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Health

Healthcare

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  • Dedicated health officers are making quality care more accessible in rural Madhya Pradesh.
    Supporting Grassroot Healthcare Workers

    Pratima Singh, a Community Health Officer, has led a healthcare transformation in Amdi, Madhya Pradesh, by achieving National Quality ...

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  • The Sanjeevan Palliative Care team supports families with essential medical supplies, easing their financial burden during challenging times.
    Rewriting the Narrative in Ganesh’s Story

    Four years after an accident left him paraplegic, Ganesh, a resident of Puducherry, has regained confidence in life, ...

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  • Enhancing Patient Care through Digital Solutions

    Patients of Durg, Chhattisgarh, now have better healthcare, thanks to the National Non-Communicable Disease portal and the training imparted ...

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Nutrition

Nutrition

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  • A Mother’s Journey to Better Nutrition

    Struggling to provide nutritious meals for her children on a limited income, Nookaratnam from Pedapadu, Andhra Pradesh, found a ...

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  • The community members greatly benefitted from the increased nutrient value in the fortified rice received through the PDS
    Tackling ‘hidden hunger’ in Andhra Pradesh

    Tata Trusts’ rice fortification programme is bridging key nutrition deficiencies in Andhra Pradesh

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  • Pallavi being weighed at home by the AAA team, comprising the anganwadi worker, accredited social health activist and auxiliary nurse midwife
    AAA warriors unite to combat malnutrition

    Anganwadi workers, accredited social health activists and auxiliary nurse midwives — these are the AAA team whose concerted efforts ...

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education

Education

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  • Awakening Critical Thinking in Young Minds

    Students in Daman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli are discovering a newfound love for books after a Tata ...

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  • Students in Assam encounter numerous obstacles that often prevent them from completing their education
    Bringing children back to school in Assam

    An educational intervention by the Tata Trusts ensures that nothing comes in the way of children in Assam completing ...

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  • Illustrator Abira Bandhopadhyay
    Abira illustrates her dream career

    Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative and Riyaaz Academy were the inspiration for Abira Bandhopadhyay, who found a life path through ...

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WaSH

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  • Advancing Menstrual Health in Rural Sasna

    From ignorance to awareness, Gopal’s journey began when his wife Sheela’s silent struggles with menstrual health prompted him to ...

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  • Renu Devi
    Transcending the Norms

    With support from Tata Trusts’ Jal Jeevan Mission, Renu Devi became a water quality monitor, ensuring safe drinking water ...

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  • Artificial glaciers have emerged as a sustainable solution to resolve growing water shortages in arid Ladakh
    Artificial Glaciers: A Lifeline in the Cold Desert of Ladakh

    By building 13 artificial glaciers in villages like Tarchit, the Tata Trusts, along with Himmothan Society, have created water ...

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livelihood

Livelihood

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  • Rajyawas village’s Sarita Kunwar has learnt to optimise cattle feed for better yields after training under the Asha milk collective
    Hope springs anew for marginal dairy farmers with ‘Asha’

    Dairy farmer Sarita Kunwar has a higher income and healthier cattle after joining the Asha Mahila Milk Producer Company, ...

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  • Weaving the Tapestry of Transformation

    Pratibha Kalita has leveraged the technical, design and business training provided by the Antaran initiative to set up her ...

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  • Rekha Devi with her goats
    Cultivating secure futures in remote Jharkhand

    In remote parts of Jharkhand, a Tata Trusts' initiative equips vulnerable tribal families with agricultural skills, fostering a path ...

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Migration and Urban Habitat

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  • Residents of Kathagada Parbatia Sahi Slum, Dhenkanal, Odisha, in the newly developed open space within their slum
    Slums transformed

    Residents of Kathagada Parbatia Sahi slums in Odisha join hands with Tata Trusts and Jaga Mission to upgrade and ...

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  • Kalta and her friends, children of brick kiln workers, busy at their pre-school class at a Udaan centre
    Quality of life improves one brick at a time

    Mothers, infants and children at Rajasthan’s brick kilns access health services, meals and care through Tata Trusts’ Udaan Kendras

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  • A happy day for the Ansaris when they can leave the shelter – they can now live a life of dignity
    A sanctuary for the homeless

    The Tata Trusts’ Urban Habitat portfolio, with the Surat Municipal Corporation, under the National Urban Livelihood Mission, is enabling ...

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Digital Transformation

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  • Shri Abdul Sattar, Guardian Minister for Dhule district and Minister of State for Revenue and Rural Development, inaugurating an authorised support price purchase shop at Sillod, Maharashtra
    Simplifying business processes for the agriculture sector

    The Tata Trusts’ EPP app supports farmers and governments both —  by recording real-time crop status data with greater ...

