RS.Ranganathen
FounderFounder of Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust
RS.Ranganathen is the founder of Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust (1988)[1], an Indian non-profit working on tribal welfare, education, healthcare and livelihood from The Nilgiris.
Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust
CTRD Trust, established in 1988, works with seven indigenous tribal groups — including the Paniyars, Kurumbars, Irulars and Todas — across the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu on health, education, housing, livelihoods and environmental sustainability.
Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust reports the following, on its own site:
- 130 villages covered
- 15 panchayats and 5 municipalities covered
- 3 districts across 2 states
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- The Nilgiris
- Founded
- 1988
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “In 1988 RS.Ranganathen founded CTRD in response to the impoverished socio economic conditions which prevailed within the indigenous tribal and rural communities living in the remote Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, India.” — Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust. Source
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