VIKASA was founded 30 years ago by a Gandhian in letter and spirit Sri Parimi Viswanadham. Its Administrative office is located in Visakhapatnam.

The core of activities of VIKASA revolve around the Natural Resources Management with a special focus to Agriculture and Horticulture. As majority of rural folk depend on agriculture, VIKASA is keen in promoting the Natural resources Management based livelihoods, promoting organic agriculture to handover a healthy and sustainable future to the coming generations, women empowerment through financial inclusion by setting up of Mutually Aided Cooperative Thrift Societies (MACTS) etc.

Besides, VIKASA is actively involved in Holistic development of the rural areas Education and awareness programmes Health and Sanitation Development of Fisher folk Creating Market linkages Strengthening Livestock sector, which is backbone of the farming community and Working with Adolescents in sensitizing them for their healthy future and overall safety of the society.

Currently VIKASA is directly working with 3000 farming families in Araku and Dumbriguda Mandals of Visakhapatnam, 20,000 rural families through three MACTS located in Chodavaram, Bheemunipatnam and Araku Valley.

VIKASA strongly believes in culture plays a key role in keeping the society intact and can be used as a development vehicle. It was demonstrated in promoting the activities like Gobar porob by involving the entire village for preparing manure, using the locally available resources to improve the productivity of their crops.

VIKASA is a recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Patri Bhumi Mitra award from the Department of Rural Development , Government of India in 1997 for its yeoman service in forest restoration and developing wastelands into agriculturally productive lands under watershed programmes in Visakhapatnam District.

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