Scheduled Tribes Empowerment
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Development of Departmental Hostels/Ashram as Model Institutions
With 3,278 hostels supporting over 1.9 lakh students, the initiative aimed at mainstreaming students into higher education and employment through a holistic residential schooling experience. The project addresses infrastructural inadequacies and promotes quality education among tribal and marginalized communities and to develop departmental hostels and ashrams into Model Institutions.
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Breaking Educational Barriers: The ANWESHA Model in Odisha
The project enables their enrolment in reputed English-medium schools while offering comprehensive residential, academic, and social support. Over the past eight years, ANWESHA has become synonymous with educational empowerment, enabling over 21,000 students across 17 districts to access aspirational learning environments previously out of reach. The programme operates in Tribal Sub Plan areas where the tribal population exceeds 50%.
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ST Household Baseline Survey: Bridging the Last Mile in Tribal Welfare
The STs of Andhra Pradesh, despite various welfare initiatives, often remain on the fringes of public service delivery due to lack of documentation and geographical isolation. The ST Household Baseline Survey was launched to directly address this gap by collecting accurate household-level data to plan and deliver targeted interventions more effectively.
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Samvedana: A Special Campaign for the Maldhari Tribe
The Gir Forest in Junagadh, Gujarat, is globally known as the habitat of the Asiatic Lion and is also home to the Maldhari tribe. Despite living within a protected forest region, the Maldharis had limited access to basic public services, government schemes, and civil infrastructure due to legal and geographical constraints. Recognising these challenges, the Junagadh District Administration launched the Samvedana initiative to deliver essential welfare services to the Maldhari community at their doorstep.