Society for Rational Development,SFORD,Our Units

Society for Rational Development, sford, rural education, rural health services, agricultural development, livestock management, rural research & extension, affordable education

Objectives

1. SFORD College Launched 2. Sford Gau-shaala restarted on Gandhi Jayanti 3. Sford entered in 7th Year of its working in rural area 4. Computer Lab Started for rural mass 5. Residential Camp organised for Rural Children 6. Residential Camp organised for Teachers 7. Milestone! Sford has connected with Electricity. 8. Good News! Mr. S.P. Jain, Mumbai contributed for Electricity. 9. Mr. R.K. Mittal contributed for a Hall in Sford Campus. 10. SFORD is entering in 6th year of its working in rural area. 11. Appeal for Relief! 12. Sorry! President, SFORD Advisory Board passed away 13. Bhumi Poojan of Hostel Building on Jan 28th 14. New Step ! SFORD entered into fifth year of its working in rural area 15. Professor K.R. Joshi (Former Principal, Medical Colleges, Rajasthan) is our new Chairman 16. Good News! Two Children of SFORD passed 10th Board Examination 17. Welcome! New Year 2007. 18. Our Founding Chairman Dr. M.L. Purohit passed away on 27th of October 2006,SORRY! 19. SFORD Souvenir 'A Road to Rural Development' published on SFORD Day (Sept 11, 2005) 20. Environment Protection Campaign & Medical Camp held 21. 750 rural children benefitted by 'Sanskar Paudhshala' 22. Commissoner of Income tax, Jodhpur & A well reputed Handicraft Businessman visited the SFORD 23. Students of Rural Management (MBA, IIRM) visited the SFORD 24. SFORD Academy Celebrated 56th Republic Day - Chief Guest - Dr. B.S. Rajpurohit, Chairman, Indian Accounting Association 25. SFORD Academic Forum launched 26. SFORD celebrated 2nd Anniversary on 11 Sept. 2004 27. SFORD Hostel started 28. SFORD Gau Seva Evam Shodh Samsthan inaugrated by Shriyut P.S. Chhina, Income-tax Commissiner, Jodhpur on June 10, 2004. 29. 12 post-graduate students of J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur; visited SFORD Campus. 30. Swami Krishnanand Memorial Library Inaugrated 31. SFORD Academy entered into second session

SOCIETY FOR RATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – Sford

a road to rural development

info@sfordonline.org

Sford is

a ‘Not-for-profit’, ‘Educational & Social Organisation’; registered under the Rajasthan Society Registration Act, 1958 vide no. 247/Jodhpur/2002.

- imparting education in rural area since 2002 at 'Sford Campus' – 25 km from Jodhpur City in Village Peshawas, Tehsil Luni, District Jodhpur, Western Rajasthan, INDIA;

- running its activities free of charge because the rural families are short of resources to pay for education and they are unaware of the importance of education especially for the girl child. We give priority in admission to the children of the landless farmers; the semi-orphans; the adolescent girls & the school dropouts.

Sford Academy is the main unit of the 'Sford'. It runs the following educational activities at Sford Campus :

1. Formal Education : We impart formal education upto Upper Primary Level. We also offer subject-wise coaching to the rural boys & girls for higher studies at Sford Campus.

2.Informal Education : To educate the rural boys & girls in an informal way, we are running 12 Study Centers twice a week in the nearby villages from Sford Campus. Presently approx. 360 rural boys & girls are participating regularly. We also organise the residential camps for overall personality development at Sford campus.

3. Vocational Education : To make the rural boys and girls employable, we provide training of Computer, Typing, Chalk making and Soap making at Sford Campus.

4. Cow-care & Agri Education : We are running Gau-shaala to demonstrate that Gau-Paalan can become an economic venture. We also implementing Agricultural Activities to keep the literate-rural-mass attached to their roots.

Achievments : 2002 -To Date

- 456 Boys and 214 Girls associated through educational activities since 2002.
- Got the registrations under

the Rajasthan Educational Institution Rules, 1993 vide no. 323/Jodhpur/2004 as English Medium Upper Primary School.
the Income-tax Act, 1961 vide no. CIT-II/Ju/9/41/385/22.5.8/1.4.08 to 31.3.11.

-   36 persons got employment directly & approx. 200 persons got Employment indirectly.
-   4,863 Sqft. furnished building for educational activities.
-   Library with approx. 3,000 Books.

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You can contribute in cash or kind.

Kindly contribute generously and be sure for the proper use of your contributions (material or money). Please send your monetary contribution through crossed Cheque/Demand Draft in favour of ‘Society for Rational Development’ payable at Jodhpur (Raj.) India. Donations are eligible U/S 80G of Income-tax Act 1961.

please write to : :
          Dr. Sunil Nahar
          CEO
          Society for Rational Development
          Regd. Office: Hem Singh Katla, Mahamandir
          Jodhpur - 342 010 (Rajasthan) INDIA
          +91 94600 07938
          sunilsford@gmail.com