SRIJAN means creation in Hindi and is an acronym for Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action. SRIJAN has been working since 1997 at the grassroots directly with poor village women and men. State Governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and a range of private, bilateral and multi-lateral donor agencies. It was registered as a Public Charitable Trust in January 2000.

As a grassroots implementation and support agency we are committed to promoting strong self-reliant community institutions, partnerships and enterprises to enhance poor peoples' access to natural resources and build their capacity to manage them in a sustainable manner. We foster inclusion, transparency and accountability in community institutions.

Water – its conservation, recharge and distribution is the main focus of all our initiatives. Interventions in agriculture diversification and dairy are the other upcoming themes. We work in nine districts, namely Sagar, Tikamgarh, Vidisha, Sehore, Anuppur and Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh; Tonk in Rajasthan; and Tumkur and Kolar in Karnataka. In all, we are working in 287 villages with about 15000 families. A total investment of rupees six crores has been made by SRIJAN in a period of five years.