Institute of Livelihood Research & Training (The Livelihood School)

The Institute of Livelihood Research and Training – ILRT, (earlier The Livelihood School) is a practice-based academic institution promoted by the Basix Social Enterprise Group – a livelihood promotion conglomerate. The mandate of the ILRT is to build up a scientific knowledge base on livelihoods and disseminate the same to livelihood practitioners for enhancing their understanding and implementation capabilities, who in turn will promote large number of livelihoods. In other words, knowledge building (KB) and Knowledge Dissemination (KD) is the main strategy and approach being followed. This is achieved through various activities such as research, action research, case documentation, trainings, capacity building, hand-holding and accompaniment support, study programs (exposure visits), etc.