Rural Development Institute Founder’s Day

RDI celebrated its “Founder’s Day” on 20th and 21st September 2017. On 20th the staff visited Toli village, birth place of H.H. Swami Rama. On 21st an Open House was held for all faculty and staff of HIHT and SRHU to orient themselves with the functioning and programs...

RDI Yoga Update

Yoga trainings have been a regular activity in RDI in accordance with the underlying philosophies and teachings of the Founder of the Institute. After 21 June was declared International Day of Yoga in 2015, RDI initiated a Yoga Training Program from July 2015 onwards...

Taking Technology to Frontline Health Workers

Uttarakhand has a very well defined structure of frontline health workers – Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), ASHA facilitators and Auxiliary Nurse and Mid-wife (ANM) – who constantly work towards ensuring improved health indicators at village...

Rural Development Institute Visits Nagaland

For the past two years, RDI has been supporting the GreenPly Industries to implement their corporate social responsibilities (CSR) activities in the northeastern state of Nagaland. Under this program, recently from 26 February to 11 March 2017 a three-member media...

The Disability Act 2016: A Game Changer for People with Disabilities

Recently GOI has passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016; the Parliament has adopted a radically transformative piece of legislation that addresses the concerns of the most marginalized section of Indian society. The World Bank estimates that 15% of...