Sir Dorabji TaTa TruST anD The allieD TruSTS

Caring For WHaT MaTTErSannUaL rEPorT 2012 - 2013

Chairman’s message

nation building and welfare of people were the corner stones on which Jamsetji Tata gave shape to his dreams. This was his legacy which has over the years inspired the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the allied Trusts to set up institutions of national importance and work towards improving the quality of life of the underserved. over the years the Trusts have disbursed ` 24,112.10 million (US$ 446.52 million) towards these objectives.

our country is on the threshold of joining the ranks of the developed economies of the world; but still a long way from providing a level playing field of opportunities for its people. a fair majority of our population continues to be denied access to basic health care, education and a source of livelihood. The hopes and ambitions of a young india make a compelling argument to step up the process of social development.

over the last year, the Trusts continued to realign their strategies by focusing on some of the more immediate development issues while implementing other ongoing programs. one of the important initiatives taken by the Trusts this year was towards addressing the problem of malnutrition among children under three years of age, by supporting crèches to provide nutritious food to children. another new initiative was on adopting an “integrated approach to technology in education” which focuses on the teachers integrating the use of technology by students into the study curriculum leading to enhanced levels of learning. The Trusts also promoted initiatives centred on plantation of bamboos in wastelands which favourably impacts not only the ecology

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but also the economy of bamboo dependent communities. With a view to advancement of knowledge in science and technology and bringing it to bear on quality of life issues facing developing countries like india, the Trusts supported a joint post graduate research programme with the Massachusetts institute of Technology, USa in creating a Centre for Technology and Design.

The Trusts continued with their other ongoing programs relating to promotion of system of rice intensification, diversion based irrigation, services to seasonal migrants, women’s literacy and adolescent education. it is heartening to know that some of the pilot projects supported by the Trusts have become precursors to larger government programs. The year 2012-2013 saw the Trusts making an aggregate disbursement of ` 2,847.03 million (US$ 52.72 million) to institutions, individuals and ngo partners.

as we go forward, the Trusts would like to further intensify their engagement on issues associated with nutrition for children and young mothers, provision of potable drinking water, building entrepreneurial skills of rural youth, rural education and low cost housing. Technology, we believe has the potential to offer innovative solutions to these issues.

i thank the team at Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the allied Trusts and the grantee partners for contributing towards our objective of constructive philanthropy.

ratan n TataChairman

Behdeinkhlam festival in Meghalaya documented through the Tata Fellowship in Folklore - national Folklore Support Centre, Chennai in Tamil nadu

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Contents

about us

06 Trustees

07 Continuing the Legacy

09 The Team

What We Do

11 Year in review

15 Snapshot of the Portfolios

Portfolio highlights

17 natural resource Management and rural Livelihoods

27 Urban Poverty and Livelihoods

35 Education

43 Health

51 Civil Society, Human rights and governance

59 Media, art and Culture

institutions

65 institutions

individual Grants

69 Medical

71 Education and Travel

Financials

73 Financials - an overview

76 Funds Disbursed Since inception

77 Financial Statements for Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

79 Consolidated Financial Statements for allied Trusts

Learning through interactive methodologies - Samajik Parivartan Sansthan, giridih in Jharkhand

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Trustees of Sir Dorabji Tata Trustand The allied TrustsSir Dorabji Tata TrustMr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr na Soonawala

Dr (Ms) a Patel

Ms D Jejeebhoy

Mr rK Krishna Kumar

Mr an Singh, advisor

Prof MS Valiathan

Mr Vr Mehta

Dr E Sreedharan

allied TrustsThe Jn Tata Endowment for the

Higher Education of indians

Prof SM Chitre

Mr Sn Batliwalla

Mr an Singh

Lady Tata Memorial TrustMr FK Kavarana, Chairman

Dr PB DesaiMr Sn Batliwalla

Mr an Singh

The JrD Tata Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr na Soonawala

Mr an Singh

Jamsetji Tata Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr na Soonawala

Mr rK Krishna Kumar

Mr an Singh

rD Tata Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr na Soonawala

Mr rK Krishna Kumar

Mr an Singh

Tata Education Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr rK Krishna KumarMr an Singh

Tata Social Welfare Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman

Mr rK Krishna KumarMr an Singh

The JrD and Thelma J Tata Trust Mr rn Tata, Chairman Dr (Ms) S ChitnisDr (Ms) a DesaiMr an SinghMr Fn Petit

Continuing the legacy

The SonJamsetji Tata passed away in 1904 before he could see the accomplishment of the three cherished aims of the last years of his life. The indian institute of Science he had conceived of to nurture indian talent in science and technology came up in 1911. The integrated steel plant which he envisioned would find india taking its place among the industrialised nations of the world went on line in 1912. The hydro electric project was commissioned in 1915. Sir Dorab saw his father’s pioneering efforts to completion.

A Leader of many PartsSir DoraBJi TaTa (1859 - 1932)

The ManBorn on 27th august 1859, Sir Dorabji matriculated from the Caius College at Cambridge and later graduated from Xavier’s College with a Bachelors degree in arts. at age 28, he became a Partner in Tata and Sons. He remained as Tata group Chairman from 1904 to 1932.

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The HusbandSir Dorab married Meherbai Bhabha, daughter of H J Bhabha, inspector general of education of the erstwhile Mysore State in 1898. She was fond of English literature and was an accomplished pianist. Sir Dorab and Meherbai shared their love for sport, especially of tennis at which she won the triple crown in the Western india Tennis Tournament. He afforded her the fullest opportunity for developing her natural talents. Meherbai died of leukemia in 1931.

The Sportsmanas a student he distinguished himself in sports like cricket, sprint events and soccer. He played tennis for his college and was a good horseman. in 1919 before india set up an olympic Committee, he selected and financed six sportsmen to represent india at its first excursion into olympics - the 1920 antwerp games. He was appointed first President of the indian olympic association set up in 1927.

The Philanthropiston the passing of Lady Meherbai Tata, Sir Dorab set up a Trust bearing her name, for encouraging research on diseases of the blood with special reference to leukemia. Sometime before his own death, he bequeathed most of his wealth aggregating to rs one crore to the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust which was to be used without distinction of place, nationality or creed for the specified charitable objects.

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The Team

Secretary and Chief accountantMs rukshana Savaksha

accounts, individual grants & admin Team Ms Kamal TitinaMs Kashmira MeherjiMr Kumar ChaitanyaMs Kumudini TodankarMs Martha Ferrao Ms Perrcis Majoo Mr Yezad Siganporia

Program Director Mr Sanjiv Phansalkar

Programme Team Mr abhay gandhe Ms amina Charania Mr Bhaskar Mittra (on deputation since 30.09.2012)Mr Biswanath SinhaMr govind Madhav Ms Jayeeta ChowdhuryMs nayana Chowdhury* Ms niyati MehtaMs Poornima Dore Ms ratna Mathur Ms rukmini Datta Ms Tasneem raja

The Programme associates and Support Staff have also collectively contributed towards the Trust’s vision of constructive philanthrophy.

(*Have retired/resigned from the Trust during the course of the year.)

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Legal advisorsMessrs Mulla & Mulla, Craigie Blunt & Caroe, Mumbai

Statutory auditorsM/s Jayantilal Thakkar & Company, Chartered accountants, Mumbai

internal auditorsM/s aneja associates, Chartered accountants, Mumbai

advisor (Jn Tata Endowment)Dr nawaz Mody

Secretary (Lady Tata Memorial Trust)Mr Fershoger guard

registered officeBombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 001

BankersiCiCi Bank Ltd., MumbaiStandard Chartered Bank, Mumbai Credit agricole Corporate and investment Bank, Mumbai

Year in review

Learning best practices of maize farming in Madhya Pradesh - national institute of Women Child and Youth Development, nagpur in Maharashtra

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The annual report presents the activities of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the allied Trusts during the financial year 2012-2013. The Trusts collectively disbursed a sum of ` 2847.03 million in the year in review as compared to ` 2714.78 million in the previous year. These grant disbursements were made to institutions, non-government organisations (ngos) and individuals.

During the year, the Trusts met their grant commitment to Harvard Business School towards construction of the Tata Hall in the campus of the School, likely to be inaugurated in December 2013. The year also saw the Trusts making a donation to the Massachusetts institute of Technology, USa towards its activities relating to the establishment of a Centre for Technology and Design. Further, the endowment given to institute for Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 1951 for the position of a Sir Dorabji Tata reader in Pharmaceutical Chemistry was enhanced to meet the costs of the Chair. The projects of other Tata Trust promoted institutions such as the Tata institute of Social Sciences and the national institute for advanced Studies also continued to receive financial support during the year.

During the year, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust extended financial assistance by way of of grants to individuals aggregating ` 34.35 million to partially support the cost of hospitalization and treatment. Financial assistance in the form of scholarships and means based grants was provided to students towards the cost of education by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, JrD Tata Trust, Jamsetji Tata Trust, Lady Tata Memorial Trust and Jn Tata Endowment for Higher Education of indians. The total outlay in this regard was of ` 212.15 million. The Jn Tata Endowment supported higher education of 121 students in 28 disciplines with loan scholarships for studies abroad. other Trusts awarded scholarships to indian students to pursue their studies in india.

During the year, grants disbursed to ngos amounted to ` 1898.15 million as compared to ` 1869.78 million in the previous year. This included a sum of ` 20 million towards relief for the people affected by natural calamities in odisha and Uttarakhand.

an internal review of grant making to the ngos showed that during the five year period 2007-2012, the Trusts had sanctioned 1400 projects worth ̀ 1244 crores. The spectrum of thematic areas supported by grants narrowed significantly during this period. There was an increased focus on supporting projects in districts of lower Human Development index (HDi) in north, East and north india. it may be mentioned here that the Trusts’ footprint through ngo partners reaches 17 lakh households.

During the year, work on the six major programs of the Trusts continued. These include system of rice intensification, diversion based irrigation, migration services to the seasonal migrants,

Digitally capturing an experiment on air pressure - Street Survivors india, Murshidabad in West Bengal

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adolescent education, women’s literacy and mobilizing user demand for making public systems more effective. The initiative to address malnutrition among children under 3 years of age took concrete shape during the year, with support to 121 creches providing nutritious food to over 1800 children in three states. This initiative is being expanded to include more ngo partners to reach out to a larger population of undernourished poor children and also to young mothers. The initiative launched during the earlier year on extending mental health services through community based workers started with three partners. in this program, community health workers are trained to identify and motivate patients suffering from common mental disorders to seek expert help and provide continuing follow up support. The Trusts propose to expand the scope of this program as the reach of mental health service providers in the country is woefully inadequate.

During the year, two new Trusts led initiatives were launched. The first pertained to integrating information technology in education, with the project starting its pilot phase with a school in West Bengal. Under this program, the teachers and through them, the

students in middle school levels are encouraged to use the internet and standard computer platforms to enhance the learning from subjects as diverse as history and biology. Participants choose a project, use the net to gather information, use software to collate and process the information and then make a presentation to the class. This simple intervention when carried out in far flung and remote rural areas creates a positive teaching environment by generating interest among the students in learning and also builds confidence. The impact on school attendance is almost immediate. The Trust proposes to extend the coverage to more partners across several states of the country.

