SIR TRUST AND THE ALLIED TRUSTS

Making a difference

ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 01 01

Chairman’s message

This year is the 175th birth centenary of , the Settlor of the first of the Tata Trusts and the Founder of the . While the philanthropic space has changed since Jamsetji Tata established the JN Tata Endowment, his guiding principles have endured through the years. The Trusts are committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities they serve, particularly the disadvantaged and underprivileged, and focused on supporting initiatives that will make a sustainable impact. The Trusts have continued their engagement in other development sectors focusing on social inclusion to make them We stand convinced that knowledge and technology are sustainable and affordable, and partnering with the government powerful tools which can be effectively deployed to address for greater impact. While many projects supported by the many of the development issues faced by . By benchmarking Trusts have made significant contribution to the society in the against global best practises, our endeavour is to serve the specific areas they worked in, the Trusts realise the need to communities in the most effective and efficient manner. shift from vertical project mode to comprehensive engagement with communities for effecting a sustained improvement in the During the year, the Trusts in partnership with the Indian quality of their lives. Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, worked towards setting up the Going forward, the Trusts will be working on redefining their for Technology & Design in the IIT campus. The prime objective philanthropic approach with a view to making it relevant and of the Centre is to develop and design affordable technology to responsive to the current needs of society while remaining serve the needs of resource constrained economies like India. within the mandate established by the Settlors.

To help alleviate malnutrition, a critical issue affecting over The Trusts are embarking on a major health initiative with 40% of the children in India, the Trusts as part of their nutrition specific focus on malnutrition. The issue of malnutrition initiatives extended grant support for a midday meal programme hampers the living potential of millions of individuals over aimed at making available hygienically prepared nutritious meals multiple generations and hence requires immediate attention to school children, using specialised technology. This support as well as concerted action by all stakeholders. Addressing supplements the Trusts’ work in demonstrating efficacy specific issues relating to stunting, wasting and anemia amongst infants, nutrition inputs, such as crèches for children under three years children, pregnant and lactating mothers, the Trusts have begun of age, in making an immediate, if limited, impact on the lives of work on a number of initiatives in the high burden districts of children in need. Maharashtra, , and with an overall endeavor to improve maternal and child health in those At the other end of the population spectrum are the regions. These initiatives are being developed, designed and aged who are affected in large numbers by Alzheimer’s disease, implemented in partnership with State Governments, leading the most common cause of dementia. It is a devastating Developmental agencies and Community Based Organizations. geriatric condition which encompasses memory loss, cognitive Going forward, these interventions will be scaled up to touch dysfunction, mood swings and behavioural changes leading to millions of lives in the most high burden districts across the progressive decline in the quality of life until death. While there country. is no cure available currently, the Institute of Science, Bengaluru, seeded by Jamsetji Tata, is engaged in multi-disciplinary research in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and I thank the staff, external consultants as well as the many partner the Trusts have extended significant grant support for the organisations of the Trusts for their continuing teamwork and programme. collaboration with the Trusts, and in helping make a difference to the lives of many. In the field of arts and culture, it is a matter of pridethat with contribution from the Trusts, the Aga Khan Culture Trust completed the restoration of Humayun’s Tomb and the monument was dedicated to the nation by Hon’ble Prime Ratan N Tata Minister in October2013. Chairman 02

Tribal farmers building a diversion based irrigation system – Society for Rural & Urban Joint Activities (Srujan), Gadchiroli in Maharashtra 03

CONTENTS

About Us Other projects

05 Our Trustees 46 Reaching out 06 The Team

Partner OrganisationS TRIBUTE 48 Working together to make a difference 08 Celebrating the legacy of Jamsetji Tata

Institutions Year in review 53 Foundations of knowledge and research

10 Our philanthropic initiatives

Individual Grants REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 56 Medical

14 An overview 58 Education and Travel 16 Bundelkhand 22 Chattisgarh Financials 28 Eastern Uttar Pradesh 32 Jharkhand 60 An overview 36 Northeast India 63 Funds disbursed since inception 40 South Odisha 64 Financial Statements of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 66 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Allied Trusts 04

Promoting cultivation of Kalanamak variety of rice – Shohratgarh Environmental Society, Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh 05

About us: Our Trustees

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust The Allied Trusts

Mr RN Tata, Chairman The JN Tata Endowment for the RD Tata Trust Higher Education of Indians Mr NA Soonawala Mr RN Tata, Chairman Prof SM Chitre Dr (Ms) A Patel Mr NA Soonawala Mr SN Batliwalla Ms D Jejeebhoy Mr RK Krishna Kumar Mr AN Singh Mr RK Krishna Kumar Mr AN Singh Mr R Venkataramanan Mr AN Singh, Trustee & Advisor Mr R Venkataramanan Prof MS Valiathan (till February, 2014) Lady Tata Memorial Trust Mr VR Mehta Tata Education Trust Mr FK Kavarana, Chairman Dr E Sreedharan Mr RN Tata, Chairman Dr PB Desai Mr R Venkataramanan, Executive Trustee Mr RK Krishna Kumar Mr SN Batliwalla Mr AN Singh Mr AN Singh Mr R Venkataramanan Mr M Chandy

Tata Social Welfare Trust

The JRD Tata Trust Mr RN Tata, Chairman Mr RN Tata, Chairman Mr RK Krishna Kumar Mr NA Soonawala Mr AN Singh Mr AN Singh Mr R Venkataramanan Mr R Venkataramanan

The JRD and Thelma J Tata Trust

Jamsetji Tata Trust Mr RN Tata, Chairman Mr RN Tata, Chairman Dr (Ms) S Chitnis Mr NA Soonawala Dr (Ms) A Desai Mr RK Krishna Kumar Mr AN Singh Mr AN Singh Mr FN Petit Mr R Venkataramanan Mr R Venkataramanan 06

About us: The Team

Secretary and Associate Director Chief Accountant

Ms Rukshana Savaksha Ms Nayantara Sabavala

Accounts, Individual Grants Programme Team & Administrative Team Mr Abhay Gandhe Ms Kamal Titina Ms Amina Charania Ms Kashmira Meherji Mr Bhaskar Mittra Mr Kumar Chaitanya (on deputation since 30.09.2012) Ms Kumudini Todankar Mr Biswanath Sinha Ms Martha Ferrao Mr Govind Madhav Ms Perrcis Majoo Ms Jayeeta Chowdhury Mr Yezad Siganporia Mr Jitendra Nayak Ms Niyati Mehta Ms Poornima Dore Ms Ratna Mathur * Programme Director Ms Rukmini Datta

Mr Sanjiv Phansalkar Ms Saraswati Padmanabhan Ms Tasneem Raja

The Programme Associates and Support Staff have also collectively contributed towards the Trusts’ vision of constructive philanthropy

(*Resigned during the year.) 07

Advisor Legal Advisors (JN Tata Endowment)

Dr Nawaz Mody Mulla & Mulla, Craigie Blunt & Caroe, Mumbai

Secretary (Lady Tata Memorial Trust) Statutory Auditors Mr Fershoger Guard Jayantilal Thakkar & Company, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai

Registered Office

Bombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Fort, Internal Auditors Mumbai 400 001 Aneja Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai

Bankers

ICICI Bank, Mumbai Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Mumbai 08

TRIBUTE: Celebrating the legacy of Jamsetji Tata

Illustration by Javed Mulani 09

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an industrialist, humanist, Another of his dreams was that India should have an nationalist and a nation builder. institution of advanced scientific education and research. In 1898, he pledged ` 3 million – half of his personal He was born on March 3, 1839, in Navsari in , into fortune – towards setting it up. The Indian Institute of a family of priests, the eldest child of Nusserwanji Tata. Science in (now Bengaluru), helped to create His father moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to do and nurture India’s atomic energy programme and space business and when Jamsetji was 13 he joined his father programme. It also enabled CV Raman to undertake and enrolled at Elphinstone College, from where he research in light scattering, which eventually won him the passed out in 1858 as a ‘green scholar’ (the equivalent Nobel Prize in 1930. of today’s graduate). He joined his father’s business gaining knowledge about commodities and markets, trading and banking. In 1868, at the age of 29, he started Carrying on the legacy a private trading firm called Tata and Sons, thus laying the foundation of what is now known as the Tata group. “The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in He built his business on five core values – Integrity; half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a Understanding; Excellence; Unity; and Responsibility. minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched These values continue to direct the growth and business the nation. The whole of that wealth is held in trust of the Tata group. for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle is thus complete. What came from the Jamsetji believed in nation building and sought to give people has gone back to the people many times over.” India what he felt was necessary for its economic progress – a steel plant and ‘clean, cheap, abundant power’ – – JRD Tata hydroelectricity. His dreams were realised by his sons when the Tata Iron and Steel Company (now ) Jamsetji Tata’s sons, Dorabji and Ratanji, inherited his was set up in 1907 and in 1910. spirit of selflessness and nationalism and developed it even further. They set up trusts using their own finances. Dorabji left most of his personal wealth His legacy (around ` 10 million) to the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, registered a few months before his death. The Sir Ratan “There is one kind of charity common enough among Tata Trust was established in 1919 in accordance with us… It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the Ratanji’s will. Other trusts have been set up at different ragged, feeds the poor, and heals the sick. I am far from times to support charitable causes. decrying the noble spirit which seeks to help a poor or suffering fellow being… [However] what advances a nation or a community is not so much to prop up its weakest and These philanthropic trusts have created national most helpless members, but to lift up the best and the institutions in science and technology, medical research most gifted, so as to make them of the greatest service to with a special focus on cancer research, diagnosis the country.” – Jamsetji Tata and treatment, social studies and the performing arts. They also support organisations working in areas Jamsetji’s ideas and vision went beyond business. He impacting social and sustainable development such was a philanthropist who believed in selfless giving and as management of natural resources, education, his philosophy of constructive philanthropy became a healthcare, environment and livelihood. tradition for the Tata group. Jamsetji’s vision, his philosophy and values continue He realised that India needed a technologically proficient to guide the Trusts in their endeavour to make a generation and established the JN Tata Endowment for meaningful difference in the lives of the people Higher Education in 1892. they touch.

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year in review: Our philanthropic initiatives

This report presents the activities of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts during the financial year 2013-2014.

Participatory planning for management of community forest – Society for Rural & Initiatives in Sustainable & Holistic Themes in India (SRISHTI), Gadchiroli in Maharashtra 11

Grants, collectively made by the Trusts, to institutions, non-government organisations (NGOs) and individuals

2013-2014 2012-2013

` 3,717.98 ` 2,847.03 A training programme facilitated by Paralegal volunteers – Paryavaran million million Evam Prodyogiki Utthan Samiti (PEPUS), Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh

Break-up of grants in 2013-2014

` 3,490.83 ` 26.12 million million

Grants given to Indian Grants given by Sir Dorabji and foreign universities, Tata Trust to individuals academic institutions and to partially support the NGOs. cost of hospitalisation and treatment. The grants to NGOs were given for implementing specific projects under six portfolios: Natural ` 201.04 Resources Management million and Rural Livelihoods; Education; Health; Urban Poverty and Livelihoods; Scholarships, means- Media, Art and Culture; based grants and travel and Civil Society, grants given by Sir Dorabji Governance and Human Tata Trust, JRD Tata Trust, Rights. Jamsetji Tata Trust, Lady Tata Memorial Trust and JN Tata Endowment for Higher Education of Indians, to Learning to harvest Bamboo scientifically ­– Uttarapath Sewa students for education. Sanstha, Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand 12

During the year the Trusts made three large grants.

Amount ` 550 million ` 752.08 million ` 942 million

Period Over 5 years. Over 5 ½ years. Over 5 years. NGO/Institution The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. Bengaluru. Mumbai. Purpose To help strengthen and expand their To pursue research in Towards the establishment of operations. Alzheimer’s disease (AD). the Tata Centre for Technology and Design. About the The Akshaya Patra Foundation It is estimated that AD The Trusts in partnership with project implements India’s largest NGO-led will affect over 30 million Massachusetts Institute of mid‐day meal programme in partnership people worldwide by 2030. Technology (MIT), USA and with the Government of India and nine There is no treatment Indian Institute of Technology state governments. The objective is currently available for curing (IIT), Bombay, have taken the to improve the health of children by the disease, slowing the initial step towards setting the providing nutritious and hygienically progression or for providing Tata Centre for Technology cooked food. prophylaxis. and Design, to develop a post graduate scholastic and The Trusts are supporting Akshaya Patra The research proposes to research programme in India. in extending the reach to 5 million explore a paradigm shift in the children; strengthening the food creation way AD is approached, from The centres will engage in process; improving food safety and a late life disease to a disease post graduate teaching and quality; reducing cook-to-consumption of adult onset with late life research in thematic areas time; enhancing nutritional value of clinical manifestations. such as food and agriculture; the food; and increasing operational energy; water; healthcare; efficiency. housing/infrastructure and environmental sustainability.

