Our Publications
At Barli Development Institute for Rural Women Indore, we are in the process of documenting
and publishing the curriculum and methodologies of teaching the mostly illiterate rural and
village women. By this process the  materials and teaching  methods are made available to other
NGOs and like minded people.
Several books have already been published by Macmillan India Ltd, details of these and others in
the process of publishing follows.
Barli Development Institute for
Rural Women Indore
'In May 2005 the Hindi and English
versions of the Institute’s Health
Curriculum were published. It met with
great success and has been taken to
Pakistan, Zambia, Qatar, China, America
and the UK. It has also been appreciated
in  Madhya Pradesh and many parts of
India. Some of the NGOs to have copies
have already started using it in Dehradun
and in Madhya Pradesh. The National
headquarters of Kasturba Gandhi Trust
made a decision to use Barli’s Curriculum
in their programmes.

The Hindi version is available from
Macmillan In``dia Ltd cost in India 395 Inr
ISBN NO: 9781403927040

The English version is a available to
purchase from the institute please email us
for instructions.
The Literacy Curriculum used by the Institute will be published very soon. As it becomes available
information will be posted here.

To see a sample of the book click on the cover picture on the left.
Barli Ki Duniya is a
monthly newsletter
sent to all the ex
graduates of Barli
Development Institute
for Rural Women,  
other interested
subscribers, Govt
officials  and  
International
organisations. Print
editions are available
to purchase.
Click on the image
below to download the
latest online edition of
Barli Ki Duniya
monthly newsletter of
Barli Development
Institute for Rural
Women
Click on the respective cover pictures above for
more details and sample of the book
The cutting and Tailoring Book Theory
and Practical was officially published
and released by Mr.M C Pant Chairman
National Institute of Open Schooling on
9th March 2008  at a function to
celebrate International Womans Day
This book is available from Macmillan
India or from Barli development
Institute
Click on the cover picture abovet to see a sample of the
book
Other books and curriculum are in the process of being developed \\\
Details will be posted here as they get published
The Health Curriculum has been
translated to Marathi and is used by the
Government of the State Maharashtra for
its anganwadi workers.

Marathi version is available from
Macmillan India  Ltd.

Click on the cover picture on the left for
a sample of the book.
Development of the Cutting and Tailoring Book
The Institute’s Cutting and Tailoring curriculum has been developed over the period of more than  23  years. It has emerged out of a major challenge that
there were hardly any such training manual published in Hindi, and none aimed at the rural and tribal women who are mostly illiterate.
There are a vast array of books on cutting and tailoring available in the market but mostly these are  either professional courses for colleges or university level
or they are aimed at  the level of students who have studied  at least 8 -10 years or more at school.
Barli Institute’s priority target population being approximately 80 % of the illiterate tribal and rural women, the rest of them are just litrates/semilitrates and
school drop outs, and thus it was very hard to train them using those books which were available.
Barli Institute  prepares its students for successful passing of the National Institute of  Open Schooling (NIOS) Examination, therefore it has  made a
systematic effort to align its curricula  according to the  requirements of NIOS. National Institute of Open Schooling, an autonomous organisation of Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Even the  NIOS handbook does not give complete instruction in a manner easily understood to the trainees.  At the Institute, curriculum material is developed
and then each session is tested on the trainees. The main indicator was understanding the content and put it into practice.
In an interactive process of writing, field testing, consultation with experts in the field, and rewriting, the manual has been developed and refined over the
years.  
The manual is more comprehensive in approach to cutting and tailoring in that it also explains why certain techniques should be used.
Goals of Cutting and Tailoring  Manual
This manual is focused on development of human capacity to obtain the means of livelihood.
River bed near Dahi in
Dhar District