Deshpande Foundation

Rural Transformation Innovation & Knowledge Centre (RTIKC)

About RTIKC

RTIKC is our strategic impact advisory arm. It focuses on streamlining existing programs, innovating new ones, and translating scale through partnership. RTIKC is pivotal in building the strategy to deliver our goal as a step towards rural transformation by following an economic impact and product-management mindset.

The overarching goal of RTIKC will be to assess the maturity of our programs as products and their demand in the current state, and thereby recommend a scaling strategy.

Unique Offerings

Partnership for Impact

Partnership for Impact

To create a larger impact by replicating our programs that have matured to scale, in other parts of the country, by partnering with other non-profits in the ecosystem. RTIKC is experimenting with the critical criteria of the suitability of our programs in regions it aspires to reach.

Economic Opportunities for Impact

Economic Opportunities for Impact

Implementing a pilot of Integrated Farming System (IFS) – an agriculture-allied intervention, to add to the economic value delivered to our customers. This includes pilots on water management, horticulture, vermicomposting, allied services and entrepreneurship.

Product Augmentation

Product Augmentation

Recommending improvements in current programs; for ex:: two additional product designs (75 x 75 ft. & 50 x 50 ft.) in the Farm Pond program.

Program Evaluation & Analytics

Program Evaluation & Analytics

Help develop program analytics for SiV and SkillPlus, to assess their quality and impact.

Partners

  • SSP
  • SSP
  • SSP

We have just begun our journey of 'Partnership for Impact' in the state of Maharashtra.