Project Brief: Working with rural communities in Dungarpur and other districts of Rajasthan, towards strengthening livelihoods and income security of participating farmers and pastoralists.
Project Type: Fellowships (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Austin

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Rangakrishnan Srinivasan
Project Partner(s): Ashis Panda
Project Address: Fellowship: Ashis Panda
Udaypura
Dungarpur, Rajasthan 314001
Tel: 011 079-26305041
Stewarding Chapter: Austin

Overall my focus of work, but now through Sambhaav as a platform, to achieve wider scale and impact - will remain environmental sustainability across food, water and forest/biodiversity sectors, across different functions/roles such as implementation on ground, research and documentation and education and outreach.

Scope of Fellowship work will be on themes / activities / regions, Sambhaav has no
financial support for at present, such as (this is a tentative list):
a. Biodiversity conservation (in-situ) work both around wild and cultivated flora,
especially in South Rajasthan and reaching out to farmers, gardeners and
children to teach and learn the skill of conservation;
b. Supporting interested public-spirited organizations and people to take up
conservation and restoration work on common / public lands in areas beyond
Jaisalmer, Barmer, Alwar, Dausa and Jaipur districts;
c. Building an internship and volunteering programme around conservation and
restoration, by tying up with schools and colleges, giving talks and seminars, and
supporting student projects;
d. Build partnerships with networks, organizations and people who have similar
interests but complementary skills/abilities/resources
e. Organize research and documentation around conservation and restoration;