Tulsi Bead Production Gets a Technical Lift from IIT

A technical design intervention by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has helped the rural women in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan engaged in fabrication of tulsi malas (a string of 108 beads for chanting a mantram) boost their production and earn a better livelihood by introducing advanced machinery. The IIT's help has benefited around 2,000 women in the region.

The Rural Technology Upgradation Unit of IIT Delhi was recently contacted by Lupin Human Welfare & Research Foundation, a public service institution working in Bharatpur, for its inputs into old machines used by women for producing tulsi malas. The old machines involved a high degree of labor with an uncomfortable sitting posture, while production of the product remained low.

Tulsi mala production provides livelihood to women mainly in Kaman, Deeg, Nadbai and Kumher tehsils of Bharatpur district. The location of temple towns such as Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandgaon and Barsana near Bharatpur ensures a good demand and consumption of tulsi malas throughout the year.

Women could fabricate 30 to 40 tulsi malas with the old machines and make a profit between Rs.60- Rs.80 (US 92c to $1.23) a day after their routine expenditure. They were facing problems of low production and physical pain while working on these machines.

Sita Ram Gupta, executive director of the Foundation, points out that the new machines are capable of enhancing the production of tulsi malas four-fold and provide a comfortable posture for operating them. With each machine, women are now able to prepare beads for 200 to 250 malas everyday and fabricate the final product into different designs.

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PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR SERVING UNDER- PRIVELEDGED CHILDREN THROUGH CULTURAL EDUCATION

                                

                    AROHI Sangeet Vidyalaya,( A Voluntary Culture Society) Jammu & Kashmir State.

1)     UNDER  MUSIC  PROMOTIONAL  PROGRAMME :-( Photo-1 &2)

    

          Free Training in music   is being given since 2007 to the children, who belong to socially,  Economically, Culturally and Differently abled  sections of the society.

           Recently also in 2013, many children were given free training in music by our senior                

           Instructor  Prof. (Mrs.) Jahanvi  Basak and Prof. (Dr.) Padmini Tikoo as a resource                       

           person.

2) UNDER  THE  SCHEME,  STIPEND  TO  TRAINEES :-

              Five(5) students who shows  exemplary excellence in music, belonging to the above mentioned categories are being given stipend every year.

3)   AROHI  IS  RECOGNIZED  STUDY  CENTRE  OF :-

a)   Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad conducting different degrees up to Prabhakar (B.A.)    b)   School of performing and visual arts, IGNOU, New Delhi conducting(Certificate Course in Performing Arts Hindustani Music,( CPAHM).

4) TO   ENCOURAGE  STUDENTS  FOR  INCULCATING  NATIONAL INTEGRATION :- ( Photo-3 &4)

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Many free workshops for inculcating National integration were conducted  on National Songs in three different languages at different schools in Jammu.(Jammu & Kashmir State)

  

5)   MUSIC PROGRAMME  Through LECTURE  cum  DEMONSTRATION:-(Photo-5,6 &7)

      

        

1)      A music programme through “Lecture cum Demonstration” organized  with creative expressions on the role of Hindustani Music in the development of personality in relation to capacity building, stress and strain management among School Children of Sewa Basti (Jhuggi-Jhopdi).

Performance was given by Prof. (Dr.) Padmini Tikoo on Sitar and Neeraj Verma on Tabla.   Two Disciples of the AROHI on Tanpura.     

Among Other dignitaries present were:- Sh. G.A. Qureshi (KAS), Director School Education, Jammu,     Prof. Rita Jatinder, Rtd. Secretary, J&K Cultural Academy,     Prof. Sarla Kohli, Rtd. College Principal(J&K Govt.)  Prof. Jahnavi Basak, Senior instructor of the AROHI,    & Sh. R.K. TIKOO, President of the AROHI.

