1. TARA LIVELIHOOD ACADEMY A DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES GROUP ENTERPRISE BRIEF PROFILE

2. TARA LIVELIHOOD ACADEMY (TLA) A commitment by Development Alternatives Group towards extending the reach of capacity building services to millions of underprivileged people, particularly women and youth. Building Capacities for Sustainable Livelihoods…

3. VISION AND MISSION Vision: Large scale creation of sustainable livelihoods Mission: “Build capacity, develop business models and manage processes to create economic, social and environmental value on a large scale.”

4. ABOUT TLA… Established in 2007 as yet another vehicle of DA to disseminate sustainable development Aims at Capacity Building for social empowerment, asset creation, income generation and entrepreneurship development Target Group – youth, women and community groups Three pronged strategy of TLA:  Skill and knowledge building on advanced rural on-farm and off-farm livelihood options  Life skill development and vocational training to enhance employability in the new urban economy  Training on enterprise development with access to credit and market linkages for self- employment

5. THE 3E’S Employability Skills  Life Skill Training  Vocational Training  Self Employment Training Entrepreneurship Development  Entrepreneurship for Beginners  Enterprise Management for Existing Entrepreneurs  Business Expansion for Enterprise Associations Executive Training  Organizational Capacity Building  Facilitation and Consultancy  Individual specific Capacity Building

6. CLIENTS / TARGET GROUPS Individual Youth, both Urban and Rural Community Organisations (farmers groups, artisans groups, SHGs, Clusters, Federations and Panchayats) Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Research & Academic Institutions Central & State Governments National & International Funding Agencies Corporates

7. TRAINING DELIVERY TARAgram Orchha On-site Off-site

8. TLA’S ASSETS Strong Pool of (Internal and External) Resource Persons Robust coordination, management and delivery mechanism at Delhi and Orchha Adequate infrastructure to manage multiple parallel trainings at Orchha State of the Art Audio-Visual aids for effective training delivery

9. TRAINING FACILITY TARAgram Orchha TARAgram Pahuj TARAgram Datia

10. HIGHLIGHTS Clients: Hewlett Packard (HP); Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL); Bajaj; Government of Madhya Pradesh (DPIP Project); NABARD; University of Applied Sciences, Austria; ILO; Academic Institutes… Training Centres: 3 VTCs (vocational training centres) and 12 CTCs (community training centres) No. of Trainees: Over 4000 youth and women trained in 2011-12 Rate of Employment / Self-Employment: 45 – 60% Turnover: FY 2011-12: Rs. 65 Lakhs (approx.) Target for FY 2012-13: Rs. 100.40 Lakhs

11. TARA Livelihood Academy Capacity Building Solutions for People and Our Planet… TARAgram Orchha Orchha Tigela Dist. Tikamgarh Madhya Pradesh, 472 246, India Tel: +91 (510) 6537477, (7680) 292077 B-32, TARA Crescent, Qutub Institutional Area New Delhi - 110 016, India Tel: 91 (11) 26564444, 26134103 Fax: 91 (11) 26851185 Email: tla@devalt.orgtla@devalt.org Website(s): www.taralivelihoodacademy.in, www.tara.in, www.devalt.orgwww.taralivelihoodacademy.inwww.tara.inwww.devalt.org