The NARI center (NCSD) also called Bajaj
Center for Sustainable Development is a new facility of Nimbkar Agricultural
Research
Institute (NARI) - a rural NGO situated in Maharashtra, India. It
is a residential research and
teaching center, which provides intellectual discussions and debate
regarding problems and possible solutions for rural India. It is
situated
on
the
campus of the head office.
NARI does research and development in
agriculture, alternative energy, animal husbandry and sustainable
development. It believes that sustainable rural
development can be
achieved through
the use of sophisticated science and technology to efficiently and
holistically
convert locally available materials into useful end products.
It also
believes that the corporate world can play an important role in
creating wealth and sustainable solutions for rural India. This will be
the major focus of this center.
The center was inaugurated on
12 April 2011.
A brochure of the center can be downloaded from here.
