Ctrd Trust

The Centre for Tribal and Rural Development Trust (CTRD Trust) is a dedicated voluntary organization that was established in 1988. It is registered under the Indian Trust Act in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was established with the aim of improving socio-economic conditions by helping the tribal and rural communities to overcome the grip of poverty and ignorance. CTRD Trust has been working for three decades in the fields of health, education, livelihood, tribal development, women development, bio-diversity conservation, organic farming and disability among the indigenous tribal and rural communities of the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu. Vision of CTRD is the realization of empowered self-reliant tribal and rural communities with improved socio-economic conditions without damaging their cultural and environmental identity