March 2020
EVENTS
International Women's Day Celebration in UP
TARA Akshar + neoliterates and staff was invited by district officials to attend the International Women's Day celebration in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh on 8 March 2020. Young girls and women were honoured for their excellence at the event. Read More... #womenempowerment Get in touch with: Col Ahluwalia
Marine Plastic Clean up Drive near Ganga, Prayagraj
DA and UN Environment Programme, as part of their project to reduce marine plastic pollution, conducted Clean Up Drives on 12 March 2020 in Prayagraj to collect data on plastic pollution.
Read More... #BeatPlasticPollution Get in touch with: Aakriti Uttam
Conference on PANI-WATER project in Goa
Development Alternatives participated in the International Conference on Photo-irradiation and Adsorption based Novel Innovations for Water- treatment (PANI-WATER) at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus from 3-4 March 2020. Read More... #paniwater
Get in touch with: Neha Agarwal
Promoting Role of Women in Achieving Environmental sustainability at a conference in Delhi
Gitika Goswami, Senior Programme Director, Development Alternatives was a panelist for “A conversation around Research and Convergence’ seminar, organised by Global India at the India International Centre, New Delhi on 2 March 2020. Read More... #sustainabledevelopment
Get in touch with: Gitika Goswami
Kaun Banega Business Leader (KBBL) competition concluded in 20 villages across Bundelkhand
Registration process for KBBL, a competition launched under the Work 4 Progress programme of DA and la Caixa Foundation, was concluded on 20 March, 2020. The competition was aimed to promote a culture of entrepreneurship among women and youth. Read More... #entrepreneurship Get in touch with: Ankit Mudgal
Capacity Building and Orientation Session at Government Girls Inter College in Jwalapur, Haridwar
Development Alternatives conducted a 'capacity building cum orientation session' in Haridwar on 5 March 2020 for bridging the Information gap on marine litter, an orientation to vocational training centre as part of the 'Skills to Livelihood' programme. Read More... #skillsGet in touch with: Tanvi Arora
Sakshi FPO, promoted by DA, participated at Namaste Orchha 2020
Sakshi Farmer Producer Organisation (promoted by Development Alternatives) participated and explored the opportunity of market linkages at Namaste Orchha 2020 from 6-8 March 2020 in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
Read More... #enterprisedevelopment
Get in touch with: Omkar Gupta
Feasibility survey to address issues affecting India’s development conducted in Delhi and Bengaluru
Society for Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), part of Development Alternatives Group along with E-Square Inc., Japan and Kimura Foundry Co., Ltd., Japan conducted the final round of feasibility survey across Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru from 3-6 February 2020. Read More... #sustainablelivelihoodsGet in touch with: Sudhir Sah
Enabling Farmer’s Capacity though Tagging of Plants for Seed Production
Development Alternatives conducted tagging of wheat plants in seed production in Poha village of Niwari district in Madhya Pradesh, under its Bundelkhand Revitalising Rainfall Network Programme. Read More... #Bundelkhand Get in touch with: Gitika Goswami
PUBLICATIONS
The Fly Ash Brick Industry in Bihar
This is the third edition "Fly Ash Brick Industry in Bihar". It assesses the current state of fly ash bricks in Bihar and delves deeper into the barriers faced by the industry, on the demand and supply side in particular, based on the survey and analysis done by Development Alternatives. The report seeks to address the issues faced in manufacturing and selling of fly ash bricks and gives an insight into the measures taken for overcoming those.
Work 4 Progress Bulletin, July Issue
The Work 4 Progress (W4P) programme of la Caixa foundation and Development Alternatives aims to provide decent work opportunities for youth and women in three developing countries. The July 2019 bulletin talks about key drivers for growth being adopted by the W4P India platform.
Landscape Assessment of Climate Financing Options
The report on ‘Landscape Assessment of State Level Climate Financing Options’ aims to assess the current landscape of climate mitigation in clean energy finance, by identifying, comparing and evaluating existing initiatives for tracking finance. Different sections of the report focus on the financing options available for the Indian states to enable renewable energy development.
PERSPECTIVES
Redefining Our Approach to Achieving Scale
Successful social entrepreneurs have combined development goals with business-like methods to leverage resources and create significant outcomes. They have, however, found it difficult to attain even a small fraction of the scale of a mainstream public sector initiative or corporate business model. In this blog, Shrashtant Patara, Senior Vice President, Development Alternatives Group talks about how some organisations have been able to 'step-back' and 'step out' of a conventional understanding of what it means to 'go to scale'. They have moved from linear, directed action-based projects to more systemic approaches. Read more to learn about these "System Entrepreneurs" who have carved out catalytic roles for themselves.
VIDEO
Livelihood through Ecotourism Initiative in Uttarakhand will take you along the untouched parts of Uttarkashi, showing the best assets of Garhwali culture- heritage, nature and culture to travellers. Check out a few glimpses of our unique community based responsible travel in Kamad-Thandi, Uttarkashi.
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