BRSR readiness. CSR strategy. Rule 8(3) independent assessment.
Schedule a diagnostic call → Our servicesSEBI and MCA have both moved. BRSR reporting is mandatory for the top 1,000 listed entities, and BRSR Core assessment or assurance reaches all 1,000 in FY2026-27. Rule 8(3) makes independent impact assessment compulsory for companies with an average CSR obligation of ₹10 Cr or more, on every project with an outlay of ₹1 Cr or more. And most CSR teams are still working with the same resources they had when this was all voluntary.
IDCL works with Indian corporates and PSUs on BRSR readiness, CSR strategy, independent impact assessment, and M&E systems. We are a specialist advisory firm. This is the practice, not a side offering.
Who this is for: companies inside the SEBI BRSR reporting universe, and companies whose average CSR obligation across the three preceding financial years crosses the Rule 8(3) threshold. If you are outside both, tell us on the call and we will say so.
Learn how we work →Five services, all of them ESG and CSR compliance. No generalist practice, no sector drift, no handover after the pitch.
Gap analysis across all BRSR Essential and Leadership indicators, materiality mapping, and a board-ready findings report with a 90-day compliance roadmap. Delivered in 6–8 weeks.
Schedule VII-aligned CSR plan, budget structure, implementing partner due diligence, and board committee documentation, built to hold up to regulatory review.
Field-based beneficiary assessment, theory of change validation, and a quantified outcome report. Written to be placed before the Board and annexed to the annual report on CSR.
Indicator frameworks, data collection methodology, and quarterly dashboards structured for regulatory filing and actual programme oversight.
Monthly advisory, regulatory update briefings as SEBI, MCA, the BRSR Core Industry Standards, GRI and ISSB guidance evolve, and review of ESG disclosures before they go out.
What we have done, and what followed from it. If you want to speak to a past client before engaging us, we can arrange that.
National needs assessment across 13 states. Population and birth-rate modelling, treatment-backlog estimation by state, and partnership mapping across state health departments, RBSK and NHM.
Independent impact assessment of an educational programme in Meerut. Beneficiary interviews, outcome data, and a formal assessment report.
Needs assessment for a PSU-funded mushroom farming livelihood programme. Beneficiary profiling, feasibility analysis, and phased implementation recommendations, then monitoring through the delivery year.
IDCL was founded in London in 2018, and the India practice has been rebuilt for the current regulatory cycle. Over nine years of its founder’s international development practice, now applied to Indian compliance. Contact us →
Four commitments a larger consultancy cannot make.
ESG and CSR advisory is our only practice. We track SEBI and MCA guidance continuously, down to circular level.
Your engagement is led at the senior level from scoping to delivery. The person who reviews your BRSR gap is the same person who presents findings to your board.
Scope and fee are agreed before work starts. No hourly billing, no surprise change orders, no scope creep on your budget. The diagnostic gives you a usable picture whether or not you engage us further.
Rule 8(3) requires the assessment to be carried out through an independent agency, which rules out the partner that ran the project assessing its own work. We do not implement CSR projects, so that conflict does not exist. And where we have designed or advised on a programme, we do not evaluate it.
MBA, IIM Raipur · MSc Violence, Conflict & Development, SOAS University of London · BA (Hons) History, Hansraj College, University of Delhi · PRINCE2 Certified · ESG Practices, NSE Academy and Grant Thornton · Over nine years in international development and ESG consulting, built in London, rebuilt in India.
30 minutes. We’ll tell you where we can help, and where we can’t.
We confirm your message and schedule a 30-minute call within 3 business days.
On the call, we understand your situation: deadline, compliance exposure, what’s already in place.
We tell you whether you need the diagnostic, or whether you already have what you need.
If it makes sense, a proposal follows within 10 working days.