The second initiative related to encouraging plantations of appropriate varieties of bamboo which contribute towards binding soil and retarding erosion, in private as well as community owned wastelands. These attributes are of special importance in hilly areas of the country. Bamboo cultivation is among the best paying options for the wastelands. as huge tracts of land are getting allocated to communities as community forest areas under the Forest rights act (Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of Forest rights) act 2006) promotion of bamboo is expected to offer a means of putting such lands to sustainable and productive use for the communities. as of now, a bulk of the bamboo produced in much of the forest land finds its use in pulp and paper or similar low yielding end uses. The efforts of the Trusts will be to extend this work by introducing technology for processing bamboo so that higher values can be obtained by the poor and local employment can be generated in processing.

The Trusts have started working on the theme of skill development of rural youth. The focus is on districts with low Human Development index (HDi) since these are usually bereft of any industrial establishments. as such the challenge lies not only in attracting and retaining youth in the training programs but also in helping them cope with the need to relocate to remote places where employment is available. as the Trusts increase

application of mathematics in real life situations - Lokmitra, Chattrapati Sahuji Maharaj nagar in Uttar Pradesh

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their presence in this field, the need to relocate will be sought to be partially reduced by integrating skill building with training for entrepreneurship and self employment. During the year, six projects under this theme were sanctioned to reach out to over 20,000 persons.

a vibrant civil society plays a crucial role in addressing emerging challenges in the social sector, which is the reason the Trusts have chosen to engage in the task of building capacity of civil society organizations, in particular ngos. The Trusts supported civil society capacity building through an initiative jointly evolved by Dr. B r ambedkar University Delhi and Professional assistance for Development action. This involves mounting an innovative M. Phil. program in Development Practice. The program started in July 2012 with support from the Trusts. Training programs in financial

management as well as in management of specific programs such as adolescent education etc. were part of the other capacity building initiatives supported by the Trust through in house as well as external resource persons.

The process of an objective review of the success of ongoing programs and initiatives is a continuing one for the Trusts. Such evaluations are aimed at identifying strengths of the supported programs as well as highlighting specific points on which Trusts need to be vigilant in future. an impact assessment exercise of the work done by Pan Himalayan grassroots, a long standing Uttarakhand based Trust partner, was completed during the year. The Trusts also reviewed all of their projects in Bihar and in UP, two States in which the Trusts engagement has shown rapid growth during the past five years.

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Snapshot of the Portfolios

natural resource Management and Livelihoods

Signature programmes System of rice intensification (Sri) Diversion based irrigation (DBi)

Pilot programs Co-funded livelihoods enhancement

program with Mahila Krishi Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)

Bamboo plantation and downstream processing activities

Pro-active area Market led livelihoods programs

Urban Poverty and Livelihoods

Signature programmes Migration

Pilot programs informal sector livelihoods

Pro-active area Employability and skill building

Education

Signature programs adolescent education Women’s literacy

Pilot programs integrating technology in education

Pro-active areas improving access to and

quality of school education Child protection

Construction of water conservation structures in Bastar, Chhatisgarh - Professional assistance for Development action in new Delhi

on the job training for marginalised youth - aide et action, Bolangir in odisha

a remedial learning center in a madarasa - azad india Foundation, Kishanganj in Bihar

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Health

Signature program action against malnutrition Community based control on malaria

Pro-active area Low cost health delivery through

community health institutions Community based mental health service

Civil Society, Human rights and governance

Signature program Mobilizing user demand to make

public systems more efficient

Pro-active areas reform in criminal justice institutions Dalit rights Violence against women Capacity building of ngos

Media, art and Culture

Signature program Conservation

Proactive Areas Promoting development media

Promoting hygiene in creches - Ekjut, Khuntpani in Jharkhand

Learning Karchob art as a means of earning livelihood - Shaheen Women’s resource and Welfare association, Hyderabad in andhra Pradesh

The Peoples Linguistic Survey of india - Bhasha research and Publication Centre, Vadodara in gujarat

natural resource Management and rural livelihoods

Promoting the transplantation of Single Seedlings in Sri -Seven Sisters Development assistance, Bongaigaon in assam

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OverviewThis portfolio works on four themes. The first deals with food security at the household level. The second works towards promoting ecological security. The third is aimed at strengthening market linked livelihoods. The fourth theme deals with promoting and strengthening institutions and organizations for the above three tasks. During the year, Trusts sanctioned a total of 62 new projects of a total grant value of ` 839.91 million. This portfolio also oversees support to relief work for people affected by natural calamities. During the year, the Trusts supported relief work in flood hit and land-slide areas in assam and Uttarakhand respectively with a grant sanction of ` 20 million.

as in case of all portfolios, the Trusts mainly support interventions through non-governmental organizations (ngos) and research institutions in a partnership mode. in some cases the Trusts take proactive action in identifying an area of intervention and design the contour of activities before partnering with relevant agencies with a strategy to upscale the activities. These are called Program interventions and these are backed by a relevant management information system (MiS) to track the progress of such programs. Two of such programs which matured during the year were System of rice intensification (Sri) and Diversion Based irrigation (DBi). During the year under review, the Program on System of rice intensification (Sri) could reach out to 167,000 small and marginal farm households in 9 states with a focus on rainfed farms. a new phase of the Program was sanctioned a grant of ` 441 million for next five years. in the Diversion based irrigation program, till date, a total of 634 villages with 61,000 households have been reached out to. This has created additional irrigated area of 58,000 acres spread across 46 districts in 13 states. Seventy-one ngos are partnering in the implementation of the program.

Efforts were also made to explore larger opportunities across different regions through initiatives. information on the progress of some of these are listed under :

an initiative was started last year to enhance bamboo resource based livelihoods. Plantation of bamboo can put wastelands to productive use, improve the ecology of the landscapes and also contribute to improving economy of Bamboo dependent communities. With this in mind, the Trusts have started a Bamboo based initiative in the states of Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Seen as a sub-sector intervention, the initiative would support improvement of entire bamboo value chains. The activities to be supported include introduction and propagation of suitable bamboo varieties, promotion of bamboo based crafts and commercial applications of bamboo and capacity building of individuals and groups of artisans. During last year an amount of ` 17.17 million was sanctioned under this pilot initiative.

Encouraging results were started to be shown by the initiative on small ruminant based livelihood projects, addressing issues of goat mortality and breed improvement. This initiative is currently spread across six states covering about 12,000 households.

The Bundelkhand initiative which works in six districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and focuses on land and water conservation, livestock and institution building was intiated during the year with 17 partner agencies and a total grant sanction of ` 47.89 million.

Consolidation of various activities under the Sukhi Baliraja initiative took place during the year. This initiative is supported jointly with Sir ratan Tata Trust and is aimed at alleviating the distress of cotton farmers in Vidarbha. The Trusts have cumulatively reached out to about 17,000 farmers for soil and water conservation work, crop productivity enhancement and crop diversification.

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South odisha Development initiative (SoDi) in which 7 like minded partner organizations were brought together to initiate a large project with joint funding from Ministry of rural Development and the Trust in three southern districts of odisha, addressing livelihood enhancement of 13,200 small and marginal farmers. This Consortium has mobilized ` 185.56 million from the government’s flagship Program national rural Livelihood Mission (nrLM). The Trusts have contributed ̀ 66.77 million to complement this initiative.

northeast Development Consortium (nEDC), a forum of 6 ngos promoted by the Trusts has leveraged and partnered with national rural Livelihood Mission (nrLM) and started a project to reach out to 14,000 poor women farmers with joint funding from Ministry of rural Development and the Trusts. Largely based on the work in Trusts supported projects, the partners of the Consortium have leveraged ` 143.93 million from the nrLM.

During the last year, the Trusts have initiated work pertaining to installation of solar lights for community use in all the 1,600 villages of East Singhbhum district in partnership with Tata Steel rural Development Society. The Trusts have committed ` 42.48 million for this effort. The Trusts have also started intervening in installing solar lights and solar pumps in Koraput district of odisha as a pilot project. it appears that rural areas in much of the Central and Eastern regions in the country will not receive the benefit of reliable and assured electricity supply in the foreseeable future. Hydrocarbon fuel prices are rising continuously while new developments in solar energy technology are making it a more feasible alternative. as such, the endeavor to harness solar energy for meeting the energy needs of the rural poor whether for lighting, cooking or irrigation is becoming relevant especially in the absence of grid development. Hence in the years to come, the Trusts propose to reinforce their efforts to

search, pilot and scale up such models of harnessing solar energy as appear feasible.

Grameen Development Services (GDS)Spread over two States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the Bundelkhand region once known for its rich history, has now come to be noted for its drought and poverty. The communities belonging to backward classes have been particularly hard hit. The Trusts have started an intensive engagement in this region through three interventions, viz. soil and water conservation, improvement in agriculture and goat based livelihoods. grameen Development Services has implemented a goat based livelihood promotion project in Birdha block of Lalitpur district reaching out to about 1000 households from backward communities while working with women. This intervention has been significant for these particular communities since a third of their annual income comes from goat rearing. a three pronged strategy is adopted in the intervention. gDS organises women engaged in goat rearing into informal groups at village level. They develop a cadre of veterinary nurses called pashu sakhi specialising in preventive treatment of goat. Finally, genetic improvement of the local stock is attempted through promotion of use of good quality breeding bucks. The goat rearers’ group at the village level acts as a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination. These groups also work as credit and savings groups thus enabling women members to buy goat. Pashu sakhis, are critical in providing timely preventive animal health care inputs to the goat rearing women. access to such services in their own village helps women substantially reduce goat mortality thereby enhancing incomes. Pashu sakhis have also been

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instrumental in disseminating knowledge through the goat rearing groups. induction of elite males of local breed or bucks from suitable improved breeds has been useful in genetically improving the local stock. This manifests in better growth of the goat. gDS has also tried to heighten awareness about the weight and marketable characteristics of the animals. in this manner, the intervention helps women to realise better prices for the animals.

The project has reported an increase in average annual income to the tune of ` 7000 for a household typically having an average of 2 adult female goats. it has also strengthened

the resilience of the poor and marginalized by building their livestock assets. in the process, the women have gained economic independence since traditionally in Bundelkhand region, income from the sale of animals in the village goes directly into the hands of the women.

Central HimalayanEnvironment Association (CHEA)The Central Himalayan Environment association, works towards its mission ‘environment and rural livelihoods in the

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Himalayas’. CHEa works in Kumaon region of Uttarakhnad where 65% of geographical area is under forests and only 14% land is available for agriculture. CHEa has adopted initiatives and interventions with four themes, with a specific reference to indian Himalayan region. The themes are, climate change adaptation activities for mountain regions; rural livelihood initiatives through enterprise development for mitigating poverty; arts, culture and handicrafts promotion in mountains; and documentation of regional best practices in mountain regions in order to influence policy decisions. Trusts have partnered CHEa since 2006. They worked on strengthening Van Panchayats (state recognized village institutions charged with the task of managing forest resources) for enhancing rural livelihoods in Uttarakhand. CHEa has developed a model of community forestry through Van Panchayats. The long term objective is to scale-up lessons learnt and captured through Trusts supported projects. These projects have directly benefitted 15 Vanpanchayats for improved management of about 1,124 ha land benefiting 1,291 families. There are 12,500 Van Panchayats in Uttarakhand and hence there is scope for scaling up or expansion of this intervention. CHEa is exploring the possibility of strengthening of governance and management of Van Panchayats through a state level coordination committee of the Sarpanchs (Van Panchayat’s head). Trusts have also leveraged on the excellent ground work done by CHEa by partnering in the Bamboo based initiative. CHEa actively works for improving the livelihood of traditional bamboo weavers in 30 villages. The main objective of the project is to improve supply of quality raw material of ringal bamboo from cultivated plantations for traditional artisans. This is expected to arrest the rapid overexploitation of natural ringal stocks. Further, conflicts of the community with the conservation system of forest department will be avoided. The bamboo project which is now in the second year

involves close coordination with multiple stakeholders like research institutions, government agencies and markets.

