The Institute for Youth and Development (IYD) is a secular, non-profit, voluntary organization established in 1978 by a group of dedicated and longstanding professionals in the field of social work. IYD’s founder trustees are
- Rev. Fr. P. Ceyrac S.J., committed to youth work and DIrector, AICUF (Tamil N
adu ) - Mr. P.T. Kuriakose, former Director of Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi
- Late Mr. S.R. Prabhu, General Manager (Retd) Canara Bank, who introduced the concept of development in the banking sector
- Late Mr. T. Pandia Rajan, then the senior program officer of Vishwa Yuvak Kendra on deputation with the Department of Education and Youth Services, Government of Karnataka, who was involved in training youth.

IYD is a registered trust (registration number 116 of 78-79, dated 02/06/1978) and it is also registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. IYD is recognized as a Consultative Rural Development Voluntary Agency by the Government of Karnataka and it is a member of
IYD is conducting training and seminar programs at
IYD has been actively involved in institution building and NGO networking at
- Issue-based networks on Panchayath Raj in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, in association with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation;
- Karnataka NGOs Network (KARNET), a state-level association of NGOs;
- Indian Rural Energy Network (IRE Net), a national association of NGOs from 14 states promoting renewable energy technologies in India (The Institute represents in its National Council and also heads the Regional Council for the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh);
- GRAMNET, the Tamil Nadu NGOs for Panchayath Raj and rural development worked in seven southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

- Youth become
empowered leader with appropriate skills,self respect and cherished social values to actively contribute for self, familyand community for sustainable social development. - To provide inclusive, innovative and sustainable programs and services for social and economic transformation.

- To empower youth through awareness, education, positive engagement .
- To design program and projects that come enable youth, communities to realize their potential for progress, sustainable development
and empowerment for social justice and equity.

