SIR RATAN TATA TRUST Annual Report 2004-2005 VII SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Sir RatanTata’s Vision and examination…” inspection notto would open arewhich be notand and audits issued periodic regularly “No institution or organisation should be aided of which the accounts are not subject to is carefully prepared…” “No experiment and no venture should be aided or undertaken unless the scheme thereof Further, healsodirected that: of scienceandphilosophyonproblems ofhuman well-being… but from the point of view of fresh light that is thrown from day to day by the advance view of stereotypedpoint the from undertaken not is work such that taken being care community, said the of welfare promotenaturethe to calculatedpractical a of schemes social, economic or political welfare of the Indian community, the object being to design “To engage qualified and competent persons to investigate into matters that pertain to the suffhuman ering orforother worksofpublicutility…. of relief the for or art, and services sanitary branches, economy, its in education all including in Industry and Learning Education, of advancement the for “… His thoughts,in1913,onthemannerwhichTrust’s fundscouldbeused: Sir Ratan and Lady Navajbai Tata during their travel to the Orient. the to travel their Tataduring Navajbai Lady and Ratan Sir Vision

I SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 II SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Board of Trustees of Board Ms. S. K. Bharucha Mr. R. K. KrishnaKumar Mr. K. B. Dadiseth Mr. J. N. Tata Mr. N. A. Soonawala Mr. H. N. Sethna Mr. RatanN. Tata (Chairperson) r aehNea Ms.SujaNair Ms.Nandini Janardhanan Ms.KumudiniKudalkar Mr. GaneshNeelam Programme Associate Senior Programme Associate Mr. Mr. KrishnaKumarSingh JamshedF. Bamji Programme Officer Mr. SudiptoSaha Individual Grants Resource Person(Communications) Ms. Amrita Patwardhan Programme Associate (Intern) Programme Associates Programme Officer(Education) r aehV hnaaa Mr. NavinD. Thingalaya Mr. RameshV. Thingalaya The Trust isgratefultothefollowing fortheirvaluablecontributionsduringtheyear. Mr. RaviM.Shetty Ms.SheetalNandanwar Ms.MeherRaghina Mr. MickyB.Billimoria Mr. ManojBhatkar Ms.BhanuChidambaram Ms.SanoberC.Patel Mr. FreddieP. Movdawala Office Assistants Executive Assistants Accounts Mr. Arun Pandhi Mr. HoshangD.Malesra Senior ProgrammeOfficer Programmes Manager Institutional Grants Secretary &Chief Accountant M/sMulla&CraigieBluntCaroe Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants StandardCharteredBank,Fort,Mumbai ICICIBank,Fort,Mumbai StateBankofIndia,Main,Mumbai M/sJayantilal Thakkar & Co. Solicitor Internal Auditors Statutory Auditors Bankers mrcnEpesBn,Mma AmericanExpressBank,Mumbai r eagrN ity ate Mr. JehangirN.Mistry, Partner s amn .Blioi Ms.JasmineD.Billimoria s ai hn Ms.RaziaKhan

Ms.Vartika Jaini / .C hkh o M/s C.Chokshi&Co.

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III SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 IV SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Reflections Of DaysGoneBy... also supported causes that sought to promote India’s glorious cultural history. One can recall the recall history.can cultural One glorious India’s promote to sought that causes supported also of the country, so that the generations to come could behold and regale in their splendor. Sir Ratan citizens the desirewith keen sharecollection a to valued cultureby his and complimented art was passion for paintings, sculpture, exhibits and archaeology, amongst other things. However, his love forThe younger son of Jamsetji Tata, Sir Ratan Tata, was a sensitive and artistic individual, with an ardent however,site,the of moreremainsenormity the importantlie the which at depth the with coupled Pataliputra had long been regarded as one of the most promising areas in the country for excavation; at Pataliputra (Patna), whichwastheancientcapitalofMauryandynasty. PataliputraMarshall,proposed who or Taxila.Subsequently, excavations perform to decided was it John Sir India, of Survey Archaeologyof General Director the to offer the referred promptly Butler value.Sir museum having relics, ancient unearth undertake,to would India of Government the of upto Rs. 20,000 a year towards any archaeological excavations which the Archaeological Department Ratan expressed his desire to Sir Harcourt Butler, the then Lt. Governor of Bihar & Orissa, to fi nance India Society and Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement in South Africa, in March 1911, Sir Amidst his involvement with causes of national importance like Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s Servants of following instancesthatcometomind. of Emperor Asoka. Emperor of Room Throne Mauryan column 100 the include made Findings Pataliputra. at progress in Excavations comparison”. of purposes for Persepolis at Columns Hundred a of Hall famous the to refer legitimately may we not, or origin Persepolitan purely of is it whether signifiand is apparent monument cantly the of importance “The wrote, Dr. Spooner Report, Archaeological the in published excavations, Tata’s Ratan Sir on chronicles his In Persia! in Persepolis at Darius King fiof Palace the of replica a as nd mason’speculiar mark, Persepolis.in found those to similar ThisDr.to led his establishing Spooner Emperor of Room Asoka. wereHall the unearthed,of large columns A of number revealedwhich a Throne Mauryan column 100 the of location the was Dr.Spooner by made discovery remarkable most the However, Patna. at Museum the in exhibited subsequently were which located, were In the course of the excavation, a large amount of museum artifacts like coins, plaques and terracotta during thefouryearsbetween1913to1917. in charge of the work, which was fi nanced to the extent of Rs. 75,000 (a tidy sum during that period) conducted.Dr.be should excavations the D.which on spot B.placed the was decide Spooner and who was familiar with the site, visited Patna in order to conduct preliminary investigations on the site having to worry about the fi nances required. A few months later, in December 1911, SirRatan’s hand,at task the on focus could Department the that meant magnanimity princely without John Marshall, buried, had till then rendered meaningful excavation beyond the means of the Department itself. Sir and six-character mark; Qingdynasty; Kangxiperiod; 1662-1772. Plate withLotusDesign; Porcelain withunderglaze-blue decoration Reflections

V SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 VI SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 taste of art and of course, his generosity. The collection covers a variety of antiquities from China,from antiquities course,generosity.of of his variety and a art covers of collection taste The Ratan’sfiSir of testimony bears and Museum ne the at displayed currently is collection entire The as perhisdirectives. wife,his by over handed was Navajbai Lady Tata,of Prince the to WalesMuseum, Bombay, 1921,in After Sir Ratan’s demise in 1918, his art collection, valued at approximately Rs. fi ve lacs, (at that time), wall hangingornamentsinivory. during his visits to Paris. On his tour of the Orient, he purchased blue and white fichina and Japanese ornamental and gures bottles snuff vases, of up made colours, different in jade, of collection a besides items like rare Indian shawls and old Indian arms like daggers, guns and swords.India,in places world,the as well as pictures,obtain to paintings, literature,ancient of manuscripts He purchased Ratan’swanderlust.Sir his by complimented was art for love prolifi a As traveller,c touredhe many 18th century. Vessel inshapeofaDou; Cloisonné enamel; Qingdynasty; blue glazeandgolddecoration; Qingdynasty; Kangxi Vase withfl owers andclassicaltreasures; Porcelain with period;1662-1772. Western India, Bombay. Photographs fromSirRatan Tata Art CollectionreproducedwithkindpermissionfromthePrinceof Wales Museumof The Trust wishestothankthe Tata Central Archives fortheirinputs. 1 Bombay. textiles, arms, woodwork, lacquerwork, jadesandotherprecious stone, snuffbottlesandivories. Japan, Tibet, Nepal, Persia, Europe and India. The materials range from porcelain and glass to bronzes, preserving ourgloriouslegacy forfuture generations. therebyart, of works ancient restore that country,institutions the supporting in besides forms art contemporary and traditionalenergize that organisationsRatan,the Trust support Sir to continues of vision the and sensitivities inclined artistically the later,with years keeping hundred in a Nearly Desai, Kalpana(2001) The Tata CollectionofChinese Antiquities; Trustees, Princeof Wales Museumof Western India, Container intheshapeofaLotusPlant; Greyish nephrite; Qingdynasty; 18thcentury. 1

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Contents Institutional Grants Guidelines forgrant applicants SmallGrantProgramme Individual Grants Financial Highlights An Overview: 2004-2005 Endowment Grants Programme Grants ...... Arts andCulture ...... Enhancing CivilSocietyandGovernance ...... Education ...... Health ...... Rural LivelihoodsandCommunities ...... 97 94 88 68 65 61 53 46 34 10 1 grant disbursals totalled up to Rs. 30 million (US $ 0.68 million). Small grants touched Rs.touched grantsmillion million). Small 35.81 0.68 $ Rs.(US to million up 30 totalled disbursals grant Rs.programmewereall million) ongrantsyear.7.74 madethe $ during (US million 340.26 Endowment (US $ 11.63 million), a massive 45% increase over the previous year and 60% over 2002-03. Disbursals of The total disbursals made by the Trust during the year touched an all time high, rising to Rs. During 511.46 2004-05,million the Trust completed its third year of activities based on the Strategic Plan 2006 (SP 2006). The yearthatwas: An Overview A farmer amidst his groundnut crop flPunjab.crop district, groundnut paddy,Sangrur his by in amidst anked farmer A Reviving the Green Revolution: Diversifi cation in Punjab, promoted by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Grant Disbursals: 1997-2005 Disbursals: Grant Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview

1 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 2 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview $ 2.39million), anincrease of16%overthe previous year. to the Trust’s portfolio during the year. The total disbursals to individuals were Rs. 105.39 million (US (US $ 0.82 million). Thirty four new programme grants and ninety three new small grants were added Rs. 10millionisRs. 1crore; 1US$isapproximatelyequal toRs. 44 Total Individual grants Institution: Smallgrants Institution: Endowmentgrants Type ofgrant Institution: Programme grants IWMI-TataProgramme. by undertaken research fithe disseminate Bhubaneswar,of to recommendationsin organised and ndings Orissa,Mr.of Minister Initiative:Chief India Centralworkshop Initiative India CentralPatnaik, the Naveen at Details ofgrantdisbursals: 2004-2005 511.46 340.26 Rs. inmillion 105.39 30.00 35.81 US$ inmillion 11.63 2.39 0.82 0.68 7.74 • • • The followingare someofthekeyachievementsandareas ofengagementsduring 2004-05. The Trust signed a Memorandum Under CInI, three large fi eld projects with Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) is which 2006, Plan Strategic under activities of year fithird The the marked 2004-05 year nancial were covered under water water under covered were villages 34 and hectares 7,000 covering supported, were projects watershed 14 year, the During Himalayas. the in initiative key its Pariyojana, Himmothan under goals of to ensure the timely realisation the Government of Uttaranchal with (MoU) Understanding of Trust. the by supported institution, research sector India’s water leading Programme), Tata (IWMI- Programme Research Policy Water IWMI-Tata the by prepared strategy the on based operationalised, were Maharashtrain Areas(MITTRA) Rural for Transfer Technology and Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS), both in Jharkhand, and Maharashtra Institute of for 36%ofRLCdisbursals. India,accounted central in tribals poor of livelihoods enhancing on focuses (CInI),which Initiative made within the thematic area of Rural Livelihoods and Communities (RLC), where the Central India wereachieved.disbursals ever total disbursals the of of quantum 69% highest resultedthe has in initiatives various up-scaling towards efforts initiatives.Trust’sThe concerted thematic focussed the Trust’sfi recommendationsits through implement to continued and document guiding year ve Children at the Bal Vividha organised by Comet Media Foundation in Unai, Unai, in Foundation Media Comet by Gujarat. organised Vividha Bal the at Children Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview

3 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 4 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview • • • During the year, under ‘Sakh Se Vikas’, the Rajasthan Microfi nance initiative, the four on-going fi eld Punjab’s in stagnation tackles which Revolution’, Green the ‘Reviving initiative the of part As Under Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY), the Trust’s coastal salinity initiative in Gujarat, the Coastal Uttaranchal. in efforts enhancement livelihood promote to supported were and (UBFDB) Board Development Fibre Bamboo Uttaranchal and (UOCB) Board Commodity Government Organic two Uttaranchal namely, this, Boards, Besides Pradesh. Himachal and Uttaranchal in projects sanitation and projects focused on promoting community based institutions with a view to move towards self towards move to view a with institutions based community promoting on focused projects (PAU) andtheDirectorate of Agriculture, GovernmentofPunjab. both,Punjab to University Agricultural support of the Trustphase prompted second the initiate to for practices of package groundnut and Basmati as alternate rounded crops and on Integrated well Pest Management for a cotton. This and has technologies replicable developed successfully has initiative The close. a to diversifi fidrew crop thephase facilitatingcation, rst by agriculture and itspartnerscoordinate andfocuseffortstomitigatesalinity. Trustthe Gujarat, of Government the help to agency nodal a as operationalised was Cell Salinity of Uttaranchal. Government of the and Trust the between signed Understanding of Memorandum Pariyojana: Himmothan *The figures inthetablereflect programmatic disbursalsduringthefinancialyear2004-05. • • During the year,the During the Trustportfolio.Education its reviewof the external on organisedan Based spin-off (a Foundation Kalanjiam to support of phase second the operationalised Trust The Total nacn ii oit oenne 12 Arts &Culture Enhancing CivilSociety&Governance Health Rural Livelihoods&Communities Thematic Area Education such asrural southernRajasthan. focused, can help meet the first level of financial viability even in an overall depressed economy member adequately if lending, consumption that demonstrated sufficiency.projects field The The Trust is implementing the new strategy through projects that involve the participation of participation the involve that projects through strategy new the implementing TrustTheis education.resourcein institutional building and discipline a as education education,nurturing elementary reforming on focuses now and restructured was portfolio the recommendations, Tamil Naduand Andhra Pradesh. resourcetheir and women areasfamilies,select Karnataka,poor in of locations specified 30 in 61,500 covers programme,which banking community its for Foundation), DHAN of institution Programme grantdisbursals: 2004-2005* Programme grant disbursals: 2004-2005 disbursals: grant Programme o fgat R.i ilo US$inmillion Rs. inmillion No. ofgrants 99 15 46 24 2 340.26 232.72 31.82 21.28 50.94 3.50 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview 7.74 0.09 0.72 0.48 1.16 5.29

5 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 6 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview • • • In July 2004, the Trust operationalised its website, which is actively used to disseminate information A review of the Arts and Culture portfolio, which was initiated in 2003-04, was completed by the 2004-05. during conducted was (SGP) Programme Grant Small the of review external An disbursements withinEducationwastowards elementaryeducation. the community, besides subject specific interventions in schools. During FY 2004-05, 73% of its on activitiesinkeyon-goingprojects. build onthestrength ofthe Trust inunderstandingandsupportingitsinstitutions. focus.of area overriding its arts’,as the would This in building keep ‘institution to decided has recommendations,Trustthe the on Based (CSCS). Society and Culture of Study the for Centre were madeundertheSGP duringtheyear, ascompared to53madeduring2003-04. provided to all SGP projects by external specialists or the Trust’s own team. As many as 93 grants being areas.are thematic Furthermore,inputs its programmatic to grants Trustlinked the has SGP,the under grants for form,applying application for proceduredesigned freshly a through Subsequently, the SGP was restructured, based on the recommendations. Whilst simplifying the Individual grants: 1997-2005 grants: Individual ending March 31, 2005havebeenfi nalised andthestatutoryauditcompleted. were 2 per cent of the total income and 3 per cent of the total disbursals. The accounts for the year time high of Rs. 511.46 million (US $ 11.62 million). The general administration and programme costs million, an increase of 63 per cent over the previous year. Correspondingly, disbursals touched an all The year under review saw a quantum rise in the Trust’s income from Rs. 412.80 million to Rs. 673.63 Finance, propertyandadministration: Total Education Medical Type ofgrants Onward Grant making by the India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore: Artistes singing an ode to Guru Guru to ode Punjab Patiala, near Ghadaam, an in Shah, Bhikham singing of shrine Artistes the Bangalore: at Nanak Arts, the for Foundation India the by making Grant Onward Individual grantdisbursals: 2004-2005 Rs. inmillion 105.39 22.94 82.45 US$ inmillion 2.39 0.52 1.87 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview 100.00 21.77 78.23 %

7 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 8 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview • • Looking ahead: information, besidesfunctioningasa ‘Knowledge Bank’fortheinitiative. Apart from providing technical support, each Cell would function as a one-shop stop for all relevant area of operation, which would be staffed with appropriate human resources to guide the initiative. considering decentralising certain programmatic functions in large initiatives, to ‘Cells’, based in the the Trust’sat re-look a resourcesstrategy.necessitates human portfolio Consequently, the Trust is the processing.in transparencyin growth Theenhance and design their strengthen to effort an in organizeto appraisalsdecision largeindependent sectoralconscious all by a of proposals experts, implementation.project Additionally,strengthen to inputs the Trustproviding and made proposals appraising projects, ongoing reviewing for specialists external to functions of programmatic outsourcing some the to led has grants, the of complexity and portfolio the of size increasing The Human Resources: • Like the Coastal Salinity Cell under KVY that was operationalised during the year, the Trust would the consolidating on focus Trustwould the 2006, SP the of year last the being 2005-06 With uig h cmn ya, h Tut ol iiit te eod hs o spot o h IWMI the to support of phase second the initiate would Trust the year, coming the During management. the initiatives, the Cells are envisaged to add immense value, through their focus on knowledge guiding programmaticallyInitiative. Besides Microfinance Rajasthan the and Revolution Green the Reviving Pariyojana, Himmothan (CInI), Initiative India Central under Cells up set similarly guiding lightbehindthe Trust’s operations forfivesubsequentyears. Strategic2011.Plan operationalisedbe to Expected 2006-07,from the be would document the the of finalisation and formulation the to lead would exercise the 2004-05, during conducted portfolios SGP the and Culture & Arts Education, the of reviews the with Governance.Along & Society Civil Enhancing and Health Communities, & Livelihoods Rural of portfolios thematic the portfolio,of programmaticreviews its external across conducting initiatives besides major Plan forHimmothanPariyojana, whichhasbeen developed. to recommendations research operationalise new grants its under CInI. It would using also focus on the implementation besides of the Strategic Programme, Research Policy Water Tata • • The Trust would also endeavour to set up a communications unit for dissemination of work done Within the Education portfolio, the Trust would focus on implementing the recommendations of all theCellswithinkeyinitiativeswouldbemaintained. comparative research carriedoutineducation, whilstnurturingeducationasadiscipline. support also would It Material’. Education of Dissemination and ‘Development on initiative an the Education review, whilst operationalizing its Learning Centres Initiative (LCI), besides launching presentations on key initiatives during Trustees meetings. To optimise its efforts, close links with filike products various initiatives,through website,its coordinatingthe within besides and lms SHG meeting in a remote village in Godda district, Jharkhand. district, Godda in village remote a in meeting SHG a attend to way his on PRADAN from executive Initiative:An India Central Overview 2004 - 2005 - 2004 Overview

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Rural Livelihoods& was facilitated thorough the Annual Partners’Meet,the which Annual thorough facilitated was Dissemination of the research undertaken by the scientifiother practices.and horticulture,composting vermi-composting and c alfalfa in sprinklers and drips micro-tube like systems irrigation saving water of types different of adoption devices, and a half years, the NGI has led to increased knowledge of several low-cost water saving irrigation two past the Over district. Banaskantha in poor rural the of livelihood the improve and depletion groundwater arrest to strategies local based community replicate and locate to (NGI), Initiative’ the supported inflpolicy.also TrustThewith water associated uencing players various the to inputs knowledge communication strategy, effective focusing on decision an makers, within a devise large framework of to providing critical Programme the recommended issues, other amongst which, specialists, recommendations. A mid-term review of the fipolicy research practicaltranslating into by challenges, ndings water future address levels local on water resource management, with the objective of helping policy makers at the central, state and presents new perspectives and practical solutions derived from the wealth of research done in India rgam (WITt Programme). (IWMI-Tata Programme within CInI is based on the research recommendations of the fisubsequent and fiof testing eld projects.the Trust’spilot of through bulk Thendings engagement to ensure quality output, the Trust’s initiatives in land and water development are based on research The Trust recognizes the role of land and water development in enhancing people’s livelihoods. In order advance welldevelopedandfi eld testedpilots. up-scaling,facilitate then and problems to solutions seek drawinglargerby in to agencies funding given the overall scenario, efforts have been made to invest in innovative regional initiatives, which through well defi ned regional initiatives. Although the Trust’s interventions are comparatively modest,and community based organisations, focusing on strengthening delivery systems to alleviate poverty the Trust continues to work closely with reform oriented state governments, non-profi t organisations which is home to over 50 million marginalized tribals. Whilst making grants within this thematic area, India,central across belt poverty the on attention its Trustthe center exhorts to which 2006, Plan the StrategicTrust, of of arearecommendations focus the the to accordancebeen in has initiative This(CInI). Initiative India Central the within grants towards made been has (31%) million Rs.164 which, of million), 12.02 $ (US million Rs.529 of tune the to disbursals made Trusthas the years, further develop key initiatives in Land and Water Development and Microfi nance.to During efforts these four its continued Trust the years, four past the over pursued strategy the with keeping In to undertake the ‘North Gujarat Sustainable Groundwater Sustainable Gujarat the ‘North undertake to IWMI-TataProgramme With the Trust’s support, the the Trust’s support, the With IWMI-Tata Programme was undertaken by external IWMI-Tata Programme

Communities was attended by over 200 researchers,200 over by attended was IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research WITt Programme IWMI-Tata during the current period

lands.Zone In ‘B’,strategythe of promotion the on focus a suggests ‘Wadi’(orchards) creationand stabilizing Kharif crops, through the creation of decentralized water harvesting structures near farm Zone ‘D’. Specifi c strategies have been suggested for each zone. In Zone ‘A’, the focus needs to parts be of Madhya Pradeshon comes under Zone ‘C’ and parts of Gujarat and south Rajasthan fall under Maharashtra.and MaharashtraChhattisgarh and of parts and Pradesh Madhya areZone ‘B’ under conditions. Zone ‘A’ covers the states socio-economic of Jharkhand,and Orissa,agro-climatic Chhattisgarh on and based West zones,Bengal. four The following states the into sub-divided been has region.researchthe fithe in per development As tribal for control region Indian centralndings, the the form of a book and highlight the need for taking a livelihoods centered approach through water irrigation in ten districts in the central India’s tribal belt. The research fi ndings have been published in studies were undertaken to review processes which determine the relationship between tribals and 40 which, during CInI, under study research its of phase second the for Programme IWMI-Tata the supported Trust.the It of area focal the remain to continues (CInI) Initiative India Central The were presented anddiscussedduringthethree-day event. also the hallmark of this year’s meet. Around 100 research papers, under 12 diverse research themes, scientists from India and abroad. Substantial participation from central and state governments was water leading and organizations international of representatives and professionals development irrigation systems in arid Banaskantha district, Gujarat. district, Banaskantha arid in systems irrigation IWMI-TatapomegranatefiProgramme:acresof - GujaratInitiative North drip cost low through irrigated elds Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional poet sntoe b te oenet f aaahr (o) to (GoM), Maharashtra of Government the by sanctioned project, a stabilization, which would help reduce distress migration. Within Zone ‘C’, the Trust is supplementing paddy Kharif fion further focusing Jharkhand,developing in Trustthe be projects would based eld year,next the Over Jharkhand. in district Seraikela-Kharsawan of blocks Kharsawan and Seraikela in villages 21 in families tribal 20,000 over of livelihoods enhancing on focusing (TSRDS), Society with 2005 January in launched was stabilization paddy Kharif on introducing alternate crops and promotion of lac and tassar was operationalised. Similarly, a project tribal, paddy,Kharif stabilizing Jharkhand, through of districts 16 in pre-dominantly villages 1,600 in families marginalised of security livelihood and food enhancing on focusing project livelihood (PRADAN) Action Development of efforts the supplementing actively ‘A’,Trustis Zone the Within community managedNatural Resources Management, hasbeensuggestedforZone ‘D’. could also be taken up. Finally, construction of large check dams and lift irrigation systems, through Management Irrigation Participatory through systems irrigation of Revival enhancement. income to that specifi ed for Zone ‘B’ needs to be adopted, with the introduction of crops such as cotton for of water harvesting structures such as nallah and cement bag bunds. In Zone ‘C’, a similar strategy Central India Initiative: Promotion of tribal livelihoods by PRADAN – a Tassar rearer in West Singhbhum Singhbhum West in rearer TassarJharkhand. district, a – PRADAN by livelihoods tribal of Promotion Initiative: India Central towards enhancing rural livelihoods. During the year, a new new year, a the During livelihoods. rural enhancing towards Tata Steel Rural Development TataRural Steel Professional Assistance for Assistance Professional aaahr Isiue of Institute Maharashtra are undertaking the undertaking are (VRTI), Institute Training and Research Programme (India) (AKRSP(I)), Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), and Shree Vivekanand Since January 2002, the Trust, along with its partner organisations, namely, and fieldvisits. technical support to organizations implementing CInI strategies, through regular monitoring provide missions and monitor (e) and CInI; for equity brand develop (d) CInI; developing further by field the to productive use of water resources; (c) play a role of an idea incubator, by exploring new ideas in centralIndia,regardin with livelihoods especially tribal related to information the sourcefor single a be would which bank, knowledge a as serve region;(b) India central the in working donors and act as a networking and coordinating unit between civil society organizations, government agencies recharge approach to increasing its focus on agriculture, year under review, whilst crop patterns and switch over to equally remunerative, but less water consuming crops. During the change to farmers encourage to salinity,necessary on is impact it interventions.lasting a To have Experience hasindicatedthattacklingsalinityrequires amixture ofdemandandsupplysidewater primarily undertaken interventions to supplement the availability of drinking water in project villages. would be initially based in Anand and housed at the which Cell’, ‘CInI the establishing in lead the taking Trustthe months,be few would coming the In from thegovernmenttosupplementinterventions. programme.forestryRs. raisedsocial Foundation million its Sadguru 50.88 under seedlings million two over of plantation facilitating and horticulture for plots 3,100 over developing besides dams, projects. During the year, development watershed and resources water on being focus the Rajasthan, in districts Banswara and Jhalawar in Foundation), (Sadguru Foundation Development & Water Sadguru N.M. Maharashtra.in districts 15 in families tribal 52,500 to Zone In ‘D’,the Trustwith working continued community health, micro-watersheds and women development programmes, thereby reaching out ‘Wadi’,of development on focuses It model. ‘Wadi’ the upscale to period year five a over spread Rs.billion; of 1.4 outlay total a Programme’,has Utkarsha ‘Jan titled project,Foundation. GoM The Research Development BAIF of off-shoot an (MITTRA), Areas Rural for TransferTechnology the rate of intrusion. During the first two years, two first the During intrusion. of rate the tackle the problems caused by salinity ingress in coastal areas of Gujarat, besides initiative,attemptingMitigation to and Prevention Ingress toSalinity Coastal Gujarat arrestthe as known earlier (KVY), Sadguru Foundation constructed 16 lift irrigation schemes and 20 check ACF has been shifting gradually from its drinking water and groundwater Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional and AKRSP(I) IWMI-Tata Programme. AKRSP(I) both in Junagadh district, had district,ACF, Junagadh in both has widely extended water saving Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana Vistarotthan Kharash Aga Khan Rural Support The ‘CInI Cell’ would: (a)

