BAIF LIVELIHOODS
BAIF INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND DEVELOPMENT [BISLD]
About BAIF Livelihoods
BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD), is a not-for-profit Organisation registered under Section 8 (formerly Section 25) of the Companies Act, 1956 and formally established on April 16, 2012. BISLD is closely associated with BAIF Development Research Foundation, a reputed Non-Government Organisation founded in 1967 by Dr. Manibhai Desai, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mission
The Mission of BISLD is to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for the rural families, ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values. This is being achieved through skill development, effective use of local resources, extension of climate smart technologies, facilitation for value chains of farm-produce and community participation.
Board of Directors
Mr. Hrishikesh Mafatlal
Mr. Kishor Chaukar
Dr. Devendra Raj Mehta
Director
Mr. Jagmohan Bajaj
Mr. Sunil Lalbhai
Mr. Sharad Upasani
Mr. Deepak Mehta
Mr. Girish Sohani
Dr. Bharat Kakade
Managing Director
Maharashtra Region |
Mr. Sharad Upasani, Chairperson Mr. Popatrao Pawar, Member Mr. Vijay Borade, Member Dr. Alok Juneja, Permanent Invitee Ms. Pritam Chandak, Permanent Invitee Dr. Raviraj Jadhav – Convenor – Regional Director |
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh Region |
Mr. Sunil Lalbhai, Chairperson Dr. Dattatreya Rangnekar, Member Mr. Ramesh Sama, Member Dr. Jayant Khadse, Permanent Invitee Mr. Waman Kulkarni, Permanent Invitee Dr. Raviraj Jadhav, Permanent Invitee – Convenor – Regional Director |
Northern Region |
Dr. Devendra Mehta, Chairperson Dr. Rita Sharma, Vice Chairperson Mr. Pramodkumar Takawale, Permanent Invitee Mr. Dharmesh Bhavsar, Permanent Invitee Mr. Veerbasappa Dyasa, Permanent Invitee – Convenor – Regional Director |
Eastern Region |
Mr. Jagmohan Bajaj, Chairperson Mr. G. Mohan Kumar, Member Dr. Rajeshree Joshi, Permanent Invitee Mr. B. Shivarudrappa, Permanent Invitee Mr. Rakesh Warrier, Permanent Invitee – Convenor – Regional Director |
Southern Region |
Mr. Kishor Chaukar, Chairperson Mr. P. V. A. Ramarao, Member Dr. B. Venkateswarlu, Member Mr. Shrinivas Kulkarni, Permanent Invitee Mr. Yogesh Sawant, Permanent Invitee Mr. B. Shivarudrappa, Permanent Invitee – Convenor – Regional Director |
Organogram
Programme and Programme Outreach
BISLD is committed to promote sustainable livelihood of the rural poor. With an innovative and integrated approach to rural development and environmental conservation, the flexibility of the programmes enables BISLD to serve the most disadvantaged by addressing the specific needs of each family, village and local area. Community participation is the foundation of all the programmes.
Livestock Based Livelihoods: The Dairy Development Programme aims at improving the livestock breed through artificial insemination for enhanced production. The Dairy Development Programme aims at improving the livestock breed through artificial insemination for enhanced production. Promotion of goat husbandry and backyard poultry for landless, small and marginal farmers are another activity.
The key components are:
- Genetic improvement of livestock through artificial insemination centres, each catering to a cluster of about 12-15 villages
- Preventive health care and first aid services
- Promotion of fodder production and feed management
- Facilitation for developing value chains for both dairy and goat development programmes
Outreach:
33,95,933 families | 99,452 villages | 343 districts |
13 states | 4542 Centres | 53,53,640 Artificial Inseminations |
Water Centric Livelihoods: Sustainable management of natural resources for viable development of community and ecosystem is the key aspect of this programme.