A high level of hygiene maintained while preparing the The nutritiously cooked food benefits the children – meals – Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru 13

Support for art and culture to conservation and highlighted the importance of engaging local communities in conservation work. The historical and social relevance of ancient texts and buildings help in developing a stronger connect with the present. The Trusts support projects that The Cyrus Cylinder protect, conserve and restore India’s cultural and folklore heritage as well as ancient and dying art Another noteworthy initiative during the year was the forms. This year, among the many projects supported exhibition of the Cyrus Cylinder. by the Trusts were the restoration of Humanyun’s Tomb in Delhi and the exhibition of the Cyrus Cylinder With the support of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, and in Mumbai. Sir Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, the international exhibition titled ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ was held at Restoration of Humayum’s Tomb, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Delhi (CSMVS) Museum in Mumbai from December 21, 2013 to February 25, 2014. The restoration of the 16th century Humayun’s tomb in Delhi, implemented by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture The Cyrus Cylinder is significant because of the inscription and supported by the Trusts,was completed during in Babylonian cuneiform, of an account by Cyrus, king of the year. Persia (559-530 BC) of his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of Nabonidus, the last Babylonian king. The project, the single largest public private partnership The object, loaned from the British Museum, has often in the country, had a unique craft-based approach been described as the ‘first charter of human rights’.

Humayun’s Tomb post the restoration 14

Regional Highlights: An Overview

Tribal families reaping the benefits of diversion based irrigation system – Pragati, Koraput in Odisha 15

A sustainable society is one in which the needs of all Six regions have been identified based on the extent are met. However various factors such as limited natural and impact of underdevelopment in that region – resources, poor infrastructure, social inequalities South Odisha, Jharkhand, , Northeast, and exclusions, and socio-political factors result in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya unequal development and in many instances skewed Pradesh, and Eastern Uttar Pradesh – and the Trusts development towards one part of society. Women, in have increased their support to NGOs working in these particular, and people belonging to disadvantaged social regions in 2013-2014. groups or living in difficult terrains, tend to be left out of mainstream development. Currently the intensity of work and length of engagement is varied in these regions. The focus The Trusts have been supporting organisations, includes partnering with the government for different working with such socially or spatially disadvantaged projects, wider mobilisation and sector reform people in the implementation of projects in individual efforts. It is intended that over a period of time portfolios that enable them, give them opportunities and help make a difference to their lives. the Trusts will identify compact clusters of contiguous blocks or sub-districts in these regions for Recognising the need to make a greater impact on an intensive multi-thematic development support. the overall quality of the life of disadvantaged people, the Trusts are now engaging to support multi- The reach and highlights of the Trusts’ engagement thematic development work in specific compact in these regions in 2013-2014 is presented in the geographies. following pages.

Women entrepreneurs creating high quality Learning improved farming methods at high altitudes embroidered fabrics – Ladakh Environment and Health in the Himalayas – Ladakh Environment and Health Organization (LEHO), Leh in Jammu & Kashmir Organization (LEHO), Leh in Jammu & Kashmir 16

Bundelkhand

Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan

Bundelkhand

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

Developing a community farm pond for water conservation – Society for Pragati Bharat, Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh 17

About the region

Bundelkhand is a semi-arid region in the north central part of India. It has 13 districts which are spread between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The region covers a large plateau; the undulating terrain is interspersed with ravines and rocky outcrops. There is very little forest cover except in the districts of Panna and Sagar.

There are a multitude of castes and communities; however the proportion of scheduled castes (20 percent) and scheduled tribes (15 percent) is comparatively high. Historically this section of the population has always been marginalised, a victim of a highly oppressive feudal system. Their condition started improving slowly after independence and now their land rights are gradually being recognised. In Uttar Pradesh, for example, the government has allotted land to people from the scheduled castes. However the degraded condition of the land and soil resources, coupled with the lack of irrigation facilities and knowledge about technology has resulted in food Enhancing productivity of wheat crop – Gramonnati Sansthan, Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh insecurity.

The region is also one of the poorest areas in the country with a majority of its rural settlements lacking critical creating and demonstrating alternative developmental resources. Very low rainfall and the variable pattern models which are relevant in the local context. makes agriculture in this area a precarious livelihood; The existing local voluntary sector is very small and the average food grain productivity is a mere 11.4 scattered, hence there is a need to strengthen local quintals per ha. With this inhospitable terrain and civil society organisations. conditions, the area has a population density of about 200 persons/sq. km, which is low compared to India’s overall population density of 360 persons/sq.km. Key development indicators The lack of a viable livelihood through agriculture has led to distress migration to urban centres like Delhi in Indicators NUMBERS search of unskilled labour opportunities. There is Infant mortality ratio 66 also high illiteracy among women and severe Child sex ratio 913 malnutrition among children. Female literacy 58% With such appalling socio-economic conditions, a Per capita consumption ` 1,048 per month need was felt for a strategic intervention in the areas expense of livelihood, health and education. Due to the high Houses with clean drinking 40% structural inequalities these will have to be tackled by water within 100 mtrs 18

Current engagement Another major initiative has been the promotion of functional literacy among women. Cumulatively, 15,000 The Trusts, in the past and currently, support projects in women in Lalitpur and Chitrakoot districts have been the areas of natural resource management, livelihood, reached out to through two organisations. It is heartening migration, health, education and civil society capacity to note that many of these women are from the Dalit building. Currently the grants-supported work is spread community. across eight contiguous districts. Strong capacity building measures are being taken up for The interventions on Integrated Natural Resource local and small organisations in the region especially in Management (INRM) and goat development have worked Uttar Pradesh. This has helped them in developing their well, and together have reached out to more than 10,000 systems as well as firming up their vision and mission. households through 21 partner NGOs. Some of the key These organisations can be expected to contribute partners in this initiative are Professional Assistance for significantly to the development of the region. Development Action (PRADAN), Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan (ABSSS), Self-Reliant Initiatives Through Migration due to livelihood distress is a pressing issue in Joint Action (SRIJAN), Society for Pragati Bharat and the Bundelkhand region. About 1,700 migrants and their Margshree Charitable Trust. The models and results families are being helped through a grant to Samarthan for have been appreciated by the local government accessing various government services. The organisation authorities; the models are now being followed in their also facilitates registration and legal aid. own programmes. While there are opportunities for replication, the challenges continue to be in mobilising The health initiatives of the Trusts have recently started communities and developing self-replicable models and will be addressing issues of maternal and child health rather than continually depending on external aid. through community-led action.

Women learning at a literacy centre – Nirantar Trust, Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh 19

Key projects

Integrated Natural Resource Management Long term drought mitigation is a need since, for a majority of the people, their livelihood is linked to the land. A large proportion of the scheduled caste population, who were once landless bonded labourers, have received land rights from the state governments. However, it has been observed that most of them were not able to cultivate their land due to soil erosion had degraded its quality.

To resolve this issue, an approach called Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) has been adopted wherein the marginal lands are given with soil conservation treatments, especially farm bunding and excavation of farm ponds. This has made the lands cultivable, and increased ground water recharge and the water availability in ponds and wells. The entire treatment is linked to the changes in farming systems – paddy is cultivated in the submerged parts of the plot and crops like pigeon pea, trees and fodder grasses Goats are an important source of livelihood for women – are cultivated on farm bunds. The increased Grameen Development Services (GDS), Lalitpur in availability of water has helped increase yield and Uttar Pradesh reduce irrigation cost.

The INRM approach has been developed through five years ago, has brought about functional literacy, the technical knowledge of Professional Assistance health awareness, financial literacy and mobility to for Development Action (PRADAN), and has been more than 20,000 women, and has had a profound and implemented by 17 community-based organisations. positive effect on their lives. While the majority of the NGOs were new to this thematic area, together they have been able to reach The women bring out a weekly rural newspaper called out to more than 2,000 households. By increasing the Khabar Lahariya, which is written, edited, illustrated, cropping intensity as well as productivity, the annual produced and marketed by them. The newspaper which agricultural income of each participating household has began in 2002, now has six editions and reaches over increased by ` 18,000 within a year. 80,000 readers in 600 villages every week.

Women’s Literacy One of the many success stories is Phulwa Devi, an For the women in Chitrakoot (most of whom are from illiterate woman with four sons and three daughters. the marginalised Dalit, Kol and Muslim communities), When she learnt about the literacy classes in the village, education, and the confidence that comes with it, has she enrolled herself and her two daughters-in-law. She become a strong weapon to overcome the disadvantages then ensured the construction of a pond in her village, they face. These women are members of the women’s applying the numeracy and literacy skills the learning literacy programme of the Trusts, through its partner centre had equipped her with. She also mobilised organisation Vanangana. women to take part in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) and today she is a The Trusts have supported a contextually developed state level MNREGA committee member. Women like programme for women’s literacy and empowerment, in Phulwa Devi have become role models as they have not partnership with the Nirantar Trust as a technical resource only developed literacy skills but also leadership qualities partner. The programme which started in Bundelkhand through this programme. 20

Integrating small ruminants in farming systems – Grameen Development Services (GDS), Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh 21

Fellowships for Development Action In the area of livelihoods interventions, INRM and livestock development will continue but with a new Bundelkhand has a large dedicated rural university focus on promoting entrepreneurship and developing with a development-oriented vision – The Mahatma credit-based models, so that these can be replicated Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya offers courses in on a larger scale and become sustainable in the long the fields of social work, rural management and rural run. Community mobilisation, another aspect of natural development and arms graduates with specialised resource management, will be further developed through potential to contribute to rural development work in community action plans. the region. There is also a group of NGOs who are working committedly for the marginalised communities To solve the complex problem of rural poverty, it is in the region. Most of the NGOs however are small critical to focus on bettering the quality of healthcare and working with limited resources and in small and education. Improving functional literacy of women geographies. Despite the presence of many facilitating will remain on the agenda and new projects will be taken civil society agencies, there is no effective synergy up to improve student learning levels and mainstream among civil society actors for concerted action for school dropout children through the Doosra Dashak the development of the region. model. As Bundelkhand has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, important interventions in maternal The Trusts, through a recently launched initiative, are and child health will be promoted in the region through supporting social work graduates of Chitrakoot University community-based organisations. through fellowships, and mentoring and motivating them to engage in systematic, rural grassroots work in A strong and vibrant civil society can fast track the region. The mentoring will be done by Society for developmental action. In Bundelkhand, the thrust will Assistance to Children in Difficult Situation (SATHI) UP, be on capacity building of existing and newly developed an organisation dedicated to capacity building of small civil society organisations so that they are run more NGOs in Uttar Pradesh. The span of coverage of the professionally. There is also dire need for attracting Fellowship support includes development theory, young talent in this region for taking up developmental practice, and the ability to respond to the contextual work. The fellowships to such graduates will help in reality of Bundelkhand, which might extend to fulfilling this need. establishing an organisation and overseeing its practice. This will be done through handholding and practical application assignments in partnership with local NGOs. Engaging the University’s research faculty on community development issues, revising the University’s curriculum as deemed fit and helping strengthen fieldwork components of current students are other elements of this initiative.

Future plans

The Trusts plan to further their interventions in Bundelkhand by taking a multi-thematic and convergent approach. Moving from the traditional philanthropic approach, the Trusts will take up a goal-centric approach and will aim to impact the lives of one million people, focusing on the marginalised sections of society. The efforts will be directed towards developing replicable interventions, influencing developmental policies, mobilising communities and promoting civil society Developing a pomegranate nursery for plantation action. These actions are expected to bring in community establishment – Self Reliant Initiatives Through Joint Action (SRIJAN), Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh ownership of the developmental process. 22

Chhattisgarh

Balrampur Koriya Surajpur Jharkhand Madhya Surguja Jashpur Korba Pradesh Mungeli Bilaspur Rajgarh Kabirdham Janjgir- Champa Bemetara Balodabazar Durg Raipur Rajnandgaon Mahasamund

Balod Dhamtari Maharashtra Gariabandh Kanker Odisha

Narayanpur Kondagaon

Bijapur Bastar Dantewadi Telagana Sukma

Facilitating horticulture development for tribal farmers – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh 23

About the region The state has one of the lowest standard of living in India as per the Income Index (0.127). The literacy rate is just Chhattisgarh gained statehood in 2000 and currently has below the national average. Bastar and Dantewada in 27 districts. It is surrounded by Uttar Pradesh in the north; south Chhattisgarh are the most illiterate districts and the Jharkhand in the northeast; Odisha in the east; Andhra student drop out ratio is the highest among all districts. Pradesh in the south; Maharashtra in the west; and Madhya Pradesh in the northwest. The north and south Key development indicators parts of the state are hilly while the central part is fertile land. About 44 percent of the state is covered by moist Indicators NUMBERS and deciduous forests of the Eastern Highlands Forests. Sex ratio 964 Chhattisgarh is primarily a rural state with only 20 percent Female literacy 60.59% of the population residing in urban areas. With the Infant mortality rate 48 exception of the hilly states of the north-east, Chhattisgarh Maternal mortality rate 269 has one of highest percentage of scheduled tribe (ST) Access to safe drinking water 948 (rural) and 936 population within a state, accounting for about 10 percent (urban) per 1000 of the STs in India. Scheduled castes (SC) and STs together households constitute more than 50 percent of the state’s population. Sufficient drinking water round 804 (rural) and 841 The tribals mainly inhabit the dense forests of Bastar and the year (urban) per 1000 other districts of south Chhattisgarh. Given that more households than 50 percent of the state’s population comprises STs and SCs, the high incidence of income poverty among them is a matter of serious concern. Current engagement

The main livelihood of the villagers is agriculture The current presence of the Trusts in Chhattisgarh is and agriculture-based small industry. The majority thin. However, based on the need of the local of the farmers are still practicing the traditional methods population, systemic lacunae, and existing knowledge of cultivation, resulting in low growth rates and and experience, there are two potential district clusters productivity. that can be developed as state sub plans for integrated development.