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional respect to fl owering and fruiting. It is the Trust’s endeavour to enhance its support in support its enhance to Trust’sendeavour the is It flfruiting. to and respect owering treesbranchesgreensprouting lush and leaves. Theorganisation recordedcurrentlyobservations is the studying with Reviving salt affected plantations is one innovative concept under structures.harvesting water of construction and technologies saving water of promotion irrigation, group ones, new of establishment and plantations horticulture affected salt of organizations,revival community of formation and comprehensive programme on salinity management in 18 villages in Mundra taluka in Kutch, involving capacity building earlier known as the Gujarat Coastal Salinity Ingress Prevention & Mitigation Initiative, for developing and implementing a This innovative approach experimented by experimented approach innovative This salinity.the to due deposition salt to lead which used, are water of quantities large where irrigation, water,of saving 40% fla to comparedlosses,in evaporationresulting the reduces and ingress salinity for buffer a ood provides matter organic zone.the Besides,saline the into and area trench the beyond roots the of growth radial the arrests and zone root the in capacity holding moisture the enhances leaves.procedure palm This date with covered and watered adequately is trench the which following process, decomposition the accelerate to order in introduced, also is culture Appropriate added. is waste farm of quantity equal an and manure of kilograms 10 which canopy,in the trunk,under tree the surrounding constructed is deep foot 1 and plantations.wide damaged feet trench,of 1.5 A In 2003, the Trust operationalised a Rs. 61.5 million project with Bhavnagar.and Kutch in husbandry animal and agriculture management, watershed development,resources water the Enter plantations. thriving once Vivekanand Research and Training their Institute (VRTI), which was set up in 1974 and has been abandon active in the fi to compelled elds of been have cultivators of number large a disaster, decreased soil fertility, rendering and the productivity agricultural land in unsuitable decline for a futureto led cultivation.has irrigation Asfor water a saline direct of consequence use crops.ofProlonged horticulture this to environmental been have taluka, Mundra the in coastline severely affected the with salinity ingress, adjoining due to fl villages the agrant especially exploitation of groundwater Gujarat, for cultivation Kutch, and providing irrigation of belt coastal The improve the lives of the people living in the coastal villages of Gujarat. of villages coastal the in living people the of lives the improve the impact of salinity in Mundra taluka, Kutch, as part of a project being implemented by VRTI. by implemented being project a of part as Kutch,taluka, Mundra in salinity of impact the offset to irrigation trench implement Kharash to Vistarotthan Yojana:palm date a Trencharound dug being has kicked-off the revival process of the plantations, with over 300 over with plantations, the of process revival the kicked-off has VRTI VRTI, under the KVY through which, Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY), VRTI aims to revive 200 hectares to combat salinity and salinity combat to KVY micro-watershed projects designed specifically for Himalayan conditions, through community based implementing by degradation land tackling on focuses and development watershed participatory The current phase of where fundsare insufficientornotpossiblethroughconventionalgovernmentfundingpatterns. framework for interventions. The strategic plan would ensure that assistance is given to critical areas the Trust has constituted a joint team, to develop a strategic plan for Pariyojana.realizationHimmothan timely under goals of MoU,the of outcome an As GoUAthe and the ensure to Trustthe GoUA of and commitment the out years.sets ten MoU Theof period a for Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Uttaranchal (GoUA) on May 5, 2004, basis.year,systematic second a its on into Himalayas well the initiative the With the Trusta signed of inhabitants the confronting issues development rural key the of some addresses2002, January the fulcrumtodevelopandstrengthen KVY. and studies on specific issues related to salinity. The in project areas about the problems of salinity, judicious use of water, etc.; and (iv) promote research people amongst training,awarenessgenerateeducation; extension (iii) and media, visits exposure support, professional and technical through departments, concerned and institutions society civil with individuals, groups and concerned government departments; (ii) facilitate efforts of individuals, Coastal Salinity Cell technologies, such as drips and sprinklers, apart from increasing area under horticulture. In Kutch, multi-faceted nature of the problem the of nature multi-faceted the and complexity the of Saurashtra.recognition in In coast Jamnagar the on taluka Okhamandal agricultural,involving pilot in villages six rechargein groundwater interventions water drinking and (TCSRD) Development Rural for saving technologies. During the year, a new field project commenced with water various with experimenting and irrigation plantations,trench affected salt reviving including has focused on groundwater recharge and implementing different innovative agricultural interventions, The Trust’s flagship initiative initiative flagship Trust’s The constituting the Order Government a issued initiatives.GoG and programmes2004,the In innovative April develop projects.mitigation salinity on-going to inputs for agency nodal the being from Apart a of formation the through Trust’s partner organisations, including the relevant departments of the Government of Gujarat (GoG), Coastal Salinity Cell HMP was operationalised, which apart from coordinating efforts, would: (i) network has three components. The first component enhances livelihoods through which would co-ordinate and provide technical provide co-ordinateand would which Cell, Salinity Coastal Hmohn aioaa (HMP), Pariyojana’ ‘Himmothan Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional the need was perceived to tie in the work carried out by the by out carried work the in tie to perceived was need the , o dvlpn a oe o slnt mngmn truh a through management salinity on model a developing for and its Steering Committee. Consequently, in March 2005, the

Coastal Salinity Cell is expected to become which was operationalised in in operationalised was which HMP, which would chart-out a Tata Chemicals Society KVY,would it VRTI

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional on subsistence agriculture. Under this component, the livelihoods through farm and non farm activities, so as to prevent migration and reduce dependence be taken up next year, facilitated by Uttaranchalof districts Chamoli and Bageshwar in villages 11 further a in activities are to expected Hospital Trust (HIHT) and Society for Motivational Training & Action (SMTA). (HGVS), Samiti GramVikas Himalayan to grants on-going through facilitated being Uttaranchal, of districts Pithoragarh and Bageshwar Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Garhwal, Tehri across villages 34 covered have activities implementation 2005,March schemes.on own As their and sanitation committees, known as ‘Management Societies’, which plan, implement and manage through drinking water and sanitation projects and is being implemented through health village community basedimproves component water second watersheds.The model quality ensure to view a inputs to the fi eld projects, through hand-holding and further capacity building of communities, with regular provide to need partners its Trustthe and implementation, physical actual the to building experiences gathered over the past three years indicates that as the activities progress from capacity are in Garhwal and three in Kumaon regions of Uttaranchal, whilst fi ve are in Himachal Pradesh. The emerging from the watershed capacity building programme have been operationalised, of which, six focused its efforts in Kumaon region of Uttaranchal. As on March 2005,Pradesh, Himachal a and total Uttaranchal ofof 14 watershed projects exercise for both, Non Profi t Organisations (NPOs) and watershed committees, in the Garhwal region watershed committees. Whilst Himmothan Pariyojana: Farmers spray bio-pesticide on a Basamti fi eld in Udham Singh Nagar district, district, Board. Commodity Organic Nagar Uttaranchal with project Singh farming organic the of Udham part fias Uttaranchal, in Basamti eld a on bio-pesticide spray Farmers Pariyojana: Himmothan Peoples’ Science Institute (PSI) Kassar Trust. The fi nal component focuses on enhancing rural has (CHIRAG) Group Action Rural Himalayan Central Centre for Organic Farming (COF), based is undertaking the capacity building Himalayan Institute Himalayan Implementation 23 villages commenced in February 2004 facilitated by facilitated 2004 February in commenced covering villages phase 23 implementation year two A facilities. sanitation and water drinking better demanded communities where2002, November in villages 49 in initiated was phase villages.planning 72 Thereafter, year in one conducted a their own manage schemes. and During the implement initial pre-planningdesign, phase,plan, that which commenced Societies,in May Management 2002, pre-feasibility as exercises wereknown committees, sanitation village & through water implemented based is which process, the facilitating are Trust Kassar and (SMTA) Action & Training Motivation for Society (HGVS), Samiti Vikas Gram Himalayan (HIHT), Trust Hospital Institute Himalayan awareness. hygiene and health besides sanitation, and protection area supply,catchment water towards approach The sustainable. become schemes supply water the that ensure to system, (O&M) Maintenance Protection & OperationArea comprehensive Catchment a place the in of putting on part focused as is hectares, Currently,works.VEC the two of area an in undertaken been have activities plantation and raised been also has saplings 2,000 of costs.nursery capital A the of 60% contributed community the which, for tanks, harvesting water rain roof fipits,and soak tanks poly-houses, sh include village the in constructed structures entirevillage,coverage.the sanitation to 100% water also drinking wherethereis individual clean Other aresupplying revived.Today, were schemes.schemes posts supply water Consequently,stand water defunct three29 these the of construction of costs capital the towardsVEC’saccounts, the in received was 10% of tune the to contribution people’s once commenced Phase Implementation The environment. the protect to formed (SHGs) Groups Help Self and organised were topics related hygiene and health on conducted.camps was Variousawareness PRA and survey formed,was women,(VEC) 40% Committee of Empowerment consisting which,Village following household detailed a problems.A various discussing for conducted were meetings extensive and clusters four into divided was Rankote In 2002, the village was selected for the planning phase of the water and sanitation projects under Himmothan sources.Pariyojana.the in discharge in reduction drastic a to leading denuded, severely becoming sources water the above forest the with eco-system, fragile the on effect telling a had people.scenario the This amongst addiction alcohol to led has education poor and only toilets,functional nine population.the generalof a hygiene to and leading health in decline Poverty, with awarenessof lack along schemes, water drinking defunct three were facilities.the Thereago, water long drinking too decent Not lacked Uttaranchal. district,villagers Pithoragarh in families caste scheduled 89 of village small a is Rankote the change in their lives brought about by Himmothan Pariyojana. Himmothan by about brought lives their in change the at 2004.exuberanceToday, October exhibit from villages,Rankote phase, 11 of implementation covering villagers the imta Pariyojana Himmothan Tehri Garhwal district. A project facilitated by Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust.Hospital Institute Himalayan village,by facilitated Dhungli project district.A Tehri in Garhwal tank Harvesting Rainwater Roof their besides stands family A Pariyojana: Himmothan endeavours to deliver sustainable health and hygiene benefi ts, through a holistic holistic a benefi through ts, hygiene and health sustainable deliver to endeavours Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional and HGVS followed by HIHT,followed which commenced its commenced which SMTA,

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional ground water, pollution of ground and surface water, water logging, infestation of crops by insect by crops of water,infestation logging,surface water and ground water,of ground pollution over-exploitationto times,recentdue of the in set had that Punjab in agriculture in stagnation the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) asitskeypartner, toseekanswersandsolutions to arrest The initiative ‘Reviving the Green Revolution’ was operationalised by the Trust in April 2002, along with income generating alternativeandexploringmarketsforbambooproducts. profiand reliable table fia and as bamboo ber of cultivation through poor rural amongst options livelihood fiof and creation bamboo technologies, of based dissemination ber and demonstration Board (UBFDB) to made was E-commerce.grant new Another and export for buckwheat and food baby Mandua like items of development and horticulture in its organic activities to the middle Himalayas through research & development, organic interventions the creation of an annex to the existing Centre, at Machkhali in Almora district, which would extend towardsdistrict. COF each Theto in grant Trust centers new market a develop sanctioned helping registering the logo “Organic Uttaranchal”, as a brand name for all organic products of the state and marketing and export of 260 tons of organic Basmati from Dehradun & Udham Singh Nagar districts, the at Vikas Samiti. Vikas Gram Himalayan by facilitated project scheme.A supply water their of reservoir water clear the besides village,Boradistrict, Pithoragarhof committee sanitation & water the of Pariyojana:Members Himmothan taaca Ognc omdt Bad (UOCB), Board Commodity Organic Uttaranchal towards bamboo & fi ber based livelihood promotion in Uttaranchal, through research, Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fibre Development Fibre and Bamboo Uttaranchal was instrumental in facilitating the the facilitating in instrumental was Sangrur andFaridkot districtsofPunjabrespectively. entails field demonstrations being conducted on less water demanding Water’,Saving cropping in Rice-Wheat to systemsSystems Cropping inAlternative of Performance ‘Comparativetitled Jalandhar, reducingof objectives the withdrawal.groundwater Theof Department the with project Agronomy recharge through tube wells, the second project focuses on management of water resources, with artificial by groundwater of augmentation and irrigation drip water,through of utilisation efficient Agronomy,at all projects with the Department of Water Engineering, the Department of Soils and the Department of project villages during the Kharif season.in activities During of the year,host a undertaking the by blocks,Trust 28 in has alsoannually supportedvillages three56 on-goingstate, covering the in belt cotton the across technology cotton-IPM of dissemination the of up-scaling towards Punjab, of Punjab. The third project forges a partnership with the identified resistant stocks and enhancing the seed production of SG 99 and promoting its adoption in high yielding, early maturing, disease and insect resistant varieties of groundnut, by utilizing already at Breeding Plant of Department the with Punjab.project second The of districts Muktsar and Ferozpur,Mansa Bhatinda, in technology cotton-IPM disseminating and first project supports the Department of Entomology at Phase II of the initiative was operationalised through three new grants sanctioned in March 2005. The gains, consolidate and process.process diversification the the To facilitate with involved agencies other with strategy implementation integrated an developing on supply.been input has focus The and mechanisms protection linkages,plant market developing through stories,especially success Consequently,forwardtake these to (GoP) Punjab of Government the with initiated was dialogue a practices for groundnut, Basmati and IPM on cotton, which have been favorably received by of farmers.package rounded well a and technologies replicable developed successfully and review under from the Government of Punjab (GoP). The first phase of the initiative drew to an end during the year contract farming, agro-processing and market intelligence services, which required active involvementhighlighted the need to provide necessary market infrastructure for alternate crops, group marketing/ cropping to all the areas suffering from excessive exploitation of ground water. More importantly, it alternate extending of vision a develop to need the indicating time,besides of span reasonable a within crops alternate of technologies proven of extension for models replicable effective cost of explorationrecommended also cotton.It on (IPM) Management Pest Integrated and improvement groundnut cropping, alternate of programs on-going of continuation recommended review The reviewed. externally initiative whole the Trustthe had 2004, May factors.In other amongst debts, crippling and markets agricultural unreliable and uncertain soil, the in levels nutrient falling pests, Whilst the first project focuses on management of water resourcesthrough water of PAU.management on focuses project first the Whilst Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Directorate of Agriculture, Government PAU towards further developing, validating focuses on developing on PAUfocuses

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional the PAU model of cotton-IPM technology across the cotton belt in the state. the in belt cotton the across technology cotton-IPM of model PAU the up-scaling towards Punjab, of Govt. Agriculture, of Department the supporting Entomology, besides of Department with involvement its expand Trustthe to spurred also has scale.It large a on The successfuldemonstration oftheIPMhasencouraged farmersinthesedistrictsPunjabtoadoptthistechnology benefihectare.thereby farmers,per Rs. non-IPM 17,000 by the ting to compared pests, insect of control for less insecticide mixtures signifi cantly. Overall, the IPM farmers obtained 33 per cent higher yield, whilst spending 36 per cent and pyrethroids synthetic of use the reduced also farmers IPM the (d) and 2002; in 12.2 to compared as 2004, in spraysaverage5.4 an on gave farmers cent;IPM per the 11 increased(c) by May) mid to (April 2004 in crop of sowing timely under area the cent;(b) per 25 by rose 2004 in maturing,hybrids resistantfruiting,rapidearly CLCV under area the 2002:(a) to programme,compared encouraging cotton-IPM most 2004,the was recordedduring of as impact The benefithe and effilevels of ETH ts technology.the spray on cient based sprays insecticidal of use damage,besides of nature their and identifipests about insect them of educating cation besides situation, pest and crop the monitor recommendedinsecticides.sprayingof besides from Scientists spearhead a spearhead situation, the at this departments tackle various to with collaborated view Trusthas a the With etc. pests, insect by crops of infestation salinity, soil and logging water, water confront agriculture here, chief amongst them being over-exploitationproblems of ground Multiple water,decline. the pollution of ground and on surface is productivity consequently,agricultural and stagnated has mechanization, farm and seeds,fertilizers,irrigation,pesticides variety chemical yielding high of utilization the by Revolution,spearheaded The lush green fi elds of Punjab are considered to be the granaries of India. However, over the past few years, the Green of of timely sowing of early maturing, rapid fruiting rapid maturing, early of sowing timely of and for comparison, 52 non-IPM farmers, with 210 hectares of cotton were selected. The cotton-IPM module consisted For the project, 166 farmers, possessing about 796 hectares of land, were adopted for implementation 2004.of and IPM 2003 technology during districts, Muktsar and Ferozepur in villages more four in demonstrated further was Ferozepur district, Punjab, where cotton-IPM technology was validated and promoted at farmers’ fi elds. The technology in villages two in 2002 in commenced project cotton,the irrigated on Punjab”.Undertaken in Rice and Cotton in (IPM) at Entomology irrigation, weeding of alternate weed hosts of cotton leaf curl virus, weekly monitoring of pest population, releases population, pest of monitoring weekly virus, curl leaf cotton of hosts weed alternate of weeding irrigation, at weekly interval, hand collection and destruction of big larvae of larvae big of destruction and collection hand interval, weekly at chilonis Trichogramma of IPM on cotton to young farmers in Ferozpur district, Punjab.district, Ferozpur in farmers young to cotton on IPM of Reviving the Green Revolution: Dr. A. S. Sohi of the Entomology Department, PAU, explains intricacies eia o te re Revolution. Green the of Revival PAU,Management Integratedcalled Pest on project threeDevelopment year “Researcha and through cotton varieties/ hybrids, judicious use of fertilizers and fertilizers of use judicious hybrids, varieties/ cotton hirsutum Under this initiative, the Trust has supported the Department of Department the supported has Trustthe initiative, this Under to Ludhiana, (PAU), University Agricultural Punjab PAUfifarmers’ the regularlyvisited and survey to elds through a second phase with the with phase second a through PAU Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa services through the profithe through services programme.the generatedfrom ts Thefi demonstratedhave projects eld leadership.community developing including these of increasinglycosts Theis meeting community been promoted and the associations are being strengthened through regular capacity building input promoting community based institutions with a view to in moveinvolved were towardsprojects year, these the self districts. During suffithree across families 12,000 ciency.about and 57 clusters have women of Groups Help Self 800 about to out reach together organisations These(HVVS). Samiti Shiksha Evam Vikas Sangathan (PEDO), Prayatna Samiti, Ibtada and launched in the fi nancial year 2003-04. In this initiative, the Trust supports fi eld projects, namely, grant making towards microfi nance programmes in Rajasthan was initiated in 1999, the initiative was Trust’sthe regions.poor,of underserved the part on for While programmesas focus client-centric relevant contextually developing on focused is Rajasthan in Trustinitiative the – Vikas Se Sakh improving accesstocredit toreduce vulnerability andencourage assetcreation. continues to encourage promotion of savings and microficredit in groups, nance making with Trust’s granta The livelihoods. diversifiview to of for organize cation essential communities, are avenues alternate that apparent is it cultivators,marginal and landless the resources.considers one When natural developing and supporting through solely provided be However,cannot livelihoods robust part of a microfiIbtada. a by of facilitated part project nance as village,district, Saalpuri Alwar in Sabha Mahila Kranti the within groups of grading undertaking Women Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Hanuman Van Vikas Jan

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional 25-30 blocks. This is being used to raise promotional funds from the Canara Bank. While the Trustthe Bank.While Canara the from funds promotional raise to used blocks.being 25-30 is This about for banks sources,mainstreamincluding from it for funds raise and locations new incubate to KF allows fund provision.incubation service innovative development An business of area the in were initiated with Trust’s support, reaching out to about 18,000 families. Efforts would be intensified electricity.and de-addiction on those as such locations products new financing Nine development upscale and experiment blocks; prone drought 15 and areas coastal and tribal 10 in model the programme.by supported households year,grant,this phase approved new A demonstrate would successive grants. The Trust supported 41% of total costs and 46% of the total groups promoted and effort,larger this of grants.these reviewof on based taken platform.be microfinance Futuredirectionwould a part As on grants,financing planning grantinstrument,health of small with the explorelinkages using that expenses in increasing household vulnerability. In recognition of this, the Trust has initiated a series can be addressed through microfinance. Academic and field studies note the role of health related initiative is geographically focused, an effort has been made to see Rajasthan how key development concerns the While development. for tool a as microfinance envisages making grantTrust The though regular review visits by viability even in an overall depressed economy such as rural southern Rajasthan. Handholdingfinancial of level first the meet focused,help member can lending,adequately supportconsumption if that processes. promotion livelihood and building institution support and value add to view a with Programme, engaging with large scale livelihood programmes in the state such as the District Poverty Initiatives year,the Trustoperationalisingon focus recommendationswould the study. the of be also would It year.coming the the during economist,Over eminent an Vyas,S V Dr by undertaken and planned was this microfinance.on for study group feasibility support A level state a seeding considering is efforts to promote microfinance can improve the access of financial services to rural poor. The Trust workers to focus on microfinance programme in select partners. Studies have shown that sustained Voluntary Action programme, local microfinance cadre was developed with placing four grassroots to Assistance Professional the through year.in brought resources professional the To supplement in launched Alwar,and developed was Programme(MMDP) Development Management the during between bankers and non profit organisations was established in Churu district and a Microfinance families.forum 54,000 A and groups 4,000 over to out reaches and organisations partner 20 with Advancement through Voluntary Action and Local Involvement (ARAVALI). ARAVALI more intensive handholding to smaller organisations, the Trust has supported has been supported since its inception through inception its since supported been has (KF) Foundation Kalanjium Kalanjium Foundation, Madurai continued during the year. To provide Association for Rural works made, theleverage ratio wasupat1:1.41. were million Rs.10 almost worth linkages and up shot loans times.for ten demand increasedThe banks from that while 151%, by increased savings own members’ the from off-take credit47%. The by increased Savings 35%. than more by increased loans of availing members number the 2004, and 2003 September Between phenomenal. were results The increased. also were limit at various levels (groups, clusters and organisation) member-friendliness of the system. The loan sanctioning the cash,increasing in made now banks,were through routed groups.were which level,Transactions group at of maturity and savings with sanctioned loan linked (c) and demand; recurrent large creating without off-take encouraged that loans repay to installments smaller made (b) period; repayment different with loans, term long and term short term, short very – products loan new policy was introduced that: (a) created three distinct pointed out large sums of idle funds in bank accounts. A members.the of needs the suit assessment internal An fi nance, asaknowledgehubandresource formicrofi nance effortsinthestate, holdspromise. micro of development centrefor a of up inputs,setting useful the some provide would Dungarpur researchin studies development. Paucity of member level information and organizational capacities somewhat constrain the effort. While needs,member microfion if based products design and cycle 20-a-month’ save-Rs for tool effective an be to is nance quality.group resultson positive very shown have breakthe’20-women- reiteratedimperativeto has the Theinitiative HVVS streamlined its dual membership by creating savings products within the group. Community based quality ratings Forinstance, programme. the of improvement quality fuels which interest, member builds This leakages. plug help and services fi of nancial usage member’s understanding and on be should effort important initial the undertaken, are be to need efforts development business fifiof suffilevel attainment self rst nancial ciency.While support can consumption for lending reaffi that has rmed initiative The Rajasthan. as such regions, served microfifor benefilearnings Besides some has initiative level,the under-member in programmesindividual nance at ts organisations. Currently, more than50%ofcostsassociatedwithrunningthegroupsare beingmetbythegroups. and encouraging sustainability. All partners are promoting secondary institutions as fi nancially viable community based projects in into the initiative feed focus would Field microfiRajasthan.on the in strengtheningfor movement vision experience nance strategic a groupsThis shaping for for stakeholders organisations. morethe with responsiveness based engagement community to member building needs, and streamlining functioning promotion livelihood particularly This initiative seeks to demonstrate contextually relevant programmes that use micro fi nance as a tool for development, PEDO revamped its entire credit policy to entirecreditpolicy revampedits Sakh Se Vikas – The Trust’s RajasthanInitiative Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional microfiIbtada. by facilitated project nance a of part as village,district, Saalpuri Alwar in Kranti Sabha Mahila the within groups of grading undertaking Women

