A livelihoods initiative for the hills
Every valley carries an echo.
Project Anugoonj works block by block across Uttarakhand, turning rural women's traditional craft and their appetite for clean energy into steady, independent livelihoods.
About the project
Livelihoods rooted in what the hills already know
Anugoonj means resonance — the way a sound returns, amplified, from a mountainside. The project is built on the same idea: skills that already exist in rural households, met with training, market access and clean energy, sent back out into the community stronger than before.
Mission
To build dependable, dignified livelihoods for rural women in Uttarakhand by strengthening traditional arts enterprises and enabling household- and community-level adoption of renewable energy, through hands-on training and sustained handholding.
Vision
A hill economy where women-led enterprises in craft and clean energy are self-sustaining, where local government hears directly from the women who run them, and where migration out of the mountains is a choice, not a necessity.
Where we work
Block by block, across the hills
Each block is chosen with local government and community partners, weighing craft heritage, energy access gaps, and readiness to organise — the same criteria guide every block added as the project grows. Sample geography below — edit freely, and add as many blocks as the project covers.
What Anugoonj does
Four ways the work moves forward
Craft and clean energy are treated as one livelihood question, backed by training on the ground and a direct line to policymakers.
In collaboration with
Academic and incubation partners
Project Anugoonj is anchored by two institutional partners who bring design research and enterprise-building expertise to every block the project reaches.
From the field
Workshops, artisans and installations
Photos from training sessions and block visits will populate this gallery as the project rolls out. Admins can add image links directly.
Updates
From workshops to policy dialogue
Get in touch
Reach the Anugoonj team
anugoonj@example.org
+91 00000 00000
Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667