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Articles on Trust projects

Growing up right

The Communication Deall (Communication Developmental Eclectic Approach to Language Learning) Trust conducts a unique, indigenously-developed programme for children with developmental language disorders
A sustainable ray of hope

The Tata trusts have been working to help improve the agricultural practices of farmers in India
The healing touch

Mammen Chandy, director, Tata Medical Center, talks about the goals the center aims to achieve when it opens in October 2010
Bridging scientific boundaries

The Muktangan Exploratory Science Centre aims to foster appreciation for the sciences in young minds through the spirit of scientific discovery
Rooted in the wild

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (Atree) was established in 1996 with the vision of conserving the environment and promoting sustainable development
Rural sanitation (a Sir Dorabji Tata Trust initiative)

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) endeavours to improve the health and hygiene standards of communities
Increasing food production (a Sir Dorabji Tata Trust initiative)

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust has supported the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) in its attempt to implement an innovative pilot project to combat land degradation
Livelihoods, land and water usage (a Sir Dorabji Tata Trust initiative)

The NM Sadguru Water and Development Foundation has helped improve the socioeconomic condition of nearly 224,830 households through its work in the sphere of land and water use
Horticulture promotion (a Sir Dorabji Tata Trust initiative)

Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (Srijan) focuses on horticulture promotion and works with marginal farmers in Madhya Pradesh
Making every drop count

Since 2002, Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) has supported a total of 23 community-managed watershed projects which comprise soil and water conservation works, household and irrigation water supply works, fodder development and agricultural demonstrations, and also introduce farmers to the Systems of Rice Intensification method of paddy cultivation.
Enabling a dream education

The JN Tata Endowment, since its inception in 1892, has been enabling India’s brightest minds to shine brighter
Charity with clarity

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts has been redefining itself and its funding philosophy in recent times. What has remained constant is its commitment to community and country
His father’s son

Dorab Tata was a business magnate and an aesthete, a sports lover and an altruist, but it is as the executor of Jamsetji Tata’s pioneering vision that he is best remembered
Tata trust strengthens Cornell’s ties to India, and to eminent alumnus, with $50 million endowment

Cornell University receives an endowment of $50 million from the Tata Education and Development Trust, a philanthropic entity of India’s Tata Group
Where the mind is without fear

The Bapu Trust for Research on Mind and Discourse is striving to create a more humane mental healthcare system through advocacy and research
PRADAN: A helping hand

The Sir Ratan Tata Trust, together with the NGOs CInI and PRADAN is helping tribals in Jharkhand strengthen their existing sources of livelihood and is also exploring new avenues for their development
All for a cause

The belief that the business of business is to create wealth for the progress of the nation and the well being of the community is the fundamental principle on which the Tata Group has been built. It is this lodestar that has guided the Group’s social development
A happy homecoming

In keeping with its promise to the people of Nagapattinam, devastated by the killer tsunami that hit the Tamil Nadu coast in 2004, the Tata Group has helped rebuild not only their homes but also their lives
Beyond warp and weft

By weaving new designs and corporate learnings into an age-old tradition, Dastkar Andhra has successfully infused new life into weavers' communities and empowered them to have a stronger standing in modern markets
A second chance

The Foundation for Education and Development through its Doosra Dashak project is changing the lives of millions of adolescents in rural Rajasthan
Breaking new ground

Jan Swasthya Sahyog is responding to the healthcare challenges in rural India. An innovative approach and sustained intervention is the key to its success
For their tomorrows

The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), one of the oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organisations in India, celebrates 75 years of dedication to nation-building activities. The trustees of the SDTT have always maintained that the real heroes are the people who work on the field, with the community, for the community, at the grassroots
Water of life

The Sadguru Foundation shows by example that grassroots-level developmental programmes work best when the NGO bridges the community-government gap
Movement among the grassroots

Over the past 25 years, SRUTI’s Fellows have been developing community initiatives to leverage a better life for the marginalised sections of our society
A rural revolution

Pathbreaking work by TISS is dramatically altering one area of Maharashtra's rural landscape. Both faculty and students of the TISS School of Rural Development have initiated a series of measures that could change life in the villages forever
Building a new life

Nirman, an NGO supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is working to improve the lot of construction workers through skill development, health and education programmes
Three Rs for a smile

Muskaan, with the help of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, is rehabilitating children in the urban slums of Bhopal through holistic, sustainable and collaborative initiatives
Giving wing to young imaginations

Sutradhar, supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is making learning fun for young children by integrating traditional materials with innovative new teaching techniques
The cycle of life

In the backward tribal hamlets of Jharkhand, the Child In Need Institute is working to nurture a healthier, happier new generation
A feeling for healing

Funded by Tata Trusts, the Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions is recording, examining and reviving traditional medicinal practices, to preserve and systematise India's indigenous medical knowledge systems
Beyond the bounds of gender

The Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan (KMVS), with assistance from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, has made the tribal women of Gujarat the pilots of their own destiny with its empowerment initiatives
Hills of hope

The degeneration of their natural environment has caused the people of the western Himalayas great hardship. The Himmothan Pariyojana, a partnership between the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and a number of committed grassroots organisations, is an important attempt to revitalise these communities through a multidisciplinary effort
Rising after the deluge

The July 2005 Mumbai floods wreaked havoc on the city and its people. In response, various Tata Group organisations have come together to offer a helping hand to those affected by the devastation
Building homes, building lives

Nine months after the tsunami struck, TRC's reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts are still going strong
Each according to ability

Of the initiatives sustained by the Tata Relief Committee in tsunami-hit Tamil Nadu, what is indeed commendable is the way in which different Tata enterprises have pooled disparate skills to actualise a common aim
Getting started