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Just Change Trust, to set up a community trading structure for essential products, thereby envisaging society,the to for grant Trustthe gains new long-term a operationalisedand large potentially with things doing of ways test and nature in experimental are which ideas livelihoods new Tosupport gains furthermomentum, keydisseminationeventswouldbeheldtoshare theresearch findings. research year,the coming while the academics.In few a and professionals microfinance makers, policy bankers, senior by attended Bangalore.Management,was of workshop Institute The Indian with Interface Times: Microfinance”, Contemporary co-funded in by Microfinance Management Finance Institute, “Rural was theme organized in the collaboration on with workshop brainstorming day one a 2004,year. September coming In the in launched be will this on pilot a and completed was remittances and migration on review year.Literature the Microfinance during completed other was on institutions collection Data completed. were Limited Finance Nano Sarvodaya and Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand respectively. of Casedistricts Deoghar studiesand Sarguja in out on rolled further transformationand completed was Dungarpur in experiencespoor rural of Sanghamithra, the of flows cash the explorations.on meaningful study some A made of Management,Ahmedabad Institute Indian the at Microfinance in Collaborations Research for Fund the under Research is expectedtoprepare andraise fundsforitsnextphaseofgrowth. programmes,deepening grant.and the KF up-scaling of Besides monitoring joint undertake would supports a grant of Rs. 60 million, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust has committed to Rs. 61 million. The Trusts Grant Disbursals for Rural Livelihoods and Communities: 1997-2005 Communities: and Livelihoods Rural for Disbursals Grant Strategic Plan2011ofthe Trust. the for basis the portfolio,form the would within which initiatives the all of reviewcomprehensive mass.year,critical coming attained the now During have which of it,all the Trust a organize would during 2003-04, vindicating the efforts of the Trust in developing the portfolio and the initiatives within year.last fithe Remarkably,all in made disbursals the exceeds quantum this portfolios thematic ve 46 grants, as compared to Rs. 113.28 million towards 40 grants during 2003-04, a 105% increase from The Trust’s disbursals during the year under review were Rs. 232.72 million (US $ 5.29 million) towards oil across2,500familiesthroughthree partners. current grant is focused on setting systems, initiating trade products including rice, tea and coconut Trust.the Theof Programme Grants Small the under earlier supported Trustwas Change Just for livelihood enhancement benefi ting upto 14,000 families across six-eight partners. The planning phase Sadguru Foundation, bringing 295 acres under irrigation. under acres 295 bringing Foundation, Sadguru by Rajasthan,district, Jhalawar in river Shipra on constructed Irrigation Lift cum Dam Check ParasliInitiative: India Central Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Details ofgrantdisbursalsin2004-2005 Rural Livelihoods&Communities: rfsinl sitne o Dvlpet cin (PRADAN), Action Development for Assistance Professional of Jhabuadistrict, MadhyaPradesh. For a comprehensive land and water management programme in three villages Action forSocial Advancement (ASA), Dahod based water through interventions. livelihoods enhancing by India, Central of areas tribal in poverty tackle to CInI, for strategies develop to studies of series Towardsa IWMI-Tata Water PolicyResearchProgramme, Anand technologies. Banaskantha district, through promotionTowards the ‘North ofGujarat Initiative’ (NGI), which augments water low-costavailability in micro-irrigation andIWMI-Tata Water PolicyResearchProgramme,water Anand saving policy discussion. and research sector water of agenda practical research a and in institutions scientific management global and Indian engaging conducting by for studies, Programme, cutting-edge Research Policy Water IWMI-Tata the Towards IWMI-Tata Water PolicyResearchProgramme, Anand WATER SECTOR RESEARCH livelihood securityof47,000 pre-dominantly tribalfamilies. and of food enhancing districts thereby 16 Groups, in Help (PRADAN), Self women’s villages through 1,600 Jharkhand, in Action tribals of livelihoods enhancing Development Towards for New Delhi Assistance Professional landless. the families,and tribal,largely8,000 farmers marginalsmall, over or benefiting Towards a watershed development programme in Purulia district, West Bengal, New Delhi three microbasinsinKarnataka. Towards developing a community managed model for ground water utilization in Jhalawar inRajasthan.Jhalawar and water resources development activities in Dahod, Gujarat and Banswara and A multi-year Rs. 125 million grant, Foundation focusing (SWDF),on Dahod Development community & managed Water integrated Sadguru land Mafatlal Navinchandra CENTRAL INDIAINITIATIVE (CInI) Self ReliantInitiatives Through Joint Action (SRIJAN), New Delhi

26,520,000 45,200,000 13,000,000 1,400,000 1,676,000 1,077,000

513,000 850,000 Rs. techniques andbecominga one-shopstopforallissuesrelated tosalinity. on-going with efforts projects focus to and mitigate salinity, coordinate would besides which generating Gujarat, awareness Rajkot, on water in management (SIPC) Circle Prevention Ingress Salinity the at based Cell, Salinity Towardsthe Rajkot (CSC), Cell Salinity Coastal recharge and drinking water interventions in six villages.six in interventions water drinking and recharge Okhamandal Saurashtra,in agriculture,coast involving Jamnagar the in groundwater on taluka pilot a through management salinity on model a develop To Mithapur (TCSRD), Development Rural for Society Chemicals Tata of promotion irrigation, group water savingtechnologiesandconstructionofharvesting structur ones, new of establishment and plantations horticulture affected salt organizations,of revivalcommunity of formation and salinity on management programme in 18 villages in comprehensive Mundra taluka in a Kutch, involving capacity implementing building and developing For Vivekanand Researchand Training Institute(VRTI), Mandvi, (Kutch) water drinking and agricultural involves interventions in5and20villagesrespectively. which district, Junagadh Kodinar of the on coast pilot a through management salinity on model a develop To Ambuja CementFoundation(ACF), Kodinar water drinking and agricultural involves interventions in5and15villagesrespectively. which district, Junagadh of Mangrol coast the on pilot a through management salinity on model a develop To Aga KhanRuralSupportProgramme(India)(AKRSP(I)), Ahmedabad Prevention &MitigationInitiative) Ingress Salinity Coastal (Gujarat YOJANA VISTAROTTHAN KHARASH tribal 52,500 covering families in15districtsMaharashtra. micro- programmes, health, development women community and cattle, watersheds dairy on (orchards), focusing ‘Wadi’ programme, of promotion development livelihood comprehensive a Towards Nasik Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA), of providing creation and measures through services.extension agriculture conservation cultivation, moisture and paddy soil resources, Kharif water stabilise to attempting by Jharkhand, in district Seraikela-Kharsawan of blocks Kharsawan in and Seraikela villages 21 in families tribal 20,000 over of livelihoods enhancing Towards Jamshedpur (TSRDS), Society Development Rural Steel Tata Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional s Nodisbursals es. 4,000,000 2,200,000 1,200,000 1,018,250 5,500,000 2,000,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional Pidyadhar micro-watershed area inSirmaurDistrict, HimachalPradesh. the in villages five in systems irrigation improved under land farm of acres 90 bringing besides slopes, hill degraded contiguous of hectares 90 on forestry Towardscommunity initiates that project development threewatershed a year Pan HimalayanGrassrootsDevelopment Foundation, Ranikhet Gram Panchayat, inMandidistrict, HimachalPradesh. 509 hectares of the Kotlu Nala watershed, covering six revenue villages in Tebbantreatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Samaj KalyanEvam Vikas Mandal(SKVM), Mandi of Tehri Garhwaldistrict, Uttaranchal. block Bhillangana in villages four watershed,covering Inangad of hectares 502 treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Gram SewaSansthan(GSS), Tehri Garhwal block ofRudraprayag district, Uttaranchal. 573 hectares in the Bhanajgad watershed, covering four villages in Agustyamuni treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Himalayan JanKalyanEvamBal Vikas Samiti(HJKEBVS), Rudraprayag block of Tehri Garhwaldistrict, Uttaranchal. 562 hectares in the Nagudagad watershed, covering five villages in Pratapnagar treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Himalayee Paryavaran ShikshaSansthan(HPSS), Tehri Garhwal Kardiyana Panchayat ofKangra district, HimachalPradesh. Kand in villages three covering watershed, Khadd Bhagan the in hectares 582 treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Chinmaya Tapovan Trust (CTT), Kangra district, Uttaranchal. Bageshwar in project management resources and natural a development undertaking watershed managed community in Uttaranchal of region Towards undertaking the capacity building of non-profit organisations in Kumaon Central HimalayanRural Action Group(CHIRAG), Sitla development andprovidetechnicalsupporttoon-goingwatershedprojects PradeshregionGarhwal and Uttaranchal watershed of managed community in Towards undertaking the capacity building of non-profit organisations in Peoples’ ScienceInstitute,Himachal Dehradun PARIYOJANAHIMMOTHAN 4,300,000 . No disbursals 1,340,000 1,173,000 1,498,000 1,367,000 1,304,000 5,500,000 Tehri Garhwaldistrict, Uttaranchal. 376 hectares of the Hilaigad watershed, covering five villages in Jakholi block of treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Jan Vikas Sansthan(JVS), Tehri Garhwal block of Tehri Garhwaldistrict, Uttaranchal. 465 hectares of the Semgadhera watershed, covering five villages in Bhilangana treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Mount Valley Development Association (MVDA), Tehri Garhwal aiain rjcs n h ipeetto pae r tcncly sound technically are phase implementation the and cost-efficient. in projects & sanitation water proposed the that ensure to as so Pariyojana, Himmothan of phase Technical Detailed Reports the and Community appraise Action to Plans prepared for assignment 45 villages under consultancy the a planning administer To Himalayan InstituteHospital Trust (HIHT), JollyGrant Bageshwar andChamolidistricts, Uttaranchal. in villages 12 in schemes sanitation and water drinking own their maintain and plan,implement,which operate societies management societies management sanitation and water level village up set to phase Towardsplanning year one a Kassar Trust, Bageshwar, Uttaranchal districts, Uttaranchal. maintain and operate drinking water implement, and sanitation schemes to in 11 villages in Uttarkashi societies and Dehradun management sanitation water and level village supports that Phase Implementation year one a Towards Society forMotivation Training & Action (SMTA), Vikas Nagar Uttaranchal. district, Tehri-Garhwal in maintain villages 12 in and schemes sanitation and operate water drinking implement, to societies management sanitation water level and village supports that Phase Implementation year two a Towards Himalayan InstituteHospital Trust (HIHT), JollyGrant Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts, Uttaranchal. in villages 11 in schemes sanitation and water drinking maintain implement,and operateto societies management sanitation Towards a two year Implementation Phase that supports village level water and Himalayan Gram Vikas Samiti(HGVS), Gangolihat Khariyana and Thil Panchayat ofKangra district, HimachalPradesh. Dol- in villages eight covering watershed, Khad Nakehad the of hectares 502 treatproject, to development watershed Towardscomprehensive year three a Society forEnvironmentandRural Awakening (ERA), Kangra

Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional 23,500,000 17,500,000 2,768,000 4,100,000 877,000 234,800 920,000 760,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional and exploringmarketsforbambooproducts. based alternative generating income profitable and reliable a as fiber fiber and bamboo of and bamboo of technologies, dissemination creation and of livelihood options amongst demonstration rural poor throughresearch, cultivation transmission characteristics.transmission water and fertility inherent retention, moisture soils, textured different under alternative an suggesting response characteristicscrop soil evaluating on and based sequence cropping withdrawal, groundwater reducing of the with resources,objectives water of management for project year three a Towards (PAU),Ludhiana University Agricultural Soils,Punjab of Department Department of Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), high yielding, earlymaturingandpestresistant varietiesofgroundnut. developing and cotton; and rice on technology management pest integrated Towards demonstrating alternate cropping systems to rice-wheat; demonstrating Agricultural University(PAU), Ludhiana Punjab Breeding, Plant and Entomology Agronomy, of Departments REVIVING THE GREENREVOLUTION by artificialrecharge throughtubewells. groundwater of augmentation and irrigation drip water,through of utilisation Towards a three year project for management of water Ludhiana resources through efficient Towards Dehradun (COF),at Farming Organic for Centre existing the to annex an of creation the Towards Commodity Board, Dehradun Organic Uttaranchal (COF), Farming Organic for Centre to UOCBpromoteorganic activitiesinthestate. expertise marketing and technical providing mechanism, transfer technology oriented production decentralized and building capacity a as perform would Towards a collaboration with the Government of Uttaranchal to set up COF, Commodity Board, (UOCB)Dehradun Organic which Uttaranchal (COF), Farming Organic for Centre Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fiber Development Board (UBFDB), (UBFDB), Board Development Fiber and Bamboo Uttaranchal for exportandE-commerce. in horticulture and development of items like Mandua baby food and buckwheat to the middle Himalayas through research & development, organic interventions

Machkhali in Machkhali Almoradistrict, would which bamboo & fiber based livelihood promotion in Uttaranchal, through Uttaranchal, in promotion livelihood based fiber & bamboo extend its organicits extend activities No disbursals No 1,100,000 2,300,000 4,000,000 2,700,000 4,000,000 aata, hog gon wtr ehrig splmnig rnig water and diversifyingsustaininglivelihoods. drinking supplementing recharging, water ground through Rajasthan, Towards drought proofing in 15 villages in Balesar block of Jodhpur district, West (MHSCT), Trust Jodhpur Charitable Singhji Hanwant Maharaja Highness His DROUGHT PROOFINGIN WEST RAJASTHAN by undertakingahostofactivitiesinprojectvillagesduringtheKharifseason. PAU across the cotton belt in Punjab, covering 56 villages annually in 28 blocks, (GoP), Punjab of Towards up-scaling of the dissemination of cotton-IPM Government technology developed by (DOA), Chandigarh Agriculture of Directorate Revolution’ Green the ‘Reviving the of initiative. phase second the in adoption its Punjab,under promoting and 99 SG of production seed the enhancing and insect and stocks; disease resistant identified already utilizing maturing, by groundnut of early varieties resistant yielding, and high diseases developing major pests; against insect plasmas germ varied new screening Towards Ludhiana (PAU), University Agricultural Punjab Breeding, Plant of Department initiative.Revolution’ Green the ‘Reviving the of phase second the Punjab,under of districts Muktsar and Ferozpur,Mansa Bhatinda, in villages eight in technology (IPM) Management Towards further developing, validating (PAU), and disseminating cotton-Integrated Pest University Ludhiana Agricultural Punjab Entomology, of Department respectively. Jalandhar,of Puranablocks Bagha and Punjab Faridkotof and districts Sangrur conducted on less water demanding cropping systems, in Bhogpur, Bhawanigarh Systems to Rice-Wheat in Saving Water’, in which field demonstrationsCropping would Alternative be of Performance (PAU), ‘Comparative titled project the Towards University Agricultural Ludhiana Punjab Agronomy, of Department itit Rjshn cvrn 450 oe truh 4 Sl Hl Groups Help Self 245 through women (SHGs). 4,550 covering Rajasthan, district, Dungarpur in vulnerabilities reducing and livelihoods strengthening Towards Jan ShikshaEvam Vikas Sangathan(PEDO), Dungarpur SAKH SE VIKAS (RAJASTHANMICROFINANCEINITIATIVE) Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional

No disbursals No disbursals No 4,500,000 2,600,000 1,200,000 1,800,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional pcfe oain nslc ra fKraaa ai auadAdr rds. 17,500,000 30 in families, poor resource their specified locationsinselectareas ofKarnataka, Tamil and Naduand Andhra Pradesh. women 61,500 cover would which Towards core support for Kalanjiam Foundation’s community Kalanjiam Foundation(KF), Madurai banking programme, through 4,500groups. banking community the members 90,000 of covering India, south in locations specified 30 in programme expansion and consolidation towards Support Development ofHumane Action Foundation(DHAN), Madurai DEVELOPMENT AND MICROFINANCE a as capacity ARAVALI’s resource agency; andorganising anannualmicrofinanceretreat. augmenting support; development organisational training,and professionals, young of placement programmes,through finance Towards enhancing effectiveness of 20 field level organisations and their micro Involvement (ARAVALI), Jaipur Association forRural Advancement through Voluntary Action &Local district, Rajasthan. strengthens which programme, savings and credit groups, finance covering over 2,800 women in 45 villages in Udaipur micro a of consolidation Towards Hanuman Van Vikas Samiti(HVVS), Sakroda credit needs, aswellmakethemfinancially sustainable. micro- address to groups, ten of comprising each Rajasthan,district, Alwar in Sabhas,Mahila called clusters 20 of consolidation and Towardspromotion the Ibtada, Alwar Udaipur district, covering82women’s groups. in villages 30 in vulnerabilities reducing Towardsand livelihoods strengthening Prayatna Samiti, Gudli upto 14,000familiesinGudalur district, Tamil Nadu. benefit would which enhancement, livelihood envisaging thereby oil, coconut Towards seed support to set up a community trading structure for rice, tea and Just Change Trust, Gudalur MICRO–ENTERPRISES 3,590,320 3,300,000 1,100,000 1,600,000 850,000 900,000 Towards aresearch programme onrural infrastructure. National Councilof Applied EconomicResearch(NCAER), NewDelhi and Groups Sambalpur Help Sundargarh Jharsuguda, districtsofnorth-western Orissa. Self in activities strengthen generation to livelihood aims promote and that phase, preparatory a Towards Adarsa Social&HealthServices Association (ASHA), Jharsuguda OTHERS This institutions. microfinance for environment initiates theSRTT fundforresearch collaborations inmicrofi policy nance. the and products identifiaround fiagenda researchincluding themes,comprehensive ed nancial a microfidevelops of that area nance the in programme research a Towards Indian InstituteofManagement(IIM), Ahmedabad RESEARCH ONMICROFINANCE Mangrol taluka, Junagadh district. A project facilitated by Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India). Programme Support Rural Khan Aga by facilitated project district.A Junagadh taluka, Mangrol in works,fiKharash conservation Yojana:Vistarotthan their water bunding Farmersand soil of part as elds, Institutional grants : Rural Livelihoods & Communities & Livelihoods Rural : grants Institutional No disbursals No disbursals 850,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional Education to universalise Elementary Education and by 2010 ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’, an ambitious nation wide initiative of the Government of India endeavours 2 1 (fi ndings andrecommendations summarisedoverleaf). portfolio fiits education of the review with external comprehensive Trusta the eld,commissioned teachers. In order to take stock of the work doneto training providing overand society of the interventions, sections and regionslast subject-specifiserved c under in fewinvolvement community years through and strengthen schools its engagement government of quality the improving towards non-profimind,the Trustdifferent in supported challenge has this Keeping working organisations t become avaluabletimeforpersonaldevelopmenteverychild. schooling of years the that manner a in education of system the rather,reform but education,to enrolling capacity of the school or to mobilise parental desire and awareness concerning children’s the expand to much so not is ahead task Hence,child.“…the every for meaningful and relevant access to schooling is no longer the issue; the challenge now lies in making the system of schooling 100% enrolment and availability of primary schools within 1 km radius for 94% children, availability school,in receivingeducation, quality retention. universal achieving andbesides Presently, almost with Prof Krishna Kumar (2005); Sir Ratan Tata Trust’s Education Portfolio - Review report; page 6 page report; Review Tata- Ratan Trust’s Portfolio Sir (2005);Education Kumar Krishna Prof http://www.ssa.nic.in Children at a library run by SAHMET in Kesla block, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. Madhya district, Hoshangabad block, Kesla in SAHMET by run library a at Children 1 , visualises every child in the 6-14 age group to be ” 2