Key projects

Samerth Trust, Bilaspur The Achanakmar region in Chhattisgarh is the most deprived in terms of all development indices. It extends into Madhya Pradesh and comprises of four blocks in Bilaspur district. The area is hilly, interspersed with dense forests of the Achanakmar sanctuary. It is inhabited by several indigenous tribes – predominantly Baigas, a primitive tribal group who are extremely destitute. The Helping farmers conserve traditional crop varieties scattered habitations, exclusion from other communities – Professional Assistance for Development Action and inaccessibility of the region has kept them from (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh joining most government services. 24

The Trusts have partnered with Samerth Trust for Skill Development – Don Bosco (DB Tech) reaching out to Baiga children and adolescents through The Urban Poverty and Livelihood portfolio has the life-span approach. Beginning with a pilot in 2008, partnered with DB Tech Society, a leading skill the partnership has succeeded in supporting the training provider, to help increase the accessibility education of more than 2,000 children in the Bilaspur of skill training to youth residing in remote parts district. A strong team of Balmitras use teaching of India. methods from Mobile Crèche and the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). Along with increasing access to learning for youth Working extensively with very young children, before belonging to the Left Wing Extremism region, the project they begin schooling, more than 1,800 children have focuses on providing skill training within the services, been impacted. technical and health sector. It also ensures employment With the initial support from their Saarthi centres opportunities within and outside the region through that helped children bridge the learning gap, effective networking with corporate and industry they have succeeded in admitting more than 700 associations. never-enrolled and drop-out children in government schools. Using a hub and spoke model, the focus is on training They have also provided remedial education support marginalised youth with a view to preparing them for to 1,150 children under ‘Samtulyata Abhiyan’ for local employment opportunities. The efforts are to classes 5, 8 and 10. establish centres at block levels (spoke) which will be coordinated through the district centres (hub). The Samerth Trust is also working with communities to The model is unique in itself as it increases access to enable and empower them to participate in the education remote locations. Spoke centres, usually located at of children. The Balmitras have facilitated formation block level, operate on a rotational basis increasing of school management committees in 30 schools with the coverage within the region, whereas a hub centre tribal parents, and provided them training on the Right operates on a fixed basis in a district headquarters to Education Act. The organisation also use kala-jatthas and offers advance training in entrepreneurship to (gathering of artists and artisans) and bal melas (fairs for those willing and having the ability to start their own children) to promote education and engage with children. business. To ensure the productivity of entrepreneurship

Women at a self help group meeting – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh 25

Encouraging farmers to grow millet – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh 26

Members of a self-help group discussing village development plan with Trusts’ officials – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh

training the project will also support potential In just two years the initiative has been able to entrepreneurs with access to finance either through demonstrate health-related technologies that are bridging bank loans or revolving fund supported by the Trusts, or t h e ga p s . S o m e o f t h e ke y e l e m e n t s a r e : both. Introduction of IVR (Interactive Voice Response) through cell phone. The project is being implemented at three locations – Introduction of point-of-care diagnostics at village Jumaikela in district Jashpur; Kodra in district Bastar; level. and Sonarpal in district Surguja. The aim is to reach out to 1,350 youth from these three districts in the next Use of ICT tool to increase awareness. three years. Development of low-cost maternal health technology for fetal and maternal monitoring. Ramkrishna Sarada Ashram, Bastar Introduction of Skype-based optometry training. The project, initiated in 2011, is located in the Naxalite E-enabled extramural maternal care system; cancer area. There is scarcity of government-run programmes surveillance. in this part of Chattisgarh. The Trusts are supporting Mobile-based tracking system. a safe motherhood initiative that uses technology- driven integrated development. Covering a population Water and energy technologies. of 60,000, the programme has been directly impacting 35,000 people. By setting up village-based clinics Action Against Malnutrition and linking them with mobile health units, they have The Chhattisgarh state government has scaled up reached out to many women who otherwise would rural Phulwaris (crèches), based on the Jan Swasthya not have received any healthcare. Over 8,000 patients Sahyog (JSS) model that was tried out in rural Bilaspur have attended the clinic; more than 640 pregnant district as an approach to reduce malnutrition among women have registered of whom 10 percent were children between 0 and 3 years. JSS has been one high-risk and admitted to a hospital. of the key resource organisations for rendering 27

training on running and management of rural crèches. yield of SRI-millets is 3.06MT/Ha (yield analysis of 10 The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh announced in percent of the total family). Some salient points: January 2013 that the state would run such crèches in 85 percent families are continuing with SRI for a each village. second time. 53 percent families engaged in organic farming. In Sarguja district the implementation of crèches and engagement with district administration has seen the state Convergence with Department of Agriculture, government rolling out and expanding their community Government of Chhattisgarh – 7,155 families. run crèche scheme to all tribal blocks. The engagement The achievements include seven-months of additional with government has resulted in the following: food security for a family of five members, and 0.6 An increase in the immunization coverage of acre of SRI coverage. children. 27 joint events have been organised among partners The referral and admission of severely malnourished with government officials and different stakeholders children to Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres. to help in faster dissemination and extension of the programme as well as to share cross-learnings Training of Anganwadi workers and ANMs. on different best practices among partners, like An enhanced understanding of Panchayati Raj sustainable agriculture, MGNREGA convergence, Institutions members. community mobilisation etc.

System of Rice Intensification Facilitating networks of organisations The Natural Resource Management and Rural Livelihood PRADAN and its partner NGOs have formed a state level (NRMRL) portfolio of the Trusts is implementing a forum called SRI-manch to share the learnings of SRI and programme to promote the System of Rice Intensification other initiatives among all partners, as well as to influence (SRI) and to improve associated cropping patterns. The the state to spread a community-based developmental activities are sharply focused on small and marginal cluster model throughout Chattisgarh. The forum usually farmers in selected districts. The objectives of the SRI meets once in a three months to review the engagement programme are to improve food self-sufficiency, improve of the last quarter and draw up the plans for the next three soil health and fertility, and create a knowledge platform months. PRADAN is the lead partner in this network, which networking among stakeholders. The SRI project is being supports implementation and capacity development of implemented in a consortium with 12 NGOs. The districts other partners. covered are Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Korba, Gariabandh, Dhamtari, Kanker, The portfolio is also exploring the possibility of Kondagaon and Bastar interventions in other thematic areas, based on continuous learnings from the ground presence. Progress and achievement During the kharif period 2013-14, the SRI programme reached out to 21,402 families spread over 488 villages in 12 districts, with a coverage of 7,510 hectare. The main crops were paddy, mustard, millets and vegetables. The consortium has also devoted some time influencing the government towards SRI by field visits, yield certification, organising workshop etc. 1,363 families were covered for paddy (Rabi crops) and 1,737 families in other crops like vegetables, pulses and millets.

The average productivity was 6.37 MT/ha in paddy, with a significant increase of 109 percent in per family coverage. The productivity is much higher than the average state Vegetable farming helping tribals become economically yield of 2.2 MT/ha & 1MT/ha when traditional practices self-sufficient – Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh are used for paddy and millets respectively. The average 28

Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Sravasti Sitapur Bahraich Balrampur Hardoi Sidarth Nagar Maharajganj Gonda Lucknow Bara Banki St. Kabir Kushinagar Basti Nagar Gorakhpur Faizabad Unnao Ambedkar Nagar Deoria Kanpur Sultanpur Raebareli Azamgarh Maunath BIHAR Bhandan Fatehpur Pratapgarh Ballia Jaunpur Hamirpur Ghazipur Banda Kaushambi Ravidas Varanasi Nagar Chitrakut Allahabad

Mirzapur Chandauli

Madhya Pradesh Sonbhadra JHARKHAND

Encouraging small farmers to cultivate new crops – People’s Action for National Integration (PANI), Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh 29

About the region

Uttar Pradesh, the seventh largest state in India in terms of land mass is home to nearly 1/5th of the country’s population and is the ninth most densely populated state. The Trusts have focused their interventions in Eastern Uttar Pradesh as this region has always been underdeveloped, has poor infrastructure and limited natural resources. BIHAR Nearly 80 percent of the population is rural with agriculture being the chief source of livelihood, which has its own set of challenges. Floods during Improving potato productivity – People’s Action for monsoon and water scarcity during the other months National Integration (PANI), Siddharth Nagar in are a regular phenomenon which disturb economic Uttar Pradesh activities and sometimes even change landholding patterns. The only available major cash crop is sugarcane which, due to unpredictable market system, is not a Key development indicators dependable source of livelihood. Paddy is the major food crop but the growing Kharif season is usually Indicators NUMBERS threatened by floods. Wheat (Rabi crop) is grown to Infant mortality ratio 65 compensate for this loss, but the irrigation required (in 45 of the 70 districts of UP) makes it a costly investment and therefore financially not so profitable. Child sex ratio 899

Buffaloes dominate the animal husbandry sector; Female literacy 56.3% cows are occasionally maintained. Goats, in very small herds, are significant in livelihood management as they are generally maintained using farm waste and Current engagement are easily manageable during floods. The Trusts, until 2007, had a marginal presence in Uttar Pradesh. Civil society engagement and strengthening was The public health infrastructure in the state falls seen as a major need to undertake any other development substantially short of the Indian Public Health work. The Trusts therefore initiated a large programme on Standard population-based norms. The state also institutional collectivisation of rural women and through does not have an efficient emergency transport this process tested the viability of partnerships and built system which has a huge bearing on maternal health institutional and programmatic capacity of NGO partners outcome. to undertake systematic development work.

The development is also negatively influenced by Building on this base, other programmes were social systems such as very high proportion of landless undertaken in the areas of rural livelihoods, education households (up to 70 percent in many villages) and and health in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The development oppressive feudal systems. Women are generally socially projects have a collective outreach to about 300,000 restricted from developmental roles. families in this region. 30

Area Districts Programmes

Trans Sharayu region (East of Ghagra Currently reaching out to 43 blocks in Natural Resource Management and River, along the Nepal border) 11 districts. Rural Livelihood Education Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Health (emerging presence) Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Basti, Faizabad, Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar

South of Sharayu River (mostly along or Currently reaching out to 36 blocks in Health near the border with Bihar) 10 districts. Education Varanasi, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Natural Resource Management and Azamgarh, Mau, Ambedkar Nagar, Rural Livelihood (emerging presence) Barabanki, Gazipur and Sitapur.

Areas with saline soils Pratapgarh Comprehensive development work

Key projects

Healthcare The Trusts programme on Empowering Rural Women (ERW), which covers nine districts in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, gave rise to a network of tried and tested civil society organisations and a process of community collectivisation. This can serve as an ideal base for layering a primary care service delivery programme with a focus on maternal and child health.

The strategies and activities of this programme have been developed with the oldest ERW partners. The activities are based on ground level reality and the organisations’ own capacity and ability to carry forward a health service delivery programme. The organisations visited Jan Chetna Manch (one of the best health programmes of the Trusts) to understand how community health operates. A preliminary needs assessment of the health situation was also undertaken by the partners, based on which a programme addressing basic healthcare was designed with a focus on women and children.

Integrating ICT in Livelihood Development To improve the efficiency of traditional agriculture Healthcare for infants – Grameen Vikas Sansthan (GVS), Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh extension system, an ICT enabled system was conceptualised by the PANI-FASAL project team. The 31

system, developed by Digital Green, is designed to The project was scaled up to four locations in three maximise reach with low resources. It uses locally districts in November 2013 with two video production produced videos to disseminate best practices, encourage teams. Within six months the teams had produced their adoption by farmers and improve their income 18 videos on locally relevant agriculture practices levels. The model overcomes limitations of illiteracy and at FASAL project locations, conducted 756 video enhances the quality of knowledge transfer. screenings in non-FASAL locations which triggered over 2,300 adoptions of various agro-practices without any A pilot to promote the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) other extension activities. was undertaken between June and November 2013 in five villages of Amedkar Nagar district. A team of eight local The system is highly cost effective, scalable and time- women Community Resource Person (CRP) were trained in efficient. video production and screening. The team was equipped with a video camera and projectors. They produced a 12-minute video on SRI techniques practiced by farmers in Future plans an ongoing FASAL project in an adjacent district. The video was shown to small groups of 15 women in non-FASAL The Trusts will select some of the districts for multiple villages. The team reached out to 500 household through comprehensive interventions. They are also evolving 39 video screenings which resulted in the adoption of SRI broad strategies for working in Eastern Uttar Pradesh by 106 households within one month. through multiple interventions.

