For over two decades, TAAL has worked alongside marginalized communities across Madhya Pradesh not as providers of solutions, but as partners in building dignity, rights, and lasting change. We believe communities hold the knowledge and agency to shape their own futures. That’s why every initiative begins with listening to the people whose voices matter most.
Inspired by the belief that stories shape imagination and learning, TAAL launched a community-based reading initiative to cultivate a culture of reading among children. The programme establishes neighbourhood Book Reading Centres where trained volunteers read aloud to children, creating safe, engaging spaces that foster curiosity, language development, creativity, and critical thinking.
TAAL introduced renewable energy as a livelihood solution by establishing solar charging stations in remote tribal villages. We continued our collaboration with the institutions of local governance.
TAAL's early years focused on empowering democratic institutions by strengthening Panchayati Raj representatives and Gram Sabha members in the scheduled areas of Madhya Pradesh (Study in 42 urban local bodies in MP to assess impact of 74th amendment of the Constitution of India), laying the foundation for participatory local governance.
TAAL envisions society as, learning communities that promote a bottom-up, holistic and integrated approach with appropriate interventions to long-term sustainable development, in the process helping generate wisdom across generations.
Develop mechanisms that promote learning within communities to improve people’s lives and choices, thus enabling them to strengthen their capacities to meet development.
Eminent and renowned academician with training in Education M.A. MEd. DES (UK). Credited with taking leadership in establishing and running schools in Bhopal that have enhanced learning opportunities for students in the city.
Mr. Roy is a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development from XISS, Ranchi. His expertise lies in issues of rights of the child, human trafficking, gender, disaster risk reduction, and institutional development of civil society organisations.
Gold Medalist in Economist by training and a technocrat by profession. He has considerable experience in the field of renewable energy with specific focus on wind energy. He is the only expert in South East Asia with expertise in Meso Scale Wind Mapping. Presently he is the Director of Marut Shakti Energy India limited in Bhopal.
Trained in Economics and Law, Medha has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, with expertise in gender and development, adolescence, reproductive and child health, and women home-based workers.
Shantanu Roy is a distinguished Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has an impressive two-decade-association with the social sector. He is presently associated with Child In Need Institute, Kolkata as Chief Financial Officer.
IT professional Anu, a B.E. in Computer Technology, has 22+ years of experience across telecom, satellite communications, CRM, business analytics, CTI, portals, and data migration. She is Director and Co-Founder of Sigma SciTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon.
Electrical & Industrial Engineer with 25+ years of corporate and development-sector experience, specialising in renewable energy, livelihoods, climate change, natural resource management, and gender.
Trained as a Business Economist with more than 30 years of experience Amod Khanna has considerable experience in fields of rights of the child, local governance, rights and entitlements, livelihood enhancement and natural resources management and climate change.
Trained as a Business Economist with more than 30 years of experience Amod Khanna has considerable experience in fields of rights of the child, local governance, rights and entitlements, livelihood enhancement and natural resources management and climate change.
Eminent and renowned academician with training in Education M.A. MEd. DES (UK). Credited with taking leadership in establishing and running schools in Bhopal that have enhanced learning opportunities for students in the city.
Mr. Roy holds a PG Diploma in Rural Development from XISS, Ranchi, with expertise in child rights, human trafficking, gender, disaster risk reduction, and civil society development.
Gold Medalist in Economics and technocrat with extensive renewable energy expertise, especially wind energy. South East Asia’s only Meso Scale Wind Mapping expert, he is Director of Marut Shakti Energy India Ltd., Bhopal.
Trained in Economics and Law, Medha has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, with expertise in gender and development, adolescence, reproductive and child health, and women home-based workers.
Shantanu Roy, Fellow Member of ICAI, has over 20 years of social-sector experience and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Child In Need Institute, Kolkata.
IT professional Anu, B.E. in Computer Technology, has 22+ years experience across telecom, CRM, business analytics, CTI, and data migration. Director and Co-Founder, Sigma SciTech Solutions, Gurgaon.
Electrical & Industrial Engineer with 25+ years of corporate and development-sector experience, specialising in renewable energy, livelihoods, climate change, natural resource management, and gender.
Business Economist with 30+ years experience in child rights, local governance, rights and entitlements, livelihood enhancement, natural resource management, and climate change.