strategy, whichwouldnowformthebasisofgrant makingtobemadewithin thisthemeoverthenextfewyears. Trust’sthe of Education vision his presented Kumar Krishna Professor 2005, FebruaryTrustees the in with meeting a reforming (a) sub-themes: major three elementary education; of (b) nurturing education as consists a discipline; now and (c) building institutional and resource in education. re-classified During was portfolio Education the Accordingly, Trust’sthe strategy,improve making to (i) grantinclude:recommendations which specific made also review The 4. education, higher and elementary in building institution Truston the recommendedfocus also team review The 3. key,the the Trustthat recommendedreview Theof some supporting education,on within areasfocus neglected 2. The review stressed that education is a poorly defined area of study,1. thereby resulting into unproductive investments before preparing theirreport. The keyrecommendations oftheteamwere: Over a period of six months, the team traveled extensively, reviewing past and present partners of the Trust in education Kumar,Dr.Krishna of Professor Dr.consisted by and Marapallifield.team Headed Rao the Govinda S. Anandalakshmy. To conduct this exercise, the Trust appointed a team of three esteemed educationists, each one an authority in his or her present and needs the mapping by portfolio education the strengthen to Trust the to recommendations Give 2. Reviewing the current structure and design of Trust’s education portfolio in order to evaluate the effectiveness of 1. gaps andseekingdirections forfuture grant making. The objectiveoftheexercise wastwo-fold: During the first half of 2004, the Trust decided to review the focus areas of its education portfolio, whilst identifying the (c) educationmanagementandresearch; and(d)supportinginstitutesofhighereducation. service delivery and value additions in government schools; (b) promoting initiatives to educate out-of-school children; learning.higher Towardsthis, the by followed been has approach focused a Trusttowards: of quality the enhancing (a) innovative pedagogic initiatives, while enhancing quality of service in government schools and supporting institutes of grant making. Over the past nine years, the Trust’s portfolio in this thematic area has been balanced between promoting its 2006,of and the part 2001 Trustas of Education StrategicPlan to the greatimportance accordancewith laid In has the helpofexpertsempanelledforthispurpose. with grants endowments of recipients the of monitoring closer (iii) grantees;and potential by better understood establishing linkages between different portfolios; (ii) floating pre-designed proposals in order to make its concerns institutions withthoseknownforquality. commercial schools, attempting to build a strong local institutional base; and (ii) focused support to expose average by continuing and expanding its support for innovative institutions. Thrust areas suggested include: (i) small, non- supporting systemicreforms. for entry of points identifying possible,State,by wherever the with work Trustthe should that suggested was It such as early childhood, production and sale of toys, children’s literature and professional development of teachers. the potentialtobringoutsystemicinsights, whichcanbeusefulinchoosingalternativereform strategies. research on systemic issues, with a special focus on comparative studies across regions. Such studies would have in the sector. Hence, the review recommends that the Trust invest in the development of the field itself, by supporting grant making. strategies of the education sector at large; identifying grey areas and suggesting high priority areas for the Trust’s specific projects, theirlarger contributiontothesectorandrelevance oftheapproachadopted. The ReviewoftheEducationPortfolio Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional prah, ecig u t al h mdl shos n h sae h cret hs as pae a places also phase current The state. the in schools middle the all to out reaching approach’, the through ‘outreachit supplements approach,presentphase cluster the a on focused granthad phase first Pradesh.the Andhrain Whilst clusters 39 in schools 1,465 to education environmental strengthento of activities Schools its in AndhraprogrammePradesh’up-scaled Education (EESAP) also supported Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Karnataka for another three years. The Trust Programme in Chamrajnagar district. During the year,the During district. Chamrajnagar in Programme Studies (NIAS) and finally, service delivery on a selective basis. involvement, subject specific interventions in community schools, through supporting education innovation withinof state quality institutions the improve that interventions by block, or district a in supporting systemic reforms through collaborative projects, country,Trustis the the within education elementary of quality the transform to endeavour its In Buildinginstitutionalresource ineducation • Nurturingeducationasadiscipline • Reformingelementaryeducation • through thefollowingthree sub-themes: 2004-05 during efforts making grant its focused Trustthe has recommendations, these on Based grant to the the to grant The Trust’s subject-specific interventions in schools led to the operationalisation of a second phase whilst buildingcommunityinvolvementforimproving the qualityofeducation. monitoring of government schools. In collaboration withthe in the involvement Promisetheir Foundation,augment to members community and parents for handbook a prepared and district Chamrajnagar in persons resource cluster for course certificate a offered Karnataka, (SCERT), Training and Education for Council State and (DIET) Training and Education of Institute ensuring the success of the District Quality Education Programme,Education Quality District the of success the ensuring towards commitment its seal to orderacquisition. literacyIn about understanding their enhancing intensive training of teachers, to equip them to handle multi-grade situations in classrooms, besides the language curriculum in primary schools and implemented interventions in tribal schools involving encourage the organisations to set their agenda, in tandem with the government school teachers,school government the with agenda,tandem their in set organisationsto encouragethe respectively.Pradesh,grants Madhya Thesedistrict, Hoshangabad of block Kesla and TamilNadu (SAHMET) towards improving rural school education in Gudalur and Pandalur blocks of Nilgiri district, Centre for Environment Education (CEE). (CEE). Education Environment for Centre Viswa Bharathi Vidyodaya Trust (VBVT) saw saw the operationalisation of the ‘Vidyankura’ project, or District Quality Education Its support to the initiated a dialogue with the District the with dialogue a initiated NIAS and that improve educational administration Sir Albert Howard Memorial Trust The organisation’s ‘Environmental ‘Environmental organisation’s The National Institute of Advanced has extended its year-oldits extended has NIAS NIAS has evaluated linking academics with social and productive concerns of the community. During this period, learner-centeredpracticingand in education trained also wereintroduced. wereteachers agriculture The and repairs processing,tailoring,food computers, like carpentry, subjects vocational new production,electrical paper hand-made supported theorganisation overthepastnineyears, throughgrants totalingnearlyRs. 20million. reforms’,the Trustthe ‘systemic of has part interventions,as based subject sustain to endeavour objective.its this In contextual to productive adult life. Through the Basic Education School, With India looking up to the challenge of Universalisation of Elementary Education, it is imperative that education is made with RajasthanStateEducationBoard anddialoguedisseminationofbasiceducationatthe nationallevel. Udaipur, Jaipur and Ajmer, dissemination of basic education in nine districts of Rajasthan, orientation and collaboration education at the Basic Education School. basic Thisof improvement phaseand continuation alsoon focusing concentratesat aims 2004, during on initiated support, intensiveTrust’sTheof phase third work with 40 mainstream schools from in linkingtheBasicEducationSchoolwithcommunitythroughextensionworkyouth. academic subjects, the school offers vocational training in various subjects. The Trust’s association with inception, way back in 1941. With a view to its give children since the opportunity school to work with this their hands,at along studied with studies of have that students of scores the of examples two but are Narayanlal and Rajeshwari monthly salaryofRs. 2,000. a with nearby factory a at employment secure to him enabled training vocational School.The Education Basic the at education undergoing whilst years three for repairsUdaipur, electrical near studied village had Guda,a Narayanlal Ka the skills acquired, Rajeshwari now works in a tailoring centre in Chikalwas and earns a decent salary. Living in Pheniyon matriculation, Rajeshwari opted for a further six month course in stitching at the tailoring centre run by the school. With (VBS) Basic Education School in Ramgeri. Along with the curricular studies, she also learnt tailoring for four years. Post Rajeshwari, a resident of Chikalwas village, near Udaipur, completed her class 10 studies from of this intervention spurred the Trust to continue supporting farming and animal husbandry. The skills acquired by the children helpedEducation School, in which children were trained in productive activities like vegetable cultivation,most horticulture, of poultry them in eking out a living and the success 1996,fiorganisationto was the when resourceBasic a the develop centreat to period threeyear a over supported rst district. Udaipur Ramgeri, in School Education Basic Society’s Bhawan Vidya by promoted workshop carpentry A VBS over a further three year period, during which several VBS has charted a refreshing approach towards Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional VBS also made an attempt Vidya Bhawan Society’s VBS goes back

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional Recognizing the fact that professional development of teachers is an underserved area in India, in area underserved an is teachers of development professional that fact the Recognizing Shravasti districtsofUttarPradesh. Through Innovation (BETI) towards its educational and vocational programmes in Balrampur and order to link them to mainstream schools. The in Rajasthan,Trust district, also Bikaner continued its of support to villages in adolescents out-of-school for training vocational and going children from six slums in Bhopal, the organisation to spread its programme of non-formal education and academic support to school remote rural areas and slum localities within larger in towns. children Whilst the support to educating in involved organisations support to interventions its continued TrustThe used byover1.8millionstudents, inorder to makethemrelevant andcontextual. be analyzed in the coming few months, which would be reflected in the revision of these textbooks government schools in Delhi. The feedback generated from the teachers, parents and children would 200 from collected year,been textbooks.the has of During SCERT’sdata series ‘Indradhanushya’ Council for Education and Training (SCERT) in Delhi, towards conducting an extensive study of December 2004, the conference was a pinnacle to all the efforts made by made in efforts the all to days pinnacle a was conference two the 2004, December over Held (GCERT). Training and Research Educational of Council Gujarat the with first the organised teachers, these selected Having teachers. school primary of innovation educational for search national the during in poured that entries 755 of list overwhelming an teachers,from 58 of selection final the saw 2002-03, during launched was which project, Theapproach. development the supporting teacher resource centres and professional courses in education. The Trust is supporting yet imperative to ensure quality education to children, the Trust is planning to focus on and participation.community greateron emphasis Grants to support innovations among state run institutions, the Trust has forged a partnership with the to bid its In alone. organisations non-profit to restricted been not have Trust’sinterventions The Mahboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh and Vadodara district, Gujarat, respectively. practices. shared with fellow teachers and they were subsequently granted a fellowship to pursue innovative nine states across India were felicitated for their innovative contributions. Their from views teachers and 58 ideas these event,were the teachers.During school government of innovations showcase Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation (RJMCEI) Innovation Educational for Centre Matthai J. Ravi help expand the scope of science and mathematics teacher education programmes in programmes education teacher mathematics and science of scope the expand help Sahaj i RtnTt rs Pdggcl noain Cneec, n collaboration in Conference, Innovations Pedagogical Trust Tata Ratan Sir Urmul Jyothi Sansthan (UJS) Dr. A.S. Rao Awards(ASRAC)Council conducted residential camps to promote the teachers’ the promote to since 2003, to 2003, since RJMCEI Muskaan enabled Better Education this aspect through RJMCEI State

diffi culties. Inthebeginning, thefi eldworkers of back in 1997 by the Bikaner based non-profi t organisation, the success of Balika Shivir has been achieved amidst many way months”.Conceptualized seven of fiperiod take a to shortened been has success of guarantee no years,with ve normally issues.would health What of aware also are and write and read can they months,camps. seven such After on feedback generated,feedback on the Trustby programmesconducted follow-up supports also March 2005, whilst building bonds with the community and focusing efforts on the delivery of quality education. Based which enables them sit for class eight exams.eight class for sit them enables which camp,three-month advanced an in enroll to return girls these of quarter schools.A government regular in six class ficlass their pass girls enrolled the camp,the of completion on and exams ve mainstreamedbe to chance a stand into life.of of 95% aspects all about learning time same the at whilst bond, and together come castes different from girls simultaneously create anetworkforrecruiting more girlsforfuture camps. and touch in keep to girls the allow programmes These camp. the of illiteracy,completion into post relapse not do elated Chetan Ram, Secretary, Balika Shivir offers a practical solution to educators, facing the prospect of dealing with out-of-school children. Says an the 6.5%, as low as rate literacy female a have district Bikaner in Nokha like blocks remote whereRajasthan, rural In primary government schools,in whereas afeware schooldrop-outsforvariousreasons.enrolled be to old too before,some school to been never have minds young these of Most Spreadduration,month seven a over ficlass their pass to know to need they all girls the teach camps these exams.ve school.to go live,and to learn come 9-15 aged Shivir,girls whereBalika camp the residential question.to a Welcome her answer still,to stand fia asks.of to be?”she bunch ball we A plastic might spinning the out,bringing reach ngers world arms.the her in wherein “Now… globe spinning a holds Urmila,who teacher roof,their thatched with interact low- a under assembled girls young of group landscape,a covered sand the on mercilessly beats sun desert the As efforts of efforts the years, the hygiene.Over personal to caste from ranging challenges other with coupled camps.This the in enroll support since 1999 has enabled has 1999 since support Trust’sthe system,continuous education the with engage and access improve to initiatives promote to efforts its In garnering skillstosupporttheirentire family. A residential camp for young girls, organised by Urmul Jyothi Sansthan in Nokha block, Bikaner district. Bikaner block, Nokha in Sansthan Jyothi Urmul by organised girls, young for camp residential A have dispelled the demons in the minds of girls and parentsand girls of minds the in demons the alike.dispelled have UJS songs,and games of sessions Amidst Urmul Jyothi Sansthan (UJS), conduct seven girls’ camps in Nokha block of Bikaner district, Rajasthan, upto Rajasthan, district, Bikaner of block Nokha in camps girls’ seven conduct UJS also conducts vocational camps where girls learn how to sew,to how learn wheregirls camps vocational conducts also UJS thus UJS hadatoughtaskconvincingtheparents ofthegirlstoallowthem “A great demand has come from villages for girls to attend Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional , thus ensuring that the girls the that UJS,ensuring thus

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional Research Capacity (SDRC) building for academia, government, NGOs and researchers; and (c) (c) and researchers; and NGOs government, academia, for building (SDRC) Capacity Research Development Social (b) microfinance; up-scaling of ART namely,(a) 2004-05, during programmes the grantthe enables things, other Amongst area. sub-thematic this in Trust’sforay the of beginning the marks Delhi engagement.the Trust’sThe professional to grantof orientation towards reform, besides having leaders who understand education as a specialized field intrinsic an develop to education enable to order in vital is approach Thiseducation. elementary and higher between link a develop to strives also It development. literacy and language besides which the Trust endeavours to promote educational research by focusing on comparative research, review,Education the by proposed within focus of area sub-thematic second the is discipline a as education nurturing situation, this of adequate.view from In far been has schools elementary the with interaction their educators, teacher training and curriculum school developing in institutions education higher of role critical the Despite over-emphasized. be cannot education elementary and higher between linkages academic strong for need resources.However,the of allocation of realm,higher education,a primary on comparedterms to education as in higher view to tendency a problem.is There this of causes root the are practice of world the and academics between gap the as well as two, the between linkages Weak discipline.under-developed an be to continues Despite the efforts and achievements towards universalizing school education, elementary education civil societygroups. lively debate on critical assessment of textbooks and alternative curriculum developed by state and a for Director,stage the set Deliberation’,NCERT,which Social ’Curriculum Through on spoke who ‘Textbooks and School Curriculum’. The keynote address was delivered by Professor Krishna Kumar, CMF also organised the ‘Sir Ratan Tata Trust Colloquium on Education’ in Mumbai, which focused on Bal Vividhas, which reached out to people in Mumbai, besides small towns in Gujarat and Rajasthan. towards nurturing and promoting educational innovations led to five child focussed exhibitions called review,under year Trust’sthe the to During support on-going The ongoing support to the schools,heritage learning.higher of strategicinstitutions continuing pioneering besides to support Trust’sportfolio.education this,Within the Trustand alternative to support institutional endeavours Building institutional resources in education constitutes the third sub-thematic focus area within the during thenextfinancialyear. primary schools in the neighborhood. More grants within this sub-thematic area would be planned and JNU of Department Education the between links institutional lasting establishing Network’,for to focus on completing preparatorycompleting on a focus up to setting JNU for work ‘University-School Tata Dhan Academy (TDA) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New (JNU) University Nehru Jawaharlal enabled Comet Media Foundation (CMF) Foundation Media Comet

it to

conduct three short duration

research carriedoutineducation, whilstnurturingeducationasadiscipline. initiative on ‘Development and Dissemination of Education Material’. It an launching wouldbesides (LCI), Initiative alsoCentres Learning review,its supportoperationalizingEducation whilst comparative 04. Over the next financial year, the Trust would focus on implementing the recommendations of the constitute nearly 81% of the disbursals education in the education portfolio, as elementary compared to 21% during 2003- to disbursements Consequently, capabilities. absorbing fund larger with focused on elementary education and smaller organisations, as against higher education institutions review,Trusthas the the from emanating recommendations the from cue a Subsequently,taking expansion. than portfolio,rather education the of review the on efforts its Trustfocused the that Rs.towardsgrants2003-04.million 20during 73.57 towardsfact attributed the be Themay decline The Trust disbursed Rs. 50.94 million (US $ 1.16 million) towards 24 grants during the year, as against average institutionswithinstitutes ofexcellence, besidessupportingnew, pioneeringinstitutions. year,coming the Management.Over Development the linking Truston Programme on work would duration long the continuing besides (LEAD), Development Agricultural in Education Leadership Grant Disbursals for Education: 1997-2005 Education: for Disbursals Grant Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional Education: Details of grant disbursals in 2004-2005 salsigsinersuc ete n colotec rgams Nodisbursals establishing scienceresource centres andschooloutreach programmes. schoolsin Vadodara district, Gujarat, through development teachingof material, middle in approach pedagogy science centered learner a Towardspromoting Sahaj, Vadodara the nextthree years. over Pradesh, Andhra district, Mahaboobnagar of blocks five to programmes Towards expanding the scope of the science and mathematics teacher education Dr. A. S. Rao Awards Council, Hyderabad several and representatives oftheeducationdepartment. teachers 2,000 covering NGOs, 40 of training the through state, EESAP,Towardsthe of in I schools Phase 1,000 in education environmental for Centre forEnvironmentEducation(CEE), Hyderabad in PhaseII, totesttheireffectivenessandmakesuitablemodifications. proposed changes critical few a introduce and schools 975 in activities I Phase Towards a preparatory phase, prior to the proposed Phase II of EESAP, to sustain Centre forEnvironmentEducation(CEE), Hyderabad schools in Andhra Pradesh, throughlocalnon-profitorganizations. material and monitoring support, to strengthen environmental education to 1,465 Towards Phase II of EESAP, which involves Centre forEnvironmentEducation(CEE),CEE Hyderabad in channelising training, educational Subject specificinterventionsinschools and conductingactionresearch andtextbookrevisions. Madhya of Pradesh, schools providing select expertise and in resources to model the sector, educational their improving publications for support Continued Eklavya, Bhopal community interface, supplementaryteachingandvillage-basedlibraries. activities, educational in youth of involvement the through district, Pradesh, Hoshangabad Madhya of villages tribal in education school rural improve To Sir Albert HowardMemorial Trust (SAHMET), Secunderabad Resource and Training Centre andthe Vidyodaya School. Vidyodaya training, vocational programme, education village a for support of Towards an integrated education programme for tribal communities, consisting Viswa Bharathi Vidyodaya Trust (VBVT), Gudalur members anddevelopmentofinnovativecurriculum. administrators,educational community of building capacity through education Chamrajnagar district in southern Karnataka, to enhance the quality of elementary National Instituteof Advanced Studies(NIAS), Bangalore elementary education of quality improve to projects collaborative through reform Systemic REFORMING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Towards implementing ‘Vidyankura’, the District Quality Education Programme in 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 7,600,000 300,000 400,000 454,000 500,000 Rs. helplines toaddress issuesofrescue andrehabilitation oftrafficked victims. Centres, Learning establishment Alternative 30 of of 10 continuation Vocational including Pradesh, Uttar Training of Centres, communitydistricts Shravasti and mobilizationBalrampur in programmes its of Towardsconsolidation and running Better Education Through Innovation(BETI), Lucknow camps andfollow-upactivities, inNokhablockofBikanerdistrict, Rajasthan. residential through children adolescent of education the supporting Towards Urmul JyothiSansthan(UJS), Nokha community responsibility inimprovingthelevelofeducationitschildren. Towards developing a model of intervention in slums, strategically emphasising Muskaan, Bhopal Improving accessandengagingwiththesystem exercise andenhancingillustrations’ qualityinClass1Hinditextbook. series textbook ‘Indradhanushya’ in SCERT’s 200 government of schools, study processing the documentation extensive of an the textbookTowards writing State CouncilforEducationand Training (SCERT), NewDelhi Supporting innovationamongstateinstitutions besides district, Udaipur intensive disseminationofestablishedpedagogicprinciples. in School Ramgiri the at education Education vocational and ‘Basic the of phase by project, Rediscovery’ dissemination the implementing Towards Vidya BhawanSociety(VBS), Udaipur Initiative. Centres Learning the Belgaum,Karnataka,within in up set Centres Learning of cluster the of activities the co-ordinate to agency nodal a as Towardsserving Govind DhamShikshanSadhana Trust (GDSST), Belgaum Learning CentreInitiative reach to expected people inMumbaiandsmallertownsvariousstates. are which exhibitions, focused and child innovations through educators, educational promoting and nurturing for support Towards Comet MediaFoundation, Mumbai Development anddisseminationofeducational resources mainstream influence positively practices and andpoliciesineducation. teachers new motivate will database this of Dissemination institutions. teachers’ teacher by promote use to for approach Bank, development Innovations Educational the creating Towards Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation (RJMCEI), Ahmedabad Professional developmentofteachers focusing on continuation and improvement of basic of improvement and continuation on focusing Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional No disbursals 1,500,000 1,500,000 3,075,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 600,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional involvement. community through projects, collaborative based e-mail and material training 14 in computers of Kolarin ruraldistrict,schools government Karnataka, of customisation through knowledge introducing for programme pilot a Towards Suvidya, Bangalore with stakeholdersinthesectorandstrengthening theirinternalsystems. living on railway platformschildren in runaway Raichur,of resettlement for (SATHI), programmePune, their of Guntakal,up scaling Towards Situation Wadi and Mumbai, engaging Difficult in Children Raichur to Assistance for Society members. Shala Gyan of fine-tuning team core and and supervisors by teachers of training in-service and presyllabus, development children, 900 to out reaching classes Shala Gyan 30 running for support holding hand year one a Towards Education SupportOrganisation(ESO), Ahmedabad OTHERS development rural in schools leading the of management inthecountry. one it make to aim the with Towards strategic start-up support for the Development ofHumane Action (DHAN)Foundation, Madurai Tata-Dhan Academy and its development, BUILDING INSTITUTIONALRESOURCEINEDUCATION collaborative institutionalnetworkandplanningactivitiesofthenetwork. of terms in a building persons,resource work key identifying schools, select of preparatory study base-line completing on focusing Network’, Resource School - University ‘The project the of phase planning programme Towardsa Jawaharlal NehruUniversity(JNU), NewDelhi NURTURING EDUCATION AS A DISCIPLINE organizations, clustercoordinators andthe Trust. nodal with contact regular through initiative the of work the coordinating and support facilitating them providing and organisations nodal and clusters new Towards serving as the Secretariat for the Learning Centres Initiative, identifying Viswa Bharathi Vidyodaya Trust (VBVT), Gudalur Centres Initiative. of Learning Centres set up in Vidarbha region, Maharashtra, within the Learning cluster the of activities the co-ordinate to agency nodal a as Towardsserving Aamhi Aamchya Arogya Sathi(AAAS), Gadhchiroli No disbursals No disbursals 4,800,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 309,639 800,000 Indian InstituteofScience, Bangalore located intheBharuch-Ankleshwarbelt, Gujarat. industries various in employment secure to them helping thereby Gujarat, of (SEWA-Rural), Towards a Action-Rural vocational training programme for youth in the backward and tribal areas Welfare Jhagadia Education, for Society books, through research monographs andpublications. this disseminating and India on implications that have (WTO) Organisation Trade World to related issues on research Towards Relations Economic International (ICRIER), on NewDelhi Research for Council the Indian between collaborations educational existing government andnon-profitorganisations. on research through schools,government in reform for intervention their Towardsof enhancement New Delhi (CEMD), Development and Management Education for Centre monitor to associations, progress andenhancethe facilitiesandmaterialavailableattheschools. parent-teacher their of building capacity towards programme RSK’s bolster to Muskaan, by provided support resource towards Raisen and Vidisha districts, Madhya TowardsPradesh. a Partprogramme of theto supportabove said225Rajya ShikshaKendra (RSK) Bhopal Educationamount wasGuarantee also Scheme schools in Betul, and Kota districtsofRajasthan, throughcommunity-led educationcentres. Alwar,Pali Baran,in programmes education continuing innovative support To Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti(BGVS), Rajasthan elwhpupr o 8 on cetssadegnes providing by career, a as science in engineers. research and scientists young 180 for fellowshipsupport promoting Towards Institutional grants : Education : grants Institutional No disbursals No disbursals 1,325,000 4,000,000 3,100,000 1,210,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional Health work done over the past few years, the Trust designed its work in the disability sector through sector disability the in work its designed Trustthe years, few past the over done work The year saw signifi cant developments on the Trust’s initiative in in theNilgiris. tribals 13,000 over of insurance for Company Insurance Sundaram Royal with linkages developed in the Nilgiris (ASHWINI) supports an innovative community health insurance programme, which for Health (ARTH) and Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS).Sahyog The Trust’sSwasthya Jan and to (ARTH) support Health for Access to rational and good quality care is supported through grants to Buildingorganisational capacitiesandhumanresources towards programme effectiveness • including disadvantaged the for care specialist reaching institutions for strategies Innovative • Communitybasedhealthprogrammes, includingevolvingnewdeliverysystems • into thefollowingareas: context ahead.this task Thein structured Trust’skey is a health also in is work education medical with other players to upscale them. Developing human resources and in the long term re-orienting partnerships positive develop regions,and underserved in approaches,especially new pioneering in play to role a has society growing.areCivil illnesses mental and diabetes as such ailments new poverty,under-nutritionand from of arising incidence diseases communicable of resurgence with Health related expenditures make the community, especially the poor, increasingly vulnerable. Along of qualifi ed and community oriented medical professionals defi ne the agenda for action in this fi eld. treated with a fair measure of success. Access to quality and rational care, coupled with availability With advances in medical science, ailments which were once considered incurable are now routinely presuppose an orientation towards the minimization of stigma. While there is recognition on the on recognition is there While stigma. of minimization the towards orientation an presuppose outcome,directrecommendations a the establishment. As education the into abilities/disabilities ‘normal’ persons, with varied interests and abilities. It also includes ‘integrating’ persons with different participate in the mainstream of life to whatever extent possible and with all the variety available to the trained nurse mid-wives in tribal districts of southern Rajasthan. organisationreproductivetimely and quality of delivery consolidate to healthcare through services Nadu through allopathic and allopathic through Nadu (RUWSEC), children. the of status nutritional improving while care initiative in thirty villages of Chhattisgarh, aimed at decreasing mortality due to TB and malaria, research Inclusion in Practice in Inclusion reached out to over 5,000 individuals in Chengalpettu block of Kanchipuram district, Tamil initiative. Inclusion refers to creating opportunities for the disabled, to disabled, the for opportunities creating to refers initiative.Inclusion treatment. The grant to treatment.grant Thesiddha Rural Women’s Social Education Centre Centre Education Social Women’s Rural Association for Health & Welfare & Health for Association mental health JSS is conducting a primary health Action Research & Training . Based on preparatory enabled the enabled ARTH able toattendamainstream school. be when will day Vicky the forwardto looks progressand his with delighted is should.uncle age His his of child a that non-verbal because of his Cerebral Palsy, his receptive language skills are excellent and he understands most concepts charming boy who loves playing and learning with his friends at Karuna Vihar and helping his uncle at Karuna home.Vihar School, where Although he learned still to walk unaided and to develop his communication skills. Today, Vicky is a happy, n cnetal rlvn, eie epwrn te ae ies f etly iald hlrn hog rsucs of resources knowledge, through innovation.and networking to support of Thecurrentphase children disabled mentally of givers care the empowering besides relevant, contextually and initiative titled “Inclusion in Practice”, which includes demonstration projects that are well thought out, planned, logical To address the issue of “Inclusion” of the mentally handicapped into the mainstream, the Trust has designed a focused towards theneedsofdisabled. childhood to prepare them for schooling. The organisation also conducts awareness campaigns to sensitize the public Vihar, a day care centre for children with mental disabilities and the EIC for mentally disabled children during their early fithe in ideas and experience sharing disabilities.for and agency education of Today,eld Karuna runs organisation the resource a as functioning and awareness creating of objective the Dehradun,with in 1995, in established was LRMF he was standing with support and quickly progressed to standing on his own. At the age of fi ve he graduated to regularphysiotherapy,of months few a within and uncle,EIC His him,the adopted regularlybrought to had Vicky who his needsthroughowningenioussigningsystem”... fondlyrecounts JoChopra, founderoftheorganisation. got around by lying on his back and scooting his bottom along the ground. Though unable to speak, he communicated with athetoid Cerebral Palsy. In spite of being unable to walk, he had developed his own innovative style of moving and was three and a half years old and unable to either speak or walk. “We assessed Vicky and found him to be a bright child fiwas Vicky the to brought rst years wouldbolsterthe Trust’s effortstowards addingvaluetothisinitiative. Foundation in Dehradun. in Foundation Memorial Roy Latika by children,run disabled mentally for centre Vihar,careKaruna day at a faces Happy Early Intervention Centre (EIC), when he (EIC),Centrewhen Intervention Early Foundation’s(LRMF) Memorial Roy Latika , beginning 2003 and spread over threespreadover and LRMF, 2003 beginning Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional LRMF’s

