Technology & Action for Rural Advancement- TARA

12/10/2026

Get 𝟓𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐧 "𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰", a 1-credit online certification course, offered by Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon, (an AICTE-approved institute), in partnership with TARA (Sister concern of the Development Alternatives Group).

Designed to build practical perspectives on sustainability, climate and management, the course brings practitioner-led learning to those looking to turn ideas into meaningful impact.

Early Bird Offer:
₹5,000 → ₹2,500
50% off for the first 100 registrations only.

Eligibility: Completed undergraduate degree
Format: Online | Asynchronous | Self-paced | Practitioner-led
Be among the first 100 to avail the early-bird offer.

Register now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeyiP8EI7ImUvAHCGr6WzK7kIUPFOBtHq4SlhSVmKz8D85bQ/viewform

08/10/2026

Get 𝟓𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐧 "𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰", a 1-credit online certification course, offered by Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon, (an AICTE-approved institute), in partnership with TARA (Sister concern of the Development Alternatives Group).

Designed to build practical perspectives on sustainability, climate and management, the course brings practitioner-led learning to those looking to turn ideas into meaningful impact.

Early Bird Offer:

₹5,000 → ₹2,500
50% off for the first 100 registrations only.

Eligibility: Completed undergraduate degree
Format: Online | Asynchronous | Self-paced | Practitioner-led

Be among the first 100 to avail the early-bird offer.

Register now:
https://forms.gle/WECkpEJES92AKNcd7

08/10/2026

06/10/2026

Decarbonising cement will require solutions that are not only technically viable, but also locally relevant and practical to implement.

LC³ (Limestone Calcined Clay Cement) offers a promising pathway, particularly in India, where suitable clay resources present significant potential for advancing lower-carbon cement solutions.

At TARA, we work to bridge the gap between resource potential and real-world adoption. Our support spans feasibility assessment, raw material testing, technical trials and the transition towards implementation, helping industry evaluate and advance LC³ opportunities.

Exploring LC³ for your operations? Connect with TARA to assess feasibility, test resources and take the next step towards adoption.

18/09/2026

- 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢’𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐂3 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐰-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜

How can the Pacific build the infrastructure it needs while reducing the carbon footprint of construction?

At the ‘𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘪 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦’, project partners i.e. The University of Queensland, Smith Geoscience, The Pacific Community, TARA, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, and Mineral Resource Department, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources will host a session exploring Fiji’s Blue Concrete Initiative and the potential of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) to enable low-carbon, climate-resilient construction across the Pacific.

The conversation will bring together perspectives on sustainable construction, innovation and the pathways needed to scale low-carbon cement solutions in climate-vulnerable regions.

From sustainable materials to sustainable infrastructure, the transition starts with what we build with.

Watch this space for more updates!

11/09/2026

Building climate resilience begins with learning from communities and seeing local solutions in action.

In Churara Village, Niwari, the GuruJal team joined TARA, sister concern of the Development Alternatives Group, for a Rural Immersion visit to understand how communities are strengthening water security in their everyday lives.

From school WASH practices and solar-powered drinking water systems to hands-on water quality testing with community members, the visit offered a closer look at solutions that are locally managed, practical and built to last.

More than the infrastructure itself, the immersion highlighted what makes these solutions sustainable: informed communities, strong local participation and young people taking an active role in protecting their water resources.

Because lasting water security is not only about access to safe water.

It is about building the knowledge and local ownership to manage and sustain it over time.

09/09/2026

The wait is finally over!

On 8th September 2026, Promac Engineering Industries Limited, in association with TARA, inaugurated and test-ran the indigenously built rotary calciner at Promac’s premises in Harohalli, Bengaluru in the presence of Yoshihito Izawa, President, Taiheiyo Engineering Corporation; Dr. Soumen Maity, Executive Vice President, TARA and Jayaram S Reddy, Managing Director, Promac Engineering Industries Ltd Industries Limited including a host of dignitaries and staff from Taiheiyo, TARA and Promac.

What makes this initiative unique is that, for the first time in the country, a dedicated “test bed” for controlled experimentation on clays has been established to understand the behaviour of clays in a controlled, isolated environment.

The test bed will enable rigorous, transparent and repeatable testing of new processes, help establish scientific understanding, and support experimentation under simulated operating conditions that replicate actual production environments.

Some of the unique features of the rotary calciner include:

• Variation in speed

• Variation in angle

• Variation in feed size

• Variation in moisture content

• Variation in composition

These capabilities will enable us to study the behaviour of different clays from India and across the world under varying productivity conditions, helping in fine-tuning the thermal activation of clays for use in LC3.

This marks an important step towards advancing indigenous innovation in low-carbon cement and sustainable construction.

Stay tuned for more updates!

31/08/2026

The next frontier for low-carbon cement is not simply innovation, but it is scale.

The workshop on Advancing LC³ in Karnataka: Unlocking Market Readiness for Low Carbon Cement, was hosted by TARA and The Climate Group, in collaboration with WRI India through the Decarbonization Business Charter (DBC), Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) – Bengaluru Centre, and South India Cement Manufacturers' Association (SICMA).

At the consultation workshop, stakeholders across the cement and construction ecosystem came together to explore what it will take to translate LC³’s potential into widespread market adoption.

The conversation traversed the ecosystem required for that transition, from resource availability and mineral characterisation to production capability, end-user demand, standards and policy.

Key priorities emerged around:

→ Establishing the raw-material base for calcined clay in the Bhima region
→ Strengthening technical and production capacity
→ Creating viable demand through applications such as roads and non-structural products
→ Enabling adoption through certification, codal provisions, Schedule of Rates and fiscal incentives

The opportunity is larger than introducing a lower-carbon cement. It is about building the conditions in which a lower-carbon material can become commercially viable, institutionally accepted and capable of scale.

For Karnataka, that ecosystem is beginning to take shape.

31/08/2026

Can brickmaking become more efficient, more resilient and less dependent on firing?

That was the focus of a workshop on Good Bricks, organised by TARA in Howrah on 26 August, bringing together around 60 stakeholders from across West Bengal.

The discussions explored the potential of non-fired brick technology across the value chain—from technology and construction applications to economic opportunities and carbon credits for the brick sector.

The workshop also introduced the hydraulic-pressed Good Bricks technology, which replaces conventional kiln firing and enables year-round brick production.

As the brick sector navigates rising fuel costs, seasonal disruptions and growing environmental pressures, such alternatives can help open the way for a more efficient model of production.