Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) is an NGO based in Maharashtra, India founded by a group of scientists and social workers in April 1996 for the advancement and development of sustainable rural technologies. ARTI is a registered scientific society, established in April 1996 by a group of scientists, technologists and social workers, to develop and transfer innovative, sustainable tech
nologies to rural people for income generation and to improve their quality of life.The institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 under registration number MAHARASHTRA/4703/SATARA, and under the Bombay Public Trusts Act of 1950 under registration number F-4674. Karve, the institute started off with 9 research projects at different stages of completion, transferred from the project 'Centre for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development (CASTFORD). It has emerged as one of the internationally acclaimed R & D institutions working in the field of rural development through innovative appropriate technologies. In true spirit of its mission, ARTI undertakes research to study, develop, standardise, implement, commercialise and popularise innovative appropriate rural technologies with special emphasis on making traditional rural businesses more profitable and also on generating novel employment opportunities in rural areas. We have now nearly 25 standardised and field-tested technologies to offer to rural entrepreneurs through our Rural Entrepreneurship Development Centre (REDC). Our sphere of activities is no longer restricted to Maharashtra, but has spread to other states including Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pardesh, Sikkim, Tripura and Kerala. Some of our technologies are also being tried out in other developing countries in Asia and Africa. With its high-impact grass-root level work over the past decade, ARTI has established itself as an internationally recognised developer of innovative and appropriate rural technologies.
