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Palni Hills Conservation Council Ngo In Kodaikanal Tamil Nadu

Palni Hills Conservation Council Ngo Information

PALNI HILLS CONSERVATION COUNCIL Non Governmental Organization is located in KODAIKANAL TAMIL NADU .

Registration Details

Registered With Registrar of Societies
Type of NGO Registered Societies (Non-Government)
Registration No 88 of 1985
Copy of Registration Certificate Available
Copy of Pan Card Available
Act name Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975
City of Registration KODAIKANAL
State of Registration TAMIL NADU
Date of Registration 27-11-1985

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act [FRCA] Registered? Yes

FRCA Registartion Number: 075940227

PALNI HILLS CONSERVATION COUNCIL NGO Organization Members

NameDesignationPanAadhaar
MADHU RAMNATHSecretaryAvailableAvailable
BALADHANDAYUTHAM GOPALSWAMYTreasurerAvailableAvailable
JANANI KRISHNAMURTHYTreasurerAvailableAvailable

PALNI HILLS CONSERVATION COUNCIL Source Funds

Department NameSourceFinacial YearAmount SanctionedPurpose
NATIONWIDEOverseas2015-2016200000TO PROVIDE A BIO GAS TOILET FOR THE PAPPAMPATTI VILLAGE COMMUNITY
BOTH ENDSOverseas2015-20161543858TO CONSERVE MARSH LAND and WATER ANALYSES PLANTING OF MARSH LAND PLANTS AT INPUT AND OUTPUT OF KODAIKANAL LAKE AND WATER SOUCES
ST OLAF COLLEGEOverseas2015-2016101376TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS OF ST.OLAF COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
FORGOTTEN CHILDREN CHILDRENOverseas2015-2016321140TO PROVIDE BUTTERFLY GARDEN IN THE FOOT HILLS OF PALANI HILLS AREA AND FOREST CONSERVATION
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2016-201761563PHCC conFnued its Yam Wild Food Project studies with research in the field on new sources of knowledge, harvesFng and documenFng the species used as food in tribal folklore, and also the medicinal value of plants like tubers and bulbs and their associaFon with fesFvals and rituals common to tribal life from Fme immemorial. Adukkam has been established as the next stage of the Kudhiraiyar wild foods nursery.
BOTH ENDSOverseas2017-2018298446PHCC Arboretum at Ganguvarpattii Fr Matthew Center is an area planted with many species of trees for study, display and presentation. The Arboretum act as a center for Handbook Distribution in public awareness of watershed resources impacting on all beneficiaries consists of more than a hundred species of native trees, with new varieties added, and each labelled with descriptions of uses and history with mankind for the environmental research and education
BOTH ENDSOverseas2017-2018298446PHCC Arboretum at Ganguvarpattii Fr Matthew Center is an area planted with many species of trees for study, display and presentation. The Arboretum act as a center for Handbook Distribution in public awareness of watershed resources impacting on all beneficiaries consists of more than a hundred species of native trees, with new varieties added, and each labelled with descriptions of uses and history with mankind for the environmental research and education
PEOPLE AND NATURE FUNDOverseas2017-2018250000Women & Water Project Survey recorded population density andother information about each community and measured the waterbodies’ dimensions as well as their marsh vegetation. Awareness workshops were conducted to apprise communities on the dangers of water borne infectious diseases.
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2017-201890000PHCC is conducting the Tamil Nadu unit of a Six State Survey of Palm Oil Plantations to assess the situation concerning the (1) ecology (2) social impact and (3) other environmental aspects and cultural impacts in gender, families and education in order to contribute to an Action Plan for Palm Oil cultivation in India.
Wild Food ProjectOverseas2017-2018119480The Wild Foods Project Nursery has been extended to Fr Mathew Centre form Kudhirayar Centre. Nearly twenty species of yams (Dioscorea sp.) have been planted and new fencing and pandal- trellises put up for the vines support. The future design for the Wild Foods Project is to include wild greens and herbs and other edibles from the forest and surrounding countryside.
St Olaf CollegeOverseas2017-2018105299St Olaf students on their research expeditions which took them to many distant sites around the Hills, interviewing Paliyar Tribal members and economically disadvantaged members of society whose cross-cultural mores were enlightening to the American students.
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2018-201975000The future design for the Wild Foods Project is to include wild greens and herbs and other edibles from the forest and surrounding countryside.
SEEDS TRUSTOverseas2018-2019125000SUPPLYING OF BEE HIVES TO SEEDS TRUST DINDIGUL DIST TAMILNADU
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2018-20191316429project about wild food . Water and Women
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2019-2020492517PHCC SWRN Project covers the villages (1) Adukkam on the moffusal road to Periyakulam, (2) Thamaraikulam / Sambakadu and (3) Tribal Colony—in the Kumbakarai Watershed that feeds the Vaigai river basin that feeds the southern Plains. The SWRN Project engages grass roots efforts to lay the groundwork for further water conservation outreach. Two PHCC-trained women field-workers from Adukkam Panchayat interact with their own communities for research,
