1987
• Navjyoti de addiction center started in Andha Mughal Police Station followed by seven others in different Police Stations of North Delhi.
• Apradh sudhar silai kendra started at Yamuna Pushta Slums to rehabilitate women who had a brush with law.
• Navjyoti pathshala at Yamuna Pushta started to provide primary education to slum children later rechristened as Navjyoti Formal School.

1988
• Navjyoti India Foundation registered as a voluntary organization.
• 15 days detoxification Programme started at each center, and later extended to one month.
• Vocational training center started for women of Jahangirpuri resettlement area. Continuing education classes for women were also started.

1989
• Kutir udyog started to provide income-generating opportunities at Tihar jail.

1990
• Navjyoti De addiction centers centralized at Sarai Rohilla Police Station to consolidate the experiences of the past years.

1991
• A treatment model based on Medico – Psycho--social and spiritual management with homeopathy and yoga developed, standardized and adopted.

1992
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI of India, recognized the efforts of Navjyoti by providing financial support for the de addiction center

1993
• A day care center set up to ensure power follow up and monitoring of recovery addicts.

1994
• Tihar jail Rehabilitation project started for the economic upliftment of women inmates.

1995
• Navjyoti Gratitude club started by recovering addicts who were treated at Navjyoti and were now, leading better lives.

1996
• First exhibition of tapestries made by women inmates of Tihar under the project Weaving behind the bars held at the Danish Ambassador’s residence.
• Navjyoti diversifies into rural development at Bhondsi village near Gurgaon.

1997
• The Economic and Social (ECOSOC) of United Nations Grants special consultative status to Navjyoti.

1998
• Gali School, a new innovative concept for providing education to children and women took shape in Yamuna Pushta.
• A bio gas plant for integrated waste management constructed with the support of German embassy.

1999
• Drug de addiction Awareness Programme for industrial workers started in collaboration with FICCI.
• Focal unit established in one of the industrial units at NOIDA to aim towards workplace prevention of drug abuse.
• United Nations awards Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award (Vienna) to Navjyoti for outstanding contributions in the field of international Drug Abuse prevention.
• Pilot project Children’s Education (NORAD) supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy started in the slums of Yamuna Pushta.

2000
• The Royal Norwegian Embassy hands over the new project Children’s Education and Community based integrated Development (NORAD) aimed at elimination of child labor.
• Navjyoti shifted headquarters from Sarai Rohilla to Yamuna Pushta to come closer to the community.
• Indian Population Project (IPP-viii) supported by the MCD started at Yamuna Pushta and Jahangirpuri.

2001
• Communities based care and support for PLHAs and CAAs initiated in Yamuna Pushta with the support of MAMTA.
• A multi purpose Rural Development Complex inaugurated to augment and centralize services provided by the Rural Development Programme.
• National open school accredits Navjyoti as a study center under open basic education Programme. More than three hundred children benefited.

2002
• Dots center opened at Yamuna Pushta for treatment of tuberculosis.
• Navjyoti health center at Yamuna Pushta achieved the distinction of treating 1-lakh patients.

2003
• The German Development Corporation funded a two-year project on capacity building of various stakeholders working in the field of drug abuse on drug demand reduction training practices adopted by Navjyoti
• Research project on studying the efficacy of homoeopathy in treatment of withdrawals initiated under the scheme for Extra Mural Research in ISMH&H
• A project for promoting self-reliance of women living in various shelter homes at Nirmal Chaya started in partnership with the corporate world and an NGO Partners In Change.
• Navjyoti joined hands with the government in achieving the mission of Universal Elementary Education and opened learning centers at Yamuna Pushta and Jahngirpuri.
• Navjyoti’s own center as a Drug Demand Reduction Training Institute inaugurated at Karala Majri, a place in North West Part of Delhi and drug abuse treatment programme shifted from Sarai Rohilla Police Station to Karala.
• A project on “Empowerment of women through micro credit” initiated in rural areas with the support of American India Foundation.

2004
• Navjyoti phased out from Sriniwaspuri project area.
• American Embassy funded a new project to develop Navjyoti as a Resource center.
• Yamuna Pushta slums demolished.
• Interventions initiated at newly relocated areas of Holambi Kalan and Bawana for integrated community development.

2005
• Libraries set up with the help of Room to read India Trust in Bawana, Jahangipuri and Holambikalan.
• Ministry of Youth Affairs, GOI supported the vocational training programme at Jahangirpuri.
• CAPART supported the project on “Organization of beneficiaries” in seven villages of Sohna Block,Naya Gaon.
• A DOTS Center was opened in Bawana Resettlement Colony for the treatment and care of TB patients.
• A stitching center was opened in Bawana with the support of Ladies Welfare Society, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
• Polaris strengthened the Gali School Project in rural streamlining supervision and monitoring of the project.

2006
• A Homeopathic Dispensary started for the community people of Karala under the Bhaagidaari Scheme of Government of India at the Karala Majri Drug. Deaddiction Treatment Center
• ONGC came forward for promoting self reliance of women in water resource management by linking SHGs with environment interventions in village Khedla of Sohna Block, Haryana.
 • HPCL Sponsored the health care of the children in Bawana under the project “Navjyot”.
 • GAIL sponsored the functioning of Self Help Groups under the women empowerment programmes.
• Smile Foundation sponsored the functioning of remedial education and health care programme for children of Holambi Kalan Resettlement Colony under the name of the project “Integrated Community Development Programme”.
 • Michael and Susan Dell Foundation strengthens the interventions at Bawana and help upgrade quality of programme significantly by supporting through the project “Substantially improving resettled children’s education and growth through positively improving the environment”.

2007
• As a step towards expanding the vocational training component, a beauty culture Unit set up at Bawana with the support from Ladies Welfare Society, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
• Meeting the long felt need of imparting computer training to children and youth, Computer lab established in Bawana with the support from Habitat Learning centre, India Habitat Centre.
• Sesames Workshop India enriches the quality of teaching learning at Bawana Balwaris and Gali school by providing educational material on literacy and health and hygiene.
• IPP VIII Dispensary, Govt of NCT of Delhi joins hands with Navjyoti to strengthen health services in Bawana.
• Rural Development Project diversifies into Panchayat Training by organizing training programme for the elected women representatives on regular basis. 12 training workshops have already been conducted so far on issues ranging from roles and responsibilities, leadership, decision-making, conflict resolution, social mapping etc.
• GAIL strengthens Vocational Training initiatives at Holambikalan.
• Halcrow Foundation strengthens women empowerment initiatives at the Rural Development Project.
• United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) partners with Navjyoti to undertake projects namely: Community and school based primary prevention work under project G 86” and “Awareness programme for female partners of drug users under project I- 49”.
• Energy Park set up at the Rural Development Complex with the support of MNES. Various devices such as solar lights, solar lanterns, solar TV and Radio, Solar cookers etc have been installed at the centre to show case the use of solar energy to the villagers.