Tata Education And Development Trust

The organisation commenced its cancer care endeavours in 1941 with the establishment of the Tata Memorial Hospital, evolving into the Tata Medical Center in Kolkata in 2012. With the inception of the Cancer Care Programme in 2017, it aims to revolutionize cancer care in India by ensuring accessible, high-quality treatment. Through a Distributed Cancer Care Model focusing on Access, Quality, Affordability, and Awareness, it establishes a network of care centres across multiple states. Emphasising prevention, early detection, and palliative care, it strives to reverse the prevalent late-stage detection trend, supported by initiatives like the '#Kaisekacancer' campaign launched on World Cancer Day 2023. Through advocacy, infrastructure development, and awareness campaigns, it endeavours to enhance the quality and accessibility of cancer care across India.

The organisation collaborates with various government initiatives to combat malnutrition in India, aiming to achieve food security and enhance nutrition. It focuses on expanding the reach of essential nutrition schemes, utilizing technology for better governance, and equipping grassroots agencies with the necessary resources and expertise. Through surveys and monitoring, it assesses program effectiveness and impact, providing support at district levels and aiding officials in overcoming implementation challenges. Capacity building for frontline workers and program optimization are also key areas of support, facilitating efficient and impactful implementation of nutrition programs.

The Tata Trusts’ educational interventions are aimed at enhancing the quality of learning outcomes; hence, teacher education becomes crucial to the sustainability of those endeavours. The Trusts envisage a revitalisation of the teacher education sector through developing and offering quality programmes in pre-service and in-service teacher education, as well as offering high-quality academic and pedagogic resources in Indian languages. The goal is to collaborate with both national and international institutions.