About Us
CSFD is a registered not for profit foundation promoted jointly by Cornell University, USA and Sathguru India. CSFD works to facilitate sustainable social development for enhancing capacities, knowledge creation, promoting entrepreneurship and encouraging gender equality. CSFD brings in expertise from diverse fields and institutions like Cornell University and state agriculture universities to advance technology, innovation and agribusiness in India. Itis guided by eminent board members and the expert team includes prominent professionals from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University and Sathguru.
Our Expertise
- Catalyzing contemporary agricultural education and global exposure across 11 State agricultural universities in India
- Creating experiential education platforms for farmers across South Asia, South East Asia and Africa
- Helping develop cross cultural exchange of ideas for agricultural professionals, students, academics and farmers
- Creating modern farm infrastructure through renewable energy sources such as solar fence etc
- Providing information technology tools for farmers to combat impact of climate change on agriculture
- Improving access to modern technologies to farmers for enhancing agricultural productivity

Pathways towards sustainable social development – New Beginnings
Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD), an NGO promoting sustainable agriculture in India is excited to ally with NUGENES a value-based, research-driven and customer-oriented leading seed company. This alliance will focus on improving the socio-economic conditions of small farmers in Telangana!!
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Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD) supported by Aurobindo Pharma Foundation and intechnical partnership with Prof. Jayashankar Telangana
Kitchen gardens
CSFD’s focuses on sustainable development and one of the important areas which needs an urgent attention is Food
Agri varsity signs MoU with Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development
Rajendranagar: The MoU was signed between PJTSAU (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University) and Cornell Sathguru Foundation for
Learning about affecting change in design and materials
Abhihaara and ReWeave collaborate to provide cross-learning opportunity to Indian and Cornell students Abhihaara and ReWeave get another
Knowledge sharing session for farmers held in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development in association with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University and Aurobindo Pharma
First One Health India Summit inaugurated
New Delhi 3rd May 2018: The Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development – Inaugural Summit on One Health, was