Drawing on people and resources from across the Group, the Tata Relief Committee has been working overtime to help rehabilitate those devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami
Immediate relief

TRC's efforts in the tsunami-hit districts of Tamil Nadu has helped battered people get back on their feet
The people story

Volunteers worked overtime to help in the distribution of relief material in the tsunami-hit districts of Tamil Nadu. According to Capt Rao, "The Tata Group is the only corporate house that is still working in the region."
Permanent rehabilitation

Permanent rehabilitation of those devastated by the tsunami was the biggest challenge, which meant not just undoing the damage done, but improving the quality of life of the affected. The Tata Relief Committee clearly understood this imperative
The collector's testimonial

"Taking up relief at ground zero of the tsunami is that much more challenging, but TRC has shown staying power and has been accepted by the community."
Wave of relief

The Tata initiative to help India's tsunami victims was directed through the Tata Relief Committee — the vehicle through which the collective resources of the Group are used to organise relief in the wake of natural disasters
Cracking the culture of silence

Anandi's endeavours in rural Gujarat have given voice to marginalised women, helping them demolish gender barriers and build more meaningful lives
Minstrel in the mountains

The inequities inflicted by poverty have placed a heavy burden on people and land in the Himalayas. The Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation has been working overtime to lighten this load
We shall overcome

Help, rather than handouts, is the idea powering Saath Saath, an innovative initiative that provides productive work to young adults with disabilities
From rehab to rebirth

The Tata Relief Committee's initiative to help those devastated by the Gujarat earthquake is a shining example of altruism, partnership and commitment
Candle in the dark

Arth's efforts to deliver healthcare in Rajasthan have been a panacea for poor communities battling to cope with disease and debilitation
Hope in the hills

The appropriately named Atree has been working with the Soliga tribal community to reverse the damage done to the ecologically fragile BR Hills region near Mysore
A matter of minds

Compassion and professional expertise form the balm that Banyan applies to nurture homeless mentally ill women back to normality
Rekindling the lamp of learning

The Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi is back on track with its social transformation crusade, a remarkable endeavour that has lifted 140 million Indians out of illiteracy
The case for civility

The target is youth and the change agent is the Centre for Civil Society, an unusual organisation that is stretching every sinew to unshackle India from the bureaucratic chains
Spinning success

Weaving cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh have found a friend in Dastkar, an organisation that is employing innovative marketing strategies to reinvigorate the handloom heritage
Succour for soldiers

The Tata Defence Welfare Corpus, set up in the wake of the Kargil war, helps Indian soldiers maimed in combat rebuild their lives, thus repaying, in some small measure, the debt of gratitude we owe our fighting men
Wealth in our villages

Why should the poor be deprived of the best expertise? The Dhan Foundation believes that rural development requires a professional approach rather than a do-gooder mentality
Getting out of the woods

Community forestry has proven to be a powerful tool in the preservation and regeneration of India's fast-diminishing forest tracts. Thanks to backing from the Dorabji Tata Trust, this concept now has an improved chance of succeeding
Oasis rising

Icrisat's 'small is beautiful' approach and partnership methodology have sown the seeds of agrarian renewal in many semi-arid regions in India and elsewhere
Sight to behold

The Tata Agricultural and Rural Training Centre for the Blind does much more than provide vocational training to sightless students. It heals their spirit and instills in them the vision to take on the world
Water way to go

The water warriors of the Tata Water Policy Research Programme, a partnership involving the International Water Management Institute and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, are fighting to avert a water catastrophe in India
The pink of rural healthcare

Medical treatment used to spell debt or death for the tribal communities of Bilaspur district before the Jan Swasthya Sahyog began bringing health and hope to the beleaguered
Closing the learning chasm

A dedicated group of educationists in Goa is helping children with learning difficulties keep up with their peers in school — and rediscover their self-esteem
Songs of redemption

Prayas, an organisation that works with under-trial prisoners and within the criminal justice system, is bringing a bit of sunshine into previously bleak lives
Giving the good earth a chance

Rural Communes, a voluntary organisation, has struck a chord with its bid to turn the clock back on environmental disaster in Maharashtra's Raigad district
The comfort of strangers

Saathi, a non-governmental organisation supported by the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, has arranged happy homecomings for numerous lost and runaway children
The tais of Parinche

Semi-literate women spreading the healthcare message — that's the approach in an innovative project run by the Foundation for Research in Community Health
Sturdy when wet

Water was a scarce commodity in the Bhoire-Khurd village before a non-governmental organisation supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust stepped in to save the day
Surviving life

Support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the JRD Tata Trust is helping two institutions in Mumbai lend a caring hand to the mentally disabled and the elderly
Of moos and embryos

The BAIF Development Research Foundation, with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is translating the message of rural development into action
Under the shade of the Banyan

Banyan’s unstinting efforts, is putting a smile on the faces of several Nirmalas, giving them a life beyond the confines of mental illness, and ensuring that society accepts them once again as normal women
No place like home

For the homeless and lost child on the railway platforms, Sathi is a real friend
Making a water mark

Thanks to the WOTR efforts in Bhoire-Khurd, the rain-shadow region of Ahmednagar water has brought in a revolution
Communing with nature

The Dorabji Tata Trust is supporting Rural Communes, a voluntary organisation, in helping villages in Maharashtra's Raigad district turn the clock back on environmental disaster
A matter of trusts

A substantial part of the profits of Tata Sons, the parent company of the Tata Group, goes to the Tata trusts, which in turn have established national institutions of research and learning, and financed a host of projects. RM Lala profiles the personalities behind some of these trusts