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional the year, the support to the to support year and on Mental Illness and Homelessness mentally ill, who are often the most vulnerable. The care services at primary level. The second is to develop approaches to cater to needs to the homeless The Trust sees its interventions at two levels. The first is to increase provision of basic mental health The field of mental illness is equally complex, with reduced family and increased state involvement. proposed inthecomingyear. in Dehradun is expected to be further supported through the Distinguished Lecture Series, which is and transport services to build sensitivity and awareness. The positive response from local schools and pilot inclusive education at six government schools & Chennai, enables the enables Chennai, presence of a mentally ill person on the street. A further linkage with the Institute of Mental Health, developed a unique partnership with local police. The Dial 100 programme allows citizens to report the Through this grant, children.challenged mentally of inclusion (RMKM),towards Mandal Kalyan Mahila Rajasthan to made was initiative this under grant first initiative.The the through gap this address to seeks context.Indian Thethe Trustin practice on understanding limited is inclusion,there such for need of support, enabled the setting up of (BHT). In the year under review, the Trust made a third phase grant to the institution. Earlier phases provide care to the mentally ill person. The Trust and streamlining of treatment protocols. To cater to increased demand for such service,the such for demand increased to protocols.cater Totreatment of streamlining treatment at its facility in Chennai. Follow-up of resettled residents was intensified along with further Memorial Foundation (LRMF) Foundation Memorial to grant a through centre,supported intervention early Rajasthan.Thedistrict, Ajmer Under specialist care, the Trust supports palliative care through the through care palliative supports Trustthe care, specialist Under a studyonneedsofcaregivers. It wouldinitiateworkinthisarea inthecomingyear. and the mentally ill. During the year the Trust invested in understanding the current situation, through care givers support, vocational concerns and research are areas common to both mentally disabled grants to provide mental health services along with primary health care would be supported. Finally, based mental health care programme in collaboration with the state government of Tamil Nadu. New LRMF also intensified its efforts to engage with public service providers such as hospitals Banyan continued efforts to reintegrate destitute mentally ill women after appropriate Banyan,the line, Trustin involvement district its a intensify including further would RMKM social worker, together with the police department, to rescue and rescue to department, police the with worker,together social Banyan would facilitate delivery of services to 260 mentally challenged children ,

yielded interesting results. 59 children accessed care during the during careresults. interestingaccessed childrenyielded 59

Karunashraya, provision of palliative care to over 1,500 patients in August 2004 at Chennai. With closing of the current phase of Banyan is a key partner in this initiative. During Banyan organised the first National Workshop RMKM day care centres in Beawar block, Bangalore Hospice Trust Hospice Bangalore Latika Roy Latika Banyan

on greater engagement with fellows and the fi eld. 116 fellows were trained in cataract surgeries cataract in trainedfi were the fellows and 116 fellows eld. with engagement greater on grant has been supported, which enables short term fellowship programmes for 22 participants, during the three year grant period. A planning to conduct a total of nine Low Vision Awareness programmes covering 223 participants, besides 11 on ophthalmologists attaining specialized eye-care skills, came to a close. The organisation was able Hyderabad Eye Institute (L V Prasad Eye Institute), sector.the in review,capacities organisationalunder and year professional the During to grant the As in other thematic areas, the Trust’s support in health is linked with a concurrent effort to enhance Cancer Institute, Chennai, and All IndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences, NewDelhi. 2004.May in collaborativebetween a effort be Thewould Tataproject Hospital,Memorial Mumbai, awareness on awareness increasing and raising fund through especially work, this sustaining in aid grant,would year three a care.support,through based phase hospice next and Thecare home between linkages building and services care home through patients 900 than more of needs the to hospice,catering the at in receiving clearances from the Government of India, the project with project the India, of Government the from clearances receiving in treatmentof year the India. a contextualize Lymphoblasticin over Acute Leukemia of delay a After the o mrv and improve to (INCTR) Research and Treatment Cancer for Network International Community health fellows of Community Health Cell involved in tsunami relief work, in Nagapattinam Nagapattinam in work, relief tsunami Tamil Nadu. in of district involved Cell Health Community of fellows health Community . To further the Trust’s work in cancer, a grant was made in 2002 to 2002 in made was grant cancer,a in Trust’s work the further ToKarunashraya. LVPEI to focus the next phase of this unique programme supporting fellowship programmes focused INCTR Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional ficommenced nally

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional to offer unique programme of fellowships to six professionals each year. Upto March 2005, 12 12 professionals have been supported through the fellowships with mentorship inputs from 2005, March year.Upto each professionals six to fellowships of programme unique offer to supported Trusthas the health, community in careers build To performed 2,502sightrestoring cataract surgeries. under the grant to as againstRs. 19.88milliontowards 16grants during2003-04. review,under year the In the TrustRs.disbursed towardsmillion) 0.48 $ (US million 21.28 grants,15 involved inconductinghealthcampsthecoastalareas affectedbythetsunamicatastrophe. organisations while others have decided to go for advanced studies. The current batch of fellows was field with work started practitioners.have eminent fellows completion,together some On brought which fellows, the by conducted was workshop health community practitioners.annual other An Medical Research Foundation (MRF). During the course of their training, they Grant Disbursals for Health: 1997-2005 Health: for Disbursals Grant Community Health Cell (CHC) Cell Health Community CHC and Health: Details of grant disbursals in 2004-2005 the continuationofhome-based palliativecare forcancer patients. for and hospice, bed 55 a Karunashraya, of costs operating part Towardsthe Bangalore Hospice Trust (BHT), Bangalore ill mentally 160 for Chennai in shelter a destitute women. of costs operating part Towards The Banyan, Chennai parental therapy, and diagnosis assessment, counseling andoutreach tomedicalprofessionals. for services of provision for Towards seeding an early intervention care centre for mentally disabled children, Latika RoyMemorialFoundation(LRMF), Dehradun in centres block,Beawar care Ajmer district, Rajasthan. day RMKM & schools government six at education inclusive piloting and children challenged mentally 260 to services of Towardsdelivery Rajasthan MahilaKalyanMandal(RMKM), Ajmer SPECIALIST CAREFOR THE DISADVANTAGED Hospital. Adivasi Gudalur the at care of accessing tribals to services care health provision in-patient for programme, insurance health based community a Towards Association forHealth& Welfare intheNilgiris(ASHWINI), Nilgiris respectively. Mhow and Barwaha blocks of Indore of and Khargone villages districts of Madhya six Pradesh in programme development and health integrated an Towards Kasturba GandhiNationalMemorial Trust, Indore due totuberculosis andmalaria, besidesdecreasing childmortality. district,Bilaspur Chhattisgarh,of villages 30 in initiative whichcare health isprimary aimedinnovative an Towardsat decreasing mortality and fatal consequencesJan SwasthyaSahyog(JSS), Bilaspur block ofKanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. and allopathictreatment, laboratory andambulanceservicesinChengalpettu Towards meeting operating costs of a reproductive health clinic Rural Women’sin SocialEducationCentre(RUWSEC), Chengalpettu both, traditional manuals. developing and programmes,material outreachtrainingstrengtheningrefining by Rajasthan, nurse district, Rajsamand trained in groups, credit and through savings and health midwives child and maternal of improvement Towards Action Research& Training forHealth(ARTH), Udaipur COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH PROGRAMMES Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional No disbursals 1,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,900,000 500,000 800,000 900,000 331,587 Rs.

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Health : grants Institutional detection, followedbyworld-classtreatment. and diagnosis disease, the of symptoms the on awareness cancer,create of districts of Gujarat in programme treatment and detection cancer a Towards through Charutar Arogya Mandal(CAM), health public and community in fellowships tosixprofessionalseachyear. careers promoting Towards Research And Action (SOCHARA), Bangalore Community Health Cell (CHC), Society For Community Health Awareness, training onlowvisionrelated issues. undergo to professionals eye-care 108 enabling support, fellowship Towards Hyderabad EyeInstitute, (L V PrasadEyeInstitute), Hyderabad restoring sight cataract surgeries ondeservingpoor. 4,500 conducting supports also grant The ophthalmologists. 180 train to programme fellowship three-year a of phase second Towardsthe Medical ResearchFoundation(SankaraNethralaya), Chennai TOWARDS PROGRAMMEEFFECTIVENESS acute BUILDING ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITIES AND HUMANRESOURCES of treatment the for protocol improved Lymphoblastic LeukaemiainIndia. developing Towards Delhi International Network for Cancer Treatment & Research (INCTR), New Centre forSeniorCitizens, Navsari. (Secondphasegrant) Towards meetingpartcosts ofresidents oftheBaiManeckbaiP.B. Jeejeebhoy The W.Z.O. Trust Funds, Mumbai Centre forSeniorCitizens, Navsari. Towards meetingpartcosts ofresidents oftheBaiManeckbaiP.B. Jeejeebhoy The W.Z.O. Trust Funds, Mumbai grant) patients.phase cancer (Second for care palliative home-based of continuation Towards the part operating costs of Karunashraya, a 55 bed hospice, and for the Bangalore Hospice Trust (BHT), Bangalore , which would suggest

Karamsad, Gujarat. lifestyle changes to prevent occurrence nn ad Kheda and Anand No disbursals 1,700,000 1,300,000 6,000,000 1,250,000 188,721 552,000 360,000 Enhancing Civil Society and Governance During the year, people’s awareness, besides raising training them on in the skills focused of collective assertion has for better it governance.interventions, of suite a years.Through four of period a over Pradesh, Andhraof districts rural and urban 23 across citizens 75,000 over covered has programme driven have been supported by the Trust to promote citizen’s initiatives for better governance. This volunteer of mentoring in host organisations and need for steady input to the fellows.the to input steady to for grantThe need and organisations host in mentoring of strategy.this reviewof of year a marked culturecollective of Thereviewreiteratedimportance the encouraged to reach out and mentor smaller organisations and institute fellowships. The current year investments were made to bring young professionals to the sector. Professional organisations were Strengthening non-profit sector as partofthe Trust’s regional initiatives. exploreto commissioned incorporatingof potential women’sand issues gender to support groups to inputs streamlinebuilding to operations.Delhi,capacity Vividha providing in helped was study A evolving a joint strategy to combat sexual assault on girl students. Resource support from Jagori, Newfor youth college with discussion one-day a organizing Rajasthan,besides of agencies newspaper (MPSS) citizen’sremotethe in governance areasin role state. the of about awareness spreading for Teluguin programmes cultural 672 holding besides programmes, In systems andgovernance. public with engagement non-proficitizen the sector,strengthening strengthening t on focus into on the non-profi t sector and create avenues for engagement with civil society. This then translates awareness and knowledge building by constituencies new create to seeks also itself.It in worthy non-profistrengthening agenda that an belief is its ts is feature Trust.the distinctive of Its themes concerns on strengthening the non-profi t sector that emerge from grant making experiences in other theme as one that cuts across all other grant making portfolios. This portfolio would echo and support three years, the Trust has realized that for greater effectiveness, it should view grant making in this into this portfolio. The year under review is therefore the third year of this nascent portfolio. In these 2006, the Trust culled out its various investments in building capacities of civil society organisations Plan Strategic the of recommendations the on based 2002-03, In engagement. and action citizen The Trust’s grant making in this fi eld was initiated as the Public Initiatives portfolio, aimed at supporting for providing fellowships was restructured, based on these fithese restructured,on was based fellowships providing for and fellows ndings.selecting Besides strengthening citizen engagement with public systems,public with engagement citizen strengthening , with support from the Trust, conducted a workshop with 30 women journalists from different FDR conducted follow-up meetings with over 10,000 citizens covered by the training Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional has been an integral stream of work at the Trust. In the late 90’s, Mahila Punarvaas Samooh Samiti Samooh Punarvaas Mahila FDR – Loksatta’s– FDR programmes PRERNA

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional for a participatory review of its programmes, which has led to setting up of Centre for Knowledge for Centre of up setting to led has programmes,which its of review participatory a for reflindividual for feedback. system and the ection streamline to made also was effort An development. and gender and training motivation entrepreneurship for trainers of training programmes, fidevelopment including guides events, eld learning regular in-career education programme, developed modules related to livelihood promotion and organized Gandhigram Trustyear.the during continued for the area. sector and a symposium organized to gather other experiences and develop an operational strategy on undertaken was study sector.A social defiin critical also was year The the in development organization in strategy making grant the ning the future. in work of areaeffectiveness. organisationthis in expand The collaborationsTrust to fellow hopes operationalised. This would help Ashoka expand its reach to the central Indian region and encourage linking them with mentors, with them linking in supporting fellows.year,supporting in the During the Trust to grant Apprentices from PRADAN engrossed in a discussion with Self Help Group members during a PRA PRA a during members Group Help Self with discussion workshop. a in engrossed PRADAN from Apprentices

The support to now identifi es potential mentors and builds on their interest their identifion now builds PRERNA and mentors potential es Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) ua Rsuc Development Resource Human deliberated on the design of its on-going its PRADANof deliberateddesign the on Ashoka Innovators for the Public the for Innovators Ashoka was supported was Trust Gandhigram needs in the third the in needs was and initiative further. slow and the Trust hopes to utilize the experience of collaborative working with working collaborative of experience the utilize to Trustthe hopes and slow been communication.has development grantmakers among discussion initiating Theprogresson of area the in institutions to grants with along Chhattisgarh, in Groups Help Self and rights forest Jharkhand, in Dalits of future of issues on supported were organisations.fellowships media Three four to made weregrants deepening.Repeat institutional and programme in assist Foundation,to Packard by funded Programme, Health Reproductive and Sexual Adolescent the with dovetailed been has Trustthe support Jharkhand, In Jharkhand. and Chhattisgarh Orissa, in organisations 29 support to utilized was Making Grant Onward for TataTrustFund Ratan Sir The (NFI). India for under review, onward grant making gained momentum through the grant to strengthen their capacities and augment grant making. While no new grants were made in the year Philanthropy’ Local ‘Fostering knowledge onpractice in the third sector. organisation development in the social sector by augmenting the pool of practitioners and creating of field the building year,on coming Trustfocus the the would Gandhigram.Over at Management news clippings on CDs and documentaries on development. Additionally, during the year, Government documents and studies conducted by non-profit organisations, around 900 electronic 13,000 than morejournals, 100 approximately and books 12,000 over categories, 750 under filed activists and development professionals. These include 14,000 articles in electronic form, clippings information services and develop a range of information in electronic form, accessible to students, Public Information for Social Change and Development’ project in order to consolidate its physical large sectionsofitscurrent documentationmaterial. initiated preparation of focused outputs on specific themes related to education, besides digitizing Gita Sen, Sir Sen, Gita To health. The grant to the of field the in sector non-profit the and Government the between partnerships strengthened and from team coordination and research the and Samakhya, health and rights outcomes by building partnerships between the Government of Karnataka, Mahila two research projects. The first project ‘Gender and Health Equity’ sought to improve reproductive society.civil and researchglobalization undertake on to year,the During in involved was Chair the , the Trust has supported Dr supported Trusthas the sector, non-profit the on knowledge and awareness build

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Tata Chair Professor,TataChair Centre for Education and Documentation Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional initiative is focused on supporting grant-making foundations to foundations grant-making supporting on focused is initiative Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) Bangalore Management, of Institute Indian IIMB. The second project explored explored project second The

(CED) supports its National Foundation to build this build to NFI

‘Effective CED also

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional issues of sustainable development through was approved, but is yet to be operationalised. A study was undertaken by undertaken was study operationalised.A be to yet is but approved, was premiered internationally at the Himalayan Film Festival in Amsterdam. Amsterdam. in Festival Film Himalayan the at internationally premiered fithe of 2004’.One titled ‘Jeevika was competition event documentary the at generated lms Society Seminars’ during the year with over 200 students and conducted a national livelihood society.civil with supported It engagement population.youth total for the Theforum common Trusta create to seeks also of 19% about comprise who youth, with society civil of role and deprivation on awareness persons indiverseprogrammes andnowwishtoinvestinthemfurther. focussed organisations. It would also proactively look for organisations that work with young youth to grants new through initiative this future,Trustexpand near the Trust.would the In the with together working for possibilities identify to view a with Scheme Service National The of time.of to grant The period a over people young by undertaken were that projects action various showcase to 2004 December in organized was ‘Actioninterventions.campaign trainingBytes’ A teacher adolescents, as part of the ‘From Me to We’ programme and trained 61 teachers under their 1,200 over with directly worked also organisations.It focused youth of capacities build to “Youth and Civil Society” Civil and “Youth Students working on their social action project during Pravah’s life skills workshop. skills Pravah’slife during project action social their on working Students Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Environment and Science for Centre to organize fiorganize to (CCS) Society Civil for Centre and ve ‘Liberty initiative of the Trust focuses on creating knowledge and knowledge creating on Trustthe focuses of initiative pani yatras and a diploma in environment research ,

for engaging youth in youth engaging for Pravah Pravah worked worked on the on

with the Marathi speaking youth of Bombay through documentation.through Bombay of youth speaking Marathi the with of Sphere Public Marathi the supported TrustThe has and writershasalsoarousedhisinterest injournalismasacareer, despitehiscurrent lineoftechnicalstudies. editors journalists,issues. relevantMeeting socially on especially skills, writing his improved has collection extensive members of the group to contribute.to group the of members Santosh’s interactioncontinued with creation of the group newsletter, for which he regularly churned out relevant articles as its editor, besides the getting other to led enthusiasm Santosh’smonths, two area.Within mills textile the to related issues regarding interviews and the team members of the group for conducting regular meetings and workshops. He took the lead in conducting surveys centralBombay,coordinatingmetropolis. responsibilityof the the within on activity took textile Santosh of hub a once in July 2004, he got interested in the activities of a group that focused on ensuring the rights of the mill-workers living in came to know of an event organised by the Marathi Public Sphere project of a fi rst generation migrant from the Konkan region in Maharashtra was studying in a technical school in Bombay when There he are times when an unexpected encounter with an organisation can change the outlook of an individual. Santosh, avenues toexplore thethird sector. refland discussion initiate createthat grants and through organisationssociety select civil supports of roles on ection sector.the with currently engagement It society.youth civil for initiative,forum this a the Trustcreate Within to hopes programmessupport poverty,createof exposurethat issues their with for engagement options and and development society,precursorsheraldingwithin as forchange the Trustthe developed has With the realization that the youth constitute a sizable proportion of the Indian population and have the potential to act system toproducetextsthatare uniqueintheircontent. Tarunaee, the initiative has engaged with construction workers, students and those outside the mainstream education way. This, together with having created a document,new with their signature,a in realitieshelps them enhance their their confiunderstand them helps dence.experience context.The immediate Called their in exercises documentation Sphere project. Sphere Public PUKAR’sMarathi of part as Marathis”,undertaken Many “So in Patil,participant Madhavi by Collage Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional , under the Small Grant Programme,engaging Granttowards Small the under PUKAR, has found that youth tend to locate the locate to tend youth that found has PUKAR PUKAR and readingits and Marathifrom PUKAR books ‘Youthto initiative Society’ Civil and . After attending the orientation event

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional In the area of this increase incomingyears. fuel further to expected are portfolio grants.the streamliningongoing in of Efforts scale increased of account 2003-04.on Rs.during grantsis increase against 13 towards115% Thisas million 14.83 During the year under review, the Trust disbursed Rs. 31.82 million (US $ 0.72 million) towards academics workingontribalissues.12 grants, and activists,tribals, local by attended was which TribalChhattisgarh,Salerbhatta, at Perceptions’ parts of the country on issues of local importance, including the workshop on ‘Idea of Property and Chair Professor, post which, he has delivered public lectures and addressed workshops in different first the as appointed was theorist, political distinguished a Lummis, Douglas year,Professor the of research on democracy, besides being committed to developments at the grassroots level. During has instituted the Rajani Kothari Chair on Democracy. The Chair is expected to strengthen the tradition Governance, the grant to Grant Disbursals for Civil Society & Governance: 1998-2005 Governance: & Society Civil for Disbursals Grant Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) Details ofgrantdisbursalsin2004-2005 Enhancing CivilSociety&Governance: organisational effectiveness. on collaborations encouraging and outreach geographical extending Towards Ashoka InnovatorsforthePublic, NewDelhi an opportunityforstrengthening individualspiritandcitizenaction. fledgling ten to offer to expected years.is threegrant The support of period a over initiatives, voluntary comprehensive and fellowships providing Towards Nodisbursals Prerana, Raichur graduate diplomainrural management, referred toas Amul-Tata fellowships. Towards fellowships for the doctoral programme and deferred fellowships for post Institute ofRuralManagement(IRMA), Anand FELLOWSHIPS strengthen thestudyofmedia andwomen, andviolencewomen. and movement women’s the women, of needs on immediate the to centre respond would which documentation and resource the strengthening Towards Mahila PunarvaasSamoohSamiti(MPSS), Jaipur through governance, to relating issues on workshops, meetingsandcultural programmes. citizens concerned training identifying and include activities Planned meetings. and workshops programmes, training through governance, better for initiatives citizen’s promoting Towards Foundation forDemocraticReforms(FDR), Hyderabad CITIZEN INTERFACE WITH PUBLICSYSTEMS h apetcsi sil ulig hs, eie spotn te on-going the supporting besides phase, building professional developmentofthestaff. fine-tuning skill through PRADAN, at apprenticeship the resources human strengthening Towards Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), New Delhi ORGANISATION AND HUMANRESOURCEDEVELOPMENT thereby buildingtheircapacitiesanddevelopinginteraction betweenthem. India, a in foundations making launching grant of and staff professional for organisation programme training the of review strategic a undertaking Towards Sampradaan –IndianCentreforPhilanthropy(SICP), NewDelhi documentation andenhancingNFI’s capacitiesasagrant-maker. and Chhattisgarh, besidesprovidingsupporttowards research and Towards a grant making partnership for onward grant-making in Jharkhand, Orissa National FoundationforIndia(NFI), NewDelhi FOSTERING LOCALPHILANTHROPY Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional 11,000,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 5,000,000 500,000 900,000 200,000 Rs.

