Organization Profile, history and how the organization started

In 1946, Mahatma Gandhi established a Nature Cure Centre at backward village in Urulikanchan. Dr. Manibhai Desai, his trusted disciple was assigned the responsibility of its management and worked closely with the villagers. In 1967, Manibhai Desai established the Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF), a non profitable, public Charitable Trust to replicate his experiences in rural development. BAIF has now been renamed as BAIF Development Research Foundation. Continuing the good work of Dr. Manibhai Desai in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi, BAIF reached Andhra Pradesh in 1996 and started its interventions on the invitation of the Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Limited, Hyderabad to establish doorstep cattle breeding centres in backward districts of the state. Today, BAIF programmes in the state also includes areas such as watershed development and promotion of livelihood opportunity through effective natural resource management covering three thousand villages spread across ten districts in AP.

NGO is registered under

BIRD-AP, a sister concern of BAIF Development Research Foundation, Pune is registered as society on 20-2-2007 under AP Registration of Societies Act,2001 having Registration No. 311 of 2007.

BIRD-AP Mission

• Technology transfer for conservation of natural resources, environmental protection and improved quality of life
• Promotion of food security, community health and literacy
• Empowerment of women and weaker sections of the society
• Strengthening of People's Organisation

Board of Directors