Odisha

Founded by Amitabha Sadangi in 2001, International Development Enterprises-India (IDEI) makes and sells a low-cost irrigation tool that has helped cash farmers increase their crop yield and lift themselves out of poverty. Till date, the organization has helped one million farming households spread over 17 states increase their annual income!

Gacherigaon village located in Mundigarh gram panchayat in Tumudibandh block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, uses the system of rice intensification (SRI) for paddy cultivation. This is how it works.

ISRO will soon be displaying an exhibition for the first time in Odisha, on a wide range of subjects from astronomy to remote sensing.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is using its technological capabilities and prowess to help protect the country’s citizens from the fury of Mother Nature and save human lives. Read on to find out how.

Odisha’s women are no longer just content with being wives, daughters, and mothers. More and more women from the state’s rural areas are flocking to its cities for jobs, and in the process discovering their independent and self-confident selves.

Chilika today is the finest bird sanctuary in India, and among the richest ecosystems in the world. But Chilika yesterday was a different story altogether.

For many tribal women in Odisha’s Kashipur block in the Rayagada district, making and selling brooms is the primary source of income and livelihood. Exploited and taken advantage of, the women finally decided to take matters into their own hands to secure their futures.

Intervention by government and private agencies is heralding socio-cultural change in the hinterlands of Odisha. A look at how awareness building and training initiatives are changing the lives of girls and young women in the area.

Diwali may have gone but you can still light up the lives of the Dokhra metal artisans struggling to make a living in a small village in Odisha. Help Happy Light Project electrify their households!

Subhendu Kumar Sahu, a student of Class 8 in Ganjam district of Odisha will receive the prestigious National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement from President Pranab Mukherjee this Children's Day.