National Institute of Women Child and Youth Development

National Institute of Women Child and Youth Development was formed and established on 2 nd May 1982. Initially working informally with the women and youth groups in the rural parts of Nagpur, need was felt to register the organisation to expand its work base in adjoining Madhya Pradesh. Thus National Institute of Women Child and Youth Development was registered in 1985. NIWCYD started its journey from 14 villages of Dindori district way back in 1995, is now presently working in more than 6000 rural and tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand along with the urban areas of Bhopal, Itarsi, Katani, Jabalpur and Nagpur cities. The chronology of the work of NIWCYD is reflected as follows: Soil and Water Conservation Program to address food security issue Gram Kosh (Village Fund) and Beej Kosh (Seed Bank) development Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture activities Livelihood issue of the tribal through Natural Resource Manag...