Gramya Vikas Mancha (GVM), Assamgramya Vikas Mancha registered in 1999 at nalbari in assam is a voluntary organization which inducts young men and women through a defined selection process, in villages in nalbari and Baksa districts. These volunteers help the villagers in making micro level plans. The operational area of gVM is affected by frequent and devastating floods from Pagladia and other tributaries of the Brahmaputra almost every year. The area also witnessed much violence during the height of insurgency in the State. in the initial years gVM started their interventions by focusing mostly on rescue and rehabilitation

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support from the Trusts they have been able to bring 7,000 hectares of additional land under irrigation which has resulted in economic benefit to about 18,000 households. Encouraged by the effectiveness of this program, the local government is also extending support to wage work for clearing of canals under the Mahatma gandhi national rural Employment guarantee Scheme. gVM has a well-oiled network of volunteers with a presence in about 200 villages. This has played a pivotal role in making the extension successful.

of the flood affected people. gVM was first supported by the Trusts with a small grant of ̀ 500,000 for livelihood intervention in piggery in 2006. in 2007 another small grant of ` 500,000 was sanctioned to clean up a traditional water carrying system locally called Dong. This resulted in reclaiming about 200 hectares of land which was used for agriculture subsequently. From 2009 onwards gVM has been engaged in expanding the implementation of diversion based irrigation work in nalbari and Baksa districts of assam with the help of other local organizations. With the continued

Villagers cleaning an irrigation canal - gramya Vikash Manch, nalbari in assam

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Partner organisations

adarsh Shiksha Samiti, rajasthan abhiyan, Uttar Pradesh action for Social advancement, Madhya Pradesh aga Khan Foundation, new Delhi aga Khan rural Support Program

(india), gujarat akhil Bhartiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh an association for Development, Harmony and action research, Uttarakhand appropriate Technology india,

new Delhi arunoday Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh ashoka Trust for research in Ecology and the Environment, Karnataka association for Development & research Socio Economic activities, odisha association for rural advancement through Voluntary action and Local involvement (araVaLi), rajasthan

Central Himalayan Environment association (CHEa), Uttarakhand Centre for action and rural

reconstruction, odisha Centre for Development of advanced Computing - C-DaC, West Bengal Centre for People’s Forestry, andhra Pradesh Centre for World Solidarity, andhra Pradesh Collectives for integrated Livelihood initiatives, Jharkhand

EDa rural artha Vikas, Haryana

Foundation for Ecological Security, gujarat

Hanuman Van Vikas Samiti, rajasthan Haritika, Uttar Pradesh Harsha Trust, odisha Himalaya Consortium for Himalayan Conservation (HiMCon), new Delhi

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Darshana Mahila Kalyan Samiti, Madhya Pradesh Dhan Foundation, Tamil nadu DiLaSa Sanstha, Maharashtra

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FBaiF Development research Foundation, Maharashtra Baradrone Social Welfare institutions, West Bengal Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay, West Bengal Bruksha o Jeevar Bandhu Parishad, odisha Bundalkhand Sewa Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh

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gandhi Manav Kalyan Society, rajasthan ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas

Sangh, (gPSVS), Bihar gorakhpur Environment action group, Uttar Pradesh gram Unmesh Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh gram Utthan, odisha grameen Development Services,

Uttar Pradesh grameen Evam Samajik Vikas Sanstha, rajasthan grameen Parampara Vikas Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh grameen Sahara, assam gramin Mahila Vikas Sansthan, rajasthan gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (graViS), rajasthan gramonnati Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh gramya Vikash Mancha, assam

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ibtada, rajasthan indian grameen Services, Bihar indira Social Welfare organisation, odisha institute of Social Development, Uttar Pradesh international Crops research institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (iCriSaT), andhra Pradesh international Development Enterprises - india, new Delhi

Jamgoria Sevabrata, West Bengal Jan Shiksha Evam Vikas Sangathan, rajasthan Joint Endeavour for Emancipation Training and action for Women, odisha Jubayer Masud Educational & Charitable Trust, assam

Kalanjiam Foundation, Tamil nadu Kovel Foundation, andhra Pradesh Kriti Shodh Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh

Ladakh Ecological Development group, Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Environment and Health organisation - LEHo, Jammu & Kashmir League for Education and Development, Tamil nadu Leh nutrition Project, Jammu & Kashmir Lok Jagriti Kendra, Jharkhand

Madhyam Foundation, odisha Mahan Seva Sansthan, rajasthan Maharashtra institute of Technology Transfer for rural areas (MiTTra), Maharashtra Mahila abhivruddhi Society, andhra Pradesh Margshree Charitable Trust, Uttar

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n. M. Sadguru Water and Development Foundation, gujarat naina Sanskritik Vikas Evam Prashikshan Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh north East Social Trust (nEST), assam

orissa Professional Development Service Consultant, odisha

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Pan Himalayan grassroots Development Foundation, Uttarakhand Panchsheel Development Trust, Uttar Pradesh Participatory rural Development

Foundation (PrDF), Uttar Pradesh Pashupati Kalyan Parishad, rajasthan Peoples action for national integration, Uttar Pradesh People’s awareness & Hilly area Development, odisha Peoples’ Science institute, Uttarakhand Pragati, odisha Professional

assistance for Development action (PraDan), new Delhi Professional assistance for Voluntary action (PraVa), odisha

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rajarhat Prasari, West Bengal rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, rajasthan rashtriya gramin Vikas nidhi, assam regional Centre for Development Cooperation, odisha rongmei Baptist association, nagaland rongmei naga Baptist association,

Manipur rural Communes, Maharashtra rural Development association, West Bengal

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Saheli Samiti, rajasthan Saijyoti gramodhyog Samaj Seva Samiti, Uttar Pradesh Sakhi, Bihar Samhit Vikas Samaj Sevi Sansthan, Madhya Pradesh Sampoorna Bamboo Kendra, Maharashtra Samuha Vikas, odisha Sanchit Vikas Sansthan (SVS), Uttar

Pradesh Sarvodaya Sewa ashram, Uttar Pradesh Sasakawa india Leprosy Foundation, new Delhi Self reliant initiative through Joint action (SriJan), new Delhi Shramjivi Janata Sahayak Mandal, Maharashtra Shristi, odishaSir Syed Trust (SST), rajasthan Sneh Samruddhi Mandal, Maharashtra Social action for Community alternative Learning, odisha Social Welfare agency and Training institute, odisha Social Work and Environment for rural advancement, rajasthan Society for Pragati Bharat, Uttar Pradesh Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, new Delhi Society for rural & Urban Joint activities (SrUJan), Maharashtra Student’s relief Society, (SrS), rajasthan Sustainable Human Development association, Uttar Pradesh

Watershed organization Trust (WoTr), Maharashtra Wildlife Trust of india, Uttar Pradesh Women organisation for rural Development, odisha World Wildlife Fund for nature - india Secretariat, new Delhi

Youth Volunteers Union, Manipur Yuva Chetna Kendra, Uttar Pradesh

Tata Steel rural Development Society, Jharkhand The goat Trust, Uttar Pradesh The Pride india, Maharashtra The Timbaktu Collective, andhra Pradesh Trust Community Livelihoods, Uttar Pradesh

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OverviewThis portfolio seeks to address the complex problems of poverty which arise out of unplanned urbanization and require nuanced solutions. it encompasses the themes of skill building and employability, seasonal migration, informal sector livelihoods and pro-poor urban management. During the year under review, 27 grants were sanctioned in the portfolio with a total value of ` 284.6 million.

Migration The Trusts have developed partnerships with 33 organisations under the Trust Support Program for Migrant populations. This program aims to set up resource centres which provide support to migrants both at source and destinations, addressing issues of identity, legal awareness, training, social security and other linkages. With an approved budget of ` 204.54 million so far, 31 source centres and 19 destination centres are operational and are expected to reach out to 340,720 migrants over a period of 3 years. The program has been expanded to the major destination centres of Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur and gurgaon. at present the program presence is in 10 states of india. a technical resource unit called the Centre for Migration and Labour Solutions (CMLS) has been set up in partnership with aajeevika Bureau (aB) which aims to provide technical support to implementing partners as also work on knowledge development from the field. To address the absence of data on migration demanded by policy makers, the Trusts have spearheaded a pioneering research initiative through a research project named SHraMiC - Strengthen and Harmonise research and action on Migration in the indian Context. This is a collaborative project anchored by indira gandhi institute of Development research (igiDr), national institute of Urban affairs (niUa), Centre for Policy research (CPr) and iris Knowledge Foundation (iriS KF). They work with the implementing partners

to link field and secondary data and observations with policy and help to inform the discourse on urbanisation and labour movement. a web based portal has been set up to generate and disseminate information on the theme.

Informal Sector Livelihoods Trusts engagements include interventions with specific vulnerable groups in the informal sector. Projects relating to waste pickers and to conservancy workers are essentially driven by a spirit of compassion towards these neglected and oppressed workers who keep our cities clean. The projects dealing with domestic workers are aimed at alleviating personal distress to this neglected category of workers and also to improve their skill base in the art of home management. The projects with construction workers are aimed at helping improve their negotiation skills with the employers and in linking them with Construction Welfare Boards.

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Urban Planning and GovernancePro-poor Urban Management is a new introduction to the portfolio and takes the place of the earlier theme of Urban Planning and governance. Promising outcomes from the earlier set of grants has paved the way for a solution oriented approach.

EmployabilitySkills and enterprise development is an important initiative of the Trusts and the portfolio is charged with the responsibility of anchoring the projects in this field under the theme of Employability. Employability is the set of attributes that enable a person for sustainable employment. about 12 million persons join the workforce every year in india. Thus, a favorable demographic position coupled with design and execution of innovative skill development models can pave a path of prosperity to those people. However, the reality is that 25% of the youth population is jobless. With increasing mechanization leading to the labour market transforming from one for the unskilled, to one for the highly

skilled, coupled with a predicted shift in employment pattern from agriculture towards manufacturing and services; the situation is in a flux. For india to reap the benefits of this demographic dividend, a strategic thrust on skilling this manpower is extremely important to enhance productivity.

Wage employment During the year under review, the Trusts have supported 15 skill training centres across the country providing training and placement to youth across trades and locations that have high absorption capacity like masonry, welding, driving, plumbing, desktop publishing, retailing and bedsides nursing to name some. These projects are in the states of odisha, assam, Meghalaya, rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu and Karnataka and aim to train 22,060 people on various skill development activities. During the year, six projects were supported with an aggregate sanction of ` 81.33 million.

The centres are based on a needs assessment and employment potential mapping carried out locally. Multiple entry level trades have been identified for underpriviliged youth from marginalized backgrounds. The average education level of trainees ranges from 5th to 12th standard pass. The key challenges experienced so far include mobilization and retention of the trainees and monitoring post placement retention and gains. There is a definite need to scale this up, especially in industrial clusters and interior locations to connect youth with skills required in a changing economy.

