PROFILE OF SIR

Introduction of SIR

Support for Implementation & Research (SIR) is an organization, which provides technical and physical support to implement any developmental project/program at the grass root level and also conduct research on socio-economic issues. The technical support is ensured by means of management consultancy, training, counseling, etc. SIR has developed the DPR of Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana, initiated by Planning Commission, Government of India, for district- Hamirpur and district- Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh (Budget: Rs. 45.00 Crores of each district). It has been welcomed, sanctioned and presently being implemented. Recently, on the vision of the President of India, Hon’ble APJ Abdul Kalam, a DPR on PURA scheme for district– Azamgarh was developed by SIR to Provide Urban Amentias in Rural Areas (PURA). Now, SIR has been conducting Documentation/Evaluation of UNDP sponsored Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Program of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. 
      The physical support is made available in the form of skilled manpower, infra-structures, IEC materials, and reliable transportation facilities, conduction of events and implementation of overall programs even at the village level in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. SIR has been carrying out many government-sponsored programs mostly in the Self-employment, Health, Education and Agriculture/ Rural development Sectors. SIR has conducted Mahila Rojgar Training Program in District- Raebareli for about 60 rural women in the trade of ‘Beautician’ and ‘Tailoring- Patch work’, sponsored by U.P. Mahila Kalyan Nigam, Lucknow. To remove the mal-effects of unemployment, Kishori Shakti Yojna Training Program has been conducted successfully and more than 150 adolescent girls were got imparted vocational skills in district- Hardoi and district- Ballia.
Presently, SIR has been carrying out ‘Targeted Intervention Project to prevent HIV/AIDS in FSWs in Hardoi’, sponsored by U.P. State AIDS Control Society, Lucknow. Moreover, similar project has been run for Migrant population in Azamgarh sponsored by PACT, Washington, USA. Simultaneously, STEP Exporters Project has been carried out in U.P., M.P., and Maharastra with the financial support of Maxhavelaar Foundation, Switzerland. Furthermore, Urban Reproductive and Child Health in Lucknow, funded by European Commission and Government of India, was carried out, about 34 female workers at slum areas were directly associated with the project. For women empowerment “Swayamsidha” Project, sponsored by Ministry of HRD, GOI has been carried out at Tiloi, district- Raebareli (U.P.), about 1850 rural women are being directly interacting with the organization.
For the rural development and agriculture promotion, the Diversified Agriculture Support Project has been carried out in district- Shahjahanpur under UPDASP, Lucknow. Special Component Plan for Horticulture promotion among farmers has been carried out in district- Shahjahanpur sponsored by Horticulture Department, U.P. Agriculture Training Programs, Agriculture Exhibition Programs, Self Employment Generation Program, Horticulture Training Programs, Micro Enterprises Development Programs under RSVY, sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development, GOI, have been carried out in Azamgarh. Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana Training Program and many Entrepreneurial Development Programs have been successfully implemented in district- Lucknow, Hardoi, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Kushinagar, Jaunpur, Raebareli, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, etc.
SIR came out with innovative game show during AIDS awareness campaign in the year 2002, for which it was appreciated & awarded by UPSACS, Lucknow. SIR has been associated and actively participated in many programs conducted by UPSACS since 1999. SIR has got its two associates trained by NARI, Pune on Counseling on HIV/AIDS on the recommendation of UPSACS under the guidelines of NACO. Moreover, SIR has two Master Trainer on Women and Child development issues trained by NIPCCD, a division of Deptt of Women & Child Development, GOI, and New Delhi.
SIR is duly registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Regn. No. 2556/96), FCRA (Regn. No.136550225), Income-Tax Dept (PAN no.AAAAS9742G). The head office of SIR is situated in Lucknow and it has five branch offices at Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Raebareli, and Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh and Navi Mumbai in Maharastra. SIR has a team of professionally highly qualified and rich experienced staff.