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Non-literate rural women impart lessons in construction to American students

Living up to the global village concept, a group of American students are working hand in hand with Indian rural women to build toilets...

Amrita Micro Hydro Electric System- Illuminating Rural India via Renewable Resources

Many villages in India do not have access to electricity. Villages that do receive power, do so intermittently and with frequent disruption, making the supply of...

Amma donates Rs.100 Crore for Clean Ganga Project

Amma today presented Sri. Arun Jaitley, India’s Hon. Minister of Finance, a cheque for Rs. 100 crore (US$15 million) for the construction of toilets...

Turning a Desert into a Forest, a Miracle in Transformation at Amrita

Visitors to Amrita’s Coimbatore campus are often struck by its beauty. They remark about the lush greenery, the shaded walkways lined by trees, the...

Sanitation Model For Open Defecation-Free Villages

More than 620 million people (over 44% of the population) practice open defecation in India, causing close to 65,000 tons of excrement to freely...
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Rural Electrification Through Solar PV Microgrids

The village of Valaramkunnu in the Wayanad district of Kerala, consists of four tribes that live in six different locations on a mountain. Even...