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2019-2020490000PHCC SWRN Project response continues to be very positive while PHCC staff and field workers’ awareness-raising meetings in the target villages cover topics such as afforestation, re-vegetation, water conservation, public hy¬giene, climate change, and organic farming. PHCC conducts monthly water testing in fourteen parameters to be shared with Farming and Tribal communities. The dangers of pesticides and herbicides and their alternatives is especially discussed. The Adukkam Panchayat
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2019-202013006 Twenty (20) Tribal Community families were engaged on a day-to-day basis during the two-month Tree Planting Programme process. Thirty (30) acres were targeted for the planting of 10,000 tree saplings. A minimum of one metre (3ft) in height for healthy saplings was required to maintain a superior survival rate. Most importantly, locals are involved in post-plantation maintenance intrinsic to the Programme
DONAROverseas2019-20207087 Twenty (20) Tribal Community families were engaged on a day-to-day basis during the two-month Tree Planting Programme process. Thirty (30) acres were targeted for the planting of 10,000 tree saplings. A minimum of one metre (3ft) in height for healthy saplings was required to maintain a superior survival rate. Most importantly, locals are involved in post-plantation maintenance intrinsic to the Programme
KOONINGSSCHO OLOverseas2020-2021398875The PHCC Arboretum has above 140 varieties of healthy and well-adapted indigenous trees and shrubs. The trees are identified and listed using hand-painted boards displaying Linnaean, common English, Tamil names, and other information interesting and useful for visitors. The total number of boards to be contracted for immediately comes to 100, the balance of which is to be completed in due course.
KEY STONE FOUNDATIONOverseas2020-2021210000The People and Nature Fund (PNF) is initiated by Keystone Foundation ((http://keystone-foundation.org/) as a funding facility for grassroots groups working on issues of environment protection and livelihoods of vulnerable communities in India. The Fund recognizes the important role of grassroots action where local communities are the foot soldiers of all environmental and development activities. Keeping the priorities of human rights, environmental justice and social action is of prime importanc
BOTH ENDSOverseas2020-2021404874Due to the Covid-19 pandemic period PHCC Centre and Activities were struggling. This meant that PHCC Staff and Nursery Women Workers were challenged to take care of Native Saplings, Beekeeping etc. At this period the Autonomy and Resilience Fund supported PHCC in renovating all PHCC activities, and so PHCC must extend our grateful thanks to the Autonomy and Resilience Fund (GAGGA ) ARF provided support for work opportunities especially for the PHCC Women-Led Nurseries and Livelihoods Programm
St Olaf College Overseas2020-202139410FUNDS ARE USED FOR SHOLA NURSERY FORMATION
Stichting Both ENDSOverseas2021-20221000000PHCC SWRN 21-23 driver is to support Hill women’s focus on water issues, since water resources are in their care domestically and often in agriculture too. PHCC SWRN Project 21-23 centres on Adukkam and Thandikudi Panchayats of Middle Palni Hills serving a dozen villages / tribal colonies and lakhs of residents in the plains East and South. PHCC SWRN is to sustain this emergent dimension through strategic experience s
NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS EXCHANGEOverseas2021-2022384136PHCC’s vision is “The Health of the Hills is the Wealth of the Plains”. Our objectives have been to work towards a robust natural environment by restoring springs and streams, promoting organic agriculture and farming as well as working with the local indigenous communities to revive their food traditions and health. PHCC has been working with very large arboreal and wild foods nurseries at its different centers, that treat plant species of the Plains, Middle Hills as well as Higher Altitu
Stichting Both ENDSOverseas2021-202281749Palni Hills Conservation Council is an environmental justice group based in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Its main focus and concern has been the research, promotion and planting of native arboreal species (i.e., restoration) and promoting pollinators with community training in bee-keeping. PHCC has been at the forefront of environmental activism in the Palani Hills, including wild water testing, springs and stream restoration and protection of Kodaikanal Town Lake. The PHCC has been active f
Stichting Both ENDSOverseas2021-202242995Palni Hills Conservation Council is an environmental justice group based in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Its main focus and concern has been the research, promotion and planting of native arboreal species (i.e., restoration) and promoting pollinators with community training in bee-keeping. PHCC has been at the forefront of environmental activism in the Palani Hills, including wild water testing, springs and stream restoration and protection of Kodaikanal Town Lake.

Contact details

Address P O BOX NO 34 AMARVIL ENDHAWINLOWER SHOLA ROAD KODAIKANAL TAMILNADU
City KODAIKANAL
State TAMIL NADU
Telephone Not Available
Mobile No 9442407684
Website Url http://www.palnihills.org
E-mail info(at)palnihills[dot]org

PALNI HILLS CONSERVATION COUNCIL Key Issues and Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements

Operational Districts: Dindigul, Dindigul, Dindigul

Operational States: TAMIL NADU

AchieveMents: PHCC recognises the looming water crisis on a global and necessarily local scale. With the goal of creating a model for hilly regions PHCC is conducting a project called Supporting Women to Restore Natural Water Sources in the Palni Hills