Our Focus

Food & Nutrition Sovereignty

DRYLAND
Agro-Biodiversity

Gender & Social Justice

Community Media

Women’s Market

About Us

Deccan Development Society (DDS), initiated in 1983, is a grassroots organization working with nearly 5000 dalit and indigenous small women farmer sanghams (village level voluntary associations) in Zaheerabad region of Telangana, India. It strives for just and sustainable development and to assert sanghams’ autonomy in multiple spheres like food, nutrition, seeds, market, media etc.  DDS promotes and works to revive  traditional knowledge in farming and seeds; demonstrates its efficacy through wide experimentation and advocates for the inclusion of this knowledge in the public food policy systems.

DDS IN NUMBERS

Sanghams

SANGHAM MEMBERS

FAMILIES IMPACTED

LANDRACES CONSERVED

AWARDS

ALLIANCES

LATEST UPDATES

నిజ నిర్ధారణ నివేదిక (జూలై – సెప్టెంబర్ 2025) డెక్కన్ డెవలప్మెంట్ సొసైటీ (DDS) ఇటీవల వచ్చిన ఆరోపణలను పరిశీలించేందుకు ఒక స్వతంత్ర నిజ నిర్ధారణ కమిటీని ఏర్పాటు చేసింది. ఈ ఆరోపణలు ప్రధానంగా పరిపాలన, ఆర్థిక నిర్వహణ, మరియు సంఘ సభ్యుల భాగస్వామ్యానికి...

Fact-Finding Report (July–September 2025)An independent Fact-Finding Committee was constituted by the Deccan Development Society (DDS) to examine recent allegations concerning governance, financial management, and community participation. Conducted...

ACCOLADES & AWARDS

Equator Prize

Nari shakti puraskar

UGC Best Film Award

And many more...