VATAVARAN is a nonprofit organization registered in New Delhi. It is a model NGO operating primarily in a decentralized manner, though it has a mini central office too. It works in innovative ways to create simple, replicable models to mitigate socio environmental problems and create an aware, fair, equal, conscious, compassionate and self sustaining society. It generates employment to improve the lives of the underprivileged and poorest of the poor, by building their self-respect and identities through organizing, training, starting schemes for them via individual and community participation, through Corporate Social Responsibility, donations, and voluntary work.

Vatavaran is the recipient of many awards, the most prestigious being the 'Best Practices Award' by UNCHS (United Nations Cell on Human Settlements) in the years 2000 and 2006.

We, the Vatavaran people are sensitive, spiritually inclined individuals working with passion, commitment and a multi-pronged, down to earth approach to stop exploitation of natural resources, excessive waste generation, disposable culture and to resolve problems like disorderliness, congestion, noise pollution, solid waste and sewage mismanagement, barren and desolate lands, water woes, unkempt historic structures and upkeep of the stray dogs in the areas we work in.

Vatavaran strives to create a fair,equal,environmentally  conscious and self-sustaining society with its innovative outlook. We work to transform waste to walth, barren to green,waterless to water sufficient,dependent to empowered and cruelty to animals to compassion to animals. We generate employment and respect in society for the underprivileged people by involving individuals,communities,corporates and MNCs.

• In 1994, Delhi Ridge got the status of the Reserve Forest because of the efforts of the NGO Forum coordinated by Vatavaran Founder-Director.
• Vatavaran converted JNU and UDSC into Zero Garbage Areas;
• Is handling waste management and housekeeping at Delhi University North Campus;
• Has handed over Waste Management Schemes in Asian Games Village, 10 sectors of Vasant Kunj, SFS Triveni Sheikh Sarai, Mahipalpur Complex, Sunder Nagar, Pitampura, and Sector 15A Noida to the respective RWAs. It has also handed over the WMSs of NDSE Part II market to Market Welfare Asscociation, that of Defence Services Enclave and Engineer's Mess to Army Personnel and the Tihar Waste to Wealth Scheme to its inmates. Vatavaran has also handed over the WMS of a resettlement colony, Vikas Nagar, to the NGO INDCARE and of a vendor's market to Manushi;
• Has trained 11 Delhi based NGOs- Indcare, Accord, Samarth, Development Alternatives, Navjyoti, Disha, Deepalaya, Concern India, Iffcord, RotaryEcoFoundation, Inner wheel - and 4 NGOs from other parts of the country –Eco-Friends Kanpur, Vasavya Mahila Mandali Andhra Pradesh, Darjeeling Earth Group and Clean Ahmedabad - in waste management, monitoring plastics, metals, glass, rubber etc.
• Has helped 6 colleges-Miranda House, St. Stephens, Hindu, Kamala Nehru, IHE , LSR; 8schools Father Angus , Vasant Valley, Blue Bells, Harvard Academy , DAV Shresth Vihar - to set up paper, plastic or waste management programmes.
• Vatavaran's Report on 'Plastics in our Lives'  led to banning of production, distribution and use of plastic bags that are not reusable.
• In 1996, a thriving hospital waste market existed behind Safdurjung Hospital; our exposure led to its closing and hospital waste management rules were laid down by the Supreme court .

The team at Vatavaran includes -

	Dr. Ms. Iqbal Malik, Founder & Executive Director Dr. Iqbal Malik, an action woman with a multi-faceted personality, flamboyant appearance and a mission to reach out to people, works for a fair, equal, environmentally conscious, self-sustaining society. She has 35 reports, many book chapters and over 300 popular articles in Indian and international Newsprint to her credit Her concerns are vast. Poor garbage management and the increasing use of plastics upsets her. So does noise and vehicular pollution or carelessly discarded hospital syringes and bandages which return to medical system in fresh packages, or Indian blood banks selling infected blood. Malik is a phenomenon because she is a doer. Though she has given over 200 talks on radio, television, universities, schools, communities, clubs, and corporate houses, Iqbal is a shy, hard working, warm, compassionate, well-traveled, innovative person determined to lead a model life. She is the first woman primatologist in India who chose the wild monkeys as her subject for her doctorate. When the whole country was talking about langurs as the answer to monkey problems, she, as member Wildlife Board of India, was the lone voice who said the langur experiment was another of the government's many mistakes. She has spent 30 years studying and rehabilitating monkeys. She has the privilege of being the founder member of CPCSEA (Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals), CZA (Central Zoo Authority) and Vatavaran NGO. She is famous in India. Apart from being written about, tens of thousands viewers have seen her talking of her concerns on TV.
	Dr. Shamsher Singh Babra, Advisor Director Dr. Shamsher Singh Babra is an eminent Economist. He was with the World Bank where he served in an eminent position for 26 years. He has also been Economic Advisor to Governments of various countries. He has authored several books including "Unblossomed Bud". Caring deeply for the environment, he is disturbed by the plundering of natural resources and the increased use of chemicals in our food chain.
	Ms. Seema Arora, Advisor Director Seema Arora has been with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative (CHAI) for five years, working across a number of program areas including increasing access to HIV/AIDS medicines and emergency foods for malnourished children across Asia and Africa. Currently, she is a Partner Relationship Manager at CHAI, interacting with major donors and supporting CHAI’s fundraising efforts. Prior to CHAI, Seema worked for L.E.K. Consulting, a London-based management consulting firm, where she consulted on projects ranging from biotechnology to publishing. She also interned with the United Nations Development Program in South Africa and focused on HIV/AIDS programming. Seema is a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard University, where she received a master’s degree in international development. She currently resides in New York City.