Believing in hands on approach, doing Bharath Dharshan traveling extensively in rural areas understanding the need first hand. Covered around 28 states/UTs so far…the dharshan continues
All these photos are clicked by me during my visits. All are “copylefted” so feel free to use them – don’t misuse them
Kaushal Bhaav Skill Solutions – Learning from past constructing the future sustainably with Youth!
Nawalgarh, Rajasthan full of 130+ year old Havelis. How they are cool in summer, how are they built without cement.
6 time UNESCO awardee 7th gen Lime Master Mason Dawood Ibrahim Muwal, Sardar Nagar with son Saddam have passed their wisdom to youth Heritage Mistris. Renovated Tata house, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, Elephant Caves.
Applying their learning in Morarka Haveli these Hertiage Mistris have built sustainable low cost houses!
Mangilal- Bsc 1sr year zoology/botany 19NP (name of village because of pakistan partition) near Gandhi Nagar,
Krishna Gopal – BA final year, Sriganganagar , Pradeep Kumavat – Grand father is Mistri, learns from him also. Studying history.
Madanlal Sriganganagar – BA 1st year. Sriganganagar .Open college to support family. No teachers,friend helps
Surajmal Sriganganagar- Muscat 2017-18, age 43,
Noor Mohammed Sujan. left Qwait job
Great work by shankar laxman Priyanka Gupta of Kaushal Bhaav Skill Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Hill Garden, Taking Manipur Hills hidden treasures to the world
An IIMB graduate (PGP 2016-2018) started Hill Garden as student run venture – didn’t take placement went back to help his people.
Identified 23+ wild produce that people outside Manipur hardly knew about. Around 30% consumed during season in Manipur rest won’t even be collected, so wasted as there is no market.
Found a cold storage partner (Mao Gate) preserved over 25 tons of it. Researched over a year with ICAR institutes and found an Agri technology to make products now marketing across the world!
Motivated two of his brothers, sister to join in this agri venture! L Michael Khoveio a Veterinary Doctor, L Mevei, IIMC grad and sister L. Leshina – all working on this!
Identify hill’s hidden treasures-collect-preserve-value add with tech-market to world. Need more Elijahs for North East!
Gramamooligai, By Covenent Center for Development (CCD), Madurai
Like these we have lots of Rural Wisdom which is being lost, as we don’t value them until someone else finds it’s value!
Meet Kalimuthu the tribal farmer who gave away these wild seeds from the Karanathamalai hills without knowing it’s value to middlemen – now Gramamooligai ensures they sell directly to the buyers – initiative of The Covenant Centre for Development (CCD) Good work Muthu Velayutham.
Now many farmers growing these and price dropping!
More about Senganthal/Kanvali Kilangu/ Gloriosa superba
Econut FPO – 1046 farmers owned
Meet Swamynayaka (Benkipura, Hunsur, KA), Suresh (MA graduate) who could make Rs.500-1000/day by cutting tender coconuts – there 600 youth trained now!.
Econut FPO – 1046 farmers owned 40% are women, farmers son cut, sell tender coconuts in hygienic kiosks- FarmtoOffice – owning the entire chain, so the economy stays within. Good work Lloyd Edward taking good old tender coconut to board rooms! Incubated at NSRCEL IIMB
Anandwan – Smart Village
Education, Healthcare, Agri, Industry, Crafts, Renewable Energy, Environment – blown away with a vision and execution for decades.
When I stayed there, Dr Vikas Amte was proudly telling me, “People who were rejected by the society are contributing to GDP today”
Good work Dr. Sheetal Amte-Karajgi Gautam Karajgi taking the vision forward set by Baba Amte – the legend who taught us holistic approach to solutions! https://lnkd.in/efUAS6Y
Happy Hens – Cage free eggs
Golden Feather – Feather Wool
TrashFash: Waste-Rural Livelihood-Handlooms-Fashion. The chicken feather waste of Jaipur sanitized through patented process, goes to Asnawar for hand carding, cone winding/twisting by wool experts at Himachal back to Asnawar to hand weave into fabric.
Kanya Bai now learnt wool weaving instead of bedsheets and makes more money than her teacher son, building her house. Same with Dhapu Bai. Aishwarya who studied in college now helping manage the NGO in Asnawar.
Great work by Mudita Radhesh and Radhesh Agrahari taking their college student project at IICD-Indian Institute of Crafts And Design into an Khanak design studio. https://lnkd.in/ggFWVfj
Grameena Incubator
Met 50+ inspirational Women Entrepreneurs and Differently Abled micro-entrepreneurs just before the lock down at this eco-friendly campus of Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT), Haripuram. 50 year old NGO entering modern entrepreneurship. Good work Sri Ram M Bhagavatula
Krishworks – Village tutors
Krishworks,Pialivillage,WB 
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SumanTeaching 
ChildrenAspirations
Rural Housing
Aarohana – TrashFash
Silvassa; Khoripada village; Dadhra Nagar Haveli; Aarohana; Waste to Fashion; 
Aarohana pune fabric to bag 
Aarohana – Waste to Fashion stall at IIMB Social Santhe
Rural Youth in TrashFash. Meet Warli tribe Jitesh, Kiran, Vandana and 13+ youth near Silvassa, Dadhra Nagar Haveli .
TrashFash: Waste-Rural Livelihood-Handlooms-Fashion. They weave sanitized low value waste plastic bag/wrapper into fabric. In Pune those are stitched into fashionable accessories. Young men are rare into handlooms.
Great to see Jitesh and Kiran in weaving. This can be accelerated as these low value plastic end up in landfill or in co-processing. Good work Amita Deshpande Aarohana EcoSocial Developments NSRCEL IIMB 10K women entrepreneur