The projects under NRM include:
- Watershed Development
- Land scape Approach for resource management through convergence of resources
- Region-specific innovative approaches for water resource management – arid, semi-arid, hill, ravine, Western Ghats, rain-rich areas
- Promotion of efficient water use technologies
- Silvipasture for conservation of wastelands and production of fodder
- Promotion of non-conventional energy such as solar and bio-energy
- A forestation, Industrial Greenbelt Development, Environmental Awareness
- Forest-based livelihood
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
Outreach:
26 watersheds | 14592 ha | 19,487 families | 381 villages | 14 states |
Agri Horti Forestry (wadi ): The Wadi programme, an integrated farming systems approach, includes horticulture and forestry tree species and crop diversification in the farming system. Emphasis is laid on promotion of fruit trees and indigenous and multipurpose forestry tree species to address the nutrition, fodder, timber and fuel wood requirements of the families, while improving their farm income. Appropriate initiatives are introduced for soil and water conservation as well as soil improvement. These initiatives have helped convert degraded lands into productive assets.
Other location-specific short gestation livelihood activities like agriculture improvement, small plot vegetable cultivation, floriculture and inland fishery-based initiatives have also been promoted along with tree-based farming.
Outreach:
4239 ha | 10598 tribal and poor families | 472 villages | 13 states |
Rural Non-farm Sector-based Livelihoods:
Outreach:
13515 families | 852 rural entrepreneurs | 5195 youth trained | 163 enterprises |
Samruddha Gram (Holistic Village):
Outreach:
13047 families | 89 villages | 10 states |
Climate Action Programmes: Based on the Fodder development resource base of the families and the area, the projects are designed to create a source of sustainable livelihood in the farm. The projects are mainly implemented in the tribal and resource poor areas.
The main projects include:
- Improved agricultural practices for enhanced production and income
- Sustainable Multi-species Agricultural Resource-use Trials (SMART) for diversified and intensive farming in small plots
- Climate smart agriculture
- Organic farming
- Sericulture
- Agri-business through local people’s organisations
Outreach:
303,938 vulnerable households | 1894 villages | 14 states |
Agrobiodiversity Conservation:
Outreach:
4000 farmers from 15 tribal locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha on 685 ha through seed saver groups |
Renewable Energy:
Outreach:
Solar Energy : 88 units | Bio Energy : 560 units |
Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation:
• Disaster Management Fund
• Relief and Rehabilitation
• Technical Institute for Drought Mitigation
Health, Nutrition and Women Centric Development: This programme aims at improving the quality of life of the participant families through preventive health measures and development initiatives as given below:
- Clean drinking water supply, sanitation, and hygiene
- Mother and child health care
- Empowerment of tribal healers
- Agriculture-nutrition and nutrition supplementation
- Promotion of backyard gardens for better family nutrition
- Women Empowerment through –
- Promotion of Self-Help Groups of Women
- Drudgery reduction technologies
- Empowerment of women through micro- enterprises
- Linkages for micro-finance
- Literacy and education
Outreach:
Health & Nutrition : 163517 households | Women Centric Development : 4123 SHGs and 9 Federations |
Skill Development and Empowerment: Community empowerment, promotion of leadership among community members and skill development for self-employment are the key measures.
The important activities include the following:
- Awareness generation on overall development and entitlements
- Promotion of People’s Institutions for continued and sustainable development
- Skill development of rural youth in various farm-based and non-farm vocations
Outreach:
1205 employees through 235 trainings | 127,465 farmers trained in Livestock, NRM and Farm-based livelihoods |
ICT for Development:
Sanvadini: 200,000 marginalised and dairy farmers from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
eDost: Doorstep digital and financial services by over 110 women in Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat and Odisha.
E-learning Platforms: 60 modules benefitted 1000 AI technicians, farmers, field and project functionaries.
Education:
Dr. Manibhai Desai Navchetan Secondary School: Higher education for 182 girls and 72 boys from 25 tribal villages.
Shikshan-Mitra Programme: 34 Ashram Schools and 5071 tribal children in Maharashtra.
Functional Literacy Programme: 1250women benefitted through 50 Literacy Centres in Bundelkhand Smart School Programme: 10,252 students from 55 schools benefitted.