The Trusts have also been the first private donors to support innovative models on loan - based skill development by Pan-iiT reach for india (ParFi). They have also supported implementation of impact assessment tools of introducing

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skill modules in high school by Lend a Hand india (LaHi). Such pilots have now caught the attention of policy makers and the government is actively seeking to connect with such initiatives. ParFi has now set up a centre with the Jharkhand government in gumla, and has been approached to support similar centres in Chattisgarh. LaHis model has been adopted by other private donors. The Trusts have been in active contact with other stake holders in the public and private sector to build up a range of interventions in skill building and employability.

Enterprise Development The Trusts look at enterprise as a tool to generate gainful employment while also creating social and economic value. Self employment trainings are also being conducted with the idea of creating a pool of trainers who can guide youth to set up their own business. Trusts have supported a few such efforts in ahmedabad, Pune, and Delhi; covering locally appropriate activities as sorting of waste, vending, supplying clean drinking water and diverse home based crafts. Several of these enterprises are on the way to achieving break even and the Trusts funding has played a marked role in helping to pilot the model, develop management systems, create access to finance and build market linkages.

The Trusts’ experiences have underscored the need for enabling wage as well as self employment, backed up by access to finance through revolving funds as well as access to mentorship. The coming year is expected to see greater focus on employability and enterprise creation with specific focus on institution and ecosystem development in this space. There will also be deepening of the work on migration to aim towards enhancing centre level effectiveness and more

concentrated outreach, while also engaging in knowledge development and awareness generation. The work on neglected informal sector workers will continue with construction and domestic workers, waste pickers and street vendors as key segments. The earlier focus on urban governance has made way for pro-poor urban management, which will seek new-age answers for complex urban problems through a solution oriented approach using global imaging Systems (giS), and other technology advancements.

Grameen Evam Samajik Vikas Sanstha (GESVS), Ajmer

grameen Evam Samajik Vikas Sanstha aims to educate, organise and empower the rural poor to promote development as a liberating force towards social justice, economic growth, and self-reliance. With a grant sanction of ` 6.73 million, gESVS is a partner under the Migration Program in rajasthan.

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in the pilot phase of the support, gESVS had established one resource centre for migrants, Shramik Sahayata Evam Sandharvh Kendra (SSSK), at Masuda and undertaken a baseline survey of 32 gram Panchayats in Masuda and Jawaja block. it went on to register 3048 migrants, and delivered health, legal, skill development services to several of them. The successful implementation of the pilot phase led to the expansion of work to the Jawaja block of rajasthan in 2011.

in the current phase, gESVS is targeting to reach out to a total of 20,000 migrants in the 66 gram Panchayats of Masuda and Jawaja blocks of ajmer district and at the destination point of Bhilwara. along with the registration of migrants, legal support at the centres has facilitated the payment of wages to migrants. The team is adopting innovative awareness generation measures and making every effort to make the centre a dependable source of social security linkages for the migrants.

Centre for Civil Society (CCS) Centre for Civil society is a public policy think tank which works on research, advocacy and outreach. The Trusts supported CCS with a grant of ` 12.88 million towards their initiative to achieve legal recognition for informal sector entrepreneurs, with specific focus on street vendors, to prevent them from undue harassment and humiliation at the hands of public authorities and land mafia.

The project intervention has reached out to 25,000 informal sector workers in Jaipur and Patna. They were encouraged to form associations which would represent them and articulate their needs and collectivised them with association. Workshops have been organised at regular intervals to convince the media, politicians, and government officials on the need for space for street vendors. Further to the advocacy, 11 good quality research studies have been conducted. The evidence based research

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and continuous engagement of CCS with various stakeholders has ensured the passing of Urban Street Vendor Bills 2011 by the rajasthan government. The Bill aims to ensure regulatory conditions to protect the livelihoods of over one million street vendors who live under the constant threat of losing their means of earning.

The Bihar government is also drafting a bill and implementing rules for the street vendors. Further, the project intervention has convinced the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty alleviation to introduce a Central act on street vending.

Sanchal Foundation The Sanchal foundation was established in 1982 as a society. Since its establishment, the organisation has been assisting several initiatives in different cities by the community groups. The current project in partnership with the Trusts has been developed with the idea of piloting the concept of community kitchens for the urban poor. This was in response to the specific recommendation of the national advisory Committee on the national Food Security Bill, which suggested that if the success of such pilots could be demonstrated, the government would be willing to scale it up.

The Trusts have supported Sanchal Foundation with a grant of ` 2.70 million to build up the capacity of grassroots level organisations to set up community kitchens in West- central Delhi, East-central Delhi, and the landfills of Delhi. These community kitchens are targeted to provide nutritious and good quality food to urban poor households at an affordable price of ` 25 per meal. The project also aims to provide free health services to the homeless and vulnerable people.

The capacity building assistance to Sanchal Foundation has mobilised two community based organisations, which established 6 community kitchens catering food to over 500 urban poor. Furthermore, Sanchal Foundation is putting every effort to make the community kitchens economically sustainable. So far, advocacy has been initiated to access subsidised LPg and to avail licenses from the government to run mobile catering services.

Delivering nutritious food at affordable price to the daily wage workers - Sanchal Foundation in Delhi

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aajeevika Bureau Trust, rajasthan aga Khan Foundation, new Delhi agrasar, Haryana animal Help Foundation, gujarat association for Prevention and Control of rabies in india, Karnataka

i Create india, Karnataka indira gandhi institute of Development research, Maharashtra

Kalahandi organisation for agriculture & rural marketing initiative, odisha Kherwadi Social Welfare association, Maharashtra Kotra adivasi Sansthan, rajasthan

Mehnatkash Kalyan Evam Sandarbh Kendra Sansthan, rajasthan Mumbai Mobile Creches, Maharashtra

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Overview The Education portfolio of the Trusts has four focus areas: Elementary education, adolescent education, Women’s literacy and Child Protection.

in the area of elementary education, projects focus on children from 6 to 14 years of age, primarily in districts with low Human Development index (HDi) status in the country. The projects are designed to bring out of school children within the formal system of schooling and provide supplementary education to help them stay and succeed in schooling. They are also aimed at improving the learning levels of children who do not have access to functioning or quality schooling, undertaking system strengthening efforts through improving quality of education in schools and training of teachers and education professionals. During the year under review, 16 projects were sanctioned in this category taking the outreach to 500,000 children in tribal, Muslim and Dalit communities.

The adolescent education category focuses on adolescents who drop out of school at an early age and work or do domestic chores to support their families. These projects follow a framework of the Doosra Dashak program of Foundation for Education and Development (FED) and are rural based. This area addresses basic education for never been to school or school drop-out adolescents from deprived communities, focusing on their overall personalities, social environment and aspirations for development. The main program activities are residential camps, bridge and continuing education centers, adolescent and women’s forums, life skills and newly introduced computer education and vocational training. FED and other resource organizations have conducted 4 capacity building trainings for 108 master trainers from 23 partners implementing this program. The achievements of adolescent education program are seen in a higher proportion of the adolescents continuing with schooling, in the delayed age of

marriage for girl children and in proactive responsible citizenship demonstrated by the alumni. During the year under review, 4 projects were sanctioned in adolescent education expected to reach out to 210,000 adolescents.

Trusts had started the initiative on “Literacy for Women in Self-Help groups and Sangathans on a pilot basis in april 2009. This was aimed at imparting basic competencies, including fluency in reading, writing and numeracy, for improving livelihood options and the quality of women’s lives.

it has evolved as a program for women associated with SHgs, sangathans and community based organizations. a new generation of literacy methodology devised for the Program by nirantar Trust, is adopted by the partners. a Coordination Unit housed by nirantar became operational in May 2012 and started systematic efforts to streamline the program, compile and analyse baseline data, develop training manuals and conduct trainings. The curriculum has been standardised to help the women to access education at their doorstep and in their own language. nirantar and other resource organizations conducted 11 capacity building trainings and on-site support for all 14 partners implementing this program. Some of the most significant achievements observed relate to women being able to operate their bank accounts, become more organized in livelihood activities, confidently participate in government schemes and actively support the education of their own children. With one project being added last year, the total of 14 women’s literacy projects are expected to reach out to 46,500 women.

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and adolescents on the streets and to strengthen the legal and social environment for child protection. The different interventions and platforms supported are: drop-in centres and shelter homes for education and recreation, counselling, health, repatriation and rehabilitation, legal aid and skill development. Efforts have been initiated at improving the quality of shelter homes through training of frontline workers and government officials and participation in influencing child protection policy and laws. During the year 3 projects were sanctioned in this category, taking the current number of child protection grants to 11, expected to reach out to 14,052 children.

During the year, the Trusts launched the initiative on “integrated approach to Technology in Education (iTE)”. Unlike other computer centered or assisted learning approaches, this approach positions use of technology in an integrated fashion in the classroom. The teachers make lesson plans on topics in textbooks and integrate technology applications where relevant. accordingly, the students create learning projects with the use of technology. The use of technology by the students authenticates learning, makes school subjects relevant to their lives, connects them to the world outside their limited environment and prepares them as digital citizens.

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The iTE pilot completed one year of implementation in May 2013. Many student-made projects were collated which demonstrated a good level of student interest in the learning content, compilation skills, creativity and technology skills. Some of the examples of the student created projects were multi-media projects on rabindranath Tagore, major rivers in the world and the solar system; spreadsheet projects on population and density in different states of india, average production of goods and agriculture products in different parts of the country and weather charts. Compared to rote learning as a usual practice adopted by teachers before the project started in the year 2010, these artefacts created by children indicated a major shift in the teaching and learning process. The teachers were further instructed to challenge and encourage students to produce content in their own words. one of the recent additions was of children adding subtitles in English in their own words to cartoon movies using the Windows Movie Maker Software. This was aimed at improving their English grammatical skills. it was also noted that subject teachers now rely on children to teach them some features of spreadsheet and multi-media software. This is an indicator of a gradual of acceptance of the changing role of the teacher from knowledge giver to one who facilitates learning.

By design this approach will be disseminated to mostly the Trusts’ current partners who have experience working with student centered pedagogy in elementary education. Master trainers will be trained by the Trusts. These master trainers after successful implementation of the iTE approach will disseminate to other education partners and government schools with whom they are working. Three of the ongoing Trusts funded projects use iTE and 5 propose to use iTE next year. Two hands on trainings for teachers were conducted by the Trusts last year for the teachers who hold the pilot iTE project. Besides, two trainings were conducted for current grantees for orientation in iTE.

Child In Need India, Murshidabad Child in need india, with the Trusts’ support, has been running 12 bridge course centres in Suti block of Murshidabad, West Bengal since 2011. These bridge course centres mainly provided education and Community based protection mechanisms to children engaged in bidi rolling in Suti-ii and Kasimnagar towns of Murshidabad district. These bridge course centers bridged the gap of learning for these children and prepared them for formal schools. The total dropout rate of children in the district at the primary and upper primary school level was very high. about 324 children out of total 514 children in 10 gram Panchayat areas of Suti - ii block were mainstreamed to formal schools. Eighty children who were engaged in bidi rolling have been linked with the national Child Labour Project. This brings them the benefits of a monthly stipend, a mid-day meal, enrollment and teaching

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in a non-formal education project and subsequent enrollment for vocational training. The strategies used were mainly of improving the learning levels and motivating child-friendly clubs and child friendly Panchayats and schools. Eighty-six children from the preparatory centres have been linked with iTE approach in Suti - ii. after they were mainstreamed to schools these bridge course centers were converted into seven supplementary centers running inside the government schools to retain these children in schools. These children now attend schools regularly. in a recent sample analysis of the learning levels as per national Curriculum Framework (nCF) 2005 standards by the program personnel at the Trusts, it was found that almost 83% of the children have achieved the learning levels according to their age and class. Besides, the child clubs and other community activities facilitated by the organization, are reported to have led to preventing 45 cases of child marriages in these two blocks.

