynchronous tasks to introduce the essentials of social impact.
SAFA Society, The/Nudge
This involved intensive, stage-wise, ToC redefining, which employed a participatory approach & human centric design across project teams.
Independent and Public Spirited Media Foundation
This involved a portfolio assessment of IPSMF’s accelerator approach to digital media organisations, focused on capturing grantee perception.
Foundation for Mother and Child Health
This involved a rapid assessment design to evaluate the district implementation of a tech-enabled, app-based Anganwadi intervention.
Live Projects
These involve capacity building of organisational M&E teams intervening in learning, livelihoods, and cultural inclusion.
We are also conducting evaluations of organisations focused on entrepreneurial education and STEM career preparedness.
Team
Operating since 2021 & founded in 2023, 86B is led by a development sector veteran and a development sector practitioner, who work collaboratively with clients, onboarding aligned domain experts, M&E experts, and skilled professionals, intended to keep perspectives informed as well as contemporary.
Archana Pillai PhD
Founder-Director
Shramanth Rajarathnam
Co-Founder and CEO
Contact Us
86B Research is also listed on the Intermediary Database as part of Bridgespan's PWIT initiative