Our story

Clarity for every social change initiative.

We're on a mission to bring accountability and evidence-based decision-making to every social development organisation in India.

01Our mission

MECoLab — Monitoring & Evaluation Collaboration — exists to empower social development organisations with tools that make impact measurable, transparent, and actionable.

We built it because existing tools didn’t fit. Most M&E software is either too generic — forcing teams back into spreadsheets — or too complex, built for multilateral institutions with armies of consultants. MECoLab sits in the sweet spot: powerful enough for serious portfolio management, simple enough for field teams to use every day.

One source of truth — connecting field data to portfolio dashboards, and turning raw data into compelling evidence of impact.

Team working on field data collection
02Our approach

Three principles guide everything we build.

01

Evidence-based

Every feature turns raw field data into evidence that informs decisions — from real-time dashboards to auto-generated reports. From anecdotes to insight.

02

Built for the field

We design for the reality of field work in India — offline entry, mobile-first interfaces, and workflows that respect the time of field coordinators and programme officers.

03

Collaborative

M&E isn't just for the M&E officer. Collaboration runs through every layer, so field teams, managers, leadership, and funders get the right information at the right time.

03Designed for India
Community members gathered together

Built ground-up for the Indian social sector.

District-level mapping

Organise projects by Indian districts, blocks, and villages for granular geographic oversight.

SDG alignment

Tag projects and activities to Sustainable Development Goals for funder-aligned, global impact tracking.

Built for the Indian context

Financial year reporting (Apr–Mar), IST time zones, and rupee budgets — calibrated for the Indian social sector.

04Who we are

Built by practitioners who understand M&E.

We’ve spent years working alongside programme teams, field coordinators, and M&E officers across India. We understand logframes, indicator tracking plans, donor reporting, and the reality of data collection in low-connectivity environments.

Every feature — from offline data entry to financial-year reporting to district-level mapping — exists because someone on the ground asked for it. We keep evolving the platform in close partnership with the organisations we serve.

The commitment is simple: build tools that make M&E teams more effective, not more busy — because when M&E works, more impact reaches where it matters most.

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