10 Years Services of AGRASRI in Local Governance and Women Empowerment- 2001-2011, Tirupati, AP.wmv

The Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India (AGRASRI), a registered professional Non-Governmental Organisation, being headquartered at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, which was inaugurated by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, a champion of decentralisation movement in India, on 20 August, 2002 at Tirupati. The AGRASRI has successfully completed 10 years of its existence in the year 2011, under the nurture of Dr. D. Sundar Ram and Mrs D. Bharathi Sundar, Founder and Co-founder of the Academy. In considering the AGRASRI services in Local Self-governance, Women Empowerment, Rural Development, Capacity Building & Training and Good Governance, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India and Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, has recognised the AGRASRI, as Nodal Agency, for imparting the Capacity Building and Training Programmes for the Elected Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the year 2010. Since its inception, the AGRASRI has organised the 10 Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture programmes, National Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, Colloquiums, Conventions and Round-Table Meetings on various themes of Rural India, besides conferring the Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Outstanding Leadership, Mahila Shakti, Yuva Shakti, Best District, Best Taluk and Best Gram Panchayat National Awards. Many distinguished policy makers, scientists, economists, administrators and scholars, visited and participated in the AGRASRI academic programmes and activities. The AGRASRI has designed an Agenda for a large number of activities and programmes, through research, training, education, advocacy and consultancy, in subsequent years, for the elected representatives of PRI's, in delivering good governance at the grassroots level.
AGRASRI motto is GRAM SWARAJ THROUGH GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY.

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