How we work / Strategy

AGS has been striving to adopt a “Mission Mode”, stirring people and communities to create a grass-root movement, and networking of people’s participatory organizations. It spurs peoples initiatives and energies, in collaboration partnership with other institutions. While we work in the spheres / issues of public affairs, we try to involve social activists and representatives; we keep ourselves above partisan political streams.

Where we work

The canvass of AGS encompasses grass-root communities focussing on action, to the global village, with focus on universal concerns. Though AGS had its presence in various states of the country, as well as at the global fora, its network approach to social action has been limited to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamilnadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha.

Core strengths

• A team of professionals representing the spectrum of natural and social sciences, Gandhian thinkers who had participated in the political freedom and social reform movement.
• Professional staff trained in reputed social work institutions in India (TISS) with vast grass root level experience.
• Effective linkages with Gandhians, academics, environmentalists, natural and social scientists.
• Collaborative strategy and networking with NGOs at various levels – local to the global
• A Strategy of linking research, training and social action as mutually reinforcing activities.
• Campaign mode of awakening and empowering people, lobbying and advocacy are pursued as integral to social action