WASH Institute

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Institute would be a non profit training and development organization dedicated to provide practical solutions to a wide range of water, sanitation, hygiene and environmental issues in India and the neighbouring countries. Core activities of WASH Institute would be to undertake training programs to groom water, sanitation, hygiene and environmental professionals and functionaries involved in the sector. Special focus would be given to middle level professionals who are directly involved in managing the programmes on ground. Round the year, WASH Institute would run various formal and non-formal training/academic courses both on short and long-term basis.

The initiative, apart from developing and offering campus based courses, would have tie-ups with national and international agencies in the region to groom middle level professionals and students. Appropriate action research, on field study/experiments, knowledge sharing and advocacy initiates will be undertaken to promote importance of capacity building and influencing other sector players and institutions to replicate these widely.