- To work in the environment of courtesy, honesty
and accountability. - Trust and transparency in our engagement with people.
- Deepening partnership with community, Government and development institutions, academic and research
centres . Youth centric ,women centric andcommunity centric engagement.- Constant development in the law of life…
IYD TEAM
Head Office: Koramangala, Bangalore
- L.S. Gandhi
doss – Director - Lokesha- Manager Finance & Administration
- P.R. Venkateshappa- Office Support
- Girish .H – Office Support
- Durga . A- Office Assistant
REGIONAL CENTERS:
KARNATAKA:
Chaitanya HRD Centre, Arishinakunte, Nelamangala, Bangalore Rural district
- Mr.H.S.Venkatesh- Program Officer-Trainings
TAMILNADU
Vizhi-Youth village campus, T. Andipatti. Vadipatti taluk, Madurai District, Tamilnadu
- Mr. M. Karikolraj Honorary- Project Officer
Field Action Projects Core Team:
Link Workers Scheme – Mandya District
- Gireesh.H.M- District Coordinator – District Resource Person
- Shivakumara M- M& E cum Accounts Officer
- Manjunatha GV- Zonal Supervisor
- Paramesha N- Zonal Supervisor
- Babu S- Zonal Supervisor
Link Workers – 20 Nos
Injecting Drug Users – Kolar district
- Selvakumari- Project Manager
- Selvakumari- Counselor
- Mahesh Kumar H.A.- M& E cum Accountant
- Gajendra P- Out Reach Worker
- Rajesh- DIC Doctor
6. Chandrappa .M- Out Reach Worker
7. Babu – Counselor
Peer Educators – 6 nos
Bangalore (Market-TI)
- Chetan H.B- Project Manager
- Balaji- Counselor
- Rajugowda- Counselor
- Maheshwara- Accountant
- Anil Kumar- Out Reach Worker
- Shashidhar- Out Reach Worker
- Arun- Out Reach Worker
- Jyothi Pattigar- Out Reach Worker (Female)
Peer Educators- 19 nos
NABFINS Micro Credit Program – Tumkur District
- Nagappa M- Field Associate
- Aswathanarayana N D- Field Associate
- Satish J- Field Associate
- Ananda Reddy- Field Associate
Bio-fuel Development Programme – Bangalore Rural District
- Ramesh- District Coordinator
M r Venkatesh- Office Asst cum documentation
Integrated Tribal Development Project – Tumkur Cluster
- Venkatesh Field Extension Officer – Social
- Rajkumar. M.- Field Extension Officer – Technical
- Lokesh- Accountant
- Krishnamurthy- Field Associate
- Hanumantharaya- Field Associate
- Shivaraj- Field Associate
Water and Sanitation Programme – Udupi
- Kumareshwara Bhat- Team Leader
- Shrikanth Acharya- Taluk Coordinator
- Kiran Babu- Taluk Coordinator
- Vijaya Poojari- Taluk Coordinator
- Asha- Taluk Coordinator
Slum Development Programme – Tumkur District
- Ramappa – Team Leader
- Rajkumar – Coordinator
- Lokesha – Accountant
- Nagappa – Coordinator
- Lakshmikanth – Taluk coordinator
- Lokesh B – Taluk Coordinator
- Prabhu – Taluk Coordinator
Rajiv Gandhi Chaitanya Yojana ( RGCY) – Kolar District
- Mahesh Kumar – District Coordinator
- Sunil – Taluk Coordinator
- Nagesh K – Taluk Coordinator
16 Community Resource Persons (CRPs)
ICICI Bank Micro-Credit Program
- Shantharaju – Field Associate
- Nagaraju – Field Associate
- Shashikala – Field Associate
- Venkatesh – Field Associate
- Jalajakshi – Field Associate
Contact Details of Centres of IYD
Sl. No | Block | |
1 |
Institute for Youth and Development, VIZHI, Youth Village, T. Andipatti, T. Vadipatti taluk, Madurai district, Tamilnadu. Ph: 9715610153 |
Madurai District |
2 |
Institute for Youth and Development, Chaitanya Human Resource Development Centre, Arasinakunte, Nelamangala Ph: 9342454886 |
Nelamangala taluk, Bangalore rural |
3 |
Institute for Youth and Development, NABFINS Micro-credit Program Penukonda Road, Pavagada Town, Tumkur district. |
Pavagada Taluk |
4 |
Institute for Youth and Development, IDU-TI Project Office. # 491, ward No 8, Mitra Nilaya, 1st cross, 1st main, Gulpet, KOLAR – 563 101. Ph: 08152-223078. e-mail: iydidukolar@gmail.com |
Kolar District |
6 |
Institute for Youth and Development, Integrated Tribal Development Project NABARD Sponsored Chikkasebi, Nehal Post, Tumkur Taluk & District Ph: 9449676236 |
Tumkur & Sira |
8 |
Institute for Youth and Development, IDU-TI Project Office # Sri Narasimha Nilaya, No: 57,6th Main, Appurao Road, Srinivasa Colony, Chamarajpet, Bangalore 560 018 |
Bangalore City (Market TI) |
9 |
Institute for Youth and Development, District Project Office – Link Worker Scheme # 1889, 6th Cross, Subash Nagara Shivanajappa Park Opposite Mandya – 571 401. Ph: 8310007329, E-mail: iydkhpt@gmail.com |
Mandya District |
10 |
Institute for Youth and Development, RGCY-PSA Program # 491, e-mail: iydrgcy@gmail.com |
Malur taluk & Mulbagil taluk in Kolar district |
11 |
Institute for Youth and Development, KRWSSD Project, Karavali Circle, Udupi |
Kundapura, Udupi and Karkala taluks |
12 |
Institute for Youth and Development, Slum Development Program Penukonda Road, Pavagada Town, Tumkur district. |
Pavagada, Koratagere, Gubbi, Turuvekere and Tiptur taluk Slums |
13 |
Institute for Youth and Development, ICICI Bank’s Micro-credit Program Doddaballapura taluk, Bangalore Rural District. |
Bangalore rural districts |