Name of the civil society
PARYAY
Year of Establishment: 1994
Geographically Focus area Marathwada Region – a Part of Maharashtra state of India
Field office Address
PARYAY,
Hasegaon (K), Tal Kallam , Dist.
Osmanabad – 413 507
PO. Box No. 01
Maharashtra State, – INDIA
Administration Office PARYAY
N-2, Paryay Community Center,
Sector J, Near Sant Rohidas Health Center
Jalna Road, Aurangabad – 431 299
Maharashtra, INDIA
Email addresses
paryayorg@gmail.com
Contact Person Vishwanath Todkar,
Secretary, PARYAY
Registration Societies Registration Act
1860, No. Mah/331/94 and
Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 No. F-3036 (Aurangabad)
Maharashtra. INDIA
For Local (Within India)
Bank A/C
Soc A/C No: 56/1 Solapur Janta Sahakari Bank,
Branch: Kallam, Dist: Osmanabad
FCRA FCRA No.083910047
FCRA BANK A/C No, A/c. No. 39/27973,
Core Banking A/c No. 11289438238
FCRA BANK Address State Bank of India, Branch Osmanabad, Dist Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Pin. 413 501.
INDIA
Organizational Information:
PARYAY – a Marathi word conveys meaning alternative strategies. It also implies choice – Right
of Choosing, Power of Choosing and Freedom of Choosing. Paryay has tremendously struggled
and contributed and still doing towards legal rights of the poor, Dalits, children, women and
underprivileged to resolve the injustices with them through democratic way. Since its inception,
Paryay is engaged in search of new strengths, ways and thoughts which will destroy the
discrepancies prevailing at all levels in the society.
In 1982, activists of Paryay were involved in development processes, especially, in slum areas of
Pune city under the name of Janiv Group. Till 1985, the major work was among slum children
for their educational improvement. Along with it, awareness programmes were conducted to
raise the consciousness about pathetic situation of life. During the work it was observed that
most of the slum dwellers are from Marathwada region of Maharashtra who seasonally migrates
for employment and most of them were from Dalit communities.
The experiential learning turned activists to concentrate at the roots of the problem as well as
Marathwada region. In 1986, activists collectively took the decision and initiated work in
Osmanabad the most backward districts of Marathwada region for the benefit of the families
falling under the categories of landless, deprived, marginal farmers and the farm based
labourers. Marathwada region is marked by poor educational standard, high migration rate, child
marriage, child labour and bonded labour, unhygienic living conditions, non-availability of
health care facilities. Another major feature is caste ridden society, where Dalit atrocities are
rampant.
Vision:
The just and equitable society in which poorest of the poor have the development opportunities
leading to their socio-economic, educational development and address their livelihood rights for
improved quality of life.
Mission:
Holistic development of the rural poorest through capacity building, information dissemination,
natural resource management, research, networking, policy advocacy and local resource based
livelihood promotion.
Operational Area:
At present the operational area of the organization is eight districts of Marathwada region of
Maharashtra. These are Osmanabad, Latur, Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, and
Aurangabad districts.
Vision:
The just and equitable society in which poorest of the poor have the development opportunities
leading to their socio-economic, educational development and address their livelihood rights for
improved quality of life.
Mission:
Holistic development of the rural poorest through capacity building, information dissemination,
natural resource management, research, networking, policy advocacy and local resource based
livelihood promotion.
