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Sustainable Livelihood Institute, Auroville

Vanur, Tamil Nadu, India • 7 Employees
Government Relations

The Sustainable Livelihood Institute is a unique initiative by the Government of Tamil Nadu- It is the only Institute of its kind in all of South Asia offering Sustainable Livelihood Capacity Building solutions. The Institute conceptualizes, designs, organizes and delivers programmes for skill, knowledge and perspective building on sustainable livelihoods to the officials of the Rural Development Department as well as leaders of the Rural Communities. It has been developed to deliver successful, equitable and environment friendly livelihood solutions for the state of Tamil nadu.The institute has been evolved jointly by Tamil Nadu Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM) and the IRD Unit of Auroville as an autonomous entity and is governed jointly by both of them. After the release of the Government Order by the Government of Tamilnadu constituting the Institute in December 2014, the Institute started the preliminary work and since May 2015 it started to offer capacity building programmes.GoalTo establish an international quality/standard sustainable livelihood institute in Tamil nadu that will work on cutting edge sustainable livelihood solutions in terms of capacity building programmes, research and outreach solutions especially for the poor and the vulnerable sections of the population by utilizing the competencies built by Auroville based institutions and its associates.SupportThe initial seed funding support will be provided by the Tamil nadu Government through the State Rural Livelihood Mission. The Institute aims to work closely with the State and Central Government schemes on sustainable livelihood and customize capacity building and outreach programmes for them, thereby ensuring a win-win relationship with the departments.