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Inviting Nominations for the Chittoor District Centenary Awards-2020.

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Activities

National Youth Day Celebrations (12 January every Year).
 
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International Women’s Empowerment Day Celebrations (8 March every Year).
 
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Chittoor District Formation Day Lecture Programme (1 April every Year).
 
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Chittoor District Centenary Awards Conferment Programme (1 April every Year).
 
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AGRASRI Regional Seminar/Conference (1 April every Year).
 
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National Panchayati Raj Day Celebrations (24 April every Year).
 
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Anti-Terrorism Day Celebrations (21 May every Year).
 
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Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture Programme (20 August every Year).
 
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Rajiv Gandhi National Awards Conferment Programme (20 August every Year).
 
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AGRASRI National Seminar/Conference (20 August every Year).
 
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Gram Swaraj Day Celebrations (2 October every Year).
 
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AGRASRI Foundation Day Lecture Programme (12 November every Year).
 
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Human Rights Day Celebrations (10 December every Year).
 
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Good Governance Day Celebrations (25 December every Year).
 
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DR. D. SUNDAR RAM
Founder and Director
Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India (AGRASRI)
# Plot No.11, Sri Venkata Sai Nilayam
Thummalagunta, S.V. University P.O.
Tirupati-517502, Andhra Pradesh. India
Mobile: +91-6302947338, +91-9441245085
E.mail: drsundarram@gmail.com | agrasridirector@gmail.com        
Website: www.agrasri.org.in

Youth Resource Centre

The Youth Resource Centre (YRC) is located in Tirupati, a world renowned Hindu pilgrim centre and a hub of reputed educational institutions of Andhra Pradesh. By empowering youth for a resurgent India, the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India (AGRASRI) has taken initiatives for the establishment of Youth Resource Centre, in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt. of India, to realise ‘Development of Youth’ and ‘Youth for Development’ a reality. This is a significant milestone for young people in the area as well as AGRASRI.

OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre are as follows:

  • To reach up to the unreached youth population in the area and to mainstream youth in local governance and sustainable development;
  • To involve the rural youth in nation building activities and programmes;
  • To develop values of good citizenship, skill development and transform the leadership qualities in grassroots governance, as future policy makers;
  • To impart the capacity building and training programmes for the elected youth representatives of PRI’s and Nagar Palika Institutions, as responsible policy makers;
  • To disseminate the update knowledge on government welfare schemes and programmes for youth empowerment and development; and
  • To guide the educated youth of the underprivileged segments of the society for their active participation in decision-making process at the grassroots level.

VISION

The Vision of the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre is to enhance the youth capabilities and empowerment for good citizenship and youth leadership at the grassroots level, through action research, training, advocacy and consultancy.

MISSION

The Mission of the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre is:

  • To organise life skills, computer training, personality development, livelihoods and employment, and health related programmes for the school and the college students of the area;
  • To conduct innovative study and research on youth related issues and problems in an inter-disciplinary perspective and approach and to make available its findings and recommendations to the key policy makers at the helm of affairs for an appropriate policy decisions;
  • To develop vocational skills of rural young women and enabling them to supplement their family income for sustainable livelihood;
  • To provide academic as well as technical consultancy and expertise to the educated rural youth in employment career and livelihood opportunities, especially for the downtrodden segments of the society.

ACTIVITIES

Apart from regular training and awareness programmes, the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre has organised the following activities & programmes for the youth, both men and women, since its inception:

