About us
Vernajyoti Educare,is a section 8 not for profit company , a leading sustainability and development organisation. It endeavours to continuously innovate for sustainable livelihood options. Vernajyoti undertakes a range of livelihood and skilling projects in association with grassroot community based organisations such as FPOs & SHGs . It also provides consultancy and data analytics in these domains. Vernajyoti has adopted a holistic cluster development approach and it's various programs have made significant impact in different areas of the country, leading to long term socio- economic changes in the identified clusters where customized intervention are planned. Currently,Vernajyoti is working in one such cluster in the eastern Himalyan region, where in mandarin orange growers are being organized into FPOs and cooperative structures with the requisite market linkages, resulting in remunerative price for their produce. In the same area farmers' children are imparted employment oriented skill training after mapping their current skill sets. These initiatives have resulted in considerable income enhancement of the smallholder farmers households..
What we offer
Vernajyoti promotes lifelong learning and is creating effective convergence between education and livelihood opportunities. These initiatives harness inclusivity and create employment while supporting socio-economic development.
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FPO : Processing & Market Linkages
FPO engagement model, Vernajyoti has adopted a holistic cluster development approach and it's various programs have made significant impact in different areas of the country, leading to long term socio- economic changes in the identified clusters where customized intervention are planned.The produce is further value - added by simple processsing and the requisite marketed linkages are forged, resulting in higher income for member farmers.
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SHG : Capacity Building
Vernajyoti started Micro - enterprise training of SHG members with Tata Power Distribution Limited ( TPDDL ) in the slum clusters within Tpddl's area of operations in Delhi. This initiative modelled around SWAYAM (Self - Women Associations' Yield and Market) program aimed to map the existing skill sets of the women SHG members.The SHG members are then imparted skill training to make produce which have ready markets.
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Future Skills Network
Vernajyoti is working with a network of grass root level community organizations to study the educational and existing skill sets of youth in these communities and also to understand their aspirations . Under the specially designed program , Future Skills Network, the skill sets of the youth are being mapped in different catchment and among socially and economically vulnerable groups.The skill gap so identified is bridged by imparting customized training in a job role which is aligned to the fast changing industry requirements.
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Consultancy & Data Analytics
Vernajyoti's long standing development related work experience and its key management team's expertise have been leveraged to offer special development consultancy and data analytics services aimed specifically at other non-profits engaged in similar sphere of work, farmers collectives, donor agencies, corporates undertaking CSR projects and policy makers.The granular micro level data with deep insights based on analytics can be very useful for socially oriented program planning and management.