Welcome to
The Nehru Foundation for Development
Dilip Surkar
Director
www.viksat.org
The NFD Family
Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai founded Nehru Foundation for Development – NFD (1966).
NFD has promoted theme based institutions for overall development of the Society
NRM through Peoples’
Institutions
VIKSAT
1977
Environment Education &
Awareness
CEE
1984
Science popularization and
stimulate interest in Science
and Maths education
VASCSC
1966
NFD
Craft & Livelihoods in
Kachchh
Women
empowerment
through health
CHETNA
1980
KHAMIR
2005
About VIKSAT…..
Key Thrust Areas
• Forestry
• Land and Water
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Institution and capacity building
Geographic presence of VIKSAT
• Five field offices in Four Districts of the state
Key Strategy
Strengthening peoples’ institutions as change agents
Demand Side Management &
Renewable Energy: Capacity Building of CSOs
(DREC) Project
Policy Change
Regulatory agencies will have a policy (refinement
of that policy if already exist) to ensure better
community participation in DSM/RE initiatives,
including a policy to engage community groups to
monitor the effectiveness of DSM/RE initiatives.
Practice Change
Consumer groups and other representative bodies
will be invited by the regulatory agencies to take
part in their deliberations on DSM/RE initiatives
and they will be engaged in the implementation of
such initiatives
Reference Group Committee
the way ahead…..
• Perception survey: analyze outcome and
provide guidance for future actions
• Knowledge sharing: Technical inputs to the
project team
• Planning: State and National level workshops
• Dissemination: sharing of outcomes
• Policy linkages
DSM & RE
• Push by suppliers & regulators
• Pull by consumers
• Creating demand for RE in a Energy
Surplus situation
• RE as direct competition for the
conventional power generation cos.?
Thanks