Adithi, a non-profit organization based at
Patna, started its activities in 1988. The organization strives to work for the upliftment of women and preventing female infanticide.
It plays an active role in the areas of agriculture, animal husbandry, dairying, income-generation, tree-plantation, health and sanitation, handicrafts and handloom and helps women to start small businesses like shops, farming and fishing. This creates a desire and determination in them, to live an independent life.
Aditi also initiates campaigns for protecting the legal and social rights of women.