Multi layer cropping improves yield for small farmers – People’s Action for National integration (PANI), Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh 32

Jharkhand

Namkum Sonahatu Bundu Lapung Kukru Karra Khunti Ichagarh Tarmar Murhu Torpa Erki KHUNTI (Tamar II) Chandil Kuchai Kharsawan Rania SARAIKELA Bandgaon Sarakela Chakradharpur KHARSAWAN Baha Gudri Khuntpani Gobindpur Sonua (Rajnagar)

Coilkera Chaibasa Anandpura PASHCHIMITonto SINGHBHUM

Nutritious food provided to children in a creche – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand 33

About the region Key development indicators

The state of Jharkhand was created in November 2000 Indicators NUMBERS through reorganisation of erstwhile Bihar. The state has 24 districts, 33 sub-divisions, 247 blocks, 3,979 panchayats Per capita income at current ` 31,982 and 32,620 villages. The total population of the state is prices (2011-12) 32.96 million (2.72 percent population of the country) as Poverty headcount ratio 36.96 per 2011 census. (2010-11) Under 5 mortality rate 55% A large tribal population, considerable forest cover, a hilly (per 1,000 live births) and mountainous terrain, dominance of rain-fed paddy Anaemia in women between 70.00% cultivation, relative isolation from mainstream society 15-49 years and left wing extremism are the defining features ofa large part of the state of Jharkhand. Female literacy 55.42%

Agriculture remains the principal source of livelihood for an overwhelming majority of the population. About 52 Current engagement percent of the geographical area of the state is cultivable, but only about 22 percent of that area is cultivated. Food The Trusts have a significant presence in the state with 38 grain crops are grown on about 2.38 million ha area. active grants across a portfolio of rural livelihoods, health and education. The projects span issues of food security, Maternal mortality rates continue to be unacceptably ecological security and market-based livelihoods in the high, estimated to be around 400 per 100,000 births. realm of rural livelihoods. For health the focus has been on maternal, child health and nutrition, and for education work has centred around elementary education, adolescent education and women’s literacy. The Trusts have a current reach of about 19,000 households.

Key projects

Torpa Rural Development Society for Women, Ranchi The Khunti district of Jharkhand is characterised bya hilly terrain covered largely by forests and poor roads, all of which make the area inaccessible. More than 73 percent of the population is tribal, with Munda being the predominant tribe. Schools are largely non-functional due to many reasons.

The Trust has been partnering with Torpa Rural Development Society for Women (TRDSW), since 2008, supporting quality education programme for tribal children in Torpa and Rania blocks in Khunti district. Children learning while at play – Ekjut, West Singhbhum in Jharkhand More than 5,000 children have been enrolled in school with improved learning levels over six years. Many of 34

was asked by the villagers to help out in a complicated delivery. The incident made Lindsay realise the severe paucity of services and the health condition of women which in turn triggered the husband-wife team to begin a process of collectivising the women into self help groups. This small beginning led to Jan Chetna Manch, which today is known nationally and internationally for its contribution to reproductive health based on an empowerment paradigm under the organisational framework.

The villages of Chandankiari and Chas blocks remain poor and backward despite their proximity to the steel and coal industries. The villagers are overwhelmingly poor, the public health care system is largely absent and the cost of private health care is high. The case of Devi (name changed), highlights the fact that it is the unavailability of health care that is the cause of high Children from creches being examined by government number of maternal and child deaths in many parts doctor – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand of rural India.

Devi lives in a village in Chandankiari. She was brought the balwadis (crèches) supported by TRDSW have been for her first antenatal check up (her 4th pregnancy) at adopted by the government as anganwadis (government- the outreach programme in her village when she was run pre-schools). In the last phase, 2,435 children were three months pregnant, by a ‘swasthya sakhi’ (health mainstreamed into primary schools and about 4,000 worker). Her obstetric history, like so many women of her children were provided remedial and learning motivation village, was heartbreakingly sad. She had had two home to stay in school. Most of the children are first generation births, and both had died within minutes, probably due learners who have been supported from pre-primary to to birth asphyxia. For her third pregnancy she went to elementary grades. an expensive and well-qualified obstetrician in Purulia for antenatal care. On his advice she had an elective The parents and communities are now more involved caesarean at the district hospital but the baby died due to through school management committees, which were the hospital’s unhygienic conditions. Her fourth pregnancy strengthened through training. Girls rescued from was managed by Jan Chetna Manch; it was a complicated trafficking have been given counselling and life skills, one that called for advanced care and the happy result besides skill training to help them become independent. was a healthy baby. Moreover, TRDSW has been able to maintain a good relationship with the government as well as with the Jan Chetna Manch has expanded its health programme extremists. to cover health issues for children 0 to 5 years and its work now also includes non-communicable diseases with This programme is now gearing up for the third phase of respect to cancer and mental health. the partnership which aims to provide quality education to tribal children in 74 villages across the two blocks in The Trust’s work in Rural Livelihoods Khunti district. The Trusts have adopted the strategy to give priority to agriculture productivity enhancement. Indigenous Jan Chetna Manch, rural Bokaro variety of small ruminants is promoted for expanding In the late 1980s Lindsay and Ranjan Ghosh moved to the livelihood basket for a farmer. Since there is Chandankyari in rural Bokaro (then Dhanbad in Bihar) after availability of non-timber forest produce, enhancing the finishing their PhD from Jawaharlal NehruUniversity. One value chain of this sector has been a major intervention night Lindsay, who had no formal training in medical care, made in the state. 35

The Trusts focus has been to capitalise on the natural One of the projects, undertaken by a consortium of six resources and human capability available. Enhancing food organisations, focuses on educating farmers through security at the household level has been major area of technical guidance to help them better understand water work during the year. Watershed development, increasing aquifers. Application of laser technology to help in grading food productivity, managing ground water for productivity tasar yarns and identification of pest attack through the enhancement, indigenous variety of small ruminants and same technology has helped about 3,000 tribal women application of technology in the tasar silk sub-sector have who have formed a tasar-based producer company, been the major components. MASUTA, in the state.

Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM) has been undertaken in the districts of Deogarh and Ramgarh. Future plans About 8,000 small and marginal farmers have adopted the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for enhanced Jharkhand is being considered as a priority region by the food productivity in the state; 16 NGOs worked together Trusts for an integrated development programme with the under the technical guidance of Society for Promotion aim to significantly improve the quality of life of people in of Wastelands Development which functioned as nodal tribal areas. The goal is to transform a million lives in a agency. Similarly about 300 households have been ten-year period. This initiative will leverage the presence ensured a second crop by providing irrigation through the of the Tata group and other stakeholders. Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) system. Black Bengal goat, a local variety, has been selected for breed improvement The next steps will include designing and conducting and market linkages in Deograh and Godda districts so that a baseline study on the basis of chosen indicators of the farmers get a better market price. 10,000 marginal impact. The findings of this will be used to draw upa farmers have benefited through this project. comprehensive plan.

Community level monitoring growth of children – Public Health Resource Society (PHRS), Ranchi in Jharkhand 36

Northeast India

Arunachal Pradesh Bhutan

Sikkim

Assam Nagaland

Meghalaya Myanmar Manipur (Burma)

Bangladesh Tripura Mizoran

Villagers discussing the management of community conservation areas – World Wildlife Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I), West Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh 37

About the region Key development indicators

The eight states located in India’s northeast cover an Indicators NUMBERS area of 2,62,179 sq. km. constituting 7.9 percent of the country’s total geographical area, but have only 39 million Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) 35 people or about 3.8 percent of the total population of the Child sex ratio - 933, country (2001 census). Over 68 percent of the region’s Mizoram - 971 population lives in Assam. The density of population Meghalaya - 970 varies from 13 per sq.km. in Arunachal Pradesh to 340 per Female literacy 74.72% sq. km. in Assam Access to safe drinking water 43.65%

The region has abundant natural resources and is identified as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Current engagement It is home to species-rich tropical rain forests and supports diverse flora and fauna and several crop The Trusts journey in the Northeast region started in species. The forest cover in the region constitutes 52 2006-07. In a span of eight years it has made considerable percent of its total geographical area. Thus, a large part inroads and has disbursed substantial funds for the of the area of the region is used to providing global public developmental of the region. The formation of the goods, which limits the availability of arable land and Northeast Development Consortium (NDC) which enhances the cost of delivering public services to the is a consortium of six Sir Dorabji Tata Trust funded sparse population. organisations in Northeast, facilitated by Centre for Microfinance and Livelihood (CML) has been a The region is covered by the mighty Brahmaputra- major achievement. The NDC under Mahila Kishaan Barak river system and its tributaries. Erosion of river Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) project of Ministry of banks caused by floods has been an annual feature Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India has involving enormous loss of life, property and livelihood. leveraged ` 140 million for working with 14,000 women Geographically, apart from the Brahmaputra, Barak and in 7 districts of Assam. Imphal valleys and some flat lands in between the hills of Meghalaya and Tripura, the remaining two-thirds of the area is hilly terrain.

This predominantly hilly terrain is host to an overwhelming proportion of tribal population ranging from 19.3 percent in Assam to 94.5 percent in Mizoram. The region has over 160 scheduled tribes and over 400 other tribal and sub-tribal communities and groups. It is predominantly rural with over 84 percent of the population living in the countryside. According to the 2011 Census, region has a literacy rate of 79 percent. Within the states there are significant variations in the literacy rates with Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya being below the national average. Inspite of the higher literacy rates concerns on the quality of education persists. More A training session for youth – Aide et Action, Shillong importantly, the literacy rate has not translated into in Meghalaya higher employability or productivity. 38

Managing an advanced milk processing plant – Youth Volunteers Union, Thoubal in Manipur

As part of the engagement in employability, the Urban Doosra Dashak programme. So far about 200 out-of- Poverty and Livelihoods portfolio has been working with school adolescents have attended five month residential Aide et Action and Don Bosco Tech Society in Assam and camps and have been mainstreamed into regular schools. Meghalaya. The partnership with Aide et Action aims to These camps bridge the learning gap, provide life-skills address the unemployment issue and to reduce poverty education, and boost their self-esteem and confidence to level by providing short term quality skill training along re-join mainstream education. This platform is also open with interpersonal communication skills. The project’s to other children in the villages and works as a preventive target is to train, over three years, 2,160 youth from measure to dropping out of school. below poverty line families by setting up two Institute of Leadership Entrepreneurship & Development centres The community mental health initiative of the Trusts in Guwahati and Shillong. So far the partnership has through the NGO Ashadeep in Boko block of rural Kamrup trained over 1,000 youth in hospitality, fashion designing, is aimed at significantly extending the limited reach of electrician, beautician, and automobile while ensuring public mental health facilities by integrating services over 70 percent placement. The project intervention at the primary care level. It is designed to address five has ensured a significant increase in monthly household of the conditions listed by the WHO as being priority: income ranging between ` 2,500 and ` 6,000. Moreover, psychoses, depression, convulsive epilepsy, alcohol use joint certification of the training has been initiated in disorders and suicide. The initiative adopts the approach partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open University of training a front-line team in identification and provision to build recognition of the training in the market. of comprehensive care as per the needs of the person and the family. The education projects in the Northeast span across elementary education, adolescent education and child protection. Integrated approach to technology Key projects in education has been layered with elementary and The Golden Weavers’ Project adolescent education projects. The Trusts’ adolescent education project in Nalbari, Assam is partnered with The Golden Weavers’ Project has been supported by Gramya Vikas Mancha. It targets drop-out or very irregular the Trusts since 2006 and is today highly successful. It is attendance in schools from Nalbari, Kamrup rural, and registered as an independent entity as a producer company Baksa districts. This project, like the rest of adolescent and is ensuring its sustainability by designing and selling education projects, is based on the Trusts supported finished products from eri silk through outlets. Currently 39

it has 400 shareholders and reaches out to 4,500 eri yarn spinners. The biggest achievement of the project has been organising the small number of women spinners and aggregating their produce. This has already resulted in the spinners achieving a 160 percent increase in their output. The spinning process has been mechanised, leading to enhanced efficiency and productivity of spinners.

