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Solar Powered Quarantine Centres in Ukhrul, Manipur | COVID-19 Innovation

Context With rapid increase in the cases of COVID19 infected persons in India, while in March/April the disease’s spread was limited to the main cities, the virus has now increasingly started reaching the remote parts of the country. This has resulted in straining the health infrastructure, a key concern being the more under- developed and […]

Solar Powered Walk-in Sample Kiosk in Kundapura, Karnataka | Covid-19 Innovation

Context India has seen a rapid increase in the cases of COVID-19 infected persons, reporting almost 90,000 confirmed cases on 16th May 2020. Each state in the country has been responding depending on its context. Some states have had success in flattening the curve and see the cases in decline with every passing day, whereas […]

Provisional Stores and Solar Powered Refrigerators | Stories Of Resilience

Context Mr. Parameshwaraih is an entrepreneur based out of Kalenahalli village, Gubbi Taluk, Tumkur District, Karnataka. He is a different abled person of humble background who has been running a business since the last 20 years. With support of his wife and other family members he runs a small provision store which caters to the […]

Koraput Livelihood Centre | Stories of Resilience

Context Koraput is a remote district in the state of Odisha with a predominantly tribal population. Kanjariguda is a village in Lakshmipur block of Koraput district which is very remote with tribal communities engaged in agriculture and NTFPs. The main crops grown in this region are rice and ragi. To access basic services people in […]

Decentralised Rice Milling Unit in Odisha | Stories of Resilience

Context Nabarangpur is a district in Odisha with the city of Nabarangpur being the district headquarters. The district has a majority of tribal population who are involved in agricultural activities and NTFP produce. Harsha Trust visualized impressive growth in paddy production in their operational area of Kosagumuda Village in Nabarangpur district through improved paddy production […]

Tailoring Training Centre, Converts into a Mask Production Centre | Stories of Resilience

CONTEXT Priscilla Centre, a training cum production centre for women based in Guwahati, Assam works with women, school-dropouts, widowed women from the states of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and other neighbouring states on skill training. They conduct two year training programs post which the women who graduate are linked to other advanced skill training institutes. One […]