"Conception of Self-help Groups and Experiences of CORD”, a conversation with Dr. Kshama Metre, National Director and Trustee of the Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD), India.

Dr. Kshama Metre joins UNU Rector David M. Malone for a conversation exploring the term ‘self-help group’ and the diverse ways SHGs have empowered the poor globally, particularly women. From the perspective of CORD’s more than two decades of experience building SHGs in India, the conversation looks at the roles of SHGs in the provision of services that rely on social rather than physical collateral, and why this approach has been acclaimed worldwide.

About the speaker

Dr. Kshama Metre is the National Director and Trustee of CORD, India. She received her master’s degree in pediatric medicine from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1979. She worked in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, New Delhi for many years and later had a successful pediatric practice in Delhi, which she left to join CORD at its inception in 1985.

Based on community experiential learning, she was able to develop CORD’s programmes from an isolated health programme to a scalable and replicable model of comprehensive integrated rural development in over 564 villages in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. Since 2005, CORD has been working in 150 villages of other states in India, including Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand.

Dr. Metre is an eminent member of various committees and institutions locally and nationally. She has received numerous national and international awards, including the 2008 Padam Shri Award (President of India), the 2012 Guardian International Development Achievement Award (The Guardian UK), the 2002 National Women’s Commission Award, the 2000 National Ojaswini Award and 1993 Woman of the Year (“The Week” magazine, India).

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