At the request of Grameen Sahara to find ways of enhancing quality and efficiency, the Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI) in Mysore developed an eri silk spinning machine. With the support of the Project and Central Silk Board (CSB), Grameen Sahara has been able to provide 466 CSTRI machines to the spinners at a 50 percent subsidy assistance provided by CSB. A spinner who would earlier earn between ` 400 and ` 800 can now earn between ` 1,200 and ` 2,000. Chief Minister reviewing an advanced milk processing plant – Youth Volunteers Union, Thoubal in Manipur To keep up with the increased production Grameen Sahara has been able to upgrade 170 looms of which 15 are in a centralised unit. The Jacquard looms have been provided by CSB, Guwahati at 80 percent subsidy to the weavers. Kameng and 85 sq.km. named Pangchen Lakhar CCA in The Trusts project supported the training of more than Tawang District. 280 weavers in the field of design development and they can now earn up to ` 3,000 a month. The CCAMCs (Community Conserved Area Management Committees) earned ` 240,000 as their corpus while ` World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF India) the villagers earned 970,000 through eco-tourism venture. The villagers started patrolling and monitoring The Eastern Himalayas is an ecologically fragile, biodiversity the CCAs which helped in checking illegal hunting. They hotspot region and Arunachal Pradesh lies in this zone. also successfully documented the wintering blacknecked The forests nestled in these mountainous terrains provide crane and the presence of the red panda, both of which indispensable ecological functions and services but at the are endangered species, in the CCAs of Zemithang. A same time are highly vulnerable due to rapid changes in draft management plan for sustainable collection of the socio-economic aspiration of the local communities firewood by villagers for genuine use was also prepared. and the decline in traditional management systems. The successful implementation of this model has led to much appreciation as well as consultation by the state in In this context the Trusts extended support to WWF- framing relevant policies. India in two project phases – implementing a project to promote community based conservation of forest areas, traditionally owned by the local villagers, in the Future plans form of ‘Community Conserved Area’ (CCA), and to promote sustainable livelihood options for the villagers as Based on the experience and learnings over the past five conservation incentives. years, a comprehensive plan is being proposed along with North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA), The sustainable livelihood promoted was in the form of supported by . The overall goal would community based tourism at two locations – Thembang be to ensure the well-being and improved and sustainable village in West Kameng district and Zemithang in Tawang livelihoods and skills for 400,000 households (of this district. The efforts made through the project have 300,000 will be covered by the Trusts) by 2025 in Assam, resulted in the villagers’ declaring and self-managing 635 Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and sq.km. of forest land under Thembang Bapu CCA in West Tripura. 40

South Odisha

Mayurbhanj Debagarh Kendujhar Baleshwar Bargarh Sambalpur

Bhadrar Subarnapur Anugul Dhenkanal Jajapur Baudh Chhattisgarh Balangir Cuttack Kendrapara

Naupada Nayagarh khordha Jagatsinghapur

Kandhamal Puri Kalahandi Ganjam

Nabarangapur Rayagada

Gajapati Bay of Bengal Koraput

Malkangiri

Children of migrant workers attending school – PARDA, Naupada in Odisha 41

About the region The infrastructure development in this region is equally poor. More than 20 percent of the families depend on The state of Odisha is gifted with rich natural resources wells and streams for drinking water, while 89 percent but its people live in abject poverty. The current report of the families do not have access to latrine facility by the Rajan Panel ranks it as the most backward state and hence defecate in the open. The poor water and of the country in terms of socio-economic milieu. The sanitation conditions give rise to health issues and spread population of the state as per 2011 census is 41.95 million of epidemic diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and malaria. of which 39.98 percent belong to the scheduled tribe (ST) According to a 2012 World Bank report, this region is and scheduled caste (SC) communities. The incidence comparable to sub-Saharan Africa which ranks low in of poverty in Odisha is the highest in India and in almost all human development indicators globally. unemployment it is second in the country. As per the 2009 Tendulkar Committee report, 37 percent of its population lives below the poverty line against the national average Key development indicators of 29.80 percent. South indicators Odisha The state is in a deplorable condition in terms of other Odisha development indicators such as infant mortality, maternal People living Below Poverty 37% 68% to 85% mortality, basic health care facilities, access to primary Line education, etc. Distress migration is a regular occurrence, especially in the drought prone areas. Maternal Mortality Rate 280 303 (MMR) However, the degree of deprivation varies across the four Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) 62 66 agro-climatic zones of Odisha – Coastal Plains, Northern Gender gap in education 18 24 Plateau, Eastern Ghat and Central Table land. The Coastal plains comprising of nine districts has relatively better Electrified villages 78.80% 62.06% human development indicators than the other regions. The southern region which comprises the districts of Eastern Ghat and Central Table land is the most backward and is generally called South Odisha.

South Odisha The South Odisha region that includes the districts of Boudh, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Raygada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Kalahandi and Nuapada, is one of the most backward regions of India. The region with a population of about 8.1 million (around 19.3 percent of the state population) is primarily inhabited by SC/ST communities.

Early marriage, multiple pregnancies, poor nutrition, prevalence of sickle cell anaemia, superstitions and unavailability of better health care system have contributed to higher Maternal Mortality Rate in south Odisha. While the enrolment rate of children has increased A malaria-malnutrition camp for children below 5 years across the state, south Odisha lags behind the other parts – Citizen’s Association for Rural Development, Gajapati in Odisha in providing education to girl children. 42

Achievements and current engagements prevalence of malaria in this region. With the support of in South Odisha the Trusts, these organisations have been able to reach out to 345 villages and significantly control malaria. The Trusts have been supporting projects in South The interventions include educating and sensitising Odisha since 2003. More than 30 partner organisations communities; reducing parasite load in children under have been supported on projects related to five years and in pregnant mothers; maintaining village livelihood enhancement, improving the condition of sanitation; and promoting personal protection measures migrant labourers, health and children’s education. such as use of nets and application of repellents (e.g. Neem oil). All this has helped reduce the incidences of Education deaths due to malaria by 50 percent and there has been In the area of education, the Trusts have been supporting a substantial reduction in the number of people suffering Multi Lingual Education centres and supplementary from the disease. More importantly in children under five centres which are focused on improving the learning years, the parasite load that inhibited their growth has levels and enrolment rate, and integrating dropout significantly reduced. students back into schools. Migrant Population

Health The Trusts have developed partnerships with The region being one of the malaria endemic zones, the organisations under the Trust Support Program for focus has been on prevention and cure of malaria through Migrant Populations. This programme aims to set up a consortium of partner NGOs. migration resource centres which provide support to migrants both at source and destinations, addressing Seven health organisations have been implementing issues of identity, legal awareness, training, social security projects on community health and controlling the and other linkages.

Tribal children enjoying reading books – Sikshasandhan, Saradiha in Odisha 43

Livelihood enhancement The primary source of livelihood in this area is mono- cropped paddy which is frequently affected by drought- like situations due to erratic rainfall.

The projects on livelihood focus on improving food security and enhancing the income of the marginalised. This is done by improving crop production through practices like System of Rice Intensification (SRI), enhancing income with irrigated agriculture through Diversion Based Irrigation and enterprise development of livestock like broiler poultry farming.

The involvement of the Trusts in SRI promotion in Odisha dates back to 2008 when the methodology was piloted with some partners under its existing livelihoods programme. The SRI programme now covers 57,209 farmers through 13 partner organisations. The average area of coverage for Kharif has increased from 0.23 acres in 2008 to 0.33, despite water stress situations. A sample survey of more than 2,000 farmers Skill development workshop for youth – Aide et Action, Bolangir in Odisha in the Trusts supported SRI region showed that there has been 40-70 percent incremental yield in rice production through this programme over the conventional method of rice cultivation. Such results The main objective is to target those families which are have encouraged farmers to apply the concept of predominantly from the forest fringes near the origin of SRI in other crops such as maize and wheat in the streams – those who are left out of the many ongoing Rabi season. More than 4,000 farmers have applied development schemes and programmes. the concept of SRI in other crops in 3,318 acre of land which has resulted in a yield increment of The Trusts started the DBI project in 2008 and have more than 40 percent as well as an increase in supported 19 partners in Odisha for implementing income levels. 176 DBI schemes across 15 districts. The aim was to create irrigation potential of 19,194 acres of land, One of the major objectives of the Trusts is oriented benefiting 14,773 families in 376 villages across towards mainstreaming SRI in Government programmes. Odisha. The programme has successfully reached There has been diverse response from different State out to 8,634 household in 171 villages, affecting Governments on the efforts of the Trusts on SRI. 11,502 acres of Kharif crop. The average cost per Some of which have been extremely encouraging - family (excluding people’s contribution) is ` 2,975 and in Odisha the state Government and National Bank per hectare is ` 6,461. for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have partnered with the Trust promoted organisation The main contribution of the project has been the LIVOLINK Foundation for promoting SRI in different stabilisation of Kharif paddy and encouraging farmers locations. to take short duration cash crop in Rabi season, which has resulted in 20-50 percent incremental income Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) is a simple and cost of the farmers. Apart from ensuring irrigation in late effective method that applies gravitational force to guide Kharif and Rabi season, it has also helped communities water from adjacent streams and rivers to the cropping to access water for domestic purposes and has field areas. DBI is also known as Gravity Flow Systems and significantly reduced the drudgery faced by women in is feasible for undulating, hilly and mountainous terrains. these villages. 44

Students in a skill development program at a library – Aide et Action, Bolangir in Odisha

Future plans in South Odisha of the families suffer from malaria. On the education front, the dropout rate of students is 12 percent and the Based on the Trusts’ experience and need for a quality of education in terms of age appropriate learning multi-thematic intervention to transform the quality is very low. of life of people in the South Odisha, a cluster of five blocks with very low human development index The aim of the project is to significantly improve the have been selected. These are Muniguda and quality of life of 25,000 (out of 71,000) households in this Bissamcuttack in Rayagada district, Lanjigarh and cluster of five blocks, in three years. During this period the Thuamulrampur in Kalahandi district and Kotagarh in goals are: Kandhamal district. Ensure that the household income increases by more than 2.5 times and the average annual household A baseline survey conducted through an external agency income increases to ` 75,000. in these five blocks indicate that 85 percent of families Ensure that all families have access to safe drinking live below the poverty line and their average annual water within 500 meters from the house and at least income is ` 28,900 per household. More than 20 percent 50 percent of families have proper sanitation facility. of the families depend on wells and streams for drinking water, while 89 percent of the families do not have access Ensure that no more than five percent of the children to latrine facility and hence defecate in the open. Also, will dropout from school before eighth grade and at only 35 percent of the children have access to basic least 60 percent of them will have age appropriate health services like vaccination, while over 54 percent learning. 45

A skill development workshop in plumbing for youth – PARDA, Naupada in Odisha

Ensure that 80 percent of the people have more The interventions on health will focus on providing safe than 18.50 BMI and 80 percent of the women drinking water and sanitation facilities, community health have a haemoglobin count of more than 12 units services targeting malaria and other communicable or grms/dl. diseases, and on improving maternal and child health. Mobile health services will also be one of the components The Trusts will work with partner NGOs to implement the of the intervention, which will address health issues in project. The livelihoods related interventions will focus on remote areas. cultivation of high-value crops such as vegetable, maize, fruit trees, by promoting irrigation. It will address the The interventions on education will focus on improving issues of food security by scaling up SRI, millet cultivation the quality of education in government schools and and pigeon pea cultivation. For the landless families, running supplementary study centres at the village level scaling up of poultry, duck and goat rearing will be for ensuring age appropriate learning levels. focused through the existing cooperatives established in the region with Trusts’ support. The Trusts’ office in Bhubaneswar will closely monitor the project implementation with the support of dedicated The project will also focus on youth entrepreneurship allocated staff. Further, a Program Management Unit through helping the youth to earn income by providing (PMU) will be set up at Muniguda, a centrally located services such as veterinary care; supply, repair and block of the cluster, to engage in project implementation maintenance of solar lights; supply of agricultural inputs; and closely monitor the outcome indicators targeted and repair of agricultural implements. during the project period. 46

OTHER PROJECTS: Reaching out

Certificate Course in Labour Protection enhancing the utilisation of spare capacities of kitchens, and Migration Services plant and machinery, and skill upgradation.