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  • From pickles to popcorn, Asiya sells her products through the Internet
    A friend to Asiya, the determined entrepreneur

    The Internet Saathi initiative gave Asiya the confidence to diversify her little business on the Internet

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  • Ragini teaching Madhubani painting art to other women in her village
    From village to the world wide web

    Ragini Kumari learns to sell her Mithila paintings online, a first for her village, and inspires women to break ...

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Social Justice and Inclusion

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  • Confident and independent youngsters who have been supported by the Tata Trusts’ Aftercare Outreach Programme
    The road to self-reliance

    The Tata Trusts’ Aftercare Outreach Programme provides guidance support to young adults leaving the alternative care system, and gives ...

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  • Justice for the forgotten
    Justice for the forgotten

    The Tata Trusts’ intervention in the field of social justice helps to redress the issues faced by victims of ...

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environment

Environment and Energy

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  • The dried-up lake pre-intervention
    Sustainable solutions for perennial water woes

    Jhaltola Lake, once a marshy watering hole for animals, is today a source of potable water for communities in ...

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  • Ms Memtombi and her husband at their weaving workshop in Manipur
    Sustainable alternatives for brighter futures

    A Tata Trusts project in Manipur is enhancing economic growth through renewable energy

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  • Hardeep Singh Brar at work on his farm
    Straw tales: How crop residue management turns stubble into a valuable input

    Air pollution, soil health and farm labour – the Happy Seeder initiative provides solutions to all three challenges

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Skill Development

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  • Varshita is living her dream as a cybersecurity personnel
    Trained to thrive

    Varshita's career path took a turn for the better thanks to the Tata STRIVE programme, an initiative that empowers ...

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  • Thanks to SSDC, Kiran is happy, optimistic and confident
    Striving for success

    Kiran Kamble’s journey has been one of tenacity, perseverance and extraordinary resilience. Thanks to Tata STRIVE, he is now ...

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  • A Tata STRIVE instructor shows GDA students how to accurately measure blood pressure
    Rising above adversity

    Asha Patel's journey is one of extraordinary resilience as she overcame a series of challenges to build a fulfilling ...

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Arts and Culture

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  • Aerial view of the Badi Baoli
    The remarkable restoration of the Badi Baoli

    This is an account of the extraordinary restoration journey of the Badi Baoli following best practices in built heritage ...

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  • Conservators at work in the Mehrangarh Museum conservation centre, Jodhpur
    Evolving the field of art conservation

    Preserving cultural heritage is a challenging task, one that requires more than just passion.

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  • Identification of prints using a microscope
    Training course in Conservation of Paper: Prints, Drawings and Maps

    With the completion of the course, the five participant-conservators embark on internships to apply their newly acquired skills

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Sports

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  • Shruti Kumari at hockey practice
    Grassroots to glory

    With support from Tata Trusts, CInI is helping bring a level of professionalism to grassroots-level hockey in India and ...

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  • Women of power

    Various initiatives by the Tata Trusts have helped empower rural women across the country

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  • Developing life skills in children through the ‘Life through Cricket’ programme
    In cricket, everyone is equal

    Harnessing the power of sports to develop life skills and education of children from marginalised urban communities

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Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation

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  • Mission Gaurav helped Babita Devi to tide over the Covid-induced financial distress
    Addressing lockdown woes of India’s migrant workers

    Mission Gaurav is a concerted effort towards alleviating Covid-induced extremities of migrant workers

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  • Dalpat, a class 5 student, has been helping the Parag team distribute school books to other students
    Taking books to children

    CmF and Parag are continuing to give children access to books and reading during the long months of lockdown

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  • The remote village beyond the backwaters of River Narmada
    A will to serve

    Foot soldiers from the Trusts’ Transform Rural India initiative help rural families connect to government schemes and avail their ...

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Institutions

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  • Anjali and her classmate pursuing the factory automation course at the Tata Indian Institute of Skills
    Engineering change

    Aspiring to work in manufacturing and build a better life for herself, Anjali Shinde enrolled in a short-term factory ...

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  • The Centre for Technology and Design uses baked clay glasses to reduce the carbon footprint of the IITB Half Marathon
    Kulhads for plastic bottles

    The Centre for Technology and Design uses baked clay glasses to reduce the carbon footprint of the IITB Half ...

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Individual Grants Programme

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  • A Fresh Start for Mr. Walke

    Aid from the Tata Trusts’ Individual Grants Programme enabled Pandharinath Walke to resume life with a prosthetic limb after ...

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    Lending a helping hand in medical emergencies

    Access to healthcare can be a challenge for families with limited means. Tata Trusts helps such patients avail of ...

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  • Dr Avik Ray
    Recognising the best and most gifted students

    The JN Tata Endowment has been recognising and awarding the best and brightest students for 130 years, many of ...

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