About Us

Society for Management of Agri -Rural Project, Kanpur (SMARP) was established in the year 1998 by a team of 3 eminent retired agricultural scientists namely Dr. N.S Kushwaha, Former Vice-Chancellor, Gramodaya Viswavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Dr. Daulat Singh, Former Director of Extension, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur and Dr. O.N. Mehrotra, Former Director of Research, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur with the mandate of providing “Project management, consultancy, capacity building of stakeholders, education, community mobilization, health & sanitation, women empowerment, rural livelihood security, research & development and publications, participatory rural management etc. services to the extension system, farmers, bankers and other development partners for rural growth and farmers reap the benefit of innovations in the farm sector”. Presently, more than 25 eminent agricultural scientists, health experts and social scientists are voluntarily providing their service for cause of all-round of rural resource poor peasantry. Since its inception, SMARP successfully executed more than 25 mega Projects funded by different financial institution viz. UNDP, European Union, ICAR, New Dehli, UPCAR, Lucknow, UPDASP World Bank support, UPBSN, World Bank supported, RMSI, NOIDA etc.