Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) works to reduce poverty, changing lives and choices for the poorest communities in rural India. PRADAN works to a change that is sustainable, self-perpetuating; in partnership with communities, enabling them to envision a different future; igniting confidence that they can do it, they can take charge, they can make change; stimulating skills and systems so people realize their vision; instead of merely delivering services or solutions. PRADAN was formed in 1983 by young professionals who were inspired by the belief that well-educated people, with empathy towards the poor, must work directly with them at the grassroots to alleviate mass poverty in rural India. They realised that the critical gap in creating change was the absence of capable people, not material resources.
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1. Milestones over the yearswww.pradan.net | All rights
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2. Overview of PRADANPRADAN is one of Indias foremost civil
society organizationIt seeks to create and enhance livelihoods to
reduce poverty in rural India.PRADAN brings the brightest minds in
India to work with the rural poorwww.pradan.net | All rights
reserved2/13 3. Milestones: 1983 - 2013 Founded by Vijay Mahajan
& Deep Joshi19831987One of the pioneers of the SHG (Self Help
Group) model in IndiaLaunched the TASAR silk sector revival
programme in Bihar.19881991PRADAN Development Apprenticeship
ProgramStarted horticulture plantation with tribal families in
Jharkhand, Orissa & West Bengal.19982001Registered the first
smallholder poultry cooperativewww.pradan.net | All rights
reservedStarted first system of rice intensification (SRI) in
eastern India20032009Deep Joshi gets the Ramon Magsaysay award for
nurturing the idea of PRADANBegins MPhil in Development practice in
Collaboration with Ambedkar University, Delhi.20112013National
support Organisation by GoI for NRLM.2/13 4. Founded by Vijay
Mahajan and Deep JoshiVijay Mahajan, an alumnus of the IIT, Delhi
and IIM, Ahmedabad co-founded PRADAN with the belief to makeIndia a
better place to live. Deep Joshi, an alumnus of MIT, Cambridge and
Sloan School of Management, Cambridge co-founded PRADAN with the
belief that thebest and the brightest were needed to work with the
weaker sections of the society.www.pradan.net | All rights
reserved3/13 5. Pioneered the SHG (Self Help Group) model in
Indiawww.pradan.net | All rights reserved4/13 6. Launched the TASAR
silk sector revival program in Bihar.www.pradan.net | All rights
reserved5/13 7. PRADAN Development Apprenticeship ProgramPRADAN
Development Apprenticeship ProgramLaunched the first initiative in
India to systematically train and nurture well educated youth as
development professionalswww.pradan.net | All rights reserved6/13
8. Started horticulture plantation with tribal familiesStarted
horticulture plantation with tribal families in Jharkhand, West
Bengal and Odisha. Today this has grown to 10,000 horticulture
farmers across 12,000 acres with income of Rs. 60 million in FY
2012www.pradan.net | All rights reserved7/13 9. Registered the
first smallholder poultry cooperativeRegistered as the first
smallholder poultry cooperative. Today it has spread to 21 poultry
cooperatives involving 7000 tribal women with a turnover of over
Rs. 1.8 billion in FY 2012www.pradan.net | All rights reserved8/13
10. Started first system of rice intensification (SRI) in eastern
IndiaOne of the pioneers of SRI (System of Rice Intensification)
Technology in India. PRADAN helped several families adopt improved
practices in cultivation of rice and millets.www.pradan.net | All
rights reserved9/13 11. Deep Joshi gets the Ramon Magsaysay award
for nurturing the idea of PRADANRamon Magsaysay Award was conferred
to our founder Deep Joshi for pioneering work in rural communities
and the idea of PRADAN,www.pradan.net | All rights reserved10/13
12. Begins MPhil in Development practice in Collaboration with
Ambedkar University, Delhi.Launched a unique initiative in building
development as a profession by starting MPhil in Development
Practice in Collaboration with Ambedkar University,
Delhi.www.pradan.net | All rights reserved11/13 13. National
support Organisation by GoI for NRLM.PRADAN partners with MoRD as
an NRLM Support Organisation to provide Knowledge support for the
Rs 4000 crore National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) with a
Special focus on Naxal-affected districts.www.pradan.net | All
rights reserved12/13 14. Contact Us:
facebook.com/pradanofficialpage twitter.com/PRADAN_India
company/professional-assistance-for-development-action
youtube.com/user/PradanIndiaAddress: E1/A | Kailash Colony | Ground
Floor and Basement | New Delhi 110048 | India Phone: +91 11
40407701-29 | Email: [email protected] | All rights
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