Samajik Parivartan Sansthan (SPS)Samajik Parivartan Sansthan has been a partner of the Trusts since 2008. SPS works with the poor and marginalized communities in and around giridih district, Jharkhand. The organization was founded by a group of young social activists who had been involved with education initiatives and social development activities in erstwhile Bihar. The organization focuses on the areas of primary education for at-risk children, urban governance and slum area development, disability and women’s empowerment. The project Strengthening Education Mainstream (SEM) has been operational in Sadar block of giridih which is an area characterised by illegal mica mines in which a large number of children work along with their families. Female literacy rate in the block is 39.8% and the average age of marriage of women is 15.8 years. SPS has been working intensively with the community to improve

children’s participation in education. it has developed a team of local youth volunteers who use street plays and other related methods to communicate the importance of education. SPS mainstreamed 2128 out- of-school children into formal schools and provided continuing education support at primary and upper primary school level to 21479 children in 85 government schools. remedial classes for 3544 children enhanced their learning competencies and ensured that they were retained in schools. The technique focuses on strengthening comprehension, writing skills and mathematical acumen. The centres conduct base line test of children enrolled and constantly monitor the progress of the children in a multi-grade teaching environment based on learning ladders. an assessment exercise was carried out in 20 schools by the Trust’s consultant in March 2013 in which grade appropriate tests in Hindi and English were administered. in the assessment, 46% and 43% students achieved more than 70% marks in Hindi and Maths respectively. During the project, 18 non-residential bridge camps and 72 remedial camps were organised by SPS. SPS worked on community mobilization and capacity building

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of School Management Committees on quality education, a structured training program for teachers of government schools and development of appropriate teaching-learning material to improve the pace of learning. SPS developed learner tracking tools for out of school children mainstreamed to formal schooling. SPS’s core strength is its team of young and committed members. Bonding, transparency and sharing of field information among the team is striking.

The Centre for Child and the Law (CCL)The Centre for Child and the Law is a specialized research centre on child rights and law working within the national Law School of india University (nLSiU). The Centre contributes to ensuring rights of children through quality grounded research, field action and teaching in child rights, with two major programs on Education and Juvenile Justice (JJ). The JJ centre has provided

capacity building support and trainings for government officials at various levels, including members of Child Welfare Committee and Juvenile Justice Board in Bangalore. it provided research and advisory support to government of india and national bodies, through invited engagement and contribution on the Sexual offences against Children Bill as well as the Draft of the national Policy for Children. Under its direct intervention program, 11 children in conflict with law and their family members were provided legal aid, health, counseling, investigation reports and support services on a long term basis. CCL also organized and participated in national workshops on amendments to the JJ act, child rights and child marriage. Through these forums, CCL has successfully influenced policy level changes proposed in the JJ act.

The Education team also works in a praxis mode, with a direct field engagement program in Banikuppe Panchayat in Bengaluru impacting its research and policy efforts. Through capacity building support for School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs), door to door campaigns and activism, more than 700 children have been enrolled in schools. Learning centres started in 11 villages have reached out to 254 students creating supportive learning environment for children. SDMCs across villages and panchayats working through a federated forum have become an active and involved parents’ body which has been hailed as a model in the state. CCL’s Education team also developed series of training modules for SDMC trainings both at Primary and Secondary schools level, and conducted training programs covering more than 2000 SDMC members, 200 teachers and 100 government officials. Through their various activities of capacity building, networking and advocacy, CCL played a decisive role in initiating a larger and democratic debate on the right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education act.Child Vigilance Committee members at school level consultation - Centre for Child

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Partner Organisations

aBHaS- action Beyond Help and Support, new Delhi abhivyakti Foundation, Jharkhand adharshila Shiksha Samiti, new Delhi ajmer adult Education association (aaEa), rajasthan al Fazal Educational and Charitable Trust, gujarat alwar Mewat institute of Education and Development, rajasthan asha Kiran Society, odisha avehi Public Charitable (Educational) Trust, Maharashtra azad india Foundation, Bihar azad Shiksha Kendra, Uttar Pradesh

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Fellowship with Mentally retarded - asha niketan, West Bengal Foundation for awareness, Counselling and Education, Jharkhand Foundation for Education and Development, rajasthan

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iiMPaCT, Haryana indian Council for Child Welfare, assam indian national Trust for arts & Cultural Heritage (inTaCH), Jammu & Kashmir Chapter institute of Chemical Technology, Maharashtra

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Sansthan, Jharkhand Pragat Shikshan Sanstha, Maharashtra Pragati Luyadih, Jharkhand Prayas Vocational institute for Mentally Handicapped, rajasthan Prayatna Foundation, Uttar Pradesh Professional assistance for Development action (PraDan), new Delhi

Samantar Sansthan, rajasthan SaMaVESH - Society for Development and governance, Madhya Pradesh SaTHi - Society for assistance to

Children in Difficult Situation, Karnataka Shikshasandhan, odisha Social

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OverviewThe portfolio works on the themes of: community health including community based control and management of Malaria, community based management of malnutrition, reproductive and Child Health, non-Communicable Diseases including Disability and Mental Health, indian System of Medicine and violence against women as a public health concern. The highlights of the year included the launch of the community based management of malnutrition programme in Jharkhand, odisha and Chhattisgarh, emergence of a strong partnership in a pilot on community based mental health services and a community based malaria control programme in odisha. Presence in the field of reproductive health was strengthened in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, nagaland, backward areas of Maharashtra and gujarat. The Trusts continued their support to cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries during the year. a significant grant support towards use of ayurved in treating Cancer was extended during the year. During the year 34 grants were made with a total sanction value of ` 600.16 million.

Malnutrition

The Trusts, have supported a set of four organisations, Public Health resource Society, Child in need institute, Ekjut and Chaupal which have launched an initiative named “action against Malnutrition”. The basic aim is to reduce malnutrition among children in the age group of 6 months to 3 years through community mobilization and community based management of malnutrition. The implementation sites are Lakhanpur block of Sarguja district, Chhattisgarh; Khuntpani block in West Singhbhum district, gola block in ramgarh district, nagri block in ranchi district - all in Jharkhand and Saharpada block in Kenduajhargarh and Thakurmunda

in Mayurbhanj district in odisha. The core actions in the initiative are:

i. Crèches are run for children between the age of 6 months and 3 years by crèche workers chosen by the community. The women are trained in scheduled feeding of children, growth monitoring, ensuring regular health check up and managing risks. The crèches are linked with anganwadis and to the local aSHa worker.

ii. Community mobilisation is done around the issue of malnutrition among children. a participative learning and action process is followed for information and knowledge sharing among mothers and other women.

iii. System strengthening of anganwadi centres is attempted by activating Village Health Sanitation and nutrition Committees, energising Village Health and nutrition Days, referral services and community based monitoring.

iv. initiating research and documentation for creating an evidence base for demonstrating that crèches do help in addressing the malnutrition issue.

Till the end of the year under review, total number of crèches covered across various locations amounted to 121 and the number of children enrolled were 1804. of these, 61 creches catering to 910 children run in 3 blocks of Jharkhand; 25 creches catering to 360 children run in one block of Chhattisgarh and 35 creches catering to 534 children run in two blocks of odisha. it is expected that that the initiative will enable programmatic gap filling for child care and community based management of malnutrition, strengthen integrated Child Development Scheme and most importantly develop a scalable model. in the period under review, it has been observed

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that this initiative has been able to complement the efforts of state governments without duplicating any of its services. Trusts intend to expand the scope of this intervention to bring in the expectant and new mothers of the children in these creaches under its ambit.

The community mental health initiative of the Trusts is aimed at significantly extending the limited reach of public mental health facilities by integrating services at the primary care level. it is designed to address five of the conditions listed by the WHo as being priority conditions; psychoses, depression, convulsive epilepsy, alcohol use disorders and suicide. The initiative adopts the approach of training a front line team in identification and provision of comprehensive care as per the needs of the person and the family. The packages of care are being designed through a collaborative process by experts. The initiative at present has three implementing partners and a secretariat that holds the design and

capacity building components. The Trusts will add implementing partners across the country as the program gathers momentum on the ground.

in line with the overall strategy of the Trusts for the years ahead, the health portfolio envisages a significant expansion of work in the low Human Development index (HDi) districts largely in the eastern and central tribal parts of the country. The portfolio envisages a continued engagement on community health focusing on reproductive and child health, malnutrition and malaria control. The Trusts’ work in non Communicable Diseases (nCD) will remain largely focused on cancer. other focus areas of nCD include mental health, wherein the Trusts have an initiative based response in the form of community mental health. The program seeks to address the treatment gap for five priority mental health conditions through layering a robust program on primary care and has just begun to roll out. The Trusts will continue their engagement in eye care provision based on community health paradigm focusing on advanced eye problems hitherto unaddressed. The Trusts work on disability is limited to programs on early intervention and on skill building and employability and they will increasingly seek to engage with partners in geographies of priority. While work on human resource in health has been a part of the portfolio in the form of support to nursing Schools, auxiliary nursing and Midwife /general nursing and Midwife courses and also grants to Society for Community Health awareness research & action (SoCHara), the portfolio aims to build a systematic response to the human resource crunch in the health sector.

Ramakrishna Mission Home of ServiceVaranasi is a branch centre of the ramakrishna Math and ramakrishna Mission, established by the illustrious Swami Vivekananda. it is a hospital centre which has completed hundred

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years of service and is the oldest and most well-known hospital in the entire region. Started on the ghats of the ganges in the holy city of Varanasi in the year 1900, today the institution runs a 230-bedded general Hospital offering basic as well as highly specialised care. The hospital is accessed by patients from eastern UP, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on a regular basis. on an average, around 525 patients attend the outdoors per day and in-patient occupancy is 139 with about 8000 patients admitted during the year.

Trusts have supported the organization to run a community health program in the Mirzapur district of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Mirzapur has some of the poorest health indicators in the state. only 16 percent of women receive ante natal care, 23 percent deliveries are institutional and only about 22 percent children receive complete immunisation. as far as the health infrastructure is concerned, in Mirzapur less than 19 percent

villages have a Sub-Centre and less than 7 percent villages have Primary Health Care Canters (PHCs). in an area which is deeply afflicted with caste dynamics, service reach to the most vulnerable has a long way to go. The programme is designed to reach a very vulnerable and marginalised group of people with basic health care services. The model involves community mobilisation and empowerment, activating government mechanisms and providing direct services. The range of services spans the health care continuum and includes preventive, promotive and curative health care. The curative health service component is rendered through an efficient mobile clinic backed by the organisations’ 230 bedded multi-speciality hospital. The programme covers 8 village clusters involving a total population of 53,679 villagers.

