The Bundelkhand region is our social laboratory and our ‘karmabhoomi’ where we concentrate our efforts to build local capacities, regenerate natural resources, and infuse science and technology-based solutions to catalyse social change processes and demonstrate sustainable development in action.

35 years as Sustainability Laboratory of Development Alternatives:

  • Understanding ground realities in remote communities
    • People’s culture and aspirations
    • Societal and economic constraints
    • Local Resources
  • Innovating, testing, and refining alternative models of development
    • Local, bottom-up community-centric planning
    • Implementation most suited to the people and resources of the region
    • Feedback from experiences.