An initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Anugoonj Echo of sustainable change in the hills Integrated Livelihood, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Resilience Initiative for Rural Communities of Uttarakhand
IIT Roorkee Dept. of Architecture & Planning · TIDES

Solar Energy Training · Chakrata

Save crops – install solar fencing

Hands-on demonstrations of solar fencing for hill farmers in all six project blocks.

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Phase II in progress

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Trainings & Workshops13 Programme Field Visits5 visits Policy DialoguesPhase II in progress Photo Gallery1,270 Photos Register for TrainingRegister interest

Hon'ble

Project leadership

  • Prof. Avlokita Agrawal Principal Investigator Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee
  • Mr. Azam Ali Khan Co-Principal Investigator CEO, TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee

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About the project

Clean energy, skills and enterprise — for women of the hills

Anugoonj is an IIT Roorkee initiative that creates livelihoods for women and girls in the hills of Uttarakhand by bringing together renewable energy, skills training and enterprise development — and carries the lessons from the field to policy makers.

Project Integrated Livelihood, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Resilience Initiative for Rural Communities of Uttarakhand

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Implementation model
  1. IIT RoorkeeDept. of Architecture & Planning · TIDES
  2. 5 Districts · 6 BlocksWith BDO · NRLM · REAP
  3. Local ChampionAwareness & mobilisation
  4. Women participantsTraining → Enterprise
  5. Policy dialogueRecommendations to the State
  • 5 Districts
  • 6 Blocks
  • 13 Trainings & workshops
  • 5 Field visits
  • 1,270 Photos documented

What we train in

Skills that become livelihoods

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Our journey

Project timeline

  1. Jul–Nov 2025

    Scoping

    Data study, selection of 6 blocks and field visits.

    Completed

  2. Nov 2025 – Aug 2026

    Phase I: Training

    Solar energy, mushroom, food processing, bakery, Aipan and Bhimal trainings.

    Completed

  3. From Sep 2026

    Phase II: Policy dialogues

    Presenting findings to CDOs and department heads in each district.

    In progress

  4. Feb 2027

    Recommendations & close

    Policy suggestions and final report to the State Government.

    Upcoming

Project areas

Five districts, six blocks

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Hill blocks of the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand, where the project works with local administration and the Rural Livelihood Mission.

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Partners & convergence

  • IIT Roorkee Implementing institution
  • Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee Lead academic department
  • TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee Enterprise & startup support
  • Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) Community mobilisation through SHGs
  • Rural Enterprise Acceleration Project (REAP) Enterprise convergence
  • Block Development Offices Local administration in six blocks
  • Taqgene Mushroom cultivation training
  • Graphic Era Deemed to be University Technical resource persons

Project office

Department of Architecture & Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee – 247667, Uttarakhand, India

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Project areas: 5 districts, 6 blocks

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