Achyut Das

Agragamee works with what it describes as the poorest and most deprived communities in Odisha, combining socio-economic development with awareness-raising and education. Its stated vision is a world without hunger and injustice, and its mission is to promote holistic tribal development. Its programmes cover girls' education through the Agragamee School and the Mukta Gyana Kutir residential centres, ecological and indigenous farming, conservation of traditional seed varieties, community learning centres, skills training and livelihoods, and the promotion of community-based organisations and farmer producer organisations.

Das and his wife have worked in the Kashipur area for more than three decades. During work against bonded labour in the 1980s he was physically attacked and seriously injured by landowners in the region, and the organisation has faced sustained opposition from local interests over the years.

He has served as a member of the Odisha State Planning Board and as chairperson of the State Resource Centre at Rayagada, and is an author. Much of his work has been directed at literacy among tribal communities in Rayagada district, an effort that began in the early 1990s.[2][3][4]