Peoples Development Initiatives PDI

In 1998, a group of academicians, development facilitators started the organization at Tiruchirapalli, under the Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975 and the Registration Number is S. No. 133 of 1998. , The main goal of the organization is to serve the weaker sections of the society including the women, the poor, and the underprivileged through inter alia, the strategies of self help, Entrepreneurship development, functional literacy, health care delivery, support services for the physically/mentally challenged and ensuring environmental quality: the common focus would be harnessing the local initiatives and eventually making them self sustained. , , , The Vision and Mission statements of PDI are, , Vision , To recognize the inherent capacities existing among the marginalized and supporting and building on them to herald the beginning of a new life where people can make their own choices . , Mission , To overcome economic, legal, social and gender based inequalities and facilitate the process of people gaining control over their lives.