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TARA as an “enabler”, is instrumental in the creation of livelihood support systems, training and capacity building for the rural poor and marginalized communities. TARA as an “aggregator” bundles support service packages, help large corporation explore new markets and also aggregate the output of local producer groups including micro, and small enterprises and connect these groups to market opportunities for BOP access and market development for ethical products and services. Governments, large Corporations and Civil Society networks benefit from TARA’s expertise as a “manager” of large awareness creation, environmental action, community development and service delivery programmes in areas such as affordable housing, renewable energy, water management, sustainable agriculture, waste management and recycling.

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About TARA

The Society for Technology & Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) is a social enterprise of the Development Alternatives Group, set up in the year 1985 in New Delhi, India. TARA’s vision is to create sustainable livelihoods on a large scale

  • Vision: The vision of TARA is to create sustainable livelihoods on a large scale and to thus mobilize widespread action to eradicate poverty and regenerate the environment.
  • Mission: Build capacity, incubate business models, and manage processes to create economic, social and environmental value on a large scale.
  • Strategy: Build capacities and incubate business models for widespread and accelerated creation of economic, social and environmental value
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TARA - Incubation Engine

The Society for Technology & Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) is a social enterprise set up in the year 1985 at New Delhi, India. It is an "incubation engine" of the Development Alternatives Group which has been providing development solutions in India and elsewhere.

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Citizen Science and Low-Cost Sensors Empower Hyperlocal Air Pollution Mapping in Gurugram and Patna

Citizen Science and Low-Cost Sensors Empower Hyperlocal Air Pollution Mapping in Gurugram and Patna

Today, the national capital faces one of its worst air pollution crises in decades, attributed to multiple factors such as stubble burning, firecracker usage, and emissions from the automobile industry.

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