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Enhancing Civil Society & Governance & Society Civil Enhancing : grants Institutional SSs rdto o rsac o dmcay bsds otiuig ih an with contributing besides democracy, impact onpubliclife. on research of tradition CSDS’s Towards instituting the ‘Rajani Kothari Chair on Democracy’, which strengthens Centre fortheStudyofDevelopingSocieties, NewDelhi of awareness and GOVERNANCE knowledge for and documentation programmes non-profit its sector. of relevant sufficiency self building financial strengthening Towards Centre forEducation&Documentation(CED), Bangalore for aperiodoffiveyears. Globalisation and Society Civil on Chair TataRatan Sir the instituting Towards Indian InstituteofManagement(IIM), Bangalore BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ONNON-PROFITSECTOR Pravah’s human resources. augmenting besides a action, seeding centred and youth the education for centre skills resource life in programme based school a Towards and Pravah, NewDelhi research environmental in course communications. certificate a and exposure through society, programmes civil in participation youth encouraging Towards Centre forScienceandEnvironment(CSE), NewDelhi of schools in those and students journalism andmedia. college for programmes designed well Towardsprogramme,a encouraging society,civil in participation youth through Centre forCivilSociety, NewDelhi YOUTH AND CIVILSOCIETY relevance andperformance fororganisational renewal. Towards review exercise, a supporting Gandhigram Trust’s efforts re-examining at Gandhigram Trust, Dindigul No disbursals No disbursals 5,000,000 3,975,000 1,500,000 640,000 700,000 Arts andCulture Arts Attakkalari CentreforMovement Arts (ACMA) (UAKSKA), Academy Kala and Sangeet Khan Allauddin Ustad (BBSST), Trust Shikshana done for on-going grants including of eminent social scientists, which recognized that offering joint programmes. The second annual peer review was conducted by multi-disciplinary panel programme. Academic collaborations with local and international institutions were strengthened by University.Kuvempu Programmeof Education Distance PhD the registeredits with students for 19 support from the Trust, launched its Masters programme in Cultural Studies online, in collaboration Programme of the the Arts and Culture portfolio was initiated in 2003-04, with expertise from the Education Initiatives the Trust was keen to strengthen its engagement with this thematic area. A comprehensive review of making in 1995. In view of the programmatic thrust of the Trust in implementing Strategic Plan 2006, Arts and Culture as a theme has been supported by the Trust since the inception of systematic grant The year also marked some important developments in key grants. During the year, digital arts. 11 individuals were supported through supported were individuals arts.11 digital schools in Bangalore. It also introduced certifi cate and degree courses in contemporary dance and select forgeddancers,collaborationswith which,traininghas to for imparting it programmesin its and is setting the criteria for informed and critical research. With the Trust’s support, A puppet show ‘Our Friends The Ogres’ performed by Bala Balaga Srujansheela Shikshana Trust.Shikshana Srujansheela Balaga Bala by performed Ogres’ The Friends ‘Our show puppet A Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) Asiatic Society of Bombay (ASB), Bala Balaga Srujansheela CSCS IFA, andIndiaFoundationforthe Arts (IFA). had initiated a vigorous teaching programme under the Sir Ratan TataRatan Sir Trust the Draw-down under Institutional grants : Arts & Culture & Arts : grants Institutional .

Detailed reviews were ACMA CSCS, with core continued

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Arts & Culture & Arts : grants Institutional organizational development and work at moving from strategic to tactical to operational. The potential of strategic of potential partnerships withthe The operational.Trust wasemphasized. to tactical to strategic from moving at work and development organizational culture philanthropy to a hybrid model of philanthropy with business, besides exhorting it to look at institutional building, through endowment support and programme grants. The review recommended a move from a model of pure arts and Grant making foundation in the arts: mechanisms forengagementwithorganisations whichare promotedbythestate. from small towns and rural areas in Madhya Pradesh and their skill level was commendable. The review has suggested students drawn had programmes teaching Chakradhar and Dhrupad Theirparticipation. audience as well quality,as Pradesh.Madhya of towns Thereview performance of terms recognizedin towns smaller in events the of success the small ten in artistes established of performances organizing and instruments, musical rare besides forms, traditional institution arts performing promoted Government could includevaluableout-sizedbooks, maps, paintingsandmanuscripts. The review also suggestedcreating an advisoryboard for selection ofmaterial for restoration andconservation, which The lack of computerization, which could help in digitizing preserved manuscripts and books, was also brought to light. conserving valuable historical documents that are in a state of neglect in many libraries and archives across of the need country.urgent the given support, such for relevance scheme.the this acknowledged rejuvenatingreview The also to Leading library: Their programme ‘Adopt a Book’ was supported by the Trust for preservation of 500 books, with a view would becomeaspecializedneedinitself, alongwiththetaskofproviding artisticdirection toitsprogrammes. organisation the of management routine the when institutionalization, of phase crucial this during support continued identity and positioning, revenues and sustainability, leadership and management. The review has stressed the need for highlighted certain strategic management tasks that required attention. These include capacity building, organisational to create innovative performance and organizing festivals of art for the public. The review, undertaken by the P&P Group,includes functioning as a training institute period,which year forfive a over plan professionalbusiness its on work to it enable dancersto supported group:was arts movement inLeading contemporary movement arts, developing a repertory their incomefromtheatre shows. on based model,revenue a develop grantee the that recommendedgroup. It knit close a of passion and enthusiasm of level the at more working be to seemed currently institutionalize,what to need a puppetry.suggested review The grassroots: at group performing Small through an onward grant from India Foundation for the Arts.the for Foundation India from grant onward an through Photographs from a source book on important sculptural traditions in south India, compiled by T. Pankajaksha, Grant makinginthearts–lessonsfrom Trust’s portfolio has been supported, over the past ten years by underwriting a section of the grants was supported by the Trust to sustain and promote programmes on shadow on programmes promote and sustain Trustto the by supported was : was supported for training of young musicians and dancers in in dancers and musicians young of training for supported was : between the arts portfolio and its grant making in mental health, education and professionalizing the two areas.two of institutionalization of these projects. During the next financial year, new grants would be made in process the support and concerns institutional emphasize merit,would their but for projects term shorter support Trustwould practices.The building institution innovative, for need the noting by the reality that individuals have historically been the prime movers in the field, is turned to advantage be explored by the Trust. The contradiction between the Trust’s emphasis on funding institutions and of new quasi-institutions; therefore, interfacing with older art practices and academic institutions can based on the recognition that the field of the arts is at an interesting crossroads with the development concern. This would build on the strength of the Trust in understanding and support to institutions. It is Trust would see arts as a as arts Trustsee would sector throughfocuson Based on the review, the Trust has decided to keep Rs. 3.5milliontowards twogrants (US$0.09million), asagainstRs. 4.21millionduring2003-04. During the year under review, the Trust’s support for initiatives in the Arts and Culture portfolio was towards pursuinginnovative projectsinthefield. Fund created in 2000. Grants ranging from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 550,000 were made to these individuals Promoting Advance Learning in Arts Learning Promoting Advance arts therapy, cross cutting theme cutting cross Grant Disbursals for Arts & Culture: 1998-2005 Culture: & Arts for Disbursals Grant arts education institution building in the arts for its portfolios.its for The Trust linkages create would would be the first area of focus.of area first the Secondly,be would the and arts managementrespectively. Institutional grants : Arts & Culture & Arts : grants Institutional , as its overriding

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Arts & Culture & Arts : grants Institutional Details ofgrantdisbursalsin2004-2005 &Culture: Arts sources. The grant includes a challenge for IFA areas.to raise thematic matching funds from their other Indian across grant-making enhance to fund draw-down a For India Foundationforthe Arts (IFA), Bangalore three supports grant The Education. ‘Sir Ratan Tata Trust Higher Fellowships’ forPh. D. of guidesandcourseprofessors. Academy Manipal the with affiliation an programme,through (Ph.D) doctoral its for support Towardspart Centre fortheStudyofCulture&Society(CSCS), Bangalore ground andorganise festivals ofartforthepublic. new break that works performance innovative create to company repertory develop a dancers, professional for institute training a as function to it enable will which Bangalore, in arts movement contemporary for centre a Towards Bangalore Arts,Performing Contemporary of TrustCharitable Public Attakkalari small ten in artists towns ofMadhyaPradesh. established of performances organise and instruments, forms, extend traditional fellowship support in to dancers promising musicians and to musicians train young on rare20 musical train to Academy the Enables Ustad Allauddin KhanSangeetandKala Academy (UAKSKA), Bhopal • • • • • • the Trust in1997-98. by made grant endowment the from earned income IFA2004-05,utilizing by during made Grants • • • • •

Shubhalakshmi Shukla,Shubhalakshmi Pune: Gurvinder Singh, New Delhi: Navjot Altaf, Bombay: Towards producingnewsculptural worksinwood. Shri Siddeshwar Shikshan Mandal, Sholapur, Maharashtra: Vimor Handloom Foundation, Bangalore: T. Pankajaksha, Bangalore:For publishingabookonSouthIndiansculptural traditions. Collective Research Initiatives Trust, Bombay: Trista Madan, Kolkatta: Bangalore: Somana, Nakula Delhi: New Trust, Charitable Biblio The Chennai: Soudhamini, Punjab. weaving techniqueoftraditional Indiansaris. Museum Collaboration, involvingartistsandscholarsinaseriesofworkshops. school children inKolkata. buildings inSholapur. movement languagesofcontemporary danceandfilmdance. magazine. film. English. For theme-based museum education workshops for junior and middle oad te rnlto o te tg pouto, ranl, no a into Brhannala, production, stage the of translation the Towards Towards producing audio recordings of Bhakti and Sufi music of To explore the intersections and differences between the the between differences and intersections the explore To Towardstranslating folklorethe of For research and documentation of the history and Towards digitization of the archive of a literary literary a of archive the of digitization Towards For preparatory work towards the Industrial For documentation of heritage community into community Pulaya No disbursals No disbursals 3,000,000 500,000 s. R Endowments not considernewendowmentsin2005-06. ficoming the in year,nancial largea with coupled commitments,on-going of number the Trustmay against Rs. 17.69 in the previous year. In view of the reduced quantum of funds available endowments forwere sanctioned during 2004-05,disbursals the disbursals totaled Rs. 30 million (0.68 million), as profinon 28 new to 1995.no grantsThough since endowment organisationsThe Trust made t has protocol forinvolvingnon-profi t organisations andstrengthen itsfundraising abilities. threeyears, (ISEC), Change In 2001, the Trust had sanctioned a grant of Rs. 30 million to the Institute for Social & Economic of thereview, the Trust generally discourages direct endowmentstoneworganisations. potential during an earlier period of programmatic grant-making. In keeping with actively theidentify long term recommendationspartners for endowments, especially those that have shown promise and strategy,grantsThe endowment Trustits from draw to pro- 2001-02,continues to during reviewed over a fi ve-year period. The endowment also enables high quality eye-care to the poor and enables to During the year,the During the Trust fithe released grant endowment its Rs.under of million instalment 30 rst converted thedeferred endowment intoapermanentSirRatan Tata Trust CorpusFund. Following an internal review of the self assessment exercise carried out by the organisation, the Trust Medical Research Foundation (MRF). fiFoundation grantTheprovides Research corpus Medical its for sustenance nancial Surgeries being performed by fellows at the Medical Research Foundation, Chennai. Foundation,Research Medical the at fellows by performed being Surgeries used the interestthe used librarytowardsinfrastructure.ISEC its and of facilities enhancement towards creation of the Sir Ratan Tata Deferred Endowment Fund. Over the past the Over Fund. TataEndowment Ratan Deferred Sir the of creation towards MRF to perform free surgeries on 11,000 poor patients MRF to streamline its systems and develop a Institutional grants : Endowments : grants Institutional

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Endowments : grants Institutional 28. Medical Research Foundation (MRF), Chennai (MRF), Foundation Research Medical 28. Navsari School, Girls’ TataZoroastrian Navajbai Bai 27. Nagpur School, High J.N.Girls’ TataParsi 26. Mumbai (HEC), Committee Education Higher 25. (ALTAR),Research TheatrePondicherry Art for Laboratory Adishakti 24. TrustMumbai Charitable (VCT), Vrindaban 23. Foundation DHAN the through India south in associations farmers tank Various 22. Delhi TrustNew Children’sBook (CBT), 21. Delhi New (SRUTI),Tribal and Initiatives Urban Rural for Society 20. Delhi New (CSE), Environment and Science for Centre 19. Dahod Foundation), (Sadguru Foundation Development and Water Sadguru Mafatlal Navinchandra 18. Ayikudy (ASS) Sangam, Seva Amar 17. Mussoorie (SIDH), Himalayas the of Development Integrated for Society the by up set schools rural Eight 16. (IFA),BangaloreArts the for Foundation India 15. Mumbai (CAP), Philanthropy of Advancement for Centre 14. Hyderabad (IGS), Services Grameen Indian 13. Hyderabad (CDF), Foundation Development Co-operative 12. Santiniketan Bharati, Viswa 11. Mumbai You(CRY),and Relief Child 10. Bhopal Foundation, Eklavya 9. Delhi New (NCAER), Research Economic Applied of Council National 8. C.J.TataBuildings,Ratan Tardeo Colony Sir Trust, Mumbai 7. N.R.Trust,TataAgiary Bandra Mumbai 6. Delhi Philanthropy,New for (ICP),Centre Indian 5. Delhi New (UPIASI), India of Study Advance the for Institute Pennsylvania of University 4. (U.K.)Kingdom United London,(LSE), Economics of School London the at TataFoundationRatan Sir 3. Mumbai First, Bombay - Foundation Research Policy City Bombay 2. Delhi New (PRADAN), Action Development for Assistance Professional 1. TataRatan 1995 Trust Sir since from grants endowment received have which Organisations Grant Disbursals for Endowment: 1997-2005 Endowment: for Disbursals Grant in 2004-2005 Endowments: Details of grant disbursals year period. year five a over patients poor 11,000 on surgeries free perform MRF enable would poor,which the to eye-care quality high for endowment an creatingTowards Chennai (MRF), Foundation Research Medical professionals.fresh of induction and recruitment of costs the meet to PRADAN, to made endowment existing the Towardsaugmenting ProfessionalAssistance forDevelopment Action (PRADAN), NewDelhi Karnataka. and Pradesh Nadu,Andhra Tamilin TankFarmers’Associations and FederationsTank Farmers’ to grants This ongoing multi-year grant enables Dhan Foundation to provide endowment Madurai Foundation, Dhan Institutional grants : Endowments : grants Institutional No disbursals No disbursals No 30,000,000 Rs.

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional Small GrantProgramme of theSGP, alongwith193madeunderthe ‘regular’ category tosmallerorganisations. made to smaller organisations. So far, 103 grants have been made so far under the ‘special’ category Grants made to the latter have been classifi ed under the ‘special’ category, as against ‘regular’ SGPs mainstreaming of innovations, conducting reviews and appraisals and strengthening internalactivities,research focussed conducting systems.evaluation, or planning strategic for support needed that oriented organisations, the programme was subsequently amended to include larger organisations fiall welfare small of needs the the Trust.of to areas cater thematic to ve conceptualised Primarily Rs.nearly grants296 wereMarchthrough thatupto million) made31,1.93 $ (US million 85 2005, in disbursed has 1998-99, in launched was which (SGP), Programme Grant Small TataRatan Sir The and externalreviews withinkeyprogrammatic initiatives. workshops,critical conduct events and durationprojects long preparatoryto support prior phases programme team. Furthermore, many SGPs are being used to fi eld-test new ideas and innovations, Trust’sthe and specialists external by projects to provided being inputs programmatic necessary linked grants made under the ‘regular’ category of the SGP, to its core thematic areas of focus, with Trustthe has form, application designed SGP,freshly the a under through grant a for applying for procedure the simplifying Whilst execution. its for responsible is team separate earlier,no unlike Trustthe of and making grant programmatic the into mainstreamed been has SGP the outset, the SGP. the At re-structured Trust review, the the from emanating recommendations the on Based challenging goals. setting and donors other with co-funding organisation,encouraging the to project the from focus of small organizations; and (e) there was a need to stimulate organisational capacities by shifting the resource persons and programme offi cers were required to build capacity and facilitate development systems prevalent in the SGP needed to be and simplifiprocedures current (c) ed; ones; (d) periodic chosen resource the inputs benchmarking or handholding also by but ones, right the choosing in Trust’sgrant making; screening(b) only not help organizationswould outset the at right thoroughly review were: (a) there was a need to synergize ‘regular’ SGP grants within the thematic areas of the manner.effective cost a in the above from the emanating recommendationsimprove key Theand strengthen to measures suitable suggest (d) and Trust; the at followed systems processing the making of the Trust; (b) evaluate its performance with respect to the original objectives; (c) evaluate relevance of the SGP vis-à-vis the needs of small, grassroots level organizations and the overall grant the examine (a) to: year Trustthe the by during commissioned was SGP the of review external An (GVS), Manav Vikas Sansthan (MVS), to made were grantsPariyojana, Himmothan Under Gujarat. in showcasing the Trust’s efforts, along with other partner organisations, in combating coastal salinity (India) (AKRSP(I)) Under Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY), grants were made to Education andHealthportfolios, respectively. portfolio,(RLC) Communities towardsand outlaid Rural Livelihoods being within 20% and 29% with entirethe SGP.in disbursed grantswerefor year made the during SGP the in disbursals the of 37% under the ‘special’ SGP category during the year under review, constituting 47% of the total amount grants 43 towards disbursed was Significantly,million 2003-04.Rs. 16.73 during disbursed million 91% rise in disbursals, which reached Rs. 35.81 million (US $ 0.82 million), as compared to Rs. 18.70 SGP,a the saw within grants 93 make to efforts year,Trust’sthe concerted the During inception. latter’s the since year every steadily increased has SGP the towards outlay Trust’sfinancial The eeomn ars Utrnhl h rs spotd both, supported TrustThe Uttaranchal. across development fibre and bamboo promoting on focusing grant, programme a through supported and underway project,largecurrently subsequent the of activities and design the phase,finalised it which during to of the community, to undertake larger watershed projects next year. Similarly, a grant was made was year.grant Similarly,next a projects watershed larger undertake community,to the of capacity the building besides organisations, the equip would phase This Pradesh. Himachal and Himalayan Areas (SRADHA), , for a four month planning month four a for (UBFDB), Board Development Fibre and Bamboo Uttaranchal , towards operationalizing the Coastal Salinity Cell, besides producing a short film, for conducting preparatory phase watershed projects in Uttaranchal and Society for Rural Awareness & Development in Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional Aga Khan Rural Support Programme epes cec Isiue (PSI) Institute Science People’s Aarohi, Grameen Vikas Samiti Vikas Grameen Aarohi,

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional fulcrum todevelopandstrengthen KVY. Circle (SIPC) in Rajkot, the Prevention Ingress Salinity the at etc.technologies,Housed water, saving of water salinity,use of judicious problems awareness amongst people in project areas and educate them directly or through civil society organizations about the technical and professional support through extension, training, media, exposure visits and education; and (iii) generate would, amongst other things: (i) network with individuals, groups and concerned government departments; (ii) provide 2004, the Trust sanctioned a four month planning phase to help to phase planning month four Trustthe 2004,a sanctioned Committee.Steering its and OrderCell Government Salinity a the issued constituting GoG Consequently, September in a up set to GoG with commenced as dialogue a 2003,initiatives. August In and programmes innovative develop and state a of formation carried out by these organisations, including the relevant departments of the Government of Gujarat (GoG), through the In recognition of the complexity and the multi-faceted nature of the problems, the need was perceived to tie in the work and communityorganization, groupirrigationandrevival ofsaltaffectedoldplantations&establishmentnewones. saving technologies such as drip irrigation and sprinklers, farm bunding for soil and water conservation, capacity building Harvesting Tankswater,drinking for percolation(RRWHT),wells and sealing well water horticultureand of propagation measures. innovative of series a through These include, salinity amongst of others, construction of water effects harvesting structures for ill ground water recharge, the Roof Rain mitigating Water towards efforts pro-active made have Foundation (ACF), Vivekanand Research & Training Institute (VRTI), and Tata Till Chemicalsdate, Rural four such Developmentpartner organisations,Society namely,(TCRDS) Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) (AKRSP(I)), Ambuja Cement initiative, totacklethisdevelopingenvironmentalcatastrophe. Mitigation and PreventionIngress Salinity Coastal Gujarat the as Kharash Vistarotthan Yojanaknown the (KVY),earlier declining agricultural productivity and decreasing soilbesides villages, the fertility.for water resultant drinking quality years. The of crisis The20 acute an Trust,past and migration to the led has degradation alongover environmental with phenomenon its growing partner organisationsa been is undertakinghas Gujarat of areas coastal in ingress Salinity Apart from coordinating efforts of civil society organizations and concerned government departments, the its design. to coordinate efforts and projects, both under KVY and the government schemes.coordinateprojects,government to and the Cell efforts and Salinity KVY under both In 2004,April the use of irrigation water within AKRSP(I)’s project area in Junagadh district, Gujarat.district, Junagadh in area project AKRSP(I)’swithin water irrigation of use Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana: A family stands amidst its groundnut crop, as low cost sprinklers make judicious , which would co-ordinate and provide technical inputs to on-going salinity projects in the in projects salinity on-going to inputs Cell,technical Salinity co-ordinateprovide would and which Salinity Cell would initially focus on the Saurashtra coastline and is expected to become the operationalise the Salinity Cell and fiand Cell Salinity the operationalise AKRSP(I) nalize Salinity Cell

through environment conservation and eco-income generation eco-income and conservation environment through Pradesh, Himachal Spiti, in women tribal empowering of aim the with Seabuckthorn, like species Resham Federation (UCRF) to support to watershed projects underway and providing them field support. Grants were also made to support.made field Grantswerealso them providing and underway projects watershed and year duration, under the SGP. Trust (GDSST) During the year under review, the Trust sanctioned a grant to involves setting up approximately 50 Learning Centres in a phased manner, having a regional focus. to start alternative schools, to cater to the needs of disadvantaged rural communities. The initiative concept of the ‘Learning Centres Initiative’, earlier known as the Small School Project, that proposes communities through long-term support. It was in this context that the Trust actively developed the to identify, develop and support innovative programs that strengthen education, to serve marginalized and firmly rooted to the local community. Recognising this, the Trust is working in a proactive manner imperative that the institution of schooling is made sensitive to the developmental needs of children is it child, every for meaningful and accessible,enjoyable education elementary make to order In communities andreviews oftraining materialreports. to them being being them The Trust also supported six organisations under its Rajasthan Microfinance Initiative, chief amongst create awareness amongstthefarmersregarding resource conservationtechnologies. helping therebyfields, farmer at demonstrations line front 100 through technology the by offered benefits various showcasing and levels village district,and at block trainingcamps farmer through Punjab, in technology tillage zero up-scaling towards Punjab, of Government Agriculture, of Uttaranchal. Under the initiative ‘Reviving the Green Revolution’, the Trust supported the silk blending products, thereby developing strategies to strengthen the market linkages for weavers in products using eco-friendly dyes, encouraging market development and studying market trends for resource support and inputs to the programme grantees within this initiative, the Trust made a grant provide to activities.order related In development all in processes participatory of promotion and subsequently charting a future course of action through various studies,and areasstrengthening project women their SHGs in work microfinance their consolidate to exercises planning programme Kalanjium Foundation, which carried out field visits, discussions with implementing teams and Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG) Group Action Rural Himalayan Central

their project focusing on the conservation and commercialization of indigenous plant indigenous of commercialization and conservation the on focusing project their Society for Sustainable Development (SSD), Vishaka, Vishaka, (SSD), Development Sustainable for Society for running eight learning centres in the Belgaum region of northern Karnataka for one GDSST ,

for the up-gradation of traditional looms for silk weaving, developing will serve as a nodal agency for the Belgaum cluster of Learning Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional for organising external reviews of the of reviews external organising for Govind Dham Shikshana Sadhana

taaca Cooperative Uttaranchal and and Prayas Directorate , towards towards , MUSE ,