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School of Nursing, Christian Hospital BissamcuttackHuman resource constraint is a frequently discussed issue in the health sector. Trusts have been working on developing a strategy towards alleviating at least a part of the constraint. While the strategy is in its development stage, few steps have been taken to support and build a strong cadre for community health workers which is expected to serve the community to the best of its capacity. The School of nursing (Son), Christian Hospital Bissamcuttack, odisha was started in 1978 with the auxiliary nurse Midwife (anM) programme aiming to address the shortage of human resources in health and has grown over the last three decades. Today, this is the only nursing school in the South odisha region,

providing quality nursing and midwifery education specifically to women from the poor tribal and Dalit families. The School is recognised by the indian nursing Council. it offered 2 courses till 2012: the one and a half year anM programme and the three and a half year gnM (general nursing and Midwifery) programme. in 2012 the Son received support from the Trusts for supporting a programme called roshni. Under this programme, adolescent girls and young women from villages are offered exposure and training in maternal and child health in a one week orientation and exposure programme (level 1); and a two month hands-on training programme (level 2). These girls offer a ray of hope to the villages by identifying the risk factors in their villages, especially for young mothers and children and thus save lives. nursing Education resource Unit (nErU) of Son which is about improving nursing education by integrating in innovative pedagogy and experience with nursing tutors and staff of different schools and colleges

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in odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, also received support from the Trusts. one unique feature of nErU is the Skill Development Lab which brought together principals, nursing tutors and postgraduate students of different institutions from these states to participate in workshops on “Teaching Community Health nursing” and “Educational Planning and Management of Schools of nursing” among others.

Anusandhan TrustThe Trusts have been supporting the Centre for Enquiry into Health and allied Themes (CEHaT), research centre of anusandhan Trust for setting up a comprehensive health sector response to sexual assault since 2008 at Dilaasa, a joint initiative of CEHaT and the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai. Dilaasa is the first public hospital based crisis intervention centre in india. it has received significant recognition nationally

and internationally. The World Health organisation, the United nation’s Development Program, and the international Federation of Health and Human rights organisations have identified it as good model. The core objective of this project is to sensitize the health sector professionals to their legal, ethical and therapeutic role in responding to gender based violence and caring for survivors through provision of health care and psychosocial services. Dilaasa has supported more than 3000 survivors since 2001.

The key elements of the Dilaasa model are informed consent, gender sensitive protocol for forensic and medical evidence, treatment, psycho-social support and chain of custody. Through its intervention research, CEHaT was able to present this as an evidence based model that could be upscaled across the country. This is in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai and is based on direct intervention in more than 150 cases of sexual assault and hands on training of over 200 doctors. The key finding from CEHaT’s work is that there usually is a loss of evidence of the criminal act of sexual assault. This loss is caused by circumstances of abuse, nature of sexual assault, and health and social interventions post assault. one of the most critical outcomes is the positive impact on healing and recovery through the establishment of psycho-social support services for survivors and their families.

During the year under review, the evidence was presented to key policy functionaries. The Planning Commission and national Mission for Empowerment of Women are looking to upscale the CEHaT model to 100 sites and have already received budgetary allocation for the same. CEHaT is also assisting the central health ministry in developing national protocols for forensic, medical and psychosocial support in case of sexual violence.

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Partner Organisations

aarohi, Uttaranchal action for Welfare research and Development Society, Madhya Pradesh aga Khan Foundation, new Delhi akshaya Helping in H.E.L.P. Trust, Tamil nadu all india Chess Federation for the

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Sama - resource group for Women and Health, new Delhi Samuha, Karnataka Sangath, a Society for Child Development and Family guidance, goa Schizophrenia research Foundation (SCraF), Tamil nadu Shanta Memorial rehabilitation Centre, odisha Shri B D Tatti (a) Memorial Charitable Trust, Karnataka Sir albert Howard Memorial Trust, Madhya Pradesh Smile Train india, new Delhi Social action for Community alternative learning - SaCaL, odisha Social Welfare agency & Training

institute (SWaTi), odisha Society for Community Health awareness research and action - SoCHara, Karnataka Society for Education Welfare and action rural (SEWa rural), gujarat Society for nutrition Education and Health action, Maharashtra Spastics Society of Karnataka, Karnataka Suraksha, odisha Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission, Maharashtra SWaTi - Society for Women’s action and Training initiatives, gujarat

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Civil Society, human rights and Governance

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OverviewThe Civil Society, Human rights and governance, portfolio, as the name suggests, covers a wide span of development issues relating to strengthening the civil society sector, ensuring critical human rights entitlements to the disenfranchised and improving accountability in governance. During the period under review, a total of 21 grants of a sanction value of ̀ 132.70 million were made in the portfolio.

The basic premise of the portfolio is the belief in the scope for proactive change by civil society actors in ensuring that every individual is ensured his / her rights as a human being and citizen of india. The Trusts support community-based and grassroot organisations to ensure that the human rights of marginalized communities are not violated and they enjoy access to public entitlements. The indian Constitution and its derivatives of laws and provisions are said to be some of the best in the world. However, they fall woefully short in implementation, particularly for the socio-economically marginalized. There is thus a wide gap at the point of conversion of Constitutional rights into entitlement for marginalised populations. The work supported by the Trusts in this portfolio aims to close the ‘entitlement loop’ comprising problem analysis, solution analysis, accessing information about provisions for solution, using prescribed processes and ensuring entitlements.

over the years, it has become clear, that the need for maximum engagement is in addressing the information asymmetry about provisions and entitlements. This is where civil society organisations have to play a role. intended beneficiaries need to be made aware of their entitlements and how they can access them. Thereafter, a wide-scale demand and wave of action can be generated among them within legal boundaries. The first instance of expressing demand is expectedly met with resistance by those who have power. Fortunately, as the demand transcends

from the local village and panchayat levels to block and district levels, the resistance reduces and instances of adherence to rule of law tend to rise. The tipping point is when the adherence to rules is institutionalised across the board and becomes the norm rather than unique exceptions resulting from beneficiaries’ struggles. This is the level which the Civil Society, Human rights and governance (CSHrg) portfolio hopes its ngo partners will enable disenfranchised communities to reach.

CSHrg portfolio has supported a large number of ngos in helping communities access constitutional entitlements related to livelihoods and food ration, under the Mahatma gandhi national rural Employment guarantee act and the Public Distribution System, respectively. Caste-based atrocities have been addressed by accessing provisions under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of atrocities) act. The appalling decline in female sex ratio has been addressed with varying degree of success through monitoring sex-selective abortions and by pressing for the implementation of Pre-Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPnDT) act. ngos have been supported to strengthen gram sabhas, the basic unit and site of rural community empowerment and to ensure their functioning according to prescribed norms of participation and accountability. Civil society action to address violence against women has continued to receive support from the Trusts. They have also supported the effort for institutional strengthening and capacity building of civil society organisations. The ultimate goal is to impact the professional strengthening of the sector for better delivery and impact of results for the marginalised. During the period under review, this area of support, broadly termed ‘Bridging institutional capacity deficits in ngos’ has been strategically enhanced.

one of the crucial and long-standing areas of support engagement of the Trusts is social work initiatives in Criminal Justice. in india, there are only a handful of

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ngos working on litigation for under-trials and convicted prisoners from marginalised communities, support to children and family of prisoners, and socio-eco-psycho rehabilitation of ex-prisoners. The ngos working in this sphere lie at the intersection of influence of multiple, reluctant and difficult stakeholders - prison authorities, policy makers, judiciary and, ironically, the criminalised population itself. During the period under review, 4 ngo partners supported by the Trusts have worked in 11 districts and have reached out to at least 5,000 prisoners with direct support for litigation and counselling. Close to 650 children of prisoners were given shelter and education support and 250 released prisoners were facilitated towards vocational training and employment. awareness and sensitisation sessions have been conducted for the judiciary, lawyers, probation officers and legal aid staff.

going forward, the Trusts propose to enhance their support to work on Criminal Justice initiatives, on violence against women and on addressing the declining female sex ratio. institutional strengthening of ngos is expected to receive major impetus pertaining to capacity building of development practitioners, boosting the supply of trained human resource to the ngo sector and technological innovations for improved programme management. Work on Dalit rights will continue to be supported at current levels. an emerging area of engagement will be ‘responsible citizenship’, taking it from a level of conceptual discussion to one of an active support agenda.

Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar Vishwavidyalaya, Delhi

Housed jointly by the School of Development Studies and School of Human Studies, and in close collaboration with Professional assistance for Development action (PraDan), Bharat ratna Dr Br ambedkar Vishwavidyalaya, new Delhi (or ambedkar University) initiated an ‘M. Phil in Development Practice’ in 2012.

The programme is premised on the supply side concern of the deficit of human resources trained for large-scale professional rural development work. The partnership between ambedkar University and PraDan synergises on their academic strength and rural practice expertise. after four years and on completion of three batches, a replicable model of education to enrich grassroots practice is expected to emerge. The end-objectives of the programme are to institutionalise in a University setting, the teaching of rural development practice and to de-institutionalise the existing format of the University (which is largely academic, urban and elite) through its close interaction with grassroots level developmental work.

What distinguishes the programme from others is that it reverses the curriculum mix of other courses where the classroom is the main site of learning and field-based work is an opportunity to apply what is learnt in theory. in this case, the classroom is a place to synthesise what is learnt through praxis in the field and to locate it within development theory. Half the course duration of 84 weeks is based in field locations, making them the locus of reference. There is a strong mentorship component handholding the students through the learning process and through the challenges of working in rural areas. This is crucial especially for those who have lived and grown up in urban settings.

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During the period under review 22 students were taken through modules covering Philosophy of development practice; gender and development; Equality, marginalization and discrimination; Understanding the rural; Qualitative research methodologies; Listening learning and communicating; reflective practice; research writing; and Experiencing the self. Field immersion work was carried out in Dindori, Dhamtari, rayagada, Hazaribagh and gumla.

Shaheen Women’s Resource and Welfare Association, Andhra PradeshSet up in 2002 to work among rioting communities of the old city area in Hyderabad, Shaheen Women’s resource and Welfare association (or Shaheen) focuses on ground interventions for women and girls of isolated communities of Muslims, Dalits and other Backward Castes (oBC). The organisation is located at Sultan Shahi, at the junction of the residential areas dominated by these three communities. in a sense, this location epitomises its work. in Shaheen’s analysis, instead of opening up closed communities to other possibilities, forces of globalisation insulate and segregate such fringe communities.

Shaheen works closely with women of the identified communities through individual-based legal counselling, education and vocational support as well as through community-based discussion forums and awareness meetings on various facets of violence against women.

With support from the Trusts, Shaheen has been able to motivate young girls to join peer groups for exchange, sharing and knowledge building on health, economic and

citizenship rights. as many as 470 girls who had discontinued schooling were motivated and enrolled in mainstream schools. around 1,000 families have been reached out to through legal aid and counselling on issues of violence against women. The illegal and oppressive practice of ‘Sheikh marriages’ has emerged as a major area of Shaheen’s engagement. Vocational skill training has been imparted to 600 women over the last 3 years. overall, the feedback from women of the communities is that Shaheen’s work has helped women find a space to interact, form associations and crucial support groups.

in the organisation’s analysis, what lies behind its achievements so far is the close connection of its staff with individual women of the community, the success in involving men in the effort to address violence against women, the relevance and efficiency provided by the organisation’s community counselling and vocational support centres.

