Shanti Ashram: "For the past 30 years, Shanti Ashram has been accompanying communities and individuals in their efforts to move out of poverty, address inequalities, build creative leaders and ensure sustained development. Through a commitment to constructive social action, the Ashram strives to serve as a catalyst to empower the different sections of rural communities, and the society at large." ICPH: "Building on Shanti Ashram’s three decades of dedicated service and long-standing global and local partnerships, ICPH aims to become a nodal institution for practice, active research and global policy making by integrating primary care and public health."