How can our US based non profit have a fund raiser in India..what wd be.mechanics of collecting the cash etc?

Question

We have many programs we support in India and are looking to have a charitable fundraising event there. BUT we have no formal legal entity there and do not know what mechanism we need to put in place for donors to make checks out to, etc.

Answer 1

India is very picky about iNGOs operating there.

It is almost  100% necessary to set up an Indian entity before you can do fund raising; I'd get your people there to check with some local lawyers as the next step.