Dalit Foundation, New Delhi Dalit Foundation was founded in 2003, primarily to provide institutional support for grassroots level Dalit activists and small organizations that have little direct access to funding their programmes and activities. Through small grants and fellowships to individuals and organizations working among Dalits, the organisation aims to build the capacity for effective grassroots interventions.

With support from the Trusts, Dalit Foundation has trained 249 leaders, nearly half of who are women, in Dalit ideology. Down the line, the leaders have ensured access to over 7,000 people to livelihood entitlement under Mahatma gandhi national rural Employment guarantee act. over 5,000 families benefitted from the Public Distribution System, nearly 1000 cases of caste-based

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atrocity and 70 cases of domestic violence were registered. 2,000 people were assisted in getting land and houses registered in their names. Large numbers of marginalised people were facilitated to gain access to social security schemes of the government. Dalit Foundation has thus been able to support young Dalit leaders to work in rural and remote areas on manifestations of caste-based marginalisation.

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adhar, odisha association for Voluntary agencies for rural Development, Delhi association of Democratic reforms, Delhi astha Sansthan, rajasthan

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in Defence of animals, Maharashtra indian School of Business, andhra

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Xavier’s institute of Management, odisha

Sadbhawana gramin Vikas Sansthan, Uttar Pradesh Sahayog Trust, Maharashtra Sakhi Trust, Karnataka Samagra Jagriti Evam Vikash

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Overviewindia is as old as the indus Valley civilization and yet how many of our heritage monuments have a conservation management plan? We have over seven hundred languages and yet how much of our folklore have we preserved? We have a culture that is vibrant and dynamic, and yet do we truly appreciate its intrinsic value? The Media, art and Culture portfolio has more than twenty five projects across india that focus on protecting and conserving cultural heritage, promoting art scholarships and building archival facilities and supporting community media projects. over the last few years, it has played a pioneering role in the field of conservation related to monuments, museums, and folklore. Each of these projects, in turn, are the first of their kind in the country and their unique impact includes transferring data for the national Policy on Conservation as well as highlights that we can make the difference in the conservation of our tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Seven new grants during the year with a sanction value of ` 195.10 million were initiated by the portfolio.

Conservation is an emerging field in india and much needs to be done if we are to preserve, restore, and conserve our cultural heritage. although a large part of our tangible heritage is with the government, due to the need of the sector, the Trusts are working to catalyse change within civil society and through public private partnerships to develop better models for conservation in india. This support has strengthened the balance between traditional and moderns methods of conservation expertise as well as increased tourism.

Conservation of nila gumbad, one of the oldest monuments in Delhi as well as dissemination of information on conservation has been undertaken by the aga Khan Trust for Culture (aKTC), an agency of the aga Khan Foundation (aKF). Understanding conservation restoration of ten kinds of materials and undertaking five research projects are a part of the art

Conservation resurgence Project at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai. Through the project, CSMVs has formed national and international collaborations to research and document the best practices in india for these materials. Both these projects in tangible heritage are the first of their kind in india and with the support of the Trusts strengthen conservation in india as well as provide livelihoods.

Folklore, a part of our intangible heritage, is disappearing rapidly with urbanisation and migration. The Tata Fellowships in Folklore has been supported through the national Folklore Support Centre (nFSC) to facilitate M. Phil level students and scholars to collaboratively work with a community elder to study and document folklore over a period of one year. During the year in review, twenty two fellowships in collaboration with fifteen Universities across india were awarded. Scholars at the

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University of London, University of oslo and the University of California, Berkeley have shown a great interest in this model and have approached nFSC to send their research scholars to the sites of fellowships to explain the success of these fellowships. The outcome of this fellowship has been encouraging as documentation of folklore in the form of photographs, audio and video has been undertaken to disseminate on a website and through a documentary film at a national level.

Conservation of intangible heritage also includes languages. The Peoples Linguistic Survey of india (PSLi) that is led by Bhasha research and Publication Centre and supported by the Trust aims at creating the first Linguistic Survey of india after george grierson’s Linguistic Survey of india in 1923. The comprehensive survey is in process and has revealed that india has presently over 780 languages as 220 languages in the last fifty years have been lost. The nation wide survey was conducted with the support of over 3,000 PSLi volunteers who collaborated with communities, writers, cultural activists, scholars of intangible heritage, practitioners of oral arts and traditions, citizens, scholars and linguists to document various languages and the history of their speakers. The portfolio also focuses on Community Media. With the support of the Trust, the Centre for Media and Culture Studies has now become a School for Media and Culture Studies at the Tata institute of Social Sciences (TiSS), Mumbai. a unique feature of the School is the close linkage between its technical and academic work that is informed by a keen sense of connection with local subaltern cultures of resistance and invention. Through a wide range of programmes, the Centre for Media Praxis, Centre for the Study of Contemporary Culture and Media archive and resource centre have become anchors to facilitate networking and dialogue on themes relating to media and cultural studies at TiSS. The School has also won 35 awards for

its documentary films at national and international film festivals.

Conservation of our cultural heritage enables us to not only protect economically valuable assets but also preserve its practices and history alongside a sense of continuity and identity. if we are to conserve our cultural heritage, we will need to create awareness of the importance of conservation, build different public private partnership models, strengthen training and capacity building, develop best practice conservation and management plans, create awareness of the importance of conservation and appreciate the expressions of the ways of living that make us unique.

Conservation of Monuments: Aga Khan FoundationThe aga Khan Foundation (aKF) through the aga Khan Trust for Culture (aKTC) has been supported by the Trusts in its work on conservation of historical monuments. Located in nizamuddin East, the Humayun’s Tomb complex and its surrounding areas cover almost 60 acres of land and include several significant monuments such as isa Khan’s tomb enclosure, arab Serai, Bu Halima’s Tomb and several monumental gateways. The project has done exceedingly well and created a meaningful impact including 100,000 man-days of work by 500 craftsmen and labourers prompted the government of india to include conservation works under nrEga, revival of several craft skills (tile making, ornamental plaster work, sandstone carving, stone masonry, and carpentry), provide a platform for conservation training to 160 archaeological Survey of india (aSi) officials and establish a Committee to redefine national Policy on Conservation.

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named after its blue dome, is one of the earliest in the Mughal era and through conservation will enable the monument to be re-linked to Humayun’s Tomb and be visited by over one million visitors annually. The conservation of Humayun’s Tomb complex is unique as it is the first of its kind and scale to shift from the established conservation policy of ‘preserve as found’ and aims towards ‘restoration of architectural character’ and ‘long term sustainability’. Wide dissemination of the learning from the Humayun’s Tomb and nila gumbad projects are crucial to developing conservation models and dialogues between conservationists, educational entities, policy makers, and donors.

The Trust is also supporting the conservation of the Quli Qutb Shahi necropolis in Hyderabad. Due to its scale, the ten year project period is divided into two five year phases. of the seventy structures, twenty of these monuments rival the greatest Mughal structures in scale and represent almost two centuries of funeral architecture in our country’s history.

Phase one has begun to conserve 10 major monuments in the Quli Qutb Shahi Tomb Complex.

Conservation in Museums: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vaastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)

The ‘art conservation resurgence Project’ is a pioneering project with a nationwide impact that aims to create and freely share reference documents for establishing standards and protocols for art conservation in the indian context. Supported by the Trusts and implemented by the CSMVS Museum art Conservation Centre, this three year project is the first of its kind in asia and has multiple collaborations in india and abroad with custodians of heritage, art conservators, fine art practitioners, scholars, and members

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Conservation of Buddhist manuscripts in Ladakh - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai in Maharastra

of the public. The getty Conservation institute, Courtauld institute, australian national Maritime Museum, international Centre for the Study of the Preservation and restoration of Cultural Property (iCCoM), australia-india Council (aiC), rathgen research Laboratory and L’Università internazionale dell’arte have also shown a keen interest in contributing towards the project.

The project has documented more than 4500 damages documented in more than 1400 object types including materials such as oil paintings, miniatures, manuscripts, sculptures in stone, wood and metal, ceramic, glass, terracotta, textiles and others. These are being catalogued into an online directory that will be available for access. The project has also undertaken

five research projects in the fields of protection of art objects from bio-deterioration, creation of a database of pigments used in indian art, monitoring of the effect of atmospheric pollutants on historical objects and artworks and identification of appropriate solvents to dissolve and remove discoloured varnishes from ancient indian artefacts.

The project is creating a strong ripple effect of conservation awareness and action in the field. Platforms for sharing are developing, conservation centres are being established across different parts of the country as a result of the workshops and trainings held through the project and a syllabus for conservation studies at a Master’s level and Pg Diploma are being developed for Universities. The latter will greatly help to create an awareness and build technical expertise to strengthen the conservation field in india.

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Partner Organisations

aga Khan Foundation, new Delhi

Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Tamil nadu

The aseema Trust, Tamil nadu The First Dastoor Meherjirana Library, gujarat The orient Foundation, Uttar Pradesh

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VBhasha research and Publication Centre, gujarat

Centre for Science and Environment, new Delhi Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Maharashtra

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a state of the art laboratory at the Tata Medical Centre Hospital - Kolkata, West Bengal

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institutions

The Massachusetts institute of Technology (MiT) founded in 1861 is the world’s leading research University whose mission is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship. it works on the core principle that research and education should be relevant to social challenges and needs.

in addition to its various ongoing programs and initiatives, MiT has been keen to create a centre for technology and design dedicated to addressing quality of life issues in a resource constrained country like india. The activities of this Centre would focus on building a cadre of engineering professionals geared to apply their knowledge to address such issues and conducting research projects focused on finding affordable technology solutions for the same.

For example, technology can address the problem faced by most indian homes of maintaining the water pressure. MiT research has shown that a robust mechanical device can be built which can create adequate water pressure without having to siphon water from the mains. Similarly, waste plastic which is mixed in with recycled magazines, books, and cartons can be recycled to convert it into fuel oil thereby reducing environmental pollution.

Viewing this as an opportunity to benefit from research which makes available affordable technologies adapted to suit the needs of a country like ours, during the year, the Trust extended donation support to MiT towards the programs of the Centre.

a Tata Fellow researching water pressure in domestic water supply systems a Tata Fellow researching environment friendly recycling of plastic waste

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The Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, which was formally inaugurated in May 2011 is focussed on providing care to cancer patients especially from the north and north Eastern regions of india as well as neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, nepal and Bhutan. This 167 bed facility provides a wide spectrum of services ranging from diagnosis, therapy to rehabilitation and palliative support in the treatment of cancer.

a multi disciplinary disease management team is complemented by state of the art equipment and support services of medical

social workers, psychiatrists, rehabilitation services, stoma care and prosthetics. ngos and other voluntary organisations provide support by way of counselling and financial aid.

Being the only dedicated oncology centre in the region, the hospital today serves as many as 450 to 600 outpatients, 70-75 day care patients and 100 -105 inpatients every day. on account of the overwhelming patient response, the hospital is in the process of finalising expansion plans for upgrading it to a 257 bed facility with added services.

The bustling front office at the Tata Medical Centre Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal

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Many patients and their families who travel great distances to avail of treatment at the hospital are faced with the problem of accommodation. To address this need, a facility named the “Premashraya” which can house 250-300 patients and their families, is under construction and expected to be ready by 2014.

The hospital is also working towards developing a solid platform for clinical, laboratory and translational research in oncology and proposes to set up a translational research centre in the near future.