The Trusts have set up the Centre for Migration andL abour Solutions (CMLS) at Aajeevika Bureau in Udaipur, as part Completion of the restoration of of the Tata Trusts support programme for the migrant Humayun’s Tomb population. In consultation with CMLS and the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) in Mumbai, the first ever The 16th century tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun certificate course on migration in India was developed had a leaking dome, damaged stone façade, broken and launched in November 2013. and missing tiles, collapsing arched cells of the outer wall, and a million kilos of concrete that had made it a The course is being offered by CMLS in partnership with sinking site. The restoration of Humayun’s tomb in Delhi the Center for Community Organization and Development was implemented by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Practice (CODP), TISS and is targeted primarily at field supported by the Trusts. The project ran for a five year practitioners and managers engaged in the Trusts period with over 200,000 man days of craftsmanship. supported migration projects across India. The then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with His The coursework combines conceptual inputs on informal Highness the Aga Khan, Mr Ratan Tata and then Minister economy and migration in India, with inputs on field of Culture, Mr. Chandresh Kumari Katoch were chief guests research, communication and social marketing skills. It at the completion ceremony on September 18, 2013. will help field practitioners and managers to build fresh perspectives and skills, and they can employ the learnings This public private partnership, the single largest in for better design and delivery of field initiatives. the country, had a unique craft based approach to conservation. It highlighted the importance of engaging Akshaya Patra Foundation our local communities in conservation work.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation implements India’s largest NGO led mid‐day meal programme, in partnership with People’s Linguistic Survey of India the Government of India and nine state governments. The 1961 Census reported that India has a total of 1652 Through this programme, 1.3 million children (as per mother tongues. The 2001 Census listed 122 languages. enrolment) are fed through on every school-working day. Today, we have only 780 languages. While the Census In addition to promoting universalization of primary does not record languages spoken by less than 10,000 education, this programme also works towards improving speakers, the People’s Linguistic Survey of India (PSLI) the health of children by providing nutritious and aimed to record every single language spoken in India. hygienically cooked food. The four year project was undertaken by Bhasha Research and Publication Centre and supported by the Trusts. The Trusts are supporting Akshaya Patra in their endevour in many different ways: extending the reach to 5 million The PSLI survey was conducted with the support of children; strengthening the food creation process; 85 institutions and 3,000 linguists across India. The 52 improving food safety and quality; reducing cook-to- volumes of over 35,000 pages will be published by Orient consumption time; enhancing nutritional value of the Blackswan and the repository of the audio and visual food; and increasing operational efficiency. The Trusts’s material will held at the Indira Gandhi National Open support also helps in easing the financial pressure and University (IGNOU). 47

This public private partnership was the single largest of its BC) propagated by the ancient Indian Emperor, Ashoka kind. The project has also revealed that our languages are the Great, along with a relief panel from Persepolis. an integral part of our cultural heritage. In addition to the launch the book by John Curtis titled, ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning The Mewar Ramayana manuscript for the Middle East’, CSMVS Museum also rolled out an extensive students’ education programme to more than The Mewar Ramayana is a stunning manuscript 400 schools and colleges in and around Mumbai. As the originally prepared for Maharana Jagat Singh, the ruler historical and social relevance of these objects continues of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan, in the to echo into our present world, ‘culture’ continues to have middle of the 17th century. The project, a joint the unique ability of bridging gaps and strengthening collaboration between the British Library and the dialogue. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), has for the first time digitally reunited the 600 folios that have been separated across the UK and India for over the last 150 years. The project was launched in Mumbai on March 21, 2014 by Maharaja Arvind Singh of Mewar and Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library.

International Exhibition on ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ © Copyright, The Trustees of the British Museum, London

With the support of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, the international exhibition titled ‘The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia – A New Beginning’ opened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Museum in Mumbai from December 21, 2013 to February 25, 2014.

On the ‘Cyrus Cylinder’ is the inscription in Babylonian cuneiform with an account by Cyrus, king of Persia (559-530 BC) of his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and capture of Nabonidus, the last Babylonian king. The object, loaned from the British Museum, has often been described as the ‘first charter of human rights’ and reflects a long tradition in Mesopotamia from as early as the third millennium BC where kings began their reigns with declarations of reforms. Along with the Cyrus Cylinder and 32 other associated objects from the British Museum, the The Cyrus Cylinder showcased at the Chhatrapati Shivaji CSMVS also showcased the first documentary evidence of Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum (CSMVS), Mumbai Indian proclamation of human values (Ashokan Edict – 300 in Maharashtra 48

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for Rural and Urban Needy (ARUN), Brother of St. Gabriel Education A Action for Social New Delhi Association for Social Society, Maharashtra Brothers Advancement (ASA), Madhya and Health Advancement , West of Charity, Jharkhand Brothers of St. Gabriel Education Society, Pradesh Adarsh Shiksha Samiti, Bengal Astha Sansthan, Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh Bruksha “O” Rajasthan Aajeevika Bureau Trust, Attakkalari Public Charitable Trust Jeevar Bandhu Parishad Building Rajasthan Aarohi, Uttaranchal of Contemporary Performing Arts, Auranga Gramin Vikas and Enabling Disaster Resilience of Abhivyakti Foundation, Jharkhand Samiti, Jharkhand Azad India Coastal Communities (BEDROCK), Action for Welfare Research and Foundation, Bihar Bundalkhand Sewa Development Society, Madhya Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Pradesh ADHAR, Orissa Adharshila Shiksha Samiti, New Delhi Adhikar, Odisha Aga Khan Foundation, New Delhi Aga Khan B Badlao Foundation, Rural Support Program (India), Jharkhand BAIF Development C Central Himalayan Gujarat Ahimsa Trust, Mumbai Research Foundation, Maharashtra Environment Association (CHEA), Aide-et-Action, Tamil Nadu Ajagar BAIF Institute for Rural Uttarakhand Centre for Advanced Social Circle, Assam Ajmer Adult Development, Uttar Pradesh Research and Development (CARD), Education Association (AAEA), Baihar Nari Utthan Sewa Mahila Madhya Pradesh Centre for Rajasthan Akhil Bhartiya Samaj Mandal, Madhya Pradesh Advancement of Philanthropy, Sewa Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Baradrone Social Welfare Institution, Maharashtra Centre for Akshaya Patra Foundation, Karnataka West Bengal Basic Needs India, Advocacy and Research(CFAR), Al Fazal Educational and Karnataka Bhagwan Manav New Delhi Centre for Child and Charitable Trust, Gujarat Alwar Kalyan Samiti, Uttar Pradesh Law, National Law School of India University, Karnatataka Centre Mewat Institute of Education and Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, New Delhi Bharat Ratna Dr. B R for Community Development - CCD, Development, Rajasthan Amar Ambedkar University, New Delhi Odisha Centre for Development of Seva Sangam, Tamil Nadu Amhi Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute Advanced Computing - C-DAC, West Amchya Arogyasathi, Maharashtra of Environmental Education and Bengal Centre for Environmental Animal Help Foundation, Gujarat Research, Maharashtra Bharatiya and Socio Economic Regeneration, Antodaya Lok Karyakram (ALOK), Samaj Seva Kendra, Maharashtra West Bengal Centre for Equity Bihar Antodaya Public Charitable Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan Trust, Study, New Delhi Centre for Trust, Bihar Anusandhan Trust, Maharashtra Bharatiya Vidya People’s Forestry, Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Anweshi Women’s Bhavan, Maharashtra Bharatiya Centre for Urban and Regional Counselling Centre, Kerala Vidya Bhavan’s S P Jain Institute Excellence, New Delhi Centre for Appropriate Technology India, of Management & Research, World Solidarity, Andhra Pradesh New Delhi Arunoday Sansthan, Maharashtra Bhartiya Jan Sewa Chaitanya, Maharashtra Change Uttar Pradesh Arya Vaidya Ashram, Uttar Pradesh Bhasha Management Unit, West Bengal Sala, Kerala Asha Kiran Society, Research and Publication Centre, Charutar Arogya Mandal, Gujarat Odisha Ashadeep, Assam Gujarat Bidhan Chandra Krishi Chaupal Gramin Vikas Prashikshan Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Viswavidyalay, West Bengal Evam Shodh Sansthan, Chhattisgarh Delhi Ashoka Trust for Research Bihar Bal Bhawan Kilkari, Bihar Chetna Samaj Seva Shiksha Evam in Ecology and the Environment Bikaner Adult Education Association, Vikas Samiti, Madhya Pradesh (ATREE), Karnataka Association Rajasthan Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu for Prevention and Control of Rabies Jashan Committee, Maharashtra Sangrahalaya, Maharashtra Child in India, Karnataka Association Breakthrough Trust, New Delhi in Need Institute (CINI), Jharkhand 49

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Child in Need Institute (CINI), West Bengal Choupal Grameen Vikas F Family Planning H Hanuman Van Vikas Evam Shodh Sansthan, Chhatisgarh Association of India (FPA India), Samiti, Rajasthan Harriet Benson Christian Hospital Bissamcuttack, Maharashtra Fellowship with Memorial Hospital, Uttar Pradesh Odisha Christian Hospital, Odisha Mentally Retarded - Asha Niketan, Harsha Trust, Orissa Harvard Christian Institute of health West Bengal Foundation for Business Centre HELP Foundation, Science and Research, Nagaland Awareness, Counseling Education Jammu & Kashmir Hijli Inspiration, Church of North India Social Service (FACE), Jharkhand Foundation for West Bengal Himalaya Consortium Institute, Maharashtra Citizens Ecological Security (FES), Gujarat for Himalaya Conservation, Delhi Association for Rural Development CARD, Orissa Collectives for Foundation for Education and Himalayan Institute Hospital Integrated Livelihood Initiatives, Development, Rajasthan Friends Trust, Uttarakhand Homi Bhabha Jharkhand Commitments, Andhra Association for Rural Reconstruction Fellowship Council, Mumbai Pradesh Community Development (FARR), Odisha Human Welfare Association, UP Centre, Madhya Pradesh Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi G Ghoghardiha Prakhand I I Create India, Karnataka Swarajya Vikas Sangh, (GPSVS), Ibtada, Rajasthan IBTADA, Bihar Gorakhpur Environment Rajasthan IIMPACT, Haryana Action Group, Uttar Pradesh In Defence of Animals, Mumbai Dalit Vikas Vindu, D Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science India Natural Resource Economics Jharkhand Darbar Sahitya Sansad, Institute, Uttar Pradesh GRAM and Management Foundation Odisha Debadatta Club, Odisha Abhyudaya Mandali, Andhra (INREM), Gujarat Indian Council Deepam Educational Society Pradesh Gram Niyojan Kendra, for Child Welfare, Assam Indian for the Health, Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Gram Utthan, Institute of Cerebral Palsy, West Deshpande Foundation, Karnataka Odisha Gram Vikas Parishad Bengal Indian Institute of Public Health, Gujarat Indian Institute Development Agency for Poor & (GVP), Bihar Gram Vikas of Sciences, Karnataka Indian Tribal Awakening (DAPTA), Orissa Samiti, Bihar Gram Vikas Sewa Institute of Technology Bombay, Development Support Centre, Sansthan (GVSS), Uttar Pradesh Mumbai Indian National Trust for Gujarat Dharamitra, Maharashtra Grameen Development Services, Arts & Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Dharampur Utthan Vahini Uttar Pradesh Grameen Evam Jammu & Kashmir Chapter (DHRUVA), Gujarat Dhrupad Samajik Vikas Sanstha, Rajasthan New Group for Raichur Integrated Sansthan, Madhya Pradesh Grameen Sahara, Assam Development, Karnataka Indira DILASA Sanstha, Maharashtra Grameen Vikas Sansthan (GVS), Gandhi Institute of Development Disha Foundation, Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Gramin Mahila Support, Madhya Pradesh Don Bosco Tech Society, New Delhi Vikas Sansthan, Rajasthan Gramin Innovators in Health (India), Bihar Punarnirman Sansthan, Uttar Institute for Developmental Pradesh Gramin Vikas Vigyan Education and Action, Bihar Samiti, Rajasthan Gramonnati Institute of Social Studies Trust, E Ekjut, Jharkhand Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Gramya New Delhi Integrated Research Elueutheros Christian Society, Vikash Mancha, Assam Greenc and Action for Development, New Nagaland Enable India, Karnataka Initiatives, Uttar Pradesh Gunjan Delhi International Development Equity Foundation, Bihar Foundation, New Delhi Enterprises – India, New Delhi 50

