MoU inked b/w Lady Irwin College and MoRD for establishing 'Roshni'

1. Ministry of Rural Development and Lady Irwin College, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here today for establishing ROSHNI – Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action.
2. ROSHNI is technically and financially supported by UNICEF India serving as a technical support unit at a national level for DAY-NRLM and is embedded in the Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi.

• Roshni aims to work with women collectives for social action on FHNW interventions in alignment with DAY-NRLM Dashasutra strategy and supporting the implementation of convergent action plan under POSHAN Abhiyaan.
• Roshni will learn from Swabhimaan and similar models and extend support to DAY-NRLM for expanding the scope of FHNW interventions.
• The Centre will lead knowledge creation, capacity building for scale-up of a convergent action plan, learning and re-learning in Swabhimaan sites and provide policy guidance to DAY-NRLM on POSHAN Abhiyaan initiatives.