  1. Action Research Project on ‘Mainstreaming Youth in Local Governance - The Andhra Pradesh Experience with Special Reference to Paidipalli Gram Panchayat in Chittoor District’, during the Year 2012-2013, sponsored by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt. of India, Sriperambudur.
  2. Workshop on ‘Youth Participation in Local Governance: Opportunities and Challenges’ held on 1 March, 2012 at Paidipalli Gram Panchayat, Tirupati Rural Mandal of Chittoor District. Chief Guest: Dr. P.V. Sesha Reddy, the then District Panchayat Officer, Chittoor.
  3. Round-Table Meeting on ‘Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Inclusive Growth: An Administrative Perspective’, held on 24 April, 2012 at Youth Hostel Conference Hall, Tirupati. Chief Guest: Dr. P.V. Sesha Reddy, the then District Panchayat Officer, Chittoor.
  4. Core Committee Meeting on ‘Participation of Youth in Rural Development’ held on 2 June, 2012 at Paidipalli Gram Panchayat Meeting Hall, Paidipalli, Tirupati Rural Mandal of Chittoor District. Key-Note Speaker: Dr. D. Sundar Ram, Director, AGRASRI, Tirupati.
  5. Symposium on ‘Terrorism in India: Threat to Indian Unity and Integrity’ held on 21 May, 2012 at AGRASRI Meeting Hall, Tirupati, on the eve of Anti-Terrorism Day and 21st Death Anniversary Celebrations of Shri Rajiv Gandhi. Key-Note Speaker: Dr. D. Sundar Ram, Director, AGRASRI, Tirupati.
  6. Participation in the National Workshop on ‘Mainstreaming Youth in Local Governance: Perspectives of Indian States’, held on 5,6 and 7 June, 2012 at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt. of India, Sriperambudur. Chief Guest: Dr. Michael Veda Shiromani, Director and Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperambudur.
  7. Lecture Meeting on ‘Role of Youth in National Integration’, held on 21 May, 2013 at AGRASRI Meeting Hall, Tirupati. Key-Note Speaker: Dr. D. Sundar Ram, Director, AGRASRI, Tirupati.
  8. Panel Discussion on ‘Contributions of Shri Rajiv Gandhi towards Youth Empowerment in India’ held on 20 August, 2013 at Youth Hostel Conference Hall, Tirupati. Chief Guest: Prof. R. Ramamurthi, Past-President, Indian Science Congress and Former Vice-Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
  9. Two-day Regional Seminar on ‘Emerging Leadership of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Way Forward for Inclusive Growth in Contemporary India’, held on 9 and 10 March, 2014 at Hotel Bliss, Tirupati, which was sponsored by the National Commission for Women, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Chief Guest: Dr. Agarala Easwara Reddi, Former Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Hyderabad. Guests of Honour: Dr (Mrs) B. Vengamma, the then Director and Vice-Chancellor, SVIMS University, Tirupati and Smt. N.P. Durga, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), New Delhi.
  10. Five-day ‘Capacity Building Programme for SC and ST Elected Representatives of PRI’s in Andhra Pradesh: The Case of Chittoor District’, held on 5,6,7,8 and 9, 2015 at Youth Hostel Conference Hall, Tirupati, which was Sponsored by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt. of India, Sriperambudur. Chief Guest: Dr (Mrs) G. Kuthuhalamma, Former Deputy Speaker of AP Legislative Assembly, Hyderabad. Guest of Honour: Dr. V. Varaprasad Rao, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Tirupati.
  11. Participated in the Field Visits by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members in Selected Gram Panchayats in Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh state for National Research Project on ‘Increasing Domestic Violence against Women in Rural Andhra Pradesh: The Case of Chittoor District’, Sponsored by the National Commission for Women, Govt. of India, during 2015-2016.
  12. Regional Seminar on 'Role of Self-Help Groups in Andhra Pradesh for Inclusive Growth: Best Practices in Chittoor District’, held on 16 and 17 March, 2017 at Youth Hostel Conference Hall, Tirupati, which was Sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad. Chief Guest: Dr (Smt) G. Kuthuhalamma, Former Deputy Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Hyderabad. Guest of Honour: Prof. K. Rathnaiah, Former Vice-Chancellor, Dravidian University, Kuppam.
  13. Panel Discussion on 'National Unity and Role of Youth in India’ held on 21 May, 2017 at AGRASRI Meeting Hall, Tirupati. Key-Note Speaker: Dr. D. Sundar Ram, Director, AGRASRI, Tirupati.
  14. Two National Seminar on ‘25 Years of Panchayati Raj Institutions Reforms in India (Post-73rd Constitutional Amendment Act): Experiments, Experiences and Challenges’, held on 19 and 20 August, 2017 at Hotel Bliss (Emerald Hall), Tirupati, which was Sponsored by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt.of India, Sriperambudur and Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru. Chief Guest: Prof. Madan Mohan Goel, the then Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Govt.of India, Sriperambudur. Guest of Honour: Shri Justice D. Subrahmanyam, Former Judge, Andhra Pradesh High Court and Former Chairman, AP Commission for Backward Classes , Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
  15. Interactive Session with Shri Nadendla Manohar, Former Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Shri Justice D. Subrahmanyam, Former Judge of AP High Court, by the Cambridge Public School Children, held on 20 August, 2017 at Hotel Bliss, Tirupati.
  16. Participation in the Field Visits by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members in Selected Gram Panchayats in Chittoor and Guntur Districts of Andhra Pradesh state for the ICSSR Senior Fellowship Research Study on 'Dynamics of Dalit Leadership in Local Self-Government Institutions in Andhra Pradesh', Sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), MoHRD, Govt.of India, New Delhi, February-March, 2018.
  17. Participation in the Field Visits by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members in selected Gram Panchayats in Guntur, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Districts of Andhra Pradesh state for the National Research Study on 'Time and Work Study for the Panchayati Raj Functionaries in India: Andhra Pradesh State', Sponsored by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt.of India and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, February-March, 2018.
  18. Participation in the 108th Chittoor District Formation Day Lecture and Chittoor District Centenary Awards Programme by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members, Organised by the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India, Tirupati, on 1 April, 2018 at Hotel Bliss (Darbar Hall), Tirupati.
  19. Participation in the Field Visits by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members in selected Gram Panchayats in Erode, Kanniya Kumari and Vellore Districts of Tamil Nadu state for the National Research Study on 'Time and Work Study for the Panchayati Raj Functionaries in India - Tamil Nadu State', Sponsored by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India, Hyderabad, July- August, 2018
  20. Participation in the Field Visits by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members in selected Gram Panchayats of Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh state for the National Research Evaluation Study on 'Mission Antyodaya Phase-II', Sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India, Hyderabad and organised by the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, February, 2019.
  21. Participation in the 109th Chittoor District Formation Day Lecture and Chittoor District Centenary Awards Programme by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members, Organised by the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India, Tirupati, on 1 April, 2019 at Hotel Bliss (Darbar Hall), Tirupati.
  22. Participation in the 16th Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture and Rajiv Gandhi National Awards Conferment Programmes by the AGRASRI Youth Resource Centre Members, Organised by the Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India, Tirupati, on 20 August, 2019 at Hotel Bliss (Darbar Hall), Tirupati.
  23. Organised Awareness Programmes on ‘COVID-19 Pandemic- Citizens Health Hazards’, in Thondavada Gram Panchayat, Tirupati Rural Mandal, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, on 21 May, 2020, in association with the Grama Volunteers of Thondavada Gram Panchayat.
  24. Organised Awareness Programmes on ‘COVID-19 Pandemic- Citizens Health Harzards’, in Thummalagunta Gram Panchayat, Tirupati Rural Mandal, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, on 20 August, 2020, in association with Grama Volunteers of Thummalagunta Gram Panchayat.
  25. Distributed Masks and Sanitizer Bottles to the Residents of selected Gram Panchayats on behalf of AGRASRI, in Tirupati Rural Mandal, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh on the eve of ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’, on 20, 21 and 22 August, 2020, in association with the Youth and NGO Volunteers.