J Jago Foundation, L Ladakh Environment N N. M. Sadguru Water Jharkhand Jaldhara Foundation, and Health Organisation – LEHO, and Development Foundation, Andhra Pradesh Jamgoria Jammu & Kashmir Leh Nutrition Gujarat NALANDA, Lucknow, Sevabrata, West Bengal Jan Project, Jammu & Kashmir Lepra Uttar Pradesh National Folklore Chetna Manch Bokaro, Jharkhand Society, Andhra Pradesh Livolink Support Centre, Tamil Nadu Jan Mitra Nyas - PVCHR, Uttar Foundation, Odisha Lok Jagriti National Instittute of Applied Pradesh Jan Sahas Social Kendra, Jharkhand Lok Jagriti Human Research and Development, Development Society, Madhya Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Lok Orissa National Institute of Pradesh Jan Shikshan Kendra, Kalyan Sansthan, Rajasthan Lok Advanced Studies, Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Jan Swasthya Mitra, Uttar Pradesh Lokpriya National Institute of Women, Child Sahyog, New Delhi Jana Janhit Sewa Sansthan, Uttar & Youth Development, Maharashtra Pradesh Kalyan Pratisthan, Odisha Jana Navjeevan Developmnet Centre, Sanskriti Centre for Theater of Bihar Navsarjan, Gujarat the Oppressed, West Bengal Nayantara Memorial Charitable Jandaksha Trust, Rajasthan Trust, West Bengal New Janvikas Samajik Sansthan, M Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Education Group - Foundation Maharashtra Janvikas, Gujarat Health Association, Madhya for Innovation and Research in Education (NEG-FIRE), New Delhi Jatan Sansthan, Rajasthan Pradesh Madhyam Foundation, NINASAM Theatre Institute, Jeevika Development Society, West Odisha Mahan Seva Sansthan, Karnataka Nirantar Trust, Delhi Bengal Jharkhand Vikas Parishad, Rajasthan Maharashtra North Bengal Council for the Jharkhand Jubayer Masud Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA), Disabled, West Bengal North East Educational & Charitable Trust, Maharashtra Maharogi Sewa Social Trust (NEST), Assam Assam Samiti, Maharashtra Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Viswavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, O Om Creation Trust, K K.E.M. Hospital Research Andhra Pradesh Mahila Maharashtra Operation Smiles Centre, Pune, Maharashtra Gramodyog Sewa Samiti, Uttar India, Maharashtra Optometric Kalahandi Organisation for Pradesh Mahila Haat, New Education Society, Maharashtra Agriculture & Rural marketing Delhi Mahila Sarvageen Utkarsh Organisation for Awareness Initiative, Odisha Kalamandir Mandal (MASUM), Maharashtra of Integrated Social Security, - The Celluloid Chapter Art Mahila Swarojgar Samiti, Uttar Madhya Pradesh Organisation Foundation, Jharkhand Pradesh Mahita, Andhra Pradesh for Development of Economic Majlis Manch, Maharashtra Kalyani Institute for Community & Self Help (ODESH), Manipur Margshree Charitable Trust, Development, Madhya Pradesh Organisation for Early Literacy Uttar Pradesh Massachusetts Kathalaya Trust, Karnataka Promotion (OELP), New Delhi Institute of Technology, Boston, Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Tamil Ottapalm Welfare Trust, Kerala US Matsya-Mewat Shiksha Evam Nadu Kherwadi Social Welfare Vikas Sansthan, Rajasthan Meher Association, Maharashtra Kotra Bhargava Foundation, Uttar Pradesh Adivasi Sansthan, Rajasthan Mobile Creches, New Delhi Krishnamurti Foundation Rajghat Moving Academy of Medicine P Pan Himalayan Grassroots Education Centre, Uttar Pradesh and Biomedicine, Maharashtra Development Foundation, Kriti Sansthan, Rajasthan Mumbai City Sainik Welfare Office, Uttarakhand Panchsheel Kshitij, Maharashtra Kumarappa Maharashtra Mumbai Mobile Development Trust, Uttar Pradesh Institute of Gram Swaraj, Creches, Maharashtra Myrada, Pararth Samiti, Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Karnataka PARDA, Odisha Parhit Samaj Sevi Sanstha, Madhya Pradesh 51

Paridhi, Bihar Parivartan, of Service, Uttar Pradesh Bengal Sangath, A Society for Maharashtra Parkinsons Disease Ramakrishna Sarada Sevashram, Child Development and Family and Movement Disorder Society, Chattisgarh Rawal Malinathji Guidance, Goa SAPTAK, Gujarat Maharashtra Participatory Rural Foundation, Rajasthan Reach for Sarva Seva Samity Sanstha, Development Foundation (PRDF), India Foundation, Maharashtra Bihar Sasakawa India Leprosy Uttar Pradesh Paryavaran Chetna Regional Centre for Development Foundation, New Delhi SATHI - Kendra, Jharkhand Paryavaran Cooperation, Odisha Regional Society for Assistance to Children Evam Prodyogiki Utthan Samiti Resource Centre for Elementary in Difficult Situation, Karnataka (PEPUS), Uttar Pradesh Pashupati Education, New Delhi Rongmei Schizophrenia Research Foundation Kalyan Parishad, Rajasthan Naga Baptist Association, (SCRAF), Tamil Nadu Self Patang, Odisha People’s Action Manipur Roovari Rural & Urban Employed Womens Association for National Integration (PANI), Uttar Development Society, Karnataka Bharat, New Delhi Self Reliant Pradesh Peoples Science Institute, Rural Communes, Maharashtra Initiatives through Joint Action Uttarakhand Photography Rural Development Association, (SRIJAN), New Delhi Shaheen Promotion Trust, Maharashtra West Bengal Women’s Resource and Welfare Prabala Samaj Sevi Sansthan, Association, Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Pragat Shikshan Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Sanstha, Maharashtra Pragati Abhiyan, Maharashtra Pragati Centre, Odisha Shashwat Luyadih, Jharkhand Prakriti, S Saath, Gujarat Sahbhagi Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Pratham Mumbai Sadbhawana Gramin Vikas Shelter Associates, Maharashtra Education Initiative, Mumbai Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Sahayog Shikshasandhan, Orissa Shiv Pratikar, Odisha Prayas Vocational Trust, Maharashtra Sahbhagi Shiksha Samiti, Rajasthan Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Shikshan Kendra, Uttar Pradesh Shohratgarh Environmental Society, Rajasthan Prayas, Rajasthan Saheli Samiti, Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Shramjivi Janata PRERANA, Karnataka Professional Saijyoti Gramodhyog Samaj Seva Sahayak Mandal, Maharashtra Assistance for Development Action Samiti, Uttar Pradesh Sakhi Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang (PRADAN), New Delhi Programme Trust, Karnataka Sakhi, Bihar Sahayata Samiti, Rajasthan Shri for Rural Awareness and Very Sama - Resource Group for B D Tatti (A) Memorial Charitable Action, Odisha Public Health Women and Health, New Delhi Trust, Karnataka Shristi, Odisha Resource Society, New Delhi Samagra Sikshan Evam Vikash Sir Syed Trust (SST), Rajasthan Sansthan (SSEVS), Bihar Samajik Sneh Samruddhi Mandal, Parivartan Sansthan, Jharkhand Maharashtra Social Action Samaritan Help Mission, West for Appropriate Tranformation Q Qamrunnsa and Bengal SAMARTHAN Centre for and Advancement in Rural Areas Qamaruzzamia Rizvi Welfare Trust, Development Support, Madhya (SATRA), Assam Social Action Bihar Pradesh Samarthan Trust for the for Community Alternative Disabled, Karnataka SAMAVESH learning - SACAL, Odisha Social - Society for Development and Action for Knowledge Building & Governance, Madhya Pradesh Awareness Raising (SAKAR), Uttar R Rajarhat PRASARI, West Samerth Charitable Trust, Gujarat Pradesh Social Awareness & Vocational Educational for Rural Bengal Rajasthan Forest Produce Sampark, Karnataka Sampoorna Area (SAVERA), Bihar Social Collector’s and Processor’s Group Bamboo Kendra, Maharashtra Welfare Agency & Training Support Society, Rajasthan Samuha, Karnataka Samyak - A Institute (SWATI), Odisha Social Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Coomunication and Resource Centre, Maharashtra Sanchal Work and Environment for Rural Rajasthan Raksha, Kerala Foundation, New Delhi Sanchit Advancement, Rajasthan Society Ramakrishna Math, Maharashtra Vikas Sansthan (SVS), Uttar Pradesh for Awareness, Harmony & Equal Home Sane and Enthusiast Volunteers Rights (SAHER), Maharashtra Association of Calcutta, West Society for Citizens Vigilance 52

Initiative, New Delhi Society for Community Health Awareness T T R Anantharaman V vAANI - Deaf Children’s Research and Action - SOCHARA, Education and Research Foundation Foundation, Vidya Karnataka Society for Education Tarapur Medical Research Bhawan Society, Rajasthan Vidya Welfare and Action Rural (SEWA Charitable Trust, Maharashtra Dham Samiti, Uttar Pradesh Rural), Gujarat Society for Tarun Chetna, Uttar Pradesh Tata Vidya Integrated Development for Institute of Fundamental Research, Nutrition Education and Health Youth and Adults, Maharashtra Mumbai Tata Institute of Social Action, Maharashtra Society Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust, Sciences, Mumbai Tata Medical for Pragati Bharat, Uttar Pradesh Centre Trust, West Bengal Tata Haryana Vidya Sagar, Tamil Society for Promoting Rural Relief Committee, Nadu Vikalp Foundation, Bihar Education and Development Tata Steel Rural Development Vikalp Samajik Sangathan, Uttar (SPREAD), Odisha Society Society, Jharkhand Technology Pradesh Vikas Samvad Samiti, for Research and Rudimentary Resource Communication and Service Madhya Pradesh Vikramshila Education on Social and Health Centre (TRCSC), Jharkhand The Education Resource Society, West Issues (SRREEOSHI), West Bengal Action North East Trust, Assam Bengal Vishwas Sansthan, Uttar Society for Rural & Initiatives The Aeronautical Society of India, Pradesh Voluntary Action for in Sustainable & Holistic Themes Maharashtra The Aseema Trust, Rehabilitation and Development, Tamil Nadu The Association in India (SRISHTI), Maharashtra Maharashtra of People with Disability (APD), Society for Rural & Urban Joint Karnatana The Foundation for Activities (SRUJAN), Maharashtra Medical Research, Maharashtra Society of Parents of Children The Foundation for Research in with Austistic Disorders (SOPAN), Community Health, Maharashtra W Watershed organization Maharashtra Socio Economic The Goat Trust, Uttar Pradesh The Trust (WOTR), Maharashtra and Education Development Himalaya Trust, Dehra Dun The Wildlife Trust of India, Uttar Pradesh Society, Jharkhand South Orissa India Foundation, New Delhi The World Wildlife Fund for Nature - Livelihood School, Andhra Pradesh Voluntary Action (SOVA), Odisha India Secretariat, New Delhi Spandan Samaj Seva Samiti, The Marg Foundation, Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Spastics The Peoples Medical Relief Society, Maharashtra The Pride India, Society of Karnataka, Karnataka Maharashtra The Society for Special Olympics Bharat, New Education Improvement & Innovation Youth Council for Delhi Srishti Seva Sansthan, Y (Centre for Learning Resources Development Alternative (YCDA), Uttar Pradesh Srishti Sewa [CLR]), Maharashtra Torpa Rural Odisha Youth for Voluntary Action Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Street Development Society for Women, (YUVA), Maharashtrra Youth Survivors India, West Bengal Jharkhand Training, Awareness Organisaton in Defence of Animals, Student’s Relief Society, (SRS), and Bahaviour Change about Health Mumbai Youth Volunteers Rajasthan Suchana The Uttor & Rehabilitation Society, (TAABAR), Union, Manipur Youths Union Chandipur Community Society, Rajasthan Trust Community for Voluntary Action, Jharkhand West Bengal Sudhar, Madhya Livelihoods, Uttar Pradesh Yugacharya Vivekananda Pradesh Supporting Association Seva Samity, West Bengal for Thematic and Holistic Yugantar, Andhra Pradesh Yuva Initiatives - SATHI, Uttar Pradesh Chetna Kendra, Uttar Pradesh Suraksha, Orissa Sustainable U Udayama, Odisha Udyogini, Yuvaparivartan, Tamil Nadu Human Development Association, New Delhi Umri Christian Hospital, Uttar Pradesh Swami Maharashtra Urmul Khejari Sansthan, Rajasthan Uttarakhand Vivekananda Medical Mission, Seva Nidhi Paryavaran Shiksha Maharashtra Sansthan, Uttarakhand Uttarapath Sewa Sanstha, Uttarakhand UTTHAN, Uttar Pradesh 53

INSTITUTIONS: Foundations of knowledge and research

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru different areas that will positively impact both society and industry. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909, the result of a remarkable joint effort by This year the Trusts extended grant support to IISc for Jamsetji Tata (who conceived the idea of setting up carrying out research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It a university of science that would work for the is estimated that AD will affect over 30 million people benefit of India and created an endowment for its worldwide by 2030. There is no treatment currently establishment), the Government of India (which available for curing the disease, slowing the progression supported the setting up of the institution) and the then or for providing prophylaxis. The problem is compounded Maharaja of Mysore (who donated 372 acres of land in due to the economic and social costs associated with the Bangalore). care of AD patients, especially in low and middle income countries, including India. From small beginnings, with two departments and 21 students, IISc has emerged as a leading institute The research proposes to explore a paradigm shift in the for advanced scientific and technological research way AD is approached, from a late life disease to a disease and education in India. Currently there are over of adult onset with late life clinical manifestations. The 39 departments and 3,500 students with over 500 goal is to address the challenges of both diagnosis and academic and scientific staff. Over the years IISc has treatment for AD in a novel and unconventional manner strongly promoted inter-disciplinary research and new using an interdisciplinary approach spanning multiple centres have been set up to conduct research in levels of organisation from molecules to behaviour. 54

