SRIJAN

SRIJAN
Nonprofit Organisation
Founded April, 1997
Founder Ved Arya
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Area served
 Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Karnataka and Odisha
Key people
 Ved Arya, Namita Pandey, Prasanna Khemariya, Padam Jain and Mohiudin Ahmad

SRIJAN is an Indian Non-governmental organisation based in New Delhi, India.[1] The name SRIJAN is an acronym for Self Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action.[2] Founded in April 1997 by Ved Arya,[3] SRIJAN is grassroots implementation and support agency which promotes sustainable and self-reliant models for rural development through intervention in agriculture, horticulture, natural resource management and animal husbandry.[4] SRIJAN was officially registered as a charitable trust in 2000 under the Indian Societies Registration Act.[5] The organisation is closely associated with over 30,000 tribal and dalit women in 14 districts[6] of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chattisgarh and Karnataka.[5]

History

SRIJAN was founded by Ved Arya, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[3] In 2001, the organisation commenced its first project in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The project was jointly funded by the World Bank and the Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Program. Under the project, SRIJAN was charged with the task of creating common interest groups in villages across the district.[7]

In 2008, SRIJAN launched a project to increase soybean yield in Bundi, Rajastan. The project was piloted with 50 farmers and was supported by Bunge India Private Limited.[6]

Vision & Mission

SRIJAN works for the economic empowerment of the poor in rural India with the vision of creating self-reliant communities in villages across the country. The organisation works closely with self-help groups and attempts to build scalable and self sustained models for income. As per the mission statement on its website, the organisation aims to empower 100,000 poor rural families in India by enhancing their income by ₹ 50,000 by the year 2020.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Head office | Srijan India (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)". srijanindia.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  2. ↑ "Srijan India (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) | Srijan". www.srijanindia.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  3. 1 2 "The Spirit Of Ants | Sugata Srinivasaraju | Sep 17,2007". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Intro and Genesis | Srijan India (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)". srijanindia.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  5. 1 2 "Our work | Srijan India (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)". srijanindia.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  6. 1 2 "Project Implementation Processes in Soya Samriddhi Programme". Project implementation notes. 2012.
  7. ↑ "DPIP". www.dpipmp.mp.gov.in. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  8. ↑ "Vision, mission, values | Srijan India (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)". srijanindia.org. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
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