Marching towards Sustainability
More efforts of IIDA towards sustainability were pursued in 2017 than in any other year. Smaller amounts from TN Slum Clearance Board were already received in this year for various…
Start of Community College in Thiruvanammalai District.
With the generous help of a retired scientist from this district, a new Community College was started in November 2016 in Chettupattu, Thiruvanammalai Dt. Our ex-student, Eliya Elumalai, lives in…
Start of Media School and 2 new Community Colleges
With the help of Obed and Shalomie Tewes who are well trained Visual Communications experts, a media training school was started with basic equipment in Aminjikarai and a small studio…
“Ruby Jubilee”: 40 years of IID completed
With the completion of 40 years of service to the poor, IID organized a special function on 17.3.2014 to commemorate provision through donors, members, staff and students, who contributed to…
IID New Delhi Section becomes New Generation Trust
The IID North Section took care of children, young girls and youths who were plagued by poverty, AIDS and deprivation. The leaders, Mr. & Mrs. Ailawadi, had a great vision…
Starting 2 Community Colleges at Pune
In 2011 IID was able to open a Community College at Chakan, Pune, in Maharashtra, with the help of Volkswagen India. It was the first time that a company took…
IID North Section becomes Shishya Society
The leaders of IID North had established a children’s home, an English medium school and agricultural activities in Sailakui, Dehra Dun District, beginning in the late 1970s. It was later…
Start of IID Alumni Association
From the beginning of our activities former trainees of IID used to meet together on a regular basis. For many years the IID HO organized the re-unions every 26th of…
Combined Graduation of all IID Community Colleges in Chennai
When the Tsunami hit the east coast of South India in December 2004, many areas were badly damaged, thousands of people lost their lives and many young people also were…
Opening of IID Head Office at Aminjikarai
From 1974 to 2006 IID’s head office was in rented buildings in Besant Nagar, Madras, now Chennai. The cost and constant need to oblige the owners kept rising, and IID’s…