Rahul Nainwal Co-Founder, India Fellow Programme In my opinion, social media is one the best things to have happened in the last 10 years or so. It has given voices to the voiceless. At the same time, I feel empowered to share with a larger audience what I feel or do. This was virtually impossible…
Taking further its objective of enhancing grassroots organisations’ online presence, visibility and reach, DEF’s eNGO Programme organised a two-day Multi Stakeholder Capacity Building and Skill Development Workshop in Chandigarh on June 23-24, 2016. Held at the Punjab University campus, the workshop saw a mix of around 75 participants representing NGOs, panchayats and academicians taking keen…
Most of the villagers of Jakhnikhal in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand fall above the poverty line and belong to the general category. However, they don’t earn enough to be able to afford grains and other food items at market price.
Twenty-two-year-old Malhar Indulkar lives on the banks of Vashishti in Maharashtra’s coastal Konkan region. When he realized that industrial waste and pollutants were affecting the river’s fauna, he put his energies into conserving otters which eat up sick fish, thereby restricting the spread of infections. A man in his early 30s, Brijendra Prajapati, is trying…
#45 The Elrhino Effect: 52 Parindey#44 Saving wildlife to save mankind: 52 Parindey#43 If you are happy and you know it, plant a tree: 52 Parindey#41 All the world’s a stage: 52 Parindey#40 Soil holds our past, present and future: 52 Parindey#39 Our future is in the hands of our traditional food: 52 Parindey#36 Saving…
FCRA FUNDS RECD. QRTR ENDING 31-03-2026 Funder summary for the period 1st January to 31st March 2026 FCRA FUNDS RECD. QRTR ENDING 31-12-2025 Funder summary for the period 1st October to 31st December 2025 FCRA FUNDS RECD. QRTR ENDING 30-09-2025 Funder summary for the period 1st July to 30th September 2025 FCRA…
There is a huge market in rural India for refurbished digital devices
Raghav Mahto was 20 when I first met him in 2006. He was from a small village in Mansoorpur in Bihar’s Vaishali district. His house is hardly 10km from the famous Vishwa Shanti Stupa. He belongs to the Kumhar caste classified under other backward classes. He has not studied beyond Class II; yet, Mahto has…
Digital Bharat: A mobile impact case study Kisan Sanchar was the winner of Mobile for Good Awards in 2012. It is an interactive platform for scientists, agricultural experts and institutions for sharing their technology and knowledge with the registered subscribers i.e. farmers who have willingly opted for the mobile information service. The Kisan Sanchar knowledge…
The Manthan Award This programmatic area addresses the goal of creating the knowledge network and database needed to know about best practices in the field of ICT for Development, which is DEF’s chosen area of work given its broad mandate of digital inclusion flowing from its mission and vision statements. All projects in this area…