Tata Medical Centre Hospital, Kolkata

The Tata Medical Center, Kolkata Tata Centre for Technology and Design, Mumbai The Tata Medical Center (TMC) which opened in Kolkata on May 16, 2011 lays emphasis on evidence based This year, with the aim of helping build a post treatment and compassionate care, which has made it graduate scholastic and research program in India, a well-known health centre in Eastern India. More than the Trusts in partnership with Massachusetts Institute 218,500 patients have availed of the treatment and of Technology (MIT), USA and Indian Institute of facilities provided since it began operation. Over 40,000 Technology (IIT), Mumbai took the initial steps towards patients have received chemotherapy in the day care setting up the Tata Centre for Technology and Design facility and a hundred stem cell transplants have been at the IIT campus. performed so far. On an average about 120 patients receive radiotherapy every day and 20,000 laboratory IIT, Mumbai is a premier educational institution in tests are performed every month. India and is focused on research in diverse streams of technology and design, especially those that are TMC provides quality care to a large number of cancer low-cost. MIT, USA is a research university which patients at subsidised rates, which eases the financial believes in the core principle that research and burden of the patients from a lower socio-economic education should be relevant to social challenges strata. and needs. Its mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas Grant support from the Trusts enabled TMC to procure of scholarship. two acres of land on which the Tata Translational Cancer Research Center (TTCRC) is proposed to be built. The Center will carry out research on the epidemiology of The Tata Centre will focus on developing and designing cancer and also study cancer the molecular level, thereby affordable technology to meet the needs of communities greatly enhancing patient care. with limited resources, especially in India and other 55

developing countries. The faculty and graduate students to have been named after an Indian organisation. from various disciplines will work together to develop and codify design and engineering principles relevant The global mission of HBS is to educate leaders to communities at the bottom of the pyramid. Research who make a difference in the world. They do this projects will be undertaken in the areas of healthcare, by creating knowledge, influencing practice, diffusing water, energy, food,agriculture, housing/infrastructure scholarship and providing educational opportunities and environmental sustainability. The aim is also to around the world. develop a cadre of people who can apply their professional skills to any resource constrained setting. HBS has a substantial presence in India. The Executive Education Program of HBS has over the past several decades trained Indian business leaders who have Harvard Business School, USA applied the learnings in their respective areas of operation, thereby contributing to strengthening In 2010 the Trusts had committed support to the setting the Indian economy. There are over 700 Indian HBS up of the Tata Hall at the Harvard Business School (HBS), alumni currently living in India; around 85% of whom USA with a view to enhancing and expanding the School’s are graduates of the Executive Education Program. Executive Education Program. HBS now also has an Indian Research Centre in Mumbai which enables it to keep abreast of economic The Tata Hall was inaugurated in December 2013 and is developments in India and share them with a global the only major building in the 375 year plus history of HBS audience.

Photo courtesy: Anton Grassi

The Tata Hall at Harvard Business School, USA 56

Individual Grants: Medical 57

Financial assistance was given to meet the cost of Shree Krishna Hospital (managed by Charutar Arogya medical treatment both directly as well as through the Mandal) for paediatric cancer and cardiac patients. 141 network of Medical Social Workers attached to various children benefited from this fund during 2012-2013 and hospitals. 99 children in 2013-2014.

In addition, criteria-based support to patients from a poor socio-economic background was also extended by linking with select hospitals through a revolving fund arrangement. The fund is administered by an in-house committee formed by the respective hospitals.

During the year financial assistance aggregating ` 26.66 million was extended towards the cost of medical treatment. Of this outlay, 39% was towards treatment of cancer, cardiac and kidney related ailments; 34% towards cochlear implant surgeries and the balance towards treatment of various other ailments.

There were no new revolving fund arrangements entered into during 2013-2014. However, grants aggregating to ` 6 million had been given in 2012-2013 to Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai for paediatric cancer patients and to

2012-2013 2013-2014 11.37 10.52 9.87 8.98

5.43 5.11

2.42 2.05

Cardiac, Cancer, Cochlear Implant Orthopedic Other Kidney related Surgery Ailments 58

Individual Grants: Education and Travel 59

Financial assistance to individuals for education and Means Based Grants related travel was given by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts under three categories: Grants given based on the economic background of the applicant, aggregated to ` 7.01 million during 2013-2014. Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships) Means Based Grants Travel Grants

Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships)

Scholarships, based on the eligibility criteria and merit, were given for pursuing graduate and post graduate courses in India. The total amount of scholarships awarded during 2013-2014 was ` 86.81 million.

Scholarships were also given for supporting research in leukaemia and blood related diseases as well as for alleviation of human suffering from other diseases. These scholarships, international and Indian, amounted Travel Grants to ` 42 million. Travel grant support was extended to most of the Loan scholarships were awarded to 95 students for scholars who received a loan scholarship for pursuing pursuing their post graduate studies abroad in diverse studies abroad. Similar support was also extended for fields amounting to` 32.21 million. Most of these scholars participation in advanced training programmes and also had the opportunity of availing a gift award which workshops. The total amount disbursed for 2013-2014 aggregated to ` 28.76 million. was ` 4.25 million.

160.33 157.57 2012-2013 2013-2014

41.17 32.21

5.26 7.01 5.39 4.25

Merit Loan Means Travel Scholarships Scholarships based support Grants 60

Financials

An Overview

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts disbursed a total of ` 3,717.98 million in 2013-2014, an increase of 31 % over the disbursement of ` 2,847.03 million in the previous year.

` in million

TRUSTS 2013-2014 2012-2013

INDIVIDUAL INST./NGOs TOTAL INDIVIDUAL INST./NGOS TOTAL

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 61.91 1,097.97 1,159.88 56.72 768.86 825.58

JRD Tata Trust 62.27 49.20 111.47 72.57 57.32 129.89

Jamsetji Tata Trust 28.76 2,009.66 2,038.42 40.28 1,444.94 1,485.22

RD Tata Trust - 79.75 79.75 - 69.71 69.71

Tata Education Trust - 109.65 109.65 - 121.48 121.48

Tata Social Welfare Trust - 123.77 123.77 - 127.45 127.45

JRD & Thelma J Tata Trust - 10.10 10.10 - 1.45 1.45

J. N. Tata Endowment 32.21 - 32.21 41.17 - 41.17

Lady Tata Memorial Trust 42.00 10.73 52.73 35.76 9.32 45.08

Total 227.15 3,490.83 3,717.98 246.50 2,600.53 2,847.03

US $ in million 3.79 58.18 61.97 4.56 48.16 52.72

(1 US $ = ` 60) (1 US $ = ` 54) 61

Total Grant Allocation 2013-2014 Total Grant Allocation 2012-2013 ` 3,717.98 million (US $ 61.97 million) ` 2,847.03 million (US $ 52.72 million)

6% 9%

26% 39% 55% 65%

Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Individuals Institutions

Allocation to the NGO Sector 2013-2014 Allocation to the NGO Sector 2012-2013 ` 2,081.98 million (Gross) (US $ 34.70 million) ` 1,898.15 million (Gross) (US $ 35.15 million)

2% 3% 1% 7% 9%

23% 18% 43% 45%

16% 17% 8% 8%

Natural Resource Management and Rural Livelihoods Education Civil Society, Governance and Human Rights Urban Poverty and Livelihoods Health Media, Arts and Culture Relief

Institutions include both Trust promoted institutions (those that have been given seed support by the Trusts and on which the Trusts have a representative on the Institution’s board / governing council), those that have been established with multiple donor support and institutions outside India. Also covered are scientific institutions in India which are given grants to encourage original research in diseases of blood and other diseases to alleviate human suffering.

The grants disbursed to Institutions in 2013-2014 amounted to ` 1,459.05 million as compared to ` 754.10 million in 2012-2013.

In cases where the percentage is below 1% the relevant sector has not been represented in the above charts. 62

Disbursement of Individual Education and Disbursement of Individual Education and Medical Grants ` 227.15 Million (US $ 3.79 Million) Medical Grants ` 246.50 Million (US $ 4.56 Million)

2013-2014 2012-2013

11% 14%

89% 86%

Education Medical

` in million

Disbursements over five years

2,558.10

2,080.76 2,009.01 1,998.22 2,021.45

1,289.38 1,159.88 Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 849.09 825.58 Allied Trusts 716.56

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 63

Funds disbursed since inception

` in million

Decades Spanning the financial years Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Allied Trusts Total

From To

1 1891-1892 1900-1901 0.25 0.25

2 1901-1902 1910-1911 0.29 0.29

3 1911-1912 1920-1921 0.19 0.19

4 1921-1922 1930-1931 0.40 0.40

5 1931-1932 1940-1941 5.34 0.51 5.85

6 1941-1942 1950-1951 11.75 1.68 13.43

7 1951-1952 1960-1961 17.75 2.86 20.61

8 1961-1962 1970-1971 21.84 6.71 28.55

9 1971-1972 1980-1981 40.40 15.77 56.17

10 1981-1982 1990-1991 86.96 37.69 124.65

11 1991-1992 2000-2001 1,041.35 458.84 1,500.19

12 2001-2002 2010-2011 7,271.48 9,528.23 16,799.71

13 2011-2012 2013-2014 2,702.02 6,577.77 9,279.79

Total 11,198.89 16,631.19 27,830.08 64

Financial Statements for Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

Sources of Funds

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

2,000.00 37.04 42.74 Trust Fund 2,000.00 33.33 41.80

2,666.17 49.37 56.98 Reserves and other Funds 2,770.59 46.18 57.91

13.29 0.25 0.28 Sundry Liabilities and Provisions 13.82 0.23 0.29

4,679.46 86.66 100.00 4,784.41 79.74 100.00

Application of Funds

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

63.05 1.17 1.35 Fixed Assets 67.67 1.13 1.42

4,168.00 77.19 89.07 Investments 4,371.10 72.85 91.36

448.41 8.30 9.58 Other Assets 345.64 5.76 7.22

4,679.46 86.66 100.00 4,784.41 79.74 100.00 65

Income

For the year ended 31.3.2013 For the year ended 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

1,044.50 19.34 77.16 Dividend 956.33 15.94 72.28

308.32 5.71 22.77 Interest 364.43 6.07 27.54

0.89 0.02 0.07 Sundries 2.46 0.04 0.18

1,353.71 25.07 100.00 1,323.22 22.05 100.00

Expenditure

For the year ended 31.3.2013 For the year ended 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

841.05 15.58 62.13 Expenditure on Objects of the Trust 1,172.78 19.54 88.63 (including grant related expenses)

67.55 1.25 4.99 Administration expenses 46.02 0.77 3.48

445.11 8.24 32.88 Surplus for the year transferred to the 104.42 1.74 7.89 Balance Sheet

1,353.71 25.07 100.00 1,323.22 22.05 100.00

(1 US $ = ` 54 as on March 31, 2013) (1 US $ = ` 60 as on March 31, 2014) 66

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Allied Trusts

Sources of Funds

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

18,305.16 338.98 56.68 Trust Fund and Endowment Fund 18,305.16 305.09 56.53

13,987.99 259.04 43.31 Reserves and Other Funds 14,074.94 234.58 43.46

3.24 0.06 0.01 Sundry Liabilities and Provisions 3.86 0.06 0.01

32,296.39 598.08 100.00 32,383.96 539.73 100.00

Application of Funds

As on 31.3.2013 As on 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

0.57 0.01 - Fixed Assets 0.47 0.01 -

30,524.30 565.26 94.51 Investments 30,605.70 510.09 94.51

1,771.52 32.81 5.49 Current Assets, Loans and Advances 1,777.79 29.63 5.49

32,296.39 598.08 100.00 32,383.96 539.73 100.00 67

Income

For the year ended 31.3.2013 For the year ended 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

2,514.19 46.56 81.66 Dividend 2,510.77 41.85 76.64

543.47 10.06 17.66 Interest 736.82 12.28 22.49

1.96 0.04 0.06 Sundries 1.06 0.02 0.03

19.07 0.35 0.62 Repayments from Scholars 27.65 0.46 0.84

3,078.69 57.01 100.00 3,276.30 54.61 100.00

Expenditure

For the year ended 31.3.2013 For the year ended 31.3.2014

US $ in US $ in ` in Million % Particulars ` in Million % Million Million

2,034.67 37.68 66.09 Expenditure on Objects of the Trust 2,578.50 42.98 78.70 (including grant related expenses)

71.59 1.32 2.32 Administration expenses 105.03 1.75 3.21

- - - Tax Paid for AY 2010-2011 510.38 8.51 15.58

972.43 18.01 31.59 Surplus for the year transferred to the 82.39 1.37 2.51 Balance Sheet

3,078.69 57.01 100.00 3,276.30 54.61 100.00

(1 US $ = ` 54 as on March 31, 2013) (1 US $ = ` 60 as on March 31, 2014) 68

Acknowledgements

The Trusts would like to thank the grantees for the project photographs used in the Annual Report as well as the external consultants who have conducted reviews and assessments.

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