6)      WORLD YOGA CONFERENCE:- (Photo-8,9,10&11)

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Photo-11

     Two(2)  Days  World  Yoga  Conference, was organized by University of      Jammu, where in  one of our AROHI Directors, Prof. (Dr.) Padmini Tikoo was invited to  a  

present brain storming paper titled “SANGEET  ATMIK  SAADHNA  DWAARA  YOG ABHIYAAS,  EVAM  TANAAV  MUKTI” ,  a practical demonstration of Sitar through strings, to give feel of meditation for stress management.

About 300 delegates from different countries including U.S.A., Canada, Iran and UNESCO attended the conference.

7)      Different facilities are being widely provided by the AROHI Sangeet Vidyalaya, a Voluntary Cultural Society, to the students/trainees for development ,propagation and promotion of Cultural Education in Jammu & Kashmir State viz.  Internet & Computer, Audio-Visual Aids, Counseling, Library, Seminar/Demonstration Hall, Musical Instruments, Tape Recorders, Television, Audio-Video players for using cassettes and Compact Discs(CDs) for practice.

AROHI Sangeet Vidyalaya, a Voluntary Cultural Society, established on the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami day, in the year 1986, is one of the oldest and most active Voluntary Society of the Jammu & Kashmir State, has been bestowed with many prestigious awards for outstanding achievements and remarkable role in the field of Cultural Education (Music Promotion).

All our efforts for popularizing Classical and Folk Music in different schools and among the people of our state have been covered by print as well as the electronic media.

We will by the encouragement and cooperation from Music Lovers  and Promoters, strive ever harder to make AROHI a friendly name in every corner of our state, rest of the country and even abroad.

             AROHI SANGEET VIDYALAYA (Regd.)

    (A voluntary Cultural Society)

           J&K STATE, JAMMU

Ph-        0191-2479778      M-        +91-9419107644 , +91-9018307644, +91-9419607644

E-Mail:-      1) arohisangeet_voluntary@yahoo.co.in

                           2)   arohisangeetvidyalaya@gmail.com

ADDRESS:-

HEAD  OFFICE:-       H.No. 69 B/B , Gandhi Nagar, Jammu- 180004

BRANCH  OFFICE:-   Trikuta Apartments, AROHI Sangeet, Sector-4, Extension, Trikuta                  

                                    Nagar, Jammu- 180012

CONFLICT-FREE VILLAGES: ENGINES OF GROWTH

 via: Deendayal Research Institute <dridelhi@chitrakoot.org>

Fourth Nanaji Memorial Lecture

NEW DELHI, APRIL 13, 2014

CONFLICT-FREE VILLAGES: ENGINES OF GROWTH

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Rampant litigation has been the bane of rural India. Every other household is engaged in some kind of legal battle. There are conflicts within the families, in the neighbourhood, in the community. Of late, the nature of litigation has changed from land disputes to other fields too.

An experiment of economic empowerment by Sewa Bharati in Jharkhand

The experiment of Self-Help Group (SHG) by Sewa Bharati proved a major success in the remote areas of Jharkhand. Presently, there are over 1400 SHGs in the state run by Sewa Bharati activists. Every group normally has 15-20 women. This number goes over 25,000. Today, these women are writing a new chapter of change after achieving self-respect and self-dependence with the help of SHGs.

Empowering Rural Women in Tamil Nadu- Seva Bharathi,Tamil Nadu

Sewa Bharti Tamil Nadu needs to be congratulated for implementing innovative projects to uplift and empower the rural womenfolk through Self-Help Groups (SHGs). The SHGs started some 12 years ago by Sewa Bharti have now become prominent and premier agent of silent revolution empowering the rural women and improving their socio-economic-political status in the society.

SHG is a small cooperative unit having 20 or less number of people. They are organized in a group with a name. Three office-bearers manage the group; maintain the accounts and handle bank transactions. Each member of the group is required to save money on a regular basis and money so collected is advanced to needy members on a nominal interest. The entire transaction is transparent and properly audited.

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Nara Seva Narayan Seva-Prof.Kamini Mohan Sinha

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