Innovation

  • Standardisation and ISO Certification of Tribal Hostels through Mission Suvidya

    These hostels serve a crucial role in ensuring the continuity of education among disadvantaged communities. However, disparities in infrastructure, management standards, and basic services necessitated systemic reforms. Mission Suvidya emerged as an innovative intervention to address these issues.

  • Protecting the Vulnerable: Odisha’s Multi-sectoral LLIN Distribution Initiative in Tribal Regions

    The introduction of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) provided an effective vector control tool. With large-scale LLIN distribution beginning in 2017 and continuing in 2021, the project focused on achieving universal coverage in high-risk areas while embedding the distribution within a multisectoral and community-led governance framework.

  • Digitising Heritage: Virtual Tour of Odisha State Tribal Museum

    With an average pre-pandemic footfall of over 100,000 annually, the Odisha State Tribal Museum in Bhubaneswar had been a vibrant hub for scholars, students, tourists, and tribal art enthusiasts. When COVID-19 forced the museum to shut its doors, SCSTRTI leveraged technological innovation to ensure continued public access to the museum’s rich tribal heritage.

  • Reviving Ladakh’s Abandoned Hamlets through Ice-Stupa Innovation and Tribal Resilience

    The initiative aims at rehabilitating deserted tribal villages through the construction of Ice-Stupas, artificial glaciers designed to store winter water and release it in spring, alongside allied efforts in eco-tourism and passive solar heating to make mountain settlements habitable. Farm-stays were developed for alternate livelihoods.

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