Community Outreach ( CSRD & RS )
Centre for Sustainable Rural Development & Research Studies
Date of Establishment: 1st December, 2005
Inaugurated-by : Bharat Ratna Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India
Presided by: Dr.G.Viswanathan
Inaugurated-by : Bharat Ratna Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India
Presided by: Dr.G.Viswanathan
VISION: To improve the quality of the life of rural people by meeting their rudimentary needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations through participative planning and implementation of sustainable practices and improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in the rural area.
MISION: Promote and implement the sustainable rural development practices through participative planning, education, capacity building, effective networking, research techniques, and knowledge management through innovative methods to enlight the rural community for self – reliant rural development.
MISION: Promote and implement the sustainable rural development practices through participative planning, education, capacity building, effective networking, research techniques, and knowledge management through innovative methods to enlight the rural community for self – reliant rural development.
Extension Works:
- Adoption of villages for holistic development.
- Entrepreneurship development activities for unemployed youth and SHGs
- Skill Development and Women Empowerment
- Livelihood development activities linked to economic development
- Access to Higher education for all
- School Infrastructure cum environmental development initiatives in Government schools
- Agriculture and allied activities to promote organic farming
- Promotion of health and sanitation in rural areas
- Green Vellore- Afforestation
- Clean River Palar Rejuvenation
- Credit linkage to Tribal Farmers for holistic development
- Digital & Financial literacy programme for school children
Where We Work
Vellore District
Tiruvannamalai District
Ranipet District
Tiruppattur District
Our Partners
- Ministry of Human Resource and Development - UBA.2.0 - Govt.of India
- DST –NIMAT – Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India - Gujarat
- National Research Development Corporation – New Delhi
- National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development– NABARD
- National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - (ni-msme) – Govt.of India
- MSME – Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India
- State Planning Commission (SPC) – Govt of Tamil Nadu
- District Panchayat / District Planning Cell (DPC) - Vellore and Tiruvannamalai
- Entrepreneurship Development and Innovative Institute (EDII), Govt. of Tamil Nadu
- Indian Bank Self Employment Training Institute (INDSETI)
- Tamil Nadu Corporation For Development of Women (TNCDW - Mahalir Thittam)
- Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission (TNSRLM)
- District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) – Vellore and Tiruvannamalai District
- District School Education Department ( DSED)
- District Industrial Centre (DIC) – Vellore
- District Forest Department - Vellore
- ICAR – KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA (KVK) – Vellore
