Facilitating participatory community development, indigenous agronomic sovereignty, and natural resource stewardship across vulnerable households in the undulating highlands of undivided Koraput and coastal Odisha.
92 smallholder women farmers successfully irrigating 4+ acres of off-season sweet potato, tubers and vegetables with sustainable treadle pumps.
Nirantara Classic
95.34% Due Diligence Score
Governance & Diligence
Accredited under CSODP by Dhwani Foundation for institutional excellence.
Mission Sanjeevani
Comprehensive nutrition & hygiene safety net with Oxfam India in Pottangi.
Decentralized Leadership
Active in Koraput highlands & coastal Puri since our 1997 foundation.
PRASTUTEE – Symbolising Development began its embryonic journey in 1997 following a collective deliberation by dedicated social activists committed to the self-determination of impoverished tribal and other backward classes living across Southern Odisha.
Consciously choosing undivided Koraput as our core ambit, we registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 in 2000 and achieved statutory clearance under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 1976 in 2005. Over time, our footprint has thoughtfully expanded to include targeted coastal communities in Puri.
“We firmly hold that rural and tribal communities are inherently the best custodians and managers of local natural endowments. Proper community agency and rights-based entitlement can resolve systemic socio-economic deprivation.”
Today, our on-ground interventions integrate grassroots agronomy, watershed conservation, indigenous seed banks, and participatory governance audits—ensuring institutional accountability alongside rural dignity.
Regd. Society
Act XXI 1860
Central Clearance
FCRA 1976
CSR Ready
12A • 80G Regd
To visualize a just, eco-friendly environment for a sustainable, healthy, and peaceful civic society where every marginalized individual holds unconditional access to basic human dignities and fundamental constitutional entitlements.
To facilitate a participatory, transparent development process anchored in gender equity, inter-agency collaboration, and sustainable management of water, forest, and land ecosystems across tribal homelands.
Disseminating critical knowledge on community health, WASH, child welfare, and climate-adaptive cultivation techniques.
Strengthening networks of stakeholder institutions, Gram Panchayats, SHGs, and state public delivery channels.
From watershed revitalization and seed preservation to women-led micro-enterprises, each initiative is co-created with village assemblies (Palli Sabhas).
Livelihood
Enabling 92+ marginal landholders with treadle pump irrigation, off-season tuber cultivation, ginger production, and organic manure preparation.
Empowerment
Mobilizing women farmers in Bandhugan Block, facilitating cross-district agronomic exposure visits to SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, and setting up SHG collectives.
Ecology
Cooperative farming across village common lands, participatory watershed conservation, watershed stone-bunding, and stream revetment.
WASH
Targeting under-five malnutrition, clean drinking water access, adolescent maternal health camps, and primary sanitation in cut-off hamlets.
Climate
Indigenous seed preservation, date-leaf mulching for nurseries against extreme heat, and setting up decentralized vermicompost beds.
Education
Remedial foundational learning camps, tribal language bridge primers, child rights sensitization, and protection against early school dropouts.
Inclusion
Strengthening Palli Sabhas for effective representation, securing forest land rights (FRA), social audits, and institutional transparency.
Research
Conducting Maize Crop-Cutting Experiments under Mukhya Mantri Maka Mission and participating in rigorous third-party CSO capacity appraisals.
Documenting verified outcomes across Pottangi, Bandhugan, and broader Koraput districts with our civil society partners.
Direct humanitarian distribution of essential rations and community hygiene kits across 4 Gram Panchayats (Sunki, Talagolaru, Sombai, and the border territory of Kotia) in partnership with Oxfam India during peak vulnerability.
Successfully completed the rigorous Civil Society Organisation Management and Development Process organized by Dhwani Foundation, verifying fiscal transparency, board oversight, HR protocols, and program monitoring integrity.
Traditional ritual seed worship and community exchange in Bandhugan block. Tribal women farmers showcased indigenous mulching with date-palm leaves, protecting nurseries and preserving heat-tolerant indigenous seeds.
92 marginal women farmers in undulating highlands irrigating up to four acres of land each season without fossil fuels or electricity grids.
Field-level Maize crop cutting experiments in Bandhugan Block, establishing credible yield benchmarks for farmer compensation and price support.
Over 27 years, PRASTUTEE has collaborated with premier philanthropic foundations, apex agricultural bodies, and government missions with stringent fiduciary auditing.
We invite CSR initiatives, philanthropic foundations, field researchers, and individuals to partner with us under transparent, community-verified protocols.
Align your statutory CSR allocations with verified, high-scoring grassroots projects in tribal agronomy, watershed conservation, and girl child protection.
Academic researchers, agronomists, and social work fellows are welcomed to document traditional seed systems, FRA rights, and tribal health in Koraput.
Provide direct assistance towards treadle pump installations, village nutrition kits, and emergency medical access for vulnerable families.
Our central office is located near the scenic Ecotourist Park in Koraput. We welcome donors, researchers, and civil society partners by appointment.
Secretariat Headquarters
At- Chapar Road, Ecotourist Park (Patadei Dangar), Po/Dist- Koraput, Pin - 764020, Odisha, India
Direct Landline & Field Desk
06852-296006 / +91-6852-296006
Mon - Sat: 09:30 AM to 05:30 PM IST
Official Communications
info@prastutee.org • prastutee.koraput@gmail.com
Kindly provide details regarding your organisation, funding enquiry, or intended field collaboration. Our executive secretary will respond within two working days.
