Development Alternatives, in partnership with the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, convened a Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on 3rd July 2023.

To understand the various listening activities under the “Accelerating Entrepreneurship Through Social Innovation approach”, a teamfunded by the SBI Foundation; constituting Mr. Aman Bhaiya, Assistant Vice President, SBIF and Tanvi Kakodkar, Program Lead, SBIF visited the Mirzapur and Bhadohi districts.

A coalition event was conducted to understand the CDP (Credit Development Product) and issues in loan disbursement. The discussion highlighted the current gaps among stakeholders from various financial institutions and proposed innovative credit products.

The Regional Enterprise Coalition in Bhadohi took place with the aim of bringing together stakeholders to discuss emergent problems and solutions, as well as to enumerate the State Bank of India Foundation programme.

Development Alternatives Group organised a project initiation meeting with the support of the Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB) on the project titled ‘Transforming the Built Environment through Sustainable Materials’.

On 22 June 2023, the Development Alternatives Group (DA), organised a project initiation meeting for the project ‘Transforming the Built Environment through Sustainable Materials’, with support from the Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB), Kharavel Nagar.

Two seminars were held on 17 June, and 21 June, 2023, hosted by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation and the Municipal Corporation of Muzaffarnagar, respectively. The seminars marked the official handover of the decentralised wastewater treatment technology called “Taisei Soil System (TSS)”.

Dr Ashok Khosla, Shrastant Patara, and Kanika Verma attended the Schwab Foundation and Global Alliance Annual Summit 2023 at the World Economic Forum in Geneva.

On 09 June Development Alternatives celebrated 40 years of its establishment with employees, alumni and friends of DA being at Development Alternatives Headquarter to felicitate the long journey of the organisation. Panel discussion, talks, friendly banters, and music with message made the occasion a memorable day for all.

Development Alternatives participated in the Adaptation Fund Country Exchange Programme in Indonesia. The highlight of the programme was the field exposure to Pekalongan – a city in the northern coast of the Java Island in Indonesia that is predicted to sink by 2035.