Vikalpdesign is located at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was founded by Lakshmi Murthy, a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Our niche area is sexual and reproductive health communication for rural adolescents. Within this, we:

1. Design, develop, produce and sell communication products
2. Conduct workshops for rural audiences on sexual health
3. Conduct training of trainers and health educators

Vikalpdesign's clients have included:

Seva Mandir, Prayatna Samiti, Prayas
ARTH (Rajasthan)
SWATI (Gujarat)
Samuha (Karnataka)
Constella Futures, Delhi
UNFPA - IPD Project ( Orissa)
UNFPA, ( New Delhi)
UNIFEM ( New Delhi)
Population Council (New Delhi)
State Resource Center, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
ICHAP, Jaipur
RCDCSSS & CRS, Ajmer
NID, National Institute of Design
ISGP Indo Swiss Goat. Project, Ajmer
V.Bhawan, Udaipur
RUDA, Jaipur
Digantar, Jaipur

Vikalpdesign is also associated with education:

National institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Craft and Design, Jaipur
Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad
Udaipur School of Social Work, Udaipur
Pearl Academy of Design, Delhi

Vikalpdesign's work has been showcased at three International conferences:

• "The Art of Communicating for Health" at the Arts Design and Health World Symposium, Sydney, Australia, February 2003
• "Communicating for sexuality" at the conference "Taking Charge" Organised by the International Rural Network, Inverness, Scotland, June 2003
• "A fresh coat of paint: including people in planning health media" at the conference, "Power of Place " International Rural Network, Abingdon, U.S.A. June 2005

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