tribal development

Dr Prasanta Tripathy and Dr Nirmala Nair quit their jobs and launched Ekjut, an NGO that works to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates in Jharkhand and save thousands of lives among tribal communities

Project officer Ramana Akula at the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) set up a residential school in Maddibanda village, East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh.

“Since childhood, I have aimed to become a doctor so that I could help other people. But, as I grew up, I realised that to help people, I need to educate them and provide them with better opportunities.”

Turn the pages of history, and it will narrate the plight of the Halpatis of Gujarat, one of the most backward tribal communities. For the longest time, they have struggled to break away from a shell that dictates everything they are –landless farmhands under exploitative zamindars.

Mastram Hitesh, a 21-year-old engineering graduate who belongs to a tribal community in Jimra, Madhya Pradesh, is leaving no stone unturned on his way to educate children and elders in his community.

A simple meal scheme and a tourism idea wiped away hunger and malnutrition among the tribal people of Wayanad. All thanks to the inspirational work done by IAS officer Prashant Nair.