Advit Foundation (www.advit.org) is a not for profit development organization, working on Conservation of Environment Resources and Livelihood Enhancement. Advit Foundation has sought to conserve the environment and empower communities through its Water Centred Design for Life where people can manage behaviour and ecosystems to live sustainably.
Advit set up the Solar Information Centre at The National Institute of Solar Energy Gwal pahari under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GoI. Is a training partner with the Skill Council for Green Jobs and NSDC, GoI for Solar Electronics and runs a solar training centre with HARTRON. Advit was the state nodal partner managing the Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park in Gurgaon for Haryana Government from 2009 - 2015.
Our environmental resources are not infinite. Therefore, at Advit Foundation, our endeavour is to explore endless possibilities and solutions for their conservation. Our initiatives are focused on conservation of water and access to clean energy, overall socio economic development of the poor, skill upgradation and entrepreneurship trainings and holistic village development. This is achieved unleashing traditional knowledge, identification of new technology and improved communication tools to undertake environment awareness and conservation initiatives.
Advit team closely works on skill up-gradation for climate change adaptation with communities as well as farm-based livelihood organisations. Advit has set up a rural skill training centre, Aarohan, in village Pachala in Phagi block in Jaipur District of Rajasthan where more than 100 women are trained every month. In a country like India where poverty, lack of nutrients, post-harvest losses, and gender inequality still prevails in the agricultural sector, it is important to address the issues with a promising approach and technology to create an economically aligned community
Environment and Sustainability Specialist. A social development expert with in-depth experience in domains of carbon management, energy and environment. As an environmental policy researcher, Kolanu has a combination of experience, and skills in policy aspects, programme design and implementation, research and consultancy.
Managing Director, Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Director General, Centre for Media Studies
Architect and Eco-Designer, Sanjay Prakash & Associates
Founding CEO, National centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), Govt. of India
Agata’s specialization lies in environmental anthropology, political ecology, environmental history, and in particular forest anthropology. She has extensive experience in working with interdisciplinary research teams as well as on the interface between science, society and policy.
An environment and livelihood specialist with in-depth experience in domains of water management, with special focus on gender and environment conservation
Tanmay is the technical hand managing the solar installations at the Advit, conducting practical solar trainings and undertaking field surveys for industries interested to install solar power systems.
An instrumentation engineer with a MBA in Human Resources and a degree in Law. Is associated part time with Advit.
A botanist with extensive experience in reaserch. Is very passionate about soil health rejuvenation and is also a passionate trainer at community level.
Manisha has extensive experience with handicraft products, sourcing and marketing. She has an eye for quality detail and has facilitated various community -led enterprises.
Rajasthan
Maharashtra and Telangana
Rajasthan
Community Training, Rajasthan
Advit Foundation is empaneled with TISS CSR Hub.
Advit Foundation is empaneled with NGO darpan and the National CSR Hub of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, MCA.
Empaneled with Skill Council for Green Jobs.
Awarded the first CII beyond the Fence Project award for an industry in Rajasthan in 2009.