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Project
Overview

Improving Tribal Livelihoods,
Education & Sustainability

SUMMARY OF THE
PROJECT

Project Title –

STI Hub: Improving Tribal Livelihoods, Education & Sustainability (STI-ITLIVES)

Institutions –

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala & Mizoram University, Mizoram

Funding Agency –

Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigators –

Prof. Raghu Raman, AVV and Prof. Lalnilawma, MZU

Project Operation Area –

Aizawl and Serchhip districts of Mizoram

Project Goals

A. To improve the livelihoods of the ST communities through Science and Technology interventions by – 
1. Strengthening existing livelihoods
2. Creating alternate livelihoods
3. Capacity Building and Skill Development for augmenting income generation
4. Improving access to health and education

B. Creation of Social Enterprises & strengthening market linkages & supply chains
1. Skills, Scientific, and Technical Capacity building of youth to encourage entrepreneurship
2. Empower, encourage & train youth by deploying ICT interventions for start-ups in food processing

C. Harness, document, research, validate, and conserve the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) skills and practices of different ST communities through inputs of Science and Technology.
1. Promote, preserve and protect indigenous & traditional wellness practices.
2. Develop value-added Ayurveda-inspired food and health-related products.
3. Digitalization & documentation to address existing knowledge gaps

Objectives

  • To establish STI Hubs in Mizoram that focus on skill development, capacity building, digital literacy, and health awareness
  • To develop value added food products from local produce and indigenous herbs
  • To empower, encourage, and train unemployed youth by employing Information Communication Technologies to develop expertise in food processing technology and startup their own units
  • To employ a participatory approach to create and strengthen existing market linkages and supply chains for value added products
  • To promote, preserve, and protect indigenous and traditional wellness practice
  • To apply the appropriate technologies for digitization and documentation of indigenous knowledge

Beneficiaries
Impacted

Improving Tribal Livelihoods,
Education & Sustainability

Total year AAA (Substance Abuse)
1250

Total year Digital Literacy
1250

Total year Skills Training – Ayurveda and Health Products
820

Total year Total year Digital Literacy
1100

Total year target beneficiaries: 4420

Indirect
Beneficiaries

Improving Tribal Livelihoods,
Education & Sustainability

Total Indirect Beneficiaries : 1,74,573

WE ARE DISPLAYING OUR MOST RECENT Achievements
NUMBERS HERE.

10+

Schools Visited

10+

AAA Session Completed

6+

DL Session Completed

2

Special Institutions

WE ARE DISPLAYING OUR MOST RECENT Achievements
NUMBERS HERE.

200,67

Beneficiaries Reached

200,67

Sessions Conducted

200,67

Covered Schools

200,67

Partnership Formed

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