Samvaad, a one-of-its-kind ecosystem for tribal identity, organised by Tata Steel Foundation, is back in 2020 with the seventh edition of its annual conclave scheduled on November 15-19 and will take the conversations and celebrations onto digital platforms this year.
The Samvaad ecosystem has brought together more than 30,000 people from 117 tribes across 27 states of India and 18 countries in the last six years, and is also an event that the tribal community keenly look forward to each year. The theme for this year is ‘Coming Together for Social Change’, representing a belief that there are inherent aspects of tribalism that places seamlessness as a core value of society, and valuable lessons in wonderful stories of tribal communities coming together to positively influence their core development challenges.
“Samvaad is an effort centred around a core belief that the way of life of our tribes holds answers to some of the most vexing challenges of our time, and we therefore believe it is our responsibility to keep this journey of dialogue, celebration and contemplation going in these otherwise uncertain times.