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional To prevent further loss of the area’s biodiversity, the sameandpromotionofforeign species. on awareness of lack to due depleted, getting rapidly value,is ecological which and economic immense with replete only one season a year, with snow being the only source of moisture. The area is however endowed with diverse fl ora, to restricted is precipitation,agriculture of lack to due and sustenance for much offer not do conditions hostile Such arid landscape, lacking vegetative growth. During the long winters, the temperatures dip to a low of –30 degrees Celsius. Situated at a height of 3,300 metres above sea level in the vast expanse of the Himalayas, Spiti is a cold desert with an In its endeavour to promote empowerment of tribal women through environment conservation and eco-income eco-income and conservation environment through Trustgeneration,the supported women has tribal of empowerment promote to endeavour its In promoted andisgradually pickingupasanalternative. being also is bush) thorny extremely an (being hedges Seabuckthorn of fencing’ beds.‘live Moreover,of concept the river the along propagation its initiated also have extraction,but its allowing not by resources existing the protecting started only not have initiative the in involved women potential, ecological and economic However,its realizing after fencing. for used and locals the by extracted indiscriminately was Seabuckthorn value,perceived no having Initially species, towards supportingthepropagationandcommercialization oflocalspecies. foreign promoting of policy their from shift a initiated and Seabuckthorn process to machinery the for funds with in infrastructure development, primary processing and market linkages. The Government of Himachal Pradesh has pitched raising the awareness and capacity of the local community, organization of women and villagers into producer groups, encompassed fertility.project Theits enhancing besides conservation, soil for choice biotic excellent an presenting cosmetics. Seabuckthorn also has a highly developed root system, with the ability to fi x atmospheric nitrogen, thereby products,of variety manufacturewide the a in of rangingto of useful pharmaceuticals proven from has and C Vitamin these indigenous species, initially focusing on one plant, namely Seabuckthorn, which is the world’s richest known source other natural resources inthearea, inorder toaddress thecore issueofbio-diversityconservation. led has initiative surpluses.this local of the implementation of successful use The optimal through between natural resource management and the local community, besides exploring the possibility of income generation, Pradesh, through a Small Grant Programme with MUSE. with Programme Grant Small a through Pradesh, Himachal of region Spiti the in grown being Himalayas:Seabuckthorn Higher the in livelihoods Sustainable in this one-year action research project, thereby establishing a symbiosis a establishing therebyproject, research action one-year this in MUSE MUSE initiated a project on the conservation and commercialization of to focus on focus to MUSE help teachers communicate complex mathematical concepts to primary school children in Bangalore; developing home based strategies for patients suffering from chronic mental illness; and workshop on mental illness and homelessness; SGPs were made under this sub-thematic area. These included: portfolio,programmaticfive its as within the many Trusthealth With as mental on emphasis laying that wasorganised in Ahmedabad. Innovation (RJMCEI), towards hosting the Sir Ratan Tata Trust Pedagogic Innovations Conference television, in their mother-tongue. The Trust also supported early literates through an innovative project that involves subtitling of popular song programmes on and language and social studies concepts in 12 schools in Bangalore; innovative projects. These included: and interesting implementing in involved organisations various to made also were Centres.SGPs During the coming year, the Trust would continue to consolidate the re-worked SGP strategy strategy SGP re-worked the operationalised in2004-05. consolidate to continue would Trust the year, coming the During conducting pre andpostpollsurveys. enabling the organisation to spread awareness of contestants, besides raising voter awareness and Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR), towards the ‘Andhra Pradesh Election Watch 2004’ Animals (PFA) organisations focusing on the welfare of animals across India. It also supported the Within its Civil Society & Governance portfolio, the Trust made three grants to different health status, besidesprovidinginputsindesigningthe Trust’s healthstrategy inUttaranchal. The Trust also supported the towards their programme of treatment and rehabilitation of homeless mentally ill persons in Guwahati. towards raising the literacy skills of skills literacy the raising towards(IIM), Ahmedabad, Management of Institute Indian Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust Dhwani Trust, Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional for creating teaching aids to illustrate Kannada Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational The Banyan, for hosting a national Suvidya, for a project designed to to conduct a study on the overall People For Ashadeep ,

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional 1 and supported by the Trust under its Small Grant Programme, national workshop on mental illness and homelessness was held in August 2004 in Chennai.ill,a mentally homeless the to the pertaining action,Organisedespecially for areas key to by identify to and ill carementally the and homeless providing in non-profi involved variousorganisations oft experiences the sharing of objective the With some issuesarisingfromthissituation. cerebralpalsy and autism to depressiondisorders, and schizophreniamental from rangingof types various from suffer population) Indian total the Mental health is a neglected area in developing countries. In India, an estimated 40 million people (approximately 4% of expanding its From the Trust’s perspective, the national workshop enabled it to identify organisations providing care for mentally ill, for rights.their given are ill and mentally homeless right the that ensuring identifithe in was careelement for critical on need public,a the as ed general the as well as administration, the police, and judiciary the profession, medical the with persons institutionalizing mental illness and of the of role of the police and the judiciary in the process process. currentCreating general awareness and sensitizing the of review a for calls also It up. follow identifiand care cation, early the in the caregivers community involve addresses to and India,care health basic/primary of into care health Presidentmental integrate to need the to presented was which of copy a manifest, The right. basic a as care health identifi areaskey 24 ed action,for werewhich manifest,a of form the in together put mental to access the highlighting and ill mentally homeless and care health mental of scenario current the reviewed workshop the at participants The the homelessmentallyill, bothinrural andurbanareas. together 35 non-profi t organisations, government agencies and activists working with the mentally ill, the homeless and support, results in terrible forms of abuse and neglect. The not cater to those without families. Especially for homeless mentally ill women, this lack of access to any care facility or do institutions most as dismal equally is homeless ill mentally the facilities.for rehabilitation Care appropriate of lack be hostedbydifferent organisations acrossthecountry. the mentally ill. The Trust is confi dent that this workshop would pave the way commencing the for process similar of developing events a in strategy thefor building future,meaningful partnerships with organisations which working would with Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Society Fellowship Richmond Mentally ill women engage in vocational activities during the course of their treatment at the shelter in shelter the Banyan. Theat by run treatmentChennai, their of course the during activities vocational in engage women ill Mentally Mental Health Initiative 1 . The number of trained mental health professionals is abysmally low,abysmally a is by professionals compounded health mental trained .of number The and facilitating collaboration among other grantees within the initiative, besides Mental Health Initiative of the Trust attempts to address

the event was the fi rst workshop of its kind and brought The Banyan, Details ofgrantdisbursalsin2004-2005 Small GrantProgramme: Towards reviewing the Batch 1 watershed projects under Himmothan Himmothan under implementation. projects their watershed strengthen significantly to 1 order in experts, external through Batch Pariyojana, the reviewing Towards People’s ScienceInstitute(PSI), Dehradun Himmothan Pariyojana of Gujarat, undertheKharash Vistarotthan Yojana (KVY)initiative. the Trust’s showcasing film efforts, short along a with of partner consisting organisations, CD-ROM, a in combating of salinity production Towardson the coast Aga KhanRuralSupportProgramme(India), Ahmedabad Towards Aga KhanRuralSupportProgramme(India), Ahmedabad Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana Groups (SHG)intheBisamCuttackblockofRayagadadistrictOrissa. and resources natural to access promote increase sustainable to agricultural seeks production, that through the project formation a of 10 Towards Self Help Harsha Trust, Bhubaneswar Irrigation Lift Dahod district, the Gujarat. taluka, of Jhalod in management members cooperative of aspects various cooperative on Federation, of building capacity Towards Dahod Federation, Societies Co-operative Irrigation Lift Taluka’sJhalod The women selfhelpmicrofinanceco-operatives. sustainable promoting by Orissa,district, Keonjhar block, Sadar in panchayats 10 in located women rural of livelihoods strengthening for project a Towards Shristi, Bhubaneswar, Orissa Central IndiaRegion RURAL LIVELIHOODS&COMMUNITIES activities withSalinityIngress Prevention Circle (SIPC). introductory (e) and departments;Govt. key the with MoUs of finalization and formulation (d) year; first the for activities key the all for targets and plans (c) project;year three the for proposal revised of finalization and development (b) and finalization of its Memorandum of Association (MoA) and rules & regulations; which would, amongst other things, focus on: (a) registration of the Salinity Cell apreparatory phasepriortoathree yearprojectwiththeSalinityCell, Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional

328,423 497,000 100,000 150,000 426,000 499,000 Rs.

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional larger watershedprojectin thearea. a undertake to capacity community’s the and own its build GVS helps which Pariyojana, covering threeHimmothan villagesunder project in Bhimtalwatershed phase block preparatoryof year Nainital one district,a TowardsUttaranchal, Grameen Vikas Samiti(GVS), Kotabagh undertake alarger district, watershed projectinthearea. Nainital of block Okhalkanda community’sUttaranchal,the and own to helps its capacity which build Aarohi in villages four covering Pariyojana, Himmothan under project watershed phase preparatory year one a Towards Aarohi, Satoli ‘Himmothan Pariyojana’. under projects sanitation and water the for villages, new 11 of (DTR) Reports Detailed Towardsthe Technicalappraisalof independent external arrangingan Himalayan InstituteHospital Trust (HIHT), JollyGrant and Uttarkashi in villages 11 further a to Dehradun districts, Uttaranchal. services sanitation and water Sanitation and Water component the of Himmothan Pariyojana, of which is Phase expected to develop sustainable Implementation the to support Towards Society forMotivational Training & Action (SMTA), Vikasnagar resources the natural projects. strengthening own thereby its Uttaranchal, Bageshwar, and in project Kumaon management in projects watershed managed community in involved organisations to support field and Towardsmonitoring Central HimalayanRural Action Group(CHIRAG), Sitla ‘Himmothan Pariyojana’. under Pradesh, Himachal district, Solan of tehsil Arki in project micro-watershed a of phase planning cum preparatory year one Towardsthe Ambuja CementFoundation(ACF), Darlaghat a larger watershedprojectinthearea. community’sthe and own its build undertake SRADHA to helps capacity which Pariyojana, covering five Himmothan villages under in project Purola watershed block phase of preparatoryUttarkashi year district,one Uttaranchal,a Towards Areas Himalayan in Development (SRADHA), Uttarkashi & Awareness Rural for Society to capacity community’s the and undertake alarger watershedprojectinthearea. own its build MVS helps which Pradesh, Pariyojana, covering four villages in Jhanduta block Himmothan of Bilaspur under district, Himachal project watershed phase preparatory year one a Towards Manav Vikas Sansthan(MVS), Bilaspur 476,000 188,500 363,000 408,000 225,000 496,000 500,000 499,000 akt rns o sl bedn pout, hrb dvlpn srtge to strategies developing thereby strengthen themarketlinkagesforweaversinUttaranchal. products, blending silk for trends market developing weaving, silk products for using eco-friendly looms dyes, traditional encouraging of market development and up-gradation studying the Towards Uttaranchal CooperativeReshamFederation(UCRF), Dehradun generation, income and thereby livestock sustaininglivelihoodsin Tarikhet community blockof Almora district, Uttaranchal. for the of resources, potential building and its capacity problems and on development, booklet livestock a of of preparation management through on programme a Towards Chhattrasal SevaSansthan(CSS), Hamirpur up support forthesustainabilityofestablishedmicroenterprises back and technical providing and enterprises micro run successfully and up set to them enabling development, enterprise for projects plan and design to skills with them equipping Uttaranchal,district, Garhwal Pauri in youth the Towards promoting an understanding of entrepreneurship development amongst Institute forDevelopmentSupport(IDS), Pauri Garhwal and conservation eco-income generation. environment through Pradesh, Himachal Spiti, in women of commercialization and tribal empowering of aim the Seabuckthorn,with like species plant indigenous conservation the on 200,000 focusing project a Towards MUSE, Shimla medicinal a Aconitum, of plant, forcommercial cultivationinMoriBlock, UttarkashiDistrict, Uttaranchal. species potential high of domestication Towards The SocietyforHimalayanEnvironmentalResearch(SHER), Dehradun Uttaranchal.district, villages 12 covering SHGs, 36 of building capacity and appropriate agriculture and water management practices, through mobilisation and better (d) education;and formal non SHGs;(c) among activities generating Towards promoting: (a) health and environment sanitation measures; (b) Singh Nagar (SIMAR),Udham Resources of All Management Integrated for Society Himalayan Region hrb hlig rae wrns aogt h fres eadn resource conservation technologies. regarding farmers the amongst awareness create helping thereby offered by the technology through 100 front benefits line demonstrationsvarious demonstrating at and farmer fields,levels village and block district, at camps Towards up-scaling of zero tillage technology in Punjab, through farmer training Directorate of Agriculture, GovernmentofPunjab, Chandigarh Reviving theGreenRevolution Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional of Deval block, Chamoli block, Deval of . income 222,500 241,500 221,000 498,000 200,000 500,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional in MojamabadvillageofDudu blockofJaipurdistrict, Rajasthan. Towards a second phase grant for promoting and strengthening 15 women SHGs Mahila EvamParyavaran Vikas Sansthan(MePVS), Jaipur carried outbyIbtadain activities Alwar district, Rajasthan. the of review strategic a and development organisational Towards PROGRESS by Ibtada, Alwar formed strengthen already to Groups platform Help Self in Rajasthan. the enhancement consolidate livelihood a and building Towards (PROGRESS),Action Banswara Social & Environmental Root Grass of Promotion for Society in microfinance Rajasthan. in work its consolidate and strengthen SWERA helping thus organizations,women’s promoting through empowerment women’sTowards Nodisbursals Social Work &EnvironmentforRural Advancement (SWERA), Ajmer and review oftraining materialreports, thereby addingvaluetotheprojects. in the Rajasthan microfinance initiative, through field visits, discussions with staff Towards reviewing and providing resource support inputs to the Trust’s grantees Kalanjium Foundation, Madurai of traditional birthattendantsandformationofamutualhealthfund. training mapping, health groups, motivation of training and formation through work in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan and developing a future course of action, exercise,Towardsplanning Prayas’sfinance programme consolidating micro a Prayas, Chittorgarh development related activities. all in processes participatory of promotion and plan perspective Management Resource Natural a developing SHGs, women strengthening through and action, developing of course future a charting and Rajasthan district, Karauli in Towards a programme planning exercise consolidating SSD’s micro finance work Society forSustainableDevelopment(SSD), Karauli in theprojectvillages. and generating livelihood members options through an assessment of staff the resources available of trainings action, and of visits exposure course studies, future various a through developing and Rajasthan district, Jaipur in work Towardsprogrammea exerciseplanning consolidating Vishaka’sfinance micro Vishaka Groupfor Women’s Education&Research, Jaipur Rajasthan Microfinance 120,000 201,000 480,000 480,000 480,000 450,000 500,000 of DudublockinJaipurdistrict, Rajasthan. villages three in bunding field and wells ten of deepening ponds,and repairing three of repair involves which management, resource participatory Towards Prayas Kendra Sanstha, Jaipur Others oad ognzn aaees apin o wmns elh sus and issues health women’s better sanitationandhygiene, throughSHGsinLaturdistrict, on Maharashtra. campaigns awareness organizing Towards Sahyog Nirmitee Trust, Latur to thelocalbarefoot doctorsandawareness buildingprogrammes. training and orientation health, child reproductive and care health preventive on SHGs,trainings new of formation Kolkata,through in SHGs women through Environment Socio & rights of protection Towardsand women’sdevelopment for health initiative an Development for Management (PRISM), Kolkata Institute Professional in andaroundKolkata. besides creating a viable marketing network for the women artisans from slums outlets,marketing alternative up set infrastructureto stable and strong a build would which project, marketing alternative and self-employment a Towards Ankur Kala, Kolkata women SHGmembersinfourblocksofHazaribaghdistrict, Jharkhand. for programmes generation awareness and education of Towardssustenance (PRAYAS), Hazaribagh Service Social for Association Youths & Action Rural for Programme in Panchayats Banj Mandu block, Hazaribaghdistrict, and Jharkhand. Layo in activities generation income based agro on Towards the promotion of 50 new and strengthening 25 existing SHGs, focussing Technology (SUPPORT), Hazaribagh Rural and Organisation People with People of Upliftment for Society block, Lucknowdistrict, UttarPradesh. Deoria in cultivation, vegetable and rearing goat livelihood as such based activities promotion village and SHGs through empowerment women Towards Alternative LivelihoodOrientationKendra (ALOK), Deoria Pradesh. Uttar district, Allahabad in villages five in promotion business and cultivation Towards livelihood improvement of marginal farmers, through organic vegetable Motilal JanSahyogSamiti(MJSS), Allahabad Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional 445,000 250,000 300,000 328,000 100,000 240,000 107,000 241,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional Towards a project titled project a Towards Bhopal empowerment, byprovidingthemtraining and linkingthemwithbanks. Maharashtra, district, Yavatmal women’son groups,focusing old in of consolidation and groups new 35 through federation SHG a of formation Towards Priyadarshini MahilaMandal, Yavatmal Bhopal Yuwa Paryavaran Shikshan & Samajik Sansthan (BYPASS), (BYPASS), Sansthan Samajik & Shikshan Paryavaran Yuwa Bhopal Karnataka, covering22teachersand1,000students. district, BangaloreNorth in schools 12 in concepts studies social and language Kannada illustrate to aids teaching creates which ‘Poorana’, project Towards Dhwani Trust, Bangalore its supporting self sufficiencyandfuture plansoftheschool. besides Mumbai, in for strategy long-term the determine School help would which activities,recreational Municipal Chimbai Pali the of expenses recurring the meeting for support, of phase preliminary a Towards Aseema Charitable Trust, Mumbai in villages tribal in education Kesla block, Hoshangabaddistrict, MadhyaPradesh. school rural improve to seeks which project, Towards planning the next phase of the ‘Community Control of Quality Education’Sir Albert HowardMemorial Trust (SAHMET), Kesla district, UttarPradesh. block,Deeh in schools Raebarelivillage run government of quality the improve child relationships, besides creating awareness and mobilizing the community to Towards appointingsupplementaryteachersthataddress theissueofteacher- Lokmitra, Raebareli EDUCATION districts of Andhra Pradesh. Mahboobnagar and soya, Anantpur Adilabad, of in farmers for marketing pulses for and groundnut co-operatives of formation and promotion Towards Center forCollectiveDevelopment(CCD), Hyderabad which wouldbuildcapacityofvillageinstitutionsforwatershedplusactivities productivity agriculture DSC’s for enhancement phase project (earlier extension supported month by the Trust four through a a programme Towards grant), Development SupportCentre(DSC), Ahmedabad of Raisendistrict, MadhyaPradesh. and block making Silwani in villages five decision in households in 242 from processes, development partnership and participation effective for women

‘Swayamsiddha’, which envisages empowering tribal empowering envisages which ‘Swayamsiddha’, . 200,000 250,000 200,000 430,000 500,000 175,000 498,200 265,000 Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation (RJMCEI), (RJMCEI), Innovation Educational for Centre Matthai J. Ravi a ‘Pulatsya’, at material educational and children’s science activitycentre basedat IUCAA, Pune, Maharashtra. personnel for support Towards Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune entertainment andpopularculture. Literacy”, for raising the literacy skills of early literates on a mass scale through oad the Towards Suvidya, Bangalore and urbanareas ontheoutskirts ofMumbai. ‘do and a discover’ approach for classes five to eight, covering schools in for tribal, rural kit poster interactive an of dissemination and preparation Towards Navnirmiti, Bombay 15 for teaching science of programme teachers fromKolkata, West Bengal. training pilot year one a Towards Jagadis BoseNationalScience Talent Search(JBNSTS), Kolkata organised in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Towards supportingtheSirRatan Tata Trust PedagogicInnovations Conference Ahmedabad Towards the project titled “Same Language Subtitling (SLS) on Television for Indian InstituteofManagement(IIM), Ahmedabad and features magazineinHindi, forneo-literates andsemi-literate readers. news bi-monthly ‘Pitara’,of a issues six of publication Towardsthe supporting Nirantar Trust, Delhi expertise indissemination. Trust,the its of lending partners thus two of documentation photographic and Kannada School”in to book “Going the from stories Towardsten of translation Going toSchoolFund, NewDelhi their projects. schools, country-wide, withaspecialfocusonsustainabilityandinnovationin 500,000 urban in Towardseducation environmental of models successful documenting Centre forEnvironmentResearchandEducation(CERE), Mumbai order tocreate alarge subscriberbaseforthevernacularlanguageperiodical. TowardsSociety’sthe of efforts marketing the Marathi magazine ‘Sandarbh’,in Sandarbh Society, Pune in Karnataka. schools primary in children to concepts mathematical complex communicate

project, “Place Value Kit”, which is designed to help teachers teachers help to designed is which Kit”, Value “Place project, Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional

Mass 300,000 500,000 200,000 250,000 376,000 250,000 500,000 500,000 451,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional Towards a mid day meal programme that reaches out to 71,000 students in schools ofBarmerdistrict,students Rajasthan. 71,000 to out reaches that programme meal day mid a Towards Rawal MallinathjiFoundation, Jodhpur municipal schoolsinMumbai. in children underprivileged to bags Towardsschool and scholarships providing Sri SaiBabaPoojaSamiti, Mumbai Vidyaniketan, Aluva, Sivagiri Ernakulamdistrict, Kerala. of students weaker economically 100 for support providing Towards Sivagiri Vidyaniketan, Ernakulam enrolment ofthegirlchildthroughlabourschools. Andhra district, Mehboobnagar village, Pradesh, as part Pebbair of the project to in eradicate child labour and ensure Campus, cent percent Project Jurala the at located school residential a of costs operational the meeting Towards Society forIntegration&RuralDevelopment(SIRD), Kothakota to order in Mumbai, in provide academicsupporttoschoolgoingchildren inslumcommunities. Centres Learning Community two starting Towards The BombayCommunityPublic Trust, Mumbai library-cum-study centre forchildren fromtheslumsinPune, Maharashtra. a running and children going school to support academic providing Towards Palakneeti Pariwar, Pune in schools small eight in Belgaum district, Karnatakaandprovidelocallyrelevant education. children disadvantaged to out reach would which Towards operationalizing the Belgaum cluster of the Trust’s ‘SmallGovind DhamShikshanaSadhana Trust, Belgaum School Project’, child creative, a in Trust education Bandhu centered manner. imparts Deena which the by Karnataka, run Chamrajnagar, school in a of expenses recurring Towards Deena Bandhu Trust, Chamrajnagar methods at Ananya Centre for Teachers, inBangalore.teaching creative and innovative in teachers of training towards and Kendra’ Towards operational expenses of the semi-residential school ‘Ananya Shikshana Ananya Trust, on Bangalore Colloquium Trust Tata Ratan Sir the for textbooks andschoolcurriculumheldinMumbai. support additional Towards Comet MediaFoundation, Mumbai 497,000 500,000 200,000 212,000 292,000 383,000 425,000 500,000 190,000 50,000 groundwork foraneffectivehealthcare system. Samastipur of the laying issues,thus health district,Bihar, block on awareness of lack overcome to Vadyapati the in community the empowering Towards Swasti SewaSamiti, Samastipur generating income initiate to assistance activities. economic and for trades training vocational identified provides also integrate project to The schools. order in normal Lucknow, into of them education slums the special in and disabilities, with generation children income to on focusing project a Towards Confidence of Restoration (SPARC), Lucknow and Advancement Potential for School HEALTH of Bhavnagar, areas fortheCommunityEducationCenteratBhavnagar, slum Gujarat. the in teachers balwadi and lokshikshaks 20 training Towards Shaishav, Bhavnagar, Gujarat raising awareness levelsofartisansinBhuj, Kutchdistrict, Gujarat. thereby participation, community of component strong a incorporates which Towards strengthening and expanding Kala Raksha’s Basic Education Kala Raksha, Bhuj Programme, Challenges &Strategies’ atIRMA, Anand, Gujarat. Issues, Development: in ‘Governance on symposium jubilee silver a Towards Institute ofRuralManagement(IRMA), Anand after thepartitionofIndia. 1947, in occurred 250,000 that holocaust the on focusing project research a Towards National InstituteofPublicFinanceandPolicy, NewDelhi Society’s Ecological the educational programme in eco-restoration of andnatural resource management. scope the widening and strengthening Towards Ecological Society, Pune psychology inBangalore, Karnataka. career on consultation national a of organisationTowards preparationand the The PromiseFoundation, Bangalore inter-state studyonmid-daymeals. comprehensive,a of design the in assist to pilot a as serve would Delhi,which of state the in scheme meal mid-day the of functioning the Towardsstudying Collaborative ResearchandDissemination(CORD), NewDelhi Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional No disbursals 225,000 100,000 118,000 300,000 370,200 250,000 500,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional in envelopemaking, screen printing, tailoring, etc. students according to their abilities, whilst the latter imparts vocational training teaching on focuses differently former TheKarnataka. for district, Kodagu in students Rehabilitation’ abled for ‘Centre and Education’ Special for organisation’s ‘School the of activities the covers which ‘Swastha’, project Towards The CoorgFoundation, Pollibetta strategies forpatientssufferingfromchronicmentalillness. home-based develops which Empowerment’, & Intervention Based Home Ill: Mentally Towardsof SCARF’sCaregiversproject, Strengthening‘ with the Work Schizophrenia ResearchFoundation(SCARF), Chennai for equipment laboratory Towards Dehradun in strategy health Trust’s the designing in Uttaranchal. inputs provide and support of areas niche identify status, health overall the understand to study a Towards Himalayan InstituteHospital Trust, Dehradun home forunder-privileged blindstudentsinChennai. Towards operational expensesof ‘Jothirbhavan’, aresidential care-cum-rural Nethrodaya, Chennai strengthening itscurrent levelofactivitiesincommunityhealth. and sustaining besides Kumaon, in NGOs other with mechanism delivery care health a on focusing proposal a develop to Aarohi enabling project Towardsa Aarohi, Mukteswar develop itsinterventionsinthefieldofmentalhealth Ajmer district. and consolidate to RMKM enabling exercise planning programme a Towards Rajathan MahilaKalyanMandal, Ajmer Indian Medical Association Blood Bank Society of Uttaranchal, Uttaranchal, of Society Bank Blood Association Medical Indian of villages 10 in Torpa block, community Ranchidistrict, Jharkhand. the of capacities increasing thereby medicine, Towards Jadi-Buti training and strengthening CWD’s resource centre for alternate Centre for Women’s Development (CWD), Torpa Towards anationalworkshoponmentalillnessandhomelessness. The Banyan, Chennai women inLaturandOsmanabaddistrictsofMaharashtra. for services health of improvement on focusing proposal planning Towardsa Swayam ShikshanPrayog, Mumbai which wouldcatertotheneedypatients.

