Unskilled workforce
Lack of growth prospects and growing urbanisation has often been reason for rapid migration from village to cities. To bridge the urban and rural divide an organization Mrida was setup in 2014.
Co founded by Arun Nagpal, it has been able to help those who required a much needed push in skill building and professional growth by way of sustainable development. Arun teamed up with friends and like-minded ex-colleagues, Manoj Khanna and Gurveen Kaur Sood, and started Mrida.
“Mrida” – a new-age startup works with underserved rural communities which have been forgotten and neglected. Focussing on sustainable development, Mrida has worked on variety of initiatives with individuals, village level entrepreneurs, self-help-groups, rural communities, and Corporate entities according to a report.
Nagpal tells a website he set up the organisation after seeing extreme poverty in some remote areas of the country.
Arun Nagpal and Co – Courtesy Your Story
An alumnus of the Institute of Management – IIM, Calcutta, Nagpal worked with Corporate India for 28 years before taking a plunge in the social sector.
Mrida in its own account has over 40 projects on-ground, with many in remote, difficult-to-access areas and with underserved communities.
Mrida has also distributed battery operated e-Rickshaws to bring accessibility in rural areas and create livelihoods. The startup also focuses on health, hygiene, eatables, sanitation and education.
Tahtajpur village in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh is one of the success stories of the Mrida Group.
The organisation has installed 40 solar micro grids and 200 solar street lights, and has illuminated over 2,000 rural households in less than three years. It has imparted skill development training to over 150 villagers, and has impacted nearly 10,000 lives through various rural projects.
Arun’s father was a horticulturist with the government of Maharashtra, who was extremely passionate about rural development by virtue of the bottom up approach.
Team Mrida – Courtesy Your Story
Nagpal’s idea of setting up this venture was based on the idea that 70 per cent of the country’s population still lived in rural areas and the rural populace is still craving for its fair share of attention.
Interestingly successive governments have fallen short of expectation in terms of rural growth. Similar is the case with corporate India’s CSR initiative.
Currently run by 27 employees, Mrida plans to grow larger and stronger.
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