Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are engaged in the arena of philanthropic and humanitarian interventions and empowering marginalised groups to build sustainable livelihoods with the effective development strategies. NGOs have been known for promoting development and enhancing the social service delivery across the globe. In recent years, the increasing relevance of NGOs, they have realized the importance of developing their employees as assets to create sustainability of NGOs and their functions. NGOs are providing ample opportunities to foster employees' skills, knowledge and capabilities to achieve organisational outcomes with an orientation of long-term sustainability. The current research is focusing on Strategic Human Resource development orientations in NGOs. The approach of SHRD in NGOs has a combination of Strategic Action Orientation (SAO) of the top management and their commitment towards employees and Human resource development orientation (HRDO) of the employees and their alignment towards NGOs. The current research uses the Strategic approach to HRD orientations in NGOs as tool to study in-depth about the applications of SAO-HRDO aspects in the context of NGO management.