Folklore Foundation Competitors

ATREE's mission is to promote socially just environmental conservation and sustainable development by generating rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge that engages actively with academia, policy makers, practitioners, activists, students and wider public audiences.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was established in 1987 as an autonomous institution under the Department of Culture, and envisioned as a centre for research, academic pursuit and dissemination in the field of the arts. ‘The Arts’ as a wide spectrum, encompassing subjects from archaeology to dance and anthropology to the photographic art, enveloping them in a complementary and non-demarcated vision. In its functioning, the IGNCA has met its mandate and continues to work in this direction. The IGNCA has six functional units – Kalanidhi, the multi-form library; Kalakosa, devoted mainly to the study and publication of fundamental texts, predominantly in Sanskrit; Janapada Sampada, the division engaged in lifestyle studies; Kaladarsana, the executive unit which transforms researches and studies emanating from the IGNCA into visible forms through exhibitions; Cultural Informatics Lab, which applies technology tools for cultural preservation and propagation; and Sutradhara, the administrative section that acts as a spine supporting and coordinating all the activities. The Member Secretary is the Executive head of both academic and administrative divisions. The IGNCA has a Southern Regional Centre (SRC) headquartered in Bangalore. Its establishment in 2001 was aimed at intensifying the Centre’s studies on the southern region’s art and cultural heritage.

SankalpTaru Foundation is India's first IT enabled NGO, planting trees from the majestic mountains of Leh Ladakh to the coasts of Tamil Nadu. Operational across 25 Indian states and 35 major cities, we have planted and survived more than 30,00,000 trees. We are dedicated towards the sustainable development of the planet and also promote rural livelihood, empower women and work towards making schools cleaner and greener. Our team aims at reducing the carbon footprint of the global public, while mobilizing them for environmental conservation. Through GPS technology integrated with Google Earth and Maps, we have devised geo-tagging of trees, thus providing visibility and transparency to our stakeholders and contributors.