PAIRVI – Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India

Human rights

We work with different groups of people at grassroot level to improve human rights situations an to strengthen people's capacity

Sustainable Agriculture

We work with farmers to enhance their resilience and income, and represent their concerns at sub regional/regional and global fora

Climate Crisis and SDG

We work with vulnerable communities to strengthen their adaptive capacity and engage extensively with national and international institutions like UNFCCC and COP

Welcome!

Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI) was formed in 1998 and registered under section 25 of the Indian Company’s Act 1956 as a company with non-profit status.

PAIRVI is a capacity building and advocacy support organization working at the intersections of rights, development and sustainability. It works with small grassroots organizations and community based groups to enhance their understanding on development discourse and capacity to respond appropriately.

PAIRVI also works with a pan Indian coalition on climate and environmental justice, MAUSAM (Movement for Advancing Understanding on Sustainability and Mutuality), previously Beyond Copenhagen.

OUR Interventions

PAIRVI engages with policies, programmes and peoples responses to promote sustainable development, climate change, food sovereignty and protection of peoples rights.
The primary constituency of PAIRVI is marginalized populations across all sections with specific attention on the most marginalized and the most vulnerable. PAIRVI’s multilayered and multifaceted interventions seek to addressthese issues from grassroots level to national level.
It also advocates and represents marginalized community perspective in international discourse and policies on sustainable development, climate change, poverty and inequality, aid and trade and peoples and human rights.

we work on

Climate Crisis

Climate crisis has the potential to unexpectedly impact lives and development, and southern countries and communities dependent on natural resources are more vulnerable. Its interventions aim to...

Energy Justice

It works to enhance understanding on energy, renewable and energy alternatives and energy justice. It advocates just energy transition which promotes equity, democracy and...

Food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture

Climate change poses insurmountable challenges to food and agriculture. PAIRVI works to promote food sovereignty which entails sustainable food production through ...

Human Rights

PAIRVI works with grassroots organization to protect human rights, promote internationally accepted standards of human rights and ...

Sustainable Development

PAIRVI promotes rights based approach to development and believes that current economic models have failed to address poverty, inequality, marginalization and are based on overexploitation of natural resources...

Pulses and oilseed biodiversity

FAO-ITPGR BSF project for improving pulse biodiversity in rice fallow areas of tribal belts of Central and East Indian states to bring resilience in the farming practice, provide livelihood support and enhance nutritional level of the tribal population.

Our Publications

Access all Free to download publications under various thematic areas, such as - Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Food Sovereignty and Sustainable Agriculture, Human Rights, Advocacy and Capacity Building, and PAIRVI SAMVAAD & MAUSAM (Newsletters)

Career/internship

Having active presence in many states PAIRVI offers opportunity to understand and learn society, economics and politics and participate in knowledge generation, research and campaigns. PAIRVI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, youth and people from marginalized communities to apply for suitable positions. Please direct your queries to know more and apply at

Career@pairvi.org