District Need Assessment Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha (JBGVS) is a Bajaj Auto powered NGO that has been involved in implementing Integrated Rural Development Programs (IRDP) in villages with the objective of improving the quality of people’s lives. JBGVS works in selected villages of 5 districts namely, Pune, Aurangabad, Wardha districts of Maharashtra; Sikar district of Rajasthan and Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. For JBGVS, needs assessment for a district is important because it will help the organization in understanding the needs that are preventing the district from reaching near its ideal condition/state in terms of availability of resources and stable overall development of the community. Need assessment is a series of activities that can help the researchers at all levels to find, perceive and solve the issues prevailing in that region. It is defined as the structured scrutiny of the gap that exists between the current and the desired state. It is the most important step in order to bring about an effective social change. The main motto of district need assessment is to help the researchers to identify and prioritize the needs that the region has to address to improve its conditions and perform. Suitable, well planned and implemented need assessment projects is important to execute successful philanthropic projects, community development, and natural calamity response. An in-depth need assessment study will contribute to planning, monitoring & evaluation as well as project responsibility. It is a key step in the project planning life cycle.