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ASSOCHAM INDiA - CSR and Sustainbility AWARDS 2023 to Vision Karnataka Foundation

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  VKF received huge recognition amongst a galaxy of accomplished gathering on 23/06/2023 at CSR & Sustainability Awards 2023 at Radisson Blue Hotel at Chennai organized by ASSOCHAM INDIA. In recognition of the contribution towards livelihood clusters, VKF has ceaselessly been contributing for several years. Anitha Rao & Nandakishore - Board Members received the Award officially. This recognition is for the entire VKF team and all ground staff and district leadership as well as the Council heads; advisory board members and Governing Council members. IIT - Madras was the Academic host with tremendous value and efforts shared that was an eye opener to the community. Creating huge collaboration opportunities with VKF of immediate action. In the background Sri T R Parasuraman - Chairman of Southern Regional Council; Hon'ble Minister for primary education-Thiru Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Govt of Tamil Nadu; Hon'ble Minister for Environment & climate change Thiru Siva Meyyana
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VKFs NRLM Association Jute Cluster Project at Bagalkot and Vijayapura   VKF is acting as a Technical Support Agency (TSA) for KSRLPS / NRLM, having vast experience in promoting producer enterprises in select rural commodity value chains in non-farm sectors at the National Level along with having the expertise in identification of opportunities for value chain development in farm and non-farm sector, taking up value chain scoping studies, detailed diagnostics studies, identification of business model, preparation of the business plan, project planning, project report preparation, and project implementation for incorporation & operationalization of Producer enterprises.   VKF is assisting KSRLPS  / NRLM in the preparation of DSR, detailing the economic viability of the intervention and implementation of the value chain intervention plans through the promotion of Producer Enterprises in the identified non-farm cluster in the state of Karnataka, adhering to the ‘Guidelines fo

Re Thinking the Growth Factor : A COVID 19 Response to the Altered Realities

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Looking at the Changing dynamics of the socio economic environment during the COVID 19 and its subsequent impact ; we have begun questioning everything and anything around us with a critical mindset to figure out the relevance to our course of action and the foundation of our beliefs and responses as human behavior. There is no place on this planet that has not been impacted by the ongoing pandemic and largely the 2020 year has witnessed an apocalyptic nature of natural disasters as while as pestilence that are nearly biblical in proportion cascading into 2021 clearly showing the destructive power of unbelievable magnitude and bizarre chain of events with floods ravaging due to excessive rainfall even in the middle of deserts; never witnessed in the last 1000 years. Untill just recently; intoxicated by the greed of indulgence and avarice to amass more and more wealth we have abused the planet to such an extent that nature itself has starting to throw up everywhere. There are validated