Medhini Education & Rural Development Trust® is an Indian civil society organization. It was established as Registered Trust in 2001and based at Sirsi town of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India.

Organization mission:

To take up institutional efforts through Education, Research, Training,  Awareness Building, & Advocacy works in the fields of environment protection, health & hygiene , education & sustainable development.  

Current Programmes:  

The following major initiatives are undertaken currently:

CCBSD: Centre for Conservation Biology & Sustainable Development (CCBSD) of MERDT® has been established in order to take up research, education & advocacy works.

Rural Development programmes:  A few field level projects are being implemented to empower rural communities in the fields like watershed development, organic farming, natural resource management and primary & secondary education.