setting up a blood bank in Dehradun, Dehradun, in bank blood a up setting 250,000 498,000 400,000 330,000 500,000 455,000 230,000 483,000 500,000 70,000

n olcin f oenet n lgl ouet, as C sre sheets, development plansandsatellite anddigitalimagesofBombay. survey CT maps, documents, legal and government of collection on Towards expansion of its research and education activities, with a special focus Urban DesignResearchInstitute(UDRI), Mumbai ARTS &CULTURE their of theatre operation health centre inKagzipura village, the Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. for equipment surgical of purchase Towards Faiz –E–AamCharitable Trust, Aurangabad physiotherapists. and educators special and through children, abled training differently to attention Training medical multidisciplinary provides ‘Developmental which Children’, the Special of for Institute expenses recurring the meeting Towards Chaitanya Charitable Trust, Palakkad treatment fortheirmental andphysicalailmentsrehabilitates them. medical provides Guwahati,Assam, in streets the from individuals ill mentally Towards their programme ‘Nav Chetna’, which identifies and picks up homeless Ashadeep, Guwahati cardiac nursinghomesandyogacentersinthecountry. hospitals, various in patients cardiac to Disease’, Heart Reverse or Prevent to book ‘How the of copies 2,500 of Towardsdistribution free and publication the to order Health andEducationFoundation, Mumbai in etc. management, risk systems, formulate acommunityhealthinsurance policyforthepoor. delivery service premium, Towards the preparatory phase of a study to identify parameters like affordable Foundation forResearchinHealthSystems(FRHS), Bangalore villages inDahod, Jhalod, andFatehpura blocksofDahoddistrict, Gujarat. 15 in mortality maternal reducing thus midwives, of skills Towardsenhancing Sakhi, Dahod rehabilitate mentallyillwomen. and shelter treat, to staff its of capacities the strengthening and Paripurnata Towards Paripurnata, Kolkata which wouldformthebasisof Trust’s secondphaseofsupport. country,the in care vision low of advancement for professionals grooming in Towards a programme planning exercise, to developL. V.a PrasadEyeInstitute,comprehensive Hyderabad intervention Sevashram’s Jankalyan senior citizenshomeatPanvel of inRaigaddistrict, Maharashtra. costs establishment and operating part Towards Janakalyan Sevashram, Mumbai providing intensive skill and vocational training to the ex-residents of ex-residents the to training vocational and skill intensive providing Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional 500,000 278,264 300,000 497,462 275,000 245,000 250,000 500,000 490,000 400,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional dogs andemergency relief tostray animalsinPanaji, PondaandMargao, stray Goa. of sterilization shelters, animal PFA of enhancement capacity Towards People For Animals (PFA), Margao organisations. non-profit in management middle and workers grassroots of capacities build Towardstrainingof series a programmes to skills media and communication in Communication forDevelopmentandLearning, Bangalore movements and capacitatingthemtofightagainstinjusticediscrimination. rights child other with linkages Gujarat, establishing in through movement children generate affected and rights their riot of awareness society, to create with them rehabilitate education of continuation ensure To Centre forDevelopment, Ahmedabad community the mobilizing envisages which through formationofneworganisations andstrengthening localgovernance. Karnataka, and Bengal West Towards the ongoing ‘Samaj Shilpi’ programme in Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rejuvenate IndiaMovement(RIM), Bangalore north in institutions India, besidesdevelopingshorttermvolunteeringassignmentsforyouth. reputed five in youth urban 3,000 among responsibility Towardscivic about awarenesscreate Fellows’,project would ‘India the which Mitra Technology Foundation, NewDelhi and pre andpostpollsurveyswere conducted. campaigns media drives, awareness voter criminalization, against campaign Towardsthe ‘Andhra like which,activities during Election 2004’ PradeshWatch Foundation forDemocraticReforms, Hyderabad compiling acompendiumonthesame. and stories development human best the on focusing exhibition an Towards Press InstituteofIndia(PII), NewDelhi micro- planning in10Panchayats ofJanjgirChampadistrict, Chattisgarh. as well as building institutions, level capacity village and towards representatives Panchayat works of which Project’, Vikas ‘Gram the Towards Srijan Kendra, JanjgirChampa CIVIL SOCIETY&GOVERNANCE the develop and streamline to order organisation’s in arteducationprogrammes. projects five supporting Towards Madras CraftFoundation, Chennai directors, theatre on material of through books, journals, posters, catalogues, etc. acquisition and documentation Towards Natarang Pratishtan, NewDelhi 250,000 250,000 424,000 396,000 220,000 300,000 250,000 175,000 250,000 200,000 Development (OD) and Institutional Development (ID), related to social social to related an alternativecurriculumforOD/IDcoursedevelopmentprofessionals (ID), Development development Institutional programmes, and resulting in (OD) an action agenda towards theDevelopment launching of Towards hosting two symposia focussing on improving curriculum in Visthar,Organization Bangalore Resource andDocumentationCenter’, inJaipur, Rajasthan. Towards reviewing andprovidingcapacitybuildinginputsto ‘Vividha–Women’s Jagori, NewDelhi and identities, asapartofPravah’s campaignoncitizenship. Towardscitizenship,of theme theatrethe a on for production support diversity Pravah, NewDelhi shelter PFA’s at animals stray of house inDehradun, Uttaranchal. immunization and control birth Towards People For Animals (PFA), Dehradun shelter foranimals. animals,emergencydomestic an to besides service ambulance an and shelter Towards operating expenses of its facility in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, People For Animals (PFA),which Bhubaneswar provides stages dealing with appraisal, planning, implementation, monitoring and and for submissiontoNational Advisory Council. monitoring implementation, planning, evaluation of resettlement and rehabilitation and finalised the R & R policy draft appraisal, with dealing stages policy,R & draftR the of components all revieweddiscussed Policy’, R) which & (R Rehabilitation and Resettlement ‘National the on consultation Towardsa Tata InstituteofSocialSciences, Mumbai of conduct and role the Mass Media. evaluate creatively and critically to them enabling thus Trivandrum,Kerala,in schools ten in students among awareness media imparts which Society”,Democratic for Education “Media project Towardsthe Trivandrum Mediact (Media Education for Awareness and Cultural Transformation, Institutional grants : Small Grant Programme Grant Small : grants Institutional . 490,000 251,000 250,000 241,000 404,000 210,000 250,000

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Individual grants Individual Individual Grants • Educational needs for higher education within India and assistance for education-related traveleducation-related for assistance and India within education higher for needs Educational • Meetingmedicalexpenses • The Trust providesfi nancial assistancetoindividualsfor: individuals, besidesstreamlining procedures ofgrant making. deserving identifying appropriately in role key a played have India across institutions educational relief.granting expeditiously besides Theand Trust’smedical quality with linkages established well assistance, of need identifiin fithat those a system es ensured ne-tuned has Programme Grants Trust’s grant making efforts, since its inception. The systematic approach adopted by the Individual the of portion prominent a constituted have need of hour their during individuals to given Grants Ganapati Cancer Hospital in Miraj, Siddhivinayak MaharashtraShri the and included H. This 23.M. to Patel linkages Centreof fornumber Medicaltotal Carethe taking and institutions,Education more review,under two year with the the TrustIndia.linkages During in institutional hospitals formed at workers social and professionals medical of network established its utilize TheTrust to continued limiting factor. This scenariomakesthe Trust’s supporttowards medicalrelief mostcontextual. common man. The paucity of State supported health care or medical insurance schemes, is another costs of many life saving drugs, thereby making quality health care services beyond the reach of the the in increase steep a in resulted have rights, patent with coupled duties, However,import high country.the within facilities medical multi-specialty at treatment class world availing of position a economy,Indian the of up opening subsequent liberalizationand of advent the With arein citizens Medical a hugeamount, nottomention theemotionaltrauma undergone, sanctionedamedicalgrant ofRs. 200,000. June 2004, Mary’s beleaguered father approached the Trust for assistance. The Trust, realizing that the family had spent to be beyond the means for the family of four, with only one earning member drawing a monthly income of Rs. 8,200. In world class manufacturer and distributor of orthotics and prosthetics componentry) at a cost of Rs. 440,000. This proved doctors at the hospital decided to fi t an artifi cial limb, which needed to be procured from Otto Bock Health Care India (a possible,extent best the loans.Mary’sthe to taking normalize life and to borrowing view well-wishers,besides a With ongoing treatment crossed Rs. 350,000, which the family managed to the bear for throughexpenses surgeries.the period,theirof this series Within owna undergoing savingswhilst times, several hospitalized and was donationsMary from Bangalore, where, due to the severity of the burns, her right arm had to be amputated. In the eight months that followed, severe burn injuries, after being electrocuted by a high tension live wire. The child was admitted Life took an unpleasant to turn for the Matthews thefamily in October 2003,Hosmat when their 12 year Hospitalold daughter,in Mary, sustained overseas. them tothe Trust. by provided information the in discrepancies intrinsic to abeyance,due in kept being institutions linked two from applications (c) and documentation; incomplete with those rejecting summarily and receipt during applications checking on emphasis increased an (b) applications; genuine only ensuring thereby institutions, linked by referred those even applications, scrutinize to year the the by Trustwereundertaken visits field of increasednumber threefactors:during an following (a) the number of grants sanctioned during the year has reduced by 11%. This can be attributed to the Correspondingly,2003-04. during sanctioned amount the over 20% of reduction a indicates which grants, medical towards million) 1.85 (US$ million 81.57 Rs.Trust sanctioned the 2004-05, During patients effective April 2005. recommending commence would and treatment offer institutions the Both Gujarat.Karamsad, in medical expensesduringthecourseofyear, the Trust hassanctionedagrant ofRs. 200,000. February 2005,In 38,000.Rs. Ramesh of applied income to monthly the a Trusthaving family,although Gala for the assistance.of means Afterthe gaugingbeyond hiswas capacitywhich 1,200,000,Rs.towards paying for the astronomical by good nursing, medical and physiotherapy care at home. The estimated cost of the treatment during this period was that complete recovery would take at least one year, during which she would require to undergo brain surgery, followed 75,000 from medical insurance. However, Natasha’s recovery was only partial and the doctors at the hospital reckoned in a prominent organisation, received Rs. 300,000 from his company on compassionate grounds and was treatment over able the course of two to months, at claima cost of specialized Rs.Rs.underwent 392,000. Natasha’sshe husband,where Ramesh,Mumbai, a well placed in manager Hospital Nanavati the at hospitalized was by She damage.followed brain arrest, hypoxic cardiac with infraction cardiac a suffered Mumbai, from housewife old year 50 a Gala, Natasha Sanctions of Medical Grants: 1997-2005 Grants: Medical of Sanctions Individual grants Individual

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Individual grants Individual profit organisation. Apart from the institutional linkages, the Trust encouraged direct applications direct Trustencouraged the linkages, institutional the from organisation.Apart profit non- Prerana,a with linkage institutional new a established also others.It among (TISS), Sciences Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), National Institute of Design (NID) and Tata Institute of Social which Management,Rural of (IRMA),(IIMs), Institute Anand Managements of Institute institutions, Indian the included 29 with corresponded successfully Trust the review, under year the During colleges of repute in the country, especially in the fields of engineering, management and medicine. including institutes, with linkages its in is programme Trust’sIndia’ the in of ‘Studies strength The 2) Travel grants toprovidepart-travel assistance forstudiesandprofessionaldevelopmentabroad. 1) ScholarshipstostudentspursueprofessionalstudiesinIndia. The Trust supportsmeritoriousscholarsthrough: Education imperative thatherequired financialsupporttostudyfurther, forwhich, the Trust sanctioned Rs. 32,000. examined Gopalsingh’s past academic record, which revealed that he was an exceptionally hard-working student. It was means.his beyond definitely Rs.The Trustand as 32,000 high as werecarefully 2004-05,which year academic the for the Trustto programme,application fees India’ his tuition towardsin its assistance ‘Studies under financial requesting Rs.of income submitted annual meagre14,000.He a fields, earning the in toiled mother his and 1996 in away passed had father His condition. economic weak his to due arising problems with beleaguered however is doctor a become and hard study to resolve year.steely Gopalsingh’ssecond his in currently is Trust)and the with link institutional an Gopalsingh Rajput, a bright 19 year old lad, is pursuing his MBBS at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College in Kalwa, Thane (having Burns Special Tuberculosis Cancer * The amountmentionedisforgrants sanctionedandmayvaryfromactualdisbursals. Heart Total Others Kidney Medical: Detailsofgrantsmadefrom April 2004toMarch2005 o fapiain N.sntoe Rs. inmillion No. sanctioned No. ofapplications 2,583 1,140 498 607 300 13 18 7 1,201 222 351 105 492 15 9 7 15 100.0 81.57 17 26.6 21.74 28 28.0 22.87 01 36.9 30.10 .5 1.2 0.95 .6 6.5 5.26 .9 0.1 0.09 .6 0.7 0.56 * % applicants in2002-03. through a total grant outlay of Rs. 20.41 million (US $ 0.46 million), as against Rs. 17.25 million to 854 education, higher for dreams their pursue individuals 1,112 Trustenabled the of efforts Focused Programme (IDP)Education Australia Limited. also awarded to scholars under the Trust’s ongoing programme with the International Development wereProgramme. Travelgrants Link Education Higher their under awarded scholarships besides Scholarships,Chevening British the awarded were who scholars to assistance travel providing for Council, British the with association its maintained also Trustreview,the under year the During percentage.cut-off / eligibility basic the on Trustthe based approached etc.students education,arts,These law, fine nursing,pharmacy,in courses postgraduate undergraduate/ architecture,pursuing students from Trust awarded ascholarship ofRs. 50,000, whichisthemaximumamountsanctionable, towards histuitionfees. study,to desirerecordtrack and his 2004-05.by Impressedyear the academic the for fees tuition towards assistance was not an option, he submitted his application to the Trust under its ‘Studies in India’ programme, requesting financial had become a severe impediment, when it came to paying up the fees for the second year at XLRI. As giving up studies Electronics.TechB in However,condition his family’seconomic attaining the whilst studies, his in proficiency of level pensioner with an annual income of Rs. 257,000. Despitea is mother hishis and four,2001 of personalin year.family in Trivandrum,father second a residing his his from lost in Hailing Liju hardships, Liju had managed to maintain a consistent from the prestigious Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) in Jamshedpur, which has a link with Twentythe Trust,four year old Lijuand is Thomas currentlyis pursuing his post-graduate diploma in Personal Management and Industrial Relations Sanctions of Education Grants (individual) 1997-2005 (individual) Grants Education of Sanctions Individual grants Individual

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Individual grants Individual submitted avividandwellillustrated accountofhisparticipationinRowanRomania’s Summer2004projects. return,Chabukswar.Aanand his Aanand of Upon airfare international partial towards Rs.Trustthe 35,000 sanctioned theatreproject, on have would it impact relevancethe its and context Indian the to Aanand’scareer professional,a as this programme worked out to Rs. 73,000, of which Rs. 42,465 was towards return airfare. Looking into the nature of the centresde-addiction children,and unparalleleddevelopment.professional an his was this for opportunity Thefor cost villages. For a practitioner involved with drama-therapy techniques for special need groups like mentally challenged adults, young people’s theatre project ‘Project Wolf’, which involved the of manager the for producingas role Aanand Zarnesti,a in period, Romania.Foundationsaw July–September this the During plays with young teenagers, in one over scheduled ofprojects summer their thein participate to RomanianFoundation Romania Rowan the by invited was 2004,he April Foundation,Pune.Learning In Creative for Centre World the of Secretary and Practitioner the is Chabukswar Aanand Studies abroad Others presentations Conferences / Studies inIndia * The amountmentioned isforgrants sanctioned andmayvaryfromactualdisbursals. abroad Mid-career training Short termcourses/ Total Education: Detailsofgrantsmadefrom April 2004toMarch2005 Mr. Chabukswar amidst a group of young gypsy students during his trip to Romania. to trip his during students gypsy young of group a Mr.amidst Chabukswar o fapiain N.sntoe R.i ilo* % Rs. inmillion* No. sanctioned No. ofapplications 1,832 1,167 405 160 36 64 1,112 110 957 27 11 7 04 100.00 20.41 51 74.18 15.14 .5 16.41 3.35 .7 5.73 2.16 1.17 0.44 .1 1.52 0.31 say that we are able to continue to offer this treatment option to most of our patients because of your of because patients our of most to option treatment this offer to continue to able are we that say must I procedures. saving life considered and expensive are brain the for surgeries ….Endovascular ….Though Ihavelostmywife, your Trust hassavedmefrommydebtsanddiffi culties…. membersofoursociety…. to renderthebestqualityhealthcarepooranddeserving ….We hope that our partnership with the Trust will grow and we will have the opportunity to continue an electronicsengineer…. becoming of goal vigor,my and pursuing zeal whilst renewed with education my continue now will I ….Thank you for sanctioning my scholarship, which has helped me, overcome my fi nancial diffi culties. get yoursupportinfuture…. ....We appreciate your kind gesture and encouragement in our relentless fi ght against cancer and hope to Expressions…. without yourhelp.Iwillforever beindebtedtothe Trust for theassistance… ….With no savings and constantly living hand to mouth, it was impossible for me to carry this burden management worldwide. Iamhappythatthestatehasinitiatedreformsindirection…. fithe in development the learning in useful was conference the in participation ….The irrigation of eld Godliness…. moment… what wefeelatthisvery ….How do we thank you for your kindness? Because no amount of gratitude will ever allow you to feel – Dr. UdayLimaye, DivisionofInterventionalRadiology, King EdwardMemorialHospital, Mumbai generous help…. ….Your generous and noble act of granting such substantial aid proves that Humanity is is Humanity that proves aid substantial such granting of act noble and generous ….Your – D. K. Sood, Medical Social Worker, Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai – JayeshandHemakshiKhagram, parentsoffi ve yearoldJeet, arecipientofthe Trust’s medical grant – M.S. Patil, Offi cer-in-Charge, MedicalSocialServices, Tata MemorialHospital, Mumbai – SanjayBelsare, ExecutiveEngineer&UnderSecretary(CAD)Govt.ofMaharashtra – DawoodPerekar, widowerofHalima, recipientofthe Trust’s medicalgrant – A. P. Shahane, recipientofthe Trust’s medical grantforhisailingmother – PrakashSheth, husbandofNeeta, recipientofthe Trust’s medicalgrant – MahalingMamadapur, student, recipient ofthe Trust’s scholarship Individual grants Individual

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SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 Financial highlights: 2004-2005 highlights: Financial Expenditure Income . 00 07 Cnrbto oCaiyCmisoe 36 .8 0.53 0.08 Balancesurplus 10.50 Depreciation 3.6 0.40 75.92 Contribution to Charity Commissioner 0.97 0.70 11.63 0.04 PropertyExpenses 43.4 0.10 511.4 0.07 1.8 Administrative Expenses 2.70 3.0 0.01 Programme Grants /Charities 0.6 85.60 0.24 11.0 7.84 353.0 US$in 2003-2004 Rs. in April 2004–March 2005 ** 1US$isapproximatelyequalto Rs. 44 * 1US$isapproximatelyequalto Rs. 45 2003-2004 April 2004–March 2005 . 00 07 Rbt netv nIvsmn 31 .7 0.46 0.07 RefundofCharities – 3.1 Rebate/IncentiveonInvestment – PropertyIncome Donation 0.78 0.02 – – 0.07 – – 3.2 Interest 18.85 0.1 DividendIncome – 80.35 1.73 77.8 7.37 331.7 s n US$in Rs. in ilo mlin million* million ilo mlin million* million 1. 91 100 100.00 9.17 412.8 1. 91 100 100.00 9.17 412.8 % % Particulars Particulars ilo million** million ilo million** million % US$in Rs. in % US$in Rs. in 7. 1.1 100.00 15.31 673.6 7. 1.1 100.00 15.31 673.6 8. 1.7 86.73 13.27 584.2 4. 32 21.20 3.25 142.8 25 .8 12.25 1.88 82.5 34 .0 1.99 0.30 13.4 . 00 0.18 0.03 0.01 1.2 – 0.37 0.06 0.1 2.5 . 00 0.27 0.04 0.09 1.8 0.01 0.6 2004-2005 2004-2005 Assets Liabilities s n S$i US$in Rs. in US$in Rs. in March2004 As onMarch 31, 2005 March2004 As onMarch 31, 2005 33 .0 Cash andBankBalances 0.30 Outstanding Income OtherDebitBalances 0.80 13.3 0.01 36.2 Investments MovableProperties 0.6 20.15 0.05 Immovable Properties 906.8 2.1 0.31 13.8 6.68 IncomeandExpenditure Account 294.0 13.40 OtherCredit Balances 0.80 603.0 InvestmentReserveFundandOtherfunds 35.8 6.48 Trust Fund 0.94 291.6 42.4 ** 1US$isapproximatelyequalto Rs. 44 * 1US$isapproximatelyequalto Rs. 45 ilo mlin million* million million* million 7. 2.2 21.62 972.8 21.62 972.8 Particulars Particulars Financial highlights: 2004-2005 highlights: Financial ,8. 24.65 1,084.5 24.65 1,084.5 ,2. 23.25 1,022.9 ilo million** million million** million s n US$in Rs. in US$in Rs. in 4. 16.95 745.9 March 2005 March 2005 26 0.29 0.76 12.6 33.5 0.28 12.5 0.98 42.9 . 0.02 1.0 0.05 2.0 0.04 1.7

95 SIR RATAN TATA TRUST • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 For and Governance, and Arts andCulture asitsfi ve thematicareas. The Trust supportsitsthematicareas through: The Strategic Plan 2006 of the Trust has identifi ed Education, Health, Rural Livelihoods and Communities, Civil Society expenditure. The Trust does considered. The Trust discourages requests Report,arethe Annual forof chapters GrantProgramme the supportin described been have towardsthat support of areas thematic the cost of construction and purchase of appraisedland/capital meticulously is the within programmeimplementation.falling for operational which proposals document detailed Only the as used and proposal, a invites Trust the note, concept the of assessment to Subsequent The conceptnoteshouldbeaccompaniedbythefollowingdocuments: stating itsrationale, objectives, approach, strategies, milestones, expected outcomesandtheestimatedbudget. project, proposed the of outline brief a addressed,and be to problems the sought, is funding which for purpose Organisations seeking programme grants should write to the Trust with a concise concept note, clearly stating the Email: [email protected] 24, HomiModyStreet, Mumbai400 001 BombayHouse, SirRatan Tata Trust, The Secretary All communicationshouldbeaddressed to: of thepastandpresent activitiesoftheorganisation andthepurposeforwhichfundsare sought. and (e) project planning and appraisal. A letter of enquiry should be sent to the Trust along with a brief description (b) focused research activities; (c) mainstreaming of innovations; (d) setting up or strengthening of internal systems; ideas. Larger organisations can also apply to the Small Grant Programme for: of (a) less strategicthan Rs.planning and/or 2 evaluation;million and employing not more than 20 people, for seed Grants support under to the implement new and innovative grant willbemadeafterarigorousandthoroughappraisal oftheinstitution. Exercise,StrategicPlanning follow-up the Strategyand Endowment 1997 the in 2001.Thedown in laid out carried mission-driven institutions which have exhibited enterprise and initiative for at least ten years,the Trust, with relationship those selectively,programmaticwho to made successful are a meetgrants after Endowment the criteria Guidelines forGrantApplications Programme Grants, the Trust givespreference toprojectsthat: SmallGrants • EndowmentGrants • Programme Grants • The Curriculum Vitae oftheproject leader • ListofmemberstheBoard • Listofpresent fundingagencies • Registration certifi cate undertheSocieties Act orthePublic Trust Act • Narrative report andaudited statementofaccountsfortwoprevious years • strategically positiontheirinterventioninthefi eld • makeeffectiveuseofhumanresources • haveclearreporting parameters andmonitoringmilestones • buildinlong-termsustainabilitydesignandcost-effectivenessdelivery • aimatmainstreaming innovationsonscale • haveaclosebondwiththecommunity • are fromenterprisingorganisations, willingtoinnovate • Sir Ratan Tata Small Grant Programme are made to organisations with an annual expenditure not sanctionalltheproposalsinvitedbyit. Guidelines

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