Committed to build collaborativelearning communities in the pursuit of human development

A public policy research and advocacy initiative focusing on

Research on development issues and public policies

Advocacy driven by empirical evidence & with a collaborative approach

Constant grassroots engagement to capture community ‘voice’

Formally founded in January 2011 & incubated in SVYM for about 3 years

About GRAAM

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Envisioning development as a constant expansion of human capabilities & engaging with all stakeholders in development forms our underlying working principle

Community/Citizenry

Private Sector

State/

Government

NGO / CSO Sector

Social Security

Food Security and

Nutrition

Areas of Work

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Child Rights and Education

Rural Livelihoods

Corporate Social

Responsibility

Human Development

Indigenous Community

Rural Governance

Public Health

People with Disabilities

GRAAM’s projects across different sectors include

Evaluations & Surveys Research & Analyses Community

Engagement Strategic Consultancies Advocacy

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GRAAM: an idea in action • Founded as a unit of SVYM and located in

Mysore on 12th Jan 2011• Registered as an independent trust on 05th

March 2014• Multi-disciplinary team of committed

individuals• Reached significant milestones in the first few

years• National level policy advocacy initiatives• State level evaluations• Winner of multiple awards• District human development reports• Strategic Consultation to Govt, Corporate and Research

Organizations • State level media and advocacy workshops• Regular articles in news papers• Networking with Civil society organizations and research

organizations• Collaborations with universities• Chairman of the board and executive director are in

various state and national level committees

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• GRAAM's action research project, Arogyashreni was featured as Cover Page article Civil Society Magazine in its April 2014 issue.

• Public Interest Registry (PIR), USA and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) India jointly awarded Grassroots Research And Advocacy Movement (2013)

• Global Communication Association conferred A.P.Chowdapaa Memorial Award for Excellence in Communication recognizing our achievement in public policy research and advocacy (2016)

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Community Consultations Reflecting grassroots voice

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Participatory Research

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Mr. Sivasailam, Principal Secretary – Health, Govt of Karnataka Addressing the gathering at the Ground Realities (Public Health), a dissemination event based on findings and experiences of GRAAM‘s health related studies and projects in Karnataka on 20 June 2014 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore.

Health Plan at the Grama Panchayath Level – Advocacy with local stakeholders

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A state level advocacy workshop for inclusion of Person’s with Disabilities in MNREGA – Minister for Rural Development and Panchayath Raj Mr. H.K.Patil participated

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International Women’s Day… In solidarity with CSOs working on women’s rights

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Madhyama Manthana – Media Advocacy Workshop urging space for Development Journalism. Then law and parliamentary affairs minister Mr. Suresh Kumar and 50 journalists and 05 Editors of state level newspapers and electronic media participated

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CSR Consultation GRAAM provides consultation to corporates for developing CSR Policy, Strategy and Detailed Action Plan

GRAAM‘s Proud Partners

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• Action research to establish replicable community led development models• Sustainable rural livelihoods by fostering social innovations • Research opportunities leading into deeper understanding of issues in

the development sector• Tribal development, rural livelihoods, health, • Education, human development, community governance and public private

partnerships• Advocacy initiatives with grassroots bureaucracy – the real policy

implementers• A much evolved Community Consultation and Advocacy Strategy,

focusing on community needs assessment, participatory planning and community led monitoring• Building and sustaining relationships with CSOs / Govt / Corporate /

Academic and Research Organizations at the national and international level• Organizing capacity building seminars, workshops and conferences at multiple

levels: for academics, practitioners and communities• Systematic dissemination of evidences gathered by studies • Networking with people’s movements

GRAAM – Looking ahead

Thank you

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