Partnerships

The scientific collaborations of Harvest involve the 
hydrology departments of Paris, Tours and 
Montpellier universities in France. 

[taking samples near Marakanam in January 1999]

Besides the people and their elected or traditional representatives, Harvest has developed work relations with numerous and diverse organisations of common concern. Two specific lines of collaborations aim at (1) involving research institutes in programs of scientific interest in direct relation to people's needs (2) at encouraging industries to assume a constructive and conscious role in the unfoldings of societal and environmental changes.

Civil Society

• DHAN Foundation (Madurai)

• CPR Environmental Education (Chennai)

• Village Action Group, Cynergy, PBRC, Auroville Health Center, Arise (Auroville)

• Service de Coopération au Développement

• Ecole et Nature (France)

• Manos Unidas (Spain)

• Stichting de Zaaier (The Netherlands)

• Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (Mumbai)

• Foundation for World Education (USA).

Administrations

• Pondicherry Government

• Directorate Rural Development Tamilnadu

• Central Ground Water Board Tamilnadu

• PWD Groundwater

• Villupuram District Collectorate

• District Rural Development Agency

• PWD Water Resource Organisation

• Agriculture Engineering Dept.

• NEAC Ministry of Forest and Environment (Chennai)

• Tamilnadu Council for Science and Technology

Corporate

• Anglo-French Textiles Ltd. (Pondicherry)

• TELCO (Mumbay-Pune)

• Mahindra & Mahindra (Mumbay-Thana)

• Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd (Visakhapatnam)

• EID Parry (Chennai)

• Aqualab, Aureka (Auroville)

Research Partners

• Institute of Remote Sensing & Water Research Organisation (Anna University, Chennai)

• Groundwater Recharge (IIT, Chennai)

• Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée (Paris VI Univ., France)

• GEAC (Tours Faculty of Sciences, France)

• ISTEEM UMR 5569 (Montpellier Univ., France)

• French Institute of Pondicherry.