Aumtara LEADS · Since 2019
Skill.
Dignity.
Choice.
Lakhimpur Education, Agriculture & Development of Skills builds practical pathways to livelihood and self-reliance in communities near Dudhwa National Park.
Skills training shaped around local opportunity, traditional knowledge, and women-led economic participation.
The initiative
Local capability should create local possibility.
Aumtara LEADS works in Lakhimpur Kheri near the Indo–Nepal border, including with the Tharu tribal population and other underserved rural communities.
Its programmes connect agricultural and vocational skill development with entrepreneurship, market readiness, digital and financial awareness, traditional craft preservation, and reduced pressure to migrate for work.
Figures are provided by Aumtara Foundation and are not independently audited on this website.
What the centres develop
Learning made
practical.
Training spans production skills and the confidence, literacy, and business knowledge required to turn skill into sustained income.
Garment making & embroidery
Practical tailoring, embroidery, and fashion-design skills connected to earning opportunities.
Weaving & handicrafts
Traditional craft knowledge supported through skill development, product refinement, and promotion.
Entrepreneurship
Foundations for self-employment, women-led enterprise, pricing, planning, and local market participation.
IT & digital literacy
Everyday digital capability that broadens access to information, services, learning, and commerce.
Financial awareness
Knowledge and confidence around household finance, enterprise decisions, saving, and independence.
Eco-friendly products
Product development that values local resources, traditional knowledge, and environmental responsibility.
Agricultural skill development
Practical farmer training in sustainable and organic agriculture, crop planning, agribusiness, market linkages, and rural enterprise—building skills that can strengthen both livelihoods and local food systems.
Vocational learning at an Aumtara LEADS centre in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Beyond training
Skilling to empower
The Foundation reports increased household income, women-led enterprises, local employment, and greater economic participation. Aumtara LEADS also works to preserve community knowledge and reduce distress migration by making opportunity viable closer to home.
Field leadership
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AGRICULTURE · LIVELIHOODS
Shakti Singh
A progressive farmer and agricultural consultant with 30+ years of experience. His work spans farmer training, sustainable and organic agriculture, agribusiness, market linkages, and rural enterprise.
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SKILLS · WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP
Seema Singh
A Delhi University graduate and NGO professional focused on vocational education, digital literacy, leadership, self-help groups, entrepreneurship, and the financial independence of tribal and rural women.