about us

Our Vision

An inclusive, equitable and just social order in which every person lives with dignity and happiness.

Our Mission

To enable and empower excluded individuals and rural communities especially tribes, women, youth and children through quality programmes.

Our Values

Integrity

Accountability

Equality

Happiness

Collaborative

Service

Excellence

Our Team

Over 100 community workers, such as Cluster Women Leaders, Motivators, Facilitators and Barefoot Counsellors lend invaluable support to various programmes in the villages and hamlets. Over 90% of these are young women. The majority – 85% of the grass roots team members belong to the scheduled tribes, viz. the Santal, Munda, Ho, Bhumij, Mahali, Sabar and Birhor. The last two belong to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.

Our Governing Board

Ruchi Narendran

President

Dr. Shubhra Dwivedy

Secretary

E. Augustine S.J.

Treasurer

Ronald D’Costa

Member

Dr. Arti Beena Ekka

Member

Dr. Paramjyot Singh

Member

Dr. Poornima Dore

Member

Tina Bodhanwala Sood

Member

Accolades

Red FM award

Red FM Award

Sharing Knowledge. Shaping Practice. Building Change.

Sharing SEEDS’ Impact Overseas

In November, Dr. Shubhra Dwivedy, Chief Functionary of SEEDS, visited Austria at the invitation of Kfb Austria, the country’s largest women’s organisation with over 90,000 members. Kfb Austria has been a long-standing partner of SEEDS in Jharkhand.

During her three-week visit, Dr. Dwivedy travelled across six cities, engaging with diverse audiences through talks, workshops, and seminars on gender equality, peace, and justice.

She was a speaker at the Closing Plenary of the Austrian Development Conference on UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), where she shared regional perspectives from India, Jharkhand, and SEEDS’ project areas, with a focus on peace and conflict management. She also conducted a workshop on Indigenous women’s struggle for visibility in the peace and justice journey.

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