Programme Impacts
A family with three milch animals earns an income of Rs. 60,000 – 75,000 per annum while a tribal family through Wadi (Agri-horti-forestry based livelihood) is able to earn Rs. 40,000 – 55,000 per year and come out of poverty. With the increase in cropping area by 20-30%, the watershed development programme generates year-round employment even for landless and increase in crop production by 35-60%. The quality of life of the community especially of women and children has increased with various health measures and development initiatives.
Internal Committee
Ms. Lalita Joshi, Presiding Officer |
Ms. Manasi Chiplunkar, Member | Ms. Sujata Kangude, Member |
Mr. Sagar Kadao, Member | Ms. Ashlesha Deo, Member |
Ms. Preeti Karmarkar, External Member |
Outreach
The programmes of BISLD are being implemented across 13 states of India through a team of senior development professionals and field implementation staff. The operations are spread over the following Regions:
Head Office : Pune, Maharashtra
Northern Region – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan
Southern Region – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka
Eastern Region – Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh
Western Region – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
The Regional Headquarters are located at Prayagraj (North), Hyderabad (South), Sambalpur (East) and Nashik (West). The multidisciplinary programmes of BISLD and its Associate Organisations are spread across 325 districts reaching out to 4 million families.
BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD)
Address
BAIF Bhavan, Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, India
Phone No.
+91 20 25231661-8
bisld@baif.org.in
Regn. no.
CIN: U73200PN2012NPLC42984
Rajasthan
Address
Near Community Hall,
Hiran Magri, Sector 14,
Udaipur 313 002, Rajasthan
Phone Number
+91-294-2640133
Uttar Pradesh
Address
BAIF Bhavan, 27 A, Tagore Town, Prayagraj (Allahabad) 211 002, Uttar Pradesh
Phone Number
+91 532-3500117
Uttarakhand
Address
Nathanpur Ring Road,
Mussoori Bypass (Jogiwala),
P.O. Nehrugram 248 014,
Dehradun
Phone Number
+91-135-3566165
Karnataka
Address
‘Kamadhenu’, P.B. No. 3, Sharada Nagar, Tiptur 572 201, Tumkur, Karnataka
Phone Number
+91-8134-250658
Telangana
Address
House No: 17-1-382/SN/52, Srinivasa Nagar Colony,
Near Sports Club, Champapet, Hyderabad 500 059,
Telangana
Phone Number
+91-40-24075405
Andhra Pradesh
Address
House No: 23-1185, VishnuKundi Nagar, Vinukonda 522 647, District Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Phone Number
Tamil Nadu
Address
5 /268 A, Behind BDO Office Jawalagiri Main Road,
Thally, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu 635 118
Phone Number
+91 9677920224
Bihar
Address
A.G. Colony, Ashiana Nagar,
Patna 800 025,
Bihar
Phone Number
+91-612-2292486
Odisha / Chhattisgarh
Address
Plot No. 1565/2682,
At Bhatra, PO. Dhanupali,
Sambalpur 768 005,
Odisha
Phone Number
Jharkhand
Address
Road No. 4 B, Ashok Nagar,
Ranchi 834 002,
Jharkhand
Phone Number
+91-651-3505973
Maharashtra
Address
BAIF-MITTRA Bhavan, Opp. Nivas Homes, Behind Bodhale Nagar, Nasik-Pune Highway, Nasik, 422 011, Maharashtra
Phone Number
+91-253-2416057
Gujarat (South)
Address
BAIF Vrindavan Campus, Lachhakadi, P.O. Gangpur Tal.Vansda, Dist. Navsari 396 580, Gujarat
Phone Number
+91-2630-244005
bisld.sgt@baif.org.in
Gujarat (Central)
Address
3rd Floor, Indra Complex, Near Amarjyot Society, Manjalpur, Vadodara 390 004, Gujarat
Phone Number
+91-265-2654897
bisld.gujarat@baif.org.in
Madhya Pradesh
Address
E7/226, Bharat Nagar Road, Near Dhanvantari Complex, Arera Colony, Bhopal 462 016, Madhya Pradesh
Phone Number
0755-2561580