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{{Infobox organization
|image = Aid_logo.jpg
|caption = AID logo
|formation = 1991
|type = Volunteer movement
|status = Charity
|purpose = Sustainable, Equitable and Just Development in the Republic of India
|main_organ = Board of directors<ref>{{citation| url= http://aidindia.org/main/content/view/741/373/| title= Who is Who, that's what I want to know!| publisher= Association for India's Development| accessdate= 2010-06-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100713005039/http://aidindia.org/main/content/view/741/373/| archivedate= 2010-07-13| url-status= dead}}</ref>
|name = Association for India's Development (AID)
|image_border =
|image_size = 140px
|founder = Ravi Kuchimanchi
|region_served = [[India]]
|website = [http://www.aidindia.org/ www.aidindia.org]
}}

The '''Association for India's Development, Inc. (AID)''' is a secular [[Charity (practice)|charity]] organization<ref>{{cite book|last=Prashad|first=Vijay|title=The karma of Brown folk|url=https://archive.org/details/karmaofbrownfolk00pras|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-3439-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/karmaofbrownfolk00pras/page/121 121]}}</ref> based in the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Asgharzadeh|first1=A.|last2=Oka|first2=K.|last3=Lawson|first3=E.|title=Diasporic Ruptures: Globality, Migrancy, and Expressions of Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4YEbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Association+for+India%27s+Development%22|year=2007|publisher=Sense|isbn=978-90-8790-050-2|page=47}}</ref> which promotes "sustainable, equitable and just development". AID has won several [[award]]s for its work, including the 'Global Impact Award' by the prominent newspaper 'The [[Times of India]]'.<ref name = ToI>{{cite news|title=For this NGO, all roads lead to India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/For-this-NGO-all-roads-lead-to-India-/articleshow/10048632.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006001009/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-20/india/30179711_1_aid-binayak-sen-funds|url-status=live|archive-date=October 6, 2011|access-date=1 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=September 20, 2011}}</ref>

==Activities==
AID supports [[grassroots]] organizations in [[India]], interconnected spheres such as educations, livelihoods, natural resources including land, water and energy, agriculture, health, [[women's empowerment]] and [[social justice]].<ref name="about"/> AID focuses on a rights-based approach and is in solidarity with prominent people's movements and social workers of India. AID promotes [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] ji's ideas of "being the change that you wish to see in the world" inspiring people to support fair trades, organic products, question injustices and decreases their [[Ecological footprint|ecological]] footprints. AID works towards [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar's]] vision of equality for all enshrined in India's [[Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://makeadifference.aidindia.org/ |title=Make a Difference {{!}} Happy Independence Day |date=2015-10-29 |access-date=2016-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029104823/http://makeadifference.aidindia.org/ |archivedate=October 29, 2015 }}</ref>

==Organization in the United States==
AID consists of a [[decentralized]] network of chapters which raise and utilize funds independently. There were 36 chapters in 2010<ref name=chapters>{{citation| url= http://vindhya.aidindia.org/ad/chapters/?seeChapters| title= AID chapters| publisher= Association for India's Development| accessdate= 2010-06-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100616034639/http://vindhya.aidindia.org/ad/chapters/?seeChapters| archivedate= 16 June 2010| url-status= dead}}</ref> with a total volunteer strength of around 1000.<ref name=about>{{citation| url= http://aidindia.org/main/content/blogsection/3/67/| title= AID - About Us| publisher= Association for India's Development| accessdate= 2010-06-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100612110914/http://aidindia.org/main/content/blogsection/3/67/| archivedate= 2010-06-12| url-status= dead}}</ref> The major activities of the [[United States|U.S.]] chapters are raising funds, reviewing and supporting projects in India and informing and mobilizing their communities about important social and developmental issues in India. There were about 100 projects actively supported by AID chapters in 2010.

==Jeevansaathis==
The Jeevansaathi program began in 1998 to enable and encourage AID volunteers to engage in full-time social works. AID Jeevansaathis make a commitment to work on development issues, being part of AID's network and opening up new directions for AID to explore. Only AID volunteers are eligible to become Jeevansathis. Currently AID has seven Jeevansaathis.<ref>{{citation| url= http://aidindia.org/main/content/section/15/399/| title= AID - Jeevansaathis| publisher= Association for India's Development| accessdate= 2010-06-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100605085605/http://aidindia.org/main/content/section/15/399/| archivedate= 2010-06-05| url-status= dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.aidindia.org/ AID web site]

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