We organized training programmes for eight Producer Organization Promoting Institutions (POPI) at Chennai and for another nine POPIs at Vitheeshwaran Koil. The training covered topics such as “Essentials of Contracts for Producer Companies, Procedure for application of Matching Equity Grant under SFAC, Compliances for Producer Companies, Introduction to Statement of Accounts, Revenue Sources for Producer…
DetailsOn 18th and 19th September, a National level CSR Summit was organised in New Delhi which provided a platform for meetings between various corporate involved in CSR programmes and the representatives of NGOs. The meeting was attended by Mr. A. V. Balasubramanian of CIKS.
DetailsOn 21st August 2017, Marutham Sustainable Agriculture Producer Company Limited (MSAPCL) celebrated its fourth anniversary. The members of the Board of Directors had a meeting at CIKS Training Centre at Sukkankollai. A.V. Balasubramanian, K. Vijayalakshmi and K.R. Divya from CIKS participated in the meeting. A.V. Balasubramanian made a presentation to the Board, in which he…
DetailsOur work on conservation of traditional rice varieties was covered by Thomas Reuter’s foundation, in its article titled Battling century’s worst drought, India’s farmers revive traditional grains. The excerpt mentioning CIKS: The Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), for example, has revived dozens of traditional rice varieties that are resistant to pests and disease, capable…
DetailsStella Maris College for Women honoured our Co-founder, Dr Vijayalakshmi, for her contribution to sustainable development, on the event held on 10th October, 2015, in Chennai. Dr Vijayalakshmi was also the special guest at the event.
Lions Club of Sirkazhi and Vaitheeswarankovil, presented the “Best Service Award” to Mrs. Subhashini Sridhar of CIKS, Sirkazhi. The award recognised her work related to organic farming in Sirkazhi taluk.
DetailsAs a part of Women’s Day Celebration, 2014, Rotary Club of Sirkazhi presented “Innnovative Women Award” to Mrs. Subhashini Sridhar of CIKS. This was in recognition of her services to the cause of agriculture.
Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu, conferred an Honorary Doctorate on our Co-founder, DR AV Balasubramanian. This was in recognition of his contribution relating to alternative science and technology.
DetailsDr.K Vijayalakshmi was recognised as an “Expert in Indigenous Technology Promotion”, by Lions Club, Chennai. The award was presented by Lakshmi Kannan, District Chairperson on World Women’s Day.
DetailsAnother national level recogntion for us, in 2005, as Council for Advancement of People Action and Rural Technologies (CAPART), New Delhi, recognised CIKS as a Technology Resource Centre for Organic Farming, and supported us with grants for work on organic farming.
