There are many of us who feel that a lot of work could and should be done in
the area of rural development in India - but there are very few of us who would
take it on ourselves to do the task.
It is therefore with great pleasure that we present a talk by
Sashi Pande on:
A PERSONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT
RURAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS
IN INDIA
at 10:30 am on Sunday, June 11th at Cory Hall, Univ.
of Calif., Berkeley, Ca. Tel: [415] 589-9264.
The talk will be followed by a discussion.
Sashi Pande and Ajay Patwardhan, aim to start a
rural development project "RACHANA" which will
run on a co-operative basis. As a first step towards
this goal Sashi has made a survey of several such
projects currently ongoing in India.
Sashi's visit was sponsored by a non-profit group
called "Sponsors of Indian Projects" (SIP) based in
Houston. The Indian council for Social Science
Research made a grant of Rs. 4,000 towards the
survey in recognition of the value of the work being
done by Mr. Pande.
BAY AREA GROUP:
Those interested in setting up a group in the Bay
Area similar to the existing S.I.P. group in Houston
are invited to stay on after the talk for a discussion. For further information call:
MR. ARUN BIDANI
[415] 589-9264 [eves.]
PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY:
1. Anand Niketan, Rangpur, Baroda involving 100-200
villages
2. Rural University, Balawar, Rajasthan under Ravi Mattai,
2. Rural University, Balawar, Rajasthan under Ravi Mattai,
Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
3. Agro Industrial Complex, Urli (near Poona) under
Kasturba Gandhi Smarak Trust
5. Samanvaya Ashram, Bodh Gaya, Bihar
6. Young India Project, Penalcoonda, Andhra Pradesh
7. ASTRA, Karnatak, near Bangalore
8. Agro Industrial Complex, Mirzapur, U.P.
9. Seva Mandir, Udaypur, Rajasthan
10. International Conference on Strategies of Rural
Development held in New Delhi. Partly sponsored by
India Development Corporation, Chicago.
11. Balwadi, Saswad, Pune'
12. Appropriate Technology group, Lucknow
13. Bankar Roy's group, Ajmer, Rajasthan
14. Center for Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
15. Center for Agricultural Management, Ahmedabad
16. Gokhale Institute of Political Economy, Pune'.
BIO DATA
Sashi Pande, currently finishing his Ph.D. in Physics at
the University of Texas at Austin, comes from a rural
background and therefore has a wide acquaintance with
problems of rural development. He was a National Merit
Scholar and Gold Medalist at Aligarh University where he
was a member of the social service wing. He worked with
the Gankhi Ashram and Agro Industrial complex at Urli near
Poona and also with Kishore Bharati. His articles on popular
science and current issues have appeared in leading Indian
magazines and he has published two books on popular
science. He has also worked part-time for All India Radio
and Times of India.
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