Origin

Trust Community Livelihoods (TCL) was registered as not for profit Trust in year 2011 by four senior social sector development professionals, with over 30 years of experience at the time. They were all engaged in national and international consultancies, after having worked in field. They decided to bring their collective wisdom to ground for social change in Uttar Pradesh and such regions. It was to work for equity and social justice in the society. TCL would develop and respond to the aspirations of the community captures in the word: JEANS - “JUSTICE, EQUITY, ASPIRATIONS, NATURAL, SUSTAINABILITY”. Jeans is also an apparel that has been a great equalizer – worn by wealthiest to poorest.

It was decided to focus on the rural areas, where most of the people live, and on agriculture allied activities, on which most people depend on their livelihoods and sustenance.  

Vision

TCL is driven by the vision of

 “Empowered Society that creates equal opportunities for dignified life to Each and Every Individual.”

Mission

“TCL promotes and partners with community institutions to empower women, children and marginalized households to enhance and sustain their economic and social well-being”

Objective

Key objective of TCL is to Rejuvenate the Rural Economy so that we can achieve our vision and mission. Hence the emphasis is on small and marginal women farmers.

The current focus of TCL is Eastern UP which is an extreme poverty belt. The method of developing and rejuvenating villages in this context that has emerged would have replicated in entire eastern UP and northern Bihar which have similar topography and socio-economic profile.

Similar, context specific method and models for replication would be developed in other geographies, currently limited to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar States.

Happiness and healthy environment

Belief

TCL has a belief that economic transformation of India can come about with greater participation of rural people, especially the marginalized and poor, in generating surplus. The transformation has to be a bottom up approach, even as surplus from urban economic activities and government resources are leveraged for rural investments. It is our strong belief that this is possible through mobilization, aggregation of land and resources, and infusion of science and technology.

TCL is driven by the belief that women would lead social and economic transformation of the society. The efforts of the endeavour is to empower women through groups, training and awareness and most importantly ensuring the income from their labour goes into their bank account directly and they have greater say in decision-making and influence within the family and in the society.

Philosophy

TCL essentially has humanistic philosophy, wherein there is emphasis on the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings. We as collective are responsible for the promotion of weaker and marginalized people, espousing for equal and inherent dignity of all human beings, using reason and science/technology. Happiness and healthy environment

Core Values

TCL espouses the core value of

- Honesty and Transparency

- Learning and Reflection

- Partnership with stakeholders

The Board

	Manoj Kumar	Chair Person	Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma is a Managing Director at MSC. He is a development and inclusive finance expert with over 28 years of experience. Manoj has worked in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sweden, and Vietnam.
	Tejinder Singh Bhogal	Trustee	Mr. Tejinder Singh Bhogal has post-graduate diploma from IRMA. He has over 40 years of experience in development. He has worked for 15 years in direct project implementation in NDDB and PRADAN thereafter worked as Capacity Building & Organizational Effectiveness Consultant. He focuses on organizational effectiveness (OE), Capacity Building& Organizational Development (OD), and Human Resource Development (HRD).
	Padmaja Nair	Trustee	Ms. Padmaja Nair has a Diploma in Planning and Management of Urban Development from University of Birmingham and a Masters degree in Economics (specialization in Development Planning). She has more than two decades of experience in the field of development with a special focus on urban planning & management, water & sanitation areas. She has worked with The World Bank, UNICEF, IDC, DFID and SIDA on Program Planning, implementation and evaluation.
	Alka Talwar	Board Member	Ms. Alka Talwar is a chief CSR and sustainability officer at Tata Chemicals limited. An Architect by education and a certified achievement motivation trainer. She has more than 30 years of experience in this sector.
	Shubha Prem	Board Member	Ms. Shubha Prem is secretary of the Banwasi Seva Ashram that promotes Gandhian living. She has more than 30 years of experience in Development sector.
	Vinod Jain	Managing Trustee	Mr. Vinod Jain has an Agriculture Engineering degree from IIT, Kharagpur. He is the Managing Trustee of TCL. He has over 30 years of experience having worked for fifteen years in PRADAN after working in corporate sector. He has been consultant with The World Bank, DFID, SIDBI, Tata Trusts, OXFAM (India), etc.

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	Mr. Vinod Jain	Executive Director	Mr. Vinod Jain has an Agriculture Engineering degree from IIT, Kharagpur. He is the Managing Trustee of TCL. He has over 30 years of experience having worked for fifteen years in PRADAN after working in corporate sector. He has been consultant with The World Bank, DFID, SIDBI, Tata Trusts, OXFAM (India), etc.
	Dr. Sunil K. Pandey	Project Anchor – Agriculture and Livelihoods
	Mr. V. K. Singh	Project Anchor – Livelihoods and Enterprises
	Mr. Ankeshwar Pandey	Project Anchor – Institution Building and Livelihoods
	Ms. Fareeda Begum	Project Anchor – Education & Capacity Building
	Mr. R. N. Shukla	Regenerative Agriculture Expert
	Mr. Swami Saran	Business Expert – CEO of FPC & Manager MIS
	Mr. Pankaj Shukla	Finance Manager

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