Introduction
The mission of
the Development Alternatives Group is to promote sustainable
national development.
The corporate
objectives are to innovate and disseminate the means for creating
sustainable livelihoods on a large scale, and thus to mobilise
widespread action to eradicate poverty and regenerate the
environment.
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The
corporate strategy is to:
Innovation,
through design, development and dissemination of
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Appropriate
technologies |
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Effective
institutional systems |
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Environmental
and resource management methods |
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Sustainability, through commercially viable approaches |
| Scalability,
through partner organizations and networks |
The activities of Development
Alternatives cover a broad array of development issues. And these
issues are complex, requiring sophisticated, trans-disciplinary
responses.
To be able to provide such responses
successfully, the Group has built up a strong capacity to identify
the priority issues confronting the nation and devise effective
ways to solve them. It has therefore brought together a cadre of
professional staff members with a wide range of skills and
backgrounds but a common, solid commitment to excellence and team
work.
To attract and retain staff of this quality, Development
Alternatives has a three pronged approach: an outstanding work
environment, exciting career development programmes, and
attractive terms of employment.
Activities
Development
Alternatives works with partners in all sectors: government, international agencies,
public and private sector institutions and grass root voluntary
organisations. The responsibility for providing support to such
partnership lies with the respective functional units Development Alternatives Group:
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Environmental
Systems Branch (ESB)
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Sustainable development strategies
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State of environment reports
- Impact assessment studies
- Management plans & programmes
for
- Basic needs, resources, rural economics
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Land use, command areas, watershed
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Wildlife, protected and pristine areas, wastelands
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Rehabilitation, disasters
- Technology assessment and forecasting
- Guidelines for environmental management
of projects
Technology
Systems Branch (TSB)
- Eco building advisory services
- Market & development assistance
- Machine & product design service
- Technology development & consultancy
service
- Vertical shaft brick kiln (VSBK)
services and a best practice service centre at Datia
(Madhya Pradesh)
Institutional Systems Branch (ISB)
Connectivity
Services
- install and maintain systems
- provide e-mail and file transfer
- maintain links with
non-automated users
Information
Services
mount and provide access to
databases
provide access to conferences/
discussion groups
route queries to appropriate
information sources
Node
Management
mobilise and train users
market information products and
services
monitoring
financial management
Development
Functions
hub upgradation and maintenance
database development and
management
scan internet information on the
theme and customise it for Indian users
internet gateway services
development and management
Support
Functions
- Geomatics support services
- Customised
support to sustainable development support
agencies
- Editing,
publishing, writing (print media)
Information
Dissemination
- Generating
Information Systems
- Production of
TV or video films, multimedia presentation,
interactive CD-Rom, documentation & photography
(audiovisual)
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Organising
public meetings, seminars, conferences
Training services, Publications
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Partners
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Clients and Funding Organisations which have been associated with
our group over a period of time
International
United Nations Environment
Programme
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(HABITAT)
United Nations University (UNU)
World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
The World Bank (IBRD)
Overseas Development Administration (ODA, now DFID)
International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resource (IUCN)
World Fund for Nature
Mac Arthur Foundation
The Government of India
Department of Environment
Department of Science and Technology
Council for advancement of People’s Action and
rural Technology
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources
State Government
Andhra Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Orissa
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Assam
Kerala
Sikkim
Bihar
Haryana
Rajsthan
Collaborating Institutions
Research, design, training or other
collaborative projects have been undertaken in cooperation with
some twenty reputed organisations in india and abroad including :
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
MYRADA, Bangalore
Systems Research Institute, Pune
The Beijer Institute, Stockholm
The Stockholm Environment
Institute, Stockholm
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Other Organisations
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
(HUDCO)
Society for Promotion of Wasteland Development (SPWD)
Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Tata Fertilizers Ltd.
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