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SEARCH - Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health, a non-profit NGO, working in the District of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra state, India since 1986.

SEARCH (Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health) is a non-government organisation registered as a public trust and charitable society in India (Reg. No: MH 35-85-GAD, F-224-GAD)

It was founded in 1985 by a doctor couple, Abhay Bang and Rani Bang. Inspired by the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, trained respectively as a physician and a gynecologist, and after studying at the Johns Hopkins University USA, for their Master of Public Health, Drs. Bang returned to India. Their dream was to develop an institution of community health which provided health care to the local population, and generated knowledge for the global community by way of research.

Vision Realisation of 'Aarogya-Swaraj', i.e. people's health in people's hands, by empowering individuals and communities to take charge of their own health, and thereby, help them achieve freedom from disease as well as dependence. Mission The mission of SEARCH is expressed in its name, "Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health." The mission of SEARCH is to work with marginalised communities to identify their health needs, develop community empowering models of health care to meet these health needs, to test these models by way of research studies, and then to make this knowledge available to others by way of training and publications. Thus the mission of SEARCH includes community health care, research and training.

Shodhgram the HQ campus: 17 Km from Gadchiroli on Gadchiroli-Dhanora Road Gadchiroli: 1092 Km from Mumbai

 182 Km from Nagpur		
   85 Km from Chandrapur

Nearest Airport : Nagpur Nearest convenient railhead: Chandrapur (for approaching from south India) and Nagpur from rest of the country

awards: National award : Stree Shakti Puruskar 2005 ( March 8th, 2008) National award for women's development through application of science and technology conferred on Dr. Rani Bang. (March 8th, 2008) MacArthur Foundation International Award for creative and effective institutions. (2006) Jamanalal Bajaj Award from Jamanalal Bajaj Foundation, Mumbai (2006) Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, The highest honour from the Govt. of Maharashtra (2003)

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