Day Care Ward at the Tata Medical Centre Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal

Partner Organisations

Harvard Business School, USa

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Massachusetts institute of Technology, USa

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national institute of advanced Studies, Karnataka

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individualGrants - Medical

a child being cared for at the Shree Krishna Hospital, Karmasad in gujarat

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a patient undergoing advanced radiotherapy at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Financial assistance is extended by the Trust to meet the cost of medical treatment, both directly as well as through a network of medical social workers attached to hospitals. While a wide range of illnesses come within the support coverage of the Trust, as in the previous year, 50 % of the total grant outlay of ` 34.35 million related to treatment costs of cancer, cardiac and kidney patients. During the year, the Trust stepped up support for cochlear implant surgeries which are expensive and need to be carried out at a young age for the same to be most effective. This accounted for 28% of the total outlay. The year also saw the Trust formally linking with Christian Medical College, Vellore to support the treatment costs of trauma patients and with the national Burns Centre, airoli, for support to burns cases.

The Trust continued its revolving fund arrangement with Tata Memorial Hospital by supporting start up treatment costs of pediatric cancer patients, with 130 of them being covered by this fund during the year. The Shree Krishna Hospital (managed by Charutar arogya Mandal) a rural hospital based in Karmasad, gujarat, was also extended revolving fund support during the year, to meet part of the treatment costs of pediatric cardiac and cancer patients from the poor socio economic background. as at the year end, the fund was utilized to assist 12 children.

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individual Grants - education and Travel

J n Tata Scholar Ms ria Sen at her graduation Ceremony - London School of Economics and Political Sciences, U.K

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The financial assistance extended by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the allied Trusts can be broadly categorised under the heads:

Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships)

Means Based grants

Travel grants

Merit Scholarships (including loan scholarships) - Scholarships are given for graduation and post graduation studies in india subject to the eligibility criteria based on merit. Scholarships are also given for supporting research in leukaemia and blood related diseases and towards the alleviation of human suffering from other diseases. Loan scholarships are given to pursue post graduate studies abroad and these scholars also have an opportunity of availing a gift award and a travel grant for their studies abroad.

During the year scholarships amounting to ` 201.50 million were awarded; of which ` 41.17 million were in the nature of loan scholarships.

Means Based Grants - The Trust also extends financial assistance by way of Means Based grants which take into account the economic background of the applicant. grants aggregating to ` 5.26 million were given under this program during the year.

Travel Grants - Travel grants are mainly given for pursuing studies abroad and for participation in advanced training programmes and workshops. During the year ` 5.39 million was given by way of travel grants.

Ms Sujata nair pursuing her Master’s degree in occupational Therapy - State University of new York, Buffalo, U.S.a

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` in million

TrUSTS 2011-2012 2012-2013

inDiViDUaL inST./ngoS ToTaL inDiViDUaL inST./ngos ToTaL

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 60.16 656.40 56.72 768.86

The JrD Tata Trust 65.90 64.38 72.57 57.32

Jamsetji Tata Trust 31.98 1,455.14 40.28 1,444.94

rD Tata Trust - 62.14 - 69.71

Tata Education Trust - 117.78 - 121.48

Tata Social Welfare Trust - 118.65 - 127.45

The JrD & Thelma J Tata Trust - 5.21 - 1.45

The J. n. Tata Endowment 34.75 - 41.17 -

Lady Tata Memorial Trust 32.61 9.68 35.76 9.32

Total 225.40 2,489.38 2,714.78 246.50 2,600.53 2,847.03

US $ in million 4.42 48.81 53.23 4.56 48.16 52.72

(1 US $ = ` 51) (1 US $ = ` 54)

OverviewThe Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and allied Trusts disbursed a total of ` 2,847.03 million in 2012-2013, an increase of 5% over the disbursement of ` 2,714.78 million in the previous year.

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The Trusts support a large number of ngos working in the six thematic areas for which the Trusts extend financial assistance, namely natural resource Management and rural Livelihoods (includes relief ); Urban Poverty and Livelihoods; Education; Health; Civil Society, Human rights and governance and Media, art and Culture. The total grant outlay ` 1,898.15 million was 2% higher than the previous year.

non governmental organisations (ngos) individuals institutions

institutions include both Tata Trust Promoted institutions (those that have been given seed support by the Trusts and on which the Trusts have a representative on the institution’s board/governing council) and those that have been established with multiple donor support. also covered are scientific institutions in india which are given grants to encourage original research in diseases of the blood and other diseases to alleviate human suffering.

The grants disbursed to institutions in 2012 - 2013 amounted to ` 754.10 million as compared to ` 856.09 million in 2011-2012.

* In cases where the percentage is below 1% the relevant sector has not been represented in the above charts.

allocation to the ngo Sector 2011-2012 ` 1,869.78 million (US $ 36.66 million)

allocation to the ngo Sector 2012-2013 ` 1,898.15 million (US $ 35.15 million)

40%

5%

19% 20%

12%

3%0%

9%

3% 1%

46%

8%

16% 18%

natural resource Management and rural Livelihoods

Urban Poverty and Livelihoods

Education Health Civil Society, Human rights and governance

Media, art and Culture

relief

The distribution of the grants over these thematic areas is given below:

Total grant allocations 2012-2013*` 2,847.03 million (US $ 52.72 million)

26%

9% 65%

Total grant allocations 2011-2012*` 2,714.78 million (US $ 53.23 million)

31%

8%61%

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Disbursement of individual Education and Medical grants

` 246.50 million (US$ 4.56 million) 2012-2013

Medical Education

Disbursement of individual Education and Medical grants

` 225.40 million (US$ 4.42 million) 2011-2012

Financial assistance is extended to deserving individuals for education, travel and medical treatment. in education, assistance takes the form of loan scholarship for studies abroad, scholarships for studies in india including research studies for specific purposes and educational grants. Travel grants are given for studies abroad, as well as for specialized advanced training and workshops. Medical grants are given to individuals to meet the cost of hospitalization, surgery and follow-up treatment. in 2012-2013, the individual grants totaled ` 246.50 million, an increase of 9% over the previous year’s ` 225.40 million.

878.87 849.09

1,289.38

716.56825.58

2,021.45

1,711.55

2,080.76 2,009.01 1,998.22

2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

SDTT

allied Trusts

Disbursements over 5 years (` in million)

12%

88%

14%

86%

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Since the inception of the Trusts, the disbursements towards the objects of the Trusts, as laid out in the Trust Deeds, have steadily increased.

Funds Disbursed since Inception

` in million

Decades Spanning the financial years SDTT aT Total

From To

1 1891-92 1900-01 - 0.25 0.25

2 1901-02 1910-11 - 0.29 0.29

3 1911-12 1920-21 - 0.19 0.19

4 1921-22 1930-31 - 0.40 0.40

5 1931-32 1940-41 5.34 0.51 5.85

6 1941-42 1950-51 11.75 1.68 13.43

7 1951-52 1960-61 17.75 2.86 20.61

8 1961-62 1970-71 21.84 6.71 28.55

9 1971-72 1980-81 40.40 15.77 56.17

10 1981-82 1990-91 86.96 37.69 124.65

11 1991-92 2000-01 1,041.35 458.84 1,500.19

12 2001-02 2010-11 7,271.48 9,528.23 16,799.71

13 2011-12 2012-13 1,542.14 4,019.67 5,561.81

Total 10,039.01 14,073.09 24,112.10

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Financial Statements for Sir Dorabji Tata TrustSources of Funds

as at 31.3.2012

Particulars

as at 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

1,250.00 24.51 36.21 Trust Fund 1,250.00 23.15 26.71

2,192.10 42.98 63.50 reserves and other Funds 3,416.17 63.26 73.00

10.13 0.20 0.29 Sundry Liabilities and Provisions 13.29 0.25 0.29

3,452.23 67.69 100.00 4,679.46 86.66 100.00

application of Funds

as at 31.3.2012

Particulars

as at 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

40.83 0.80 1.18 Fixed assets 63.05 1.17 1.35

2,858.98 56.06 82.82 investments 4,168.00 77.19 89.07

552.42 10.83 16.00 other assets 448.41 8.30 9.58

3,452.23 67.69 100.00 4,679.46 86.66 100.00

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income

For the year ended 31.3.2012

Particulars

For the year ended 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

989.24 19.40 75.77 Dividend 1,044.50 19.34 77.16

316.20 6.20 24.22 interest 308.32 5.71 22.77

0.02 - - Donations / grants - - -

0.11 - 0.01 Sundries 0.89 0.02 0.07

1,305.57 25.60 100.00 1,353.71 25.07 100.00

Expenditure

For the year ended 31.3.2012

Particulars

For the year ended 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

727.79 14.27 55.75 Expenditure on objects of the Trust (including grant related expenses)

841.05 15.58 62.13

53.97 1.06 4.13 administration expenses 67.55 1.25 4.99

523.81 10.27 40.12 Surplus for the year transferred to the Balance Sheet

445.11 8.24 32.88

1,305.57 25.60 100.00 1,353.71 25.07 100.00

(1 US $ = ` 51 as on 31st March 2012)(1 US $ = ` 54 as on 31st March 2013)

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Consolidated Financial Statements for Allied TrustsSources of Funds

as at 31.3.2012

Particulars

as at 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

18,235.01 357.55 58.26 Trust Fund and Endowment Fund 18,305.16 338.98 56.68

13,063.47 256.15 41.73 reserves and other Funds 13,987.99 259.04 43.31

2.68 0.05 0.01 Sundry Liabilities and Provisions 3.24 0.06 0.01

31,301.16 613.75 100.00 32,296.39 598.08 100.00

application of Funds

as at 31.3.2012

Particulars

as at 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

0.70 0.01 - Fixed assets 0.57 0.01 -

28,843.70 565.56 92.15 investments 30,524.30 565.26 94.51

2,456.76 48.18 7.85 Current assets, Loans and advances 1,771.52 32.81 5.49

31,301.16 613.75 100.00 32,296.39 598.08 100.00

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income

For the year ended 31.3.2012

Particulars

For the year ended 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

2,503.21 49.08 79.57 Dividend 2,514.19 46.56 81.66

564.43 11.07 17.94 interest 543.47 10.06 17.66

4.46 0.09 0.14 Sundries 1.96 0.04 0.06

15.73 0.31 0.50 repayments from Scholars 19.07 0.35 0.62

58.14 1.14 1.85 Tax refunds - - -

3,145.97 61.69 100.00 3,078.69 57.01 100.00

Expenditure

For the year ended 31.3.2012

Particulars

For the year ended 31.3.2013

` in million

US $ in million

% ` in million

US $ in million

%

2,010.22 39.42 63.90 Expenditure on objects of the Trust (including grant related expenses)

2,034.67 37.68 66.09

64.49 1.26 2.05 administration expenses 71.59 1.32 2.32

1,071.26 21.01 34.05 Surplus for the year transferred to the Balance Sheet

972.43 18.01 31.59

3,145.97 61.69 100.00 3,078.69 57.01 100.00

(1 US $ = ` 51 as on 31st March 2012)(1 US $ = ` 54 as on 31st March 2013)

acknowledgements The Trusts are grateful to:

our grantees for the project photographs used in the annual report and to external consultants who have conducted reviews and assessments.

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Hand painting designed by Mr Suhas Shewale of Ekjut and painted by the children at the creche, in village Khuntpani, Jharkhand.

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Children being cared for at a crèche - Public Health resource Society, ranchi in Jharkhand

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