Illustrative Free · CertificateCSR · Beginner
CSR Essentials
How corporate social responsibility works in India, and how to make it count.
6 chapters · 14 lessons · ~3 hours
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SocioStory Academy
Practical courses for the whole sector
Free, interactive courses written for India, with a pathway for each of you: NGOs starting out and growing, CSR teams choosing partners, volunteers heading to their first drive and Social Leaders running a Centre. No videos to sit through. Read, try, check yourself and earn a certificate.
- Courses
- 9
- Lessons
- 142
- Questions
- 899
For everyone
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New to the sector? These two are the shared ground: how CSR works in India, and the goals the whole sector is working towards.
- Illustrative Free · Certificate
Illustrative Free · CertificateSDGs · Beginner
SDGs and India
What the 17 Global Goals ask for, how India tracks them, and how to make your work count.
6 chapters · 21 lessons · ~3 hours
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Who are you?
Pick your track for courses written for the work you do, in the order to take them.
Level
Beginner
No experience needed. An hour or two to a few hours each.
- Illustrative Free · Certificate
CSR · Beginner
CSR Essentials
How corporate social responsibility works in India, and how to make it count.
6 chapters · 14 lessons · ~3 hours
Start the course - Illustrative Free · Certificate
SDGs · Beginner
SDGs and India
What the 17 Global Goals ask for, how India tracks them, and how to make your work count.
6 chapters · 21 lessons · ~3 hours
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NGOs · Beginner
Starting an NGO
How to set up an NGO in India, register it properly and get ready for CSR funding.
6 chapters · 17 lessons · ~4 hours
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Volunteering · Beginner
Volunteering well
How to be the volunteer an NGO is glad to see again: prepared, reliable, respectful and safe.
5 chapters · 12 lessons · ~2 hours
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Foundations · Beginner
Safeguarding for leaders
Keeping volunteers, communities and children safe at every drive your Centre runs.
4 chapters · 8 lessons · ~1 hour
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Level
Intermediate
For people already doing the work, who want to do it better.
- Free · Certificate
CSR · Intermediate
Choosing NGO partners
Check what matters, in proportion to the grant, and choose partners you can stand behind.
6 chapters · 15 lessons · ~3 hours
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Illustrative Free · CertificateFoundations · Intermediate
Running a CSR Foundation
Set up, govern and run a company's social wing so its money does real good and stands up to scrutiny.
6 chapters · 21 lessons · ~3½ hours
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Leadership · Intermediate
Leading a Centre
Running your college's SocioStory Centre well, from the first request to the last handover.
6 chapters · 14 lessons · ~2½ hours
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Level
Advanced
In depth, for the people who carry the responsibility.
Illustrative Free · CertificateLaw · Advanced
CSR Law in Depth
Section 135, the CSR Rules and the Ministry’s FAQs, read closely enough to act on.
6 chapters · 20 lessons · ~4 hours
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How it works
Every chapter ends with a check
- 1
Read and try
Short lessons with diagrams, flip cards, sorting exercises and calculators.
- 2
Check yourself
A quick quiz ends every lesson, with an explanation for every answer.
- 3
Pass each chapter
A chapter quiz closes every chapter. Score 60% to move on.
- 4
Earn the certificate
Pass the final assessment (70%) for a signed certificate anyone can check is genuine.
Certificates you can trust
Every certificate can be checked by anyone
Each certificate has a unique ID and a public page. It’s digitally signed by the SocioStory Foundation, so an employer can confirm it’s genuine in seconds. Add it to LinkedIn with one click.
Written for India, kept current
Lessons follow the Companies Act, the CSR Rules as amended, SEBI’s BRSR and India’s SDG framework.