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Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Background of NGO, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)

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  • Date Added : 3/22/2007
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Anil Rajvanshi

  • Director, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
  • male
  • Asian
  • 1950 (Age: 74 years old)
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Anil K Rajvanshi has been the director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) at Phaltan, Maharashtra, India since 1981. NARI is a private non-profit NGO working in rural India. It does pioneering work in the areas of agriculture, renewable energy, animal husbandry and environmentally sound sustainable development.

Rajvanshi is also the trustee and honorary secretary of NARI. He has concentrated his efforts for last 25 years on how to use modern science and technology to achieve environmentally sound rural development. Rajvanshi's research has spanned a whole spectrum of areas affecting the lives of rural population including cooking and lighting, small power generation, water purification and effluent treatment through the use of renewable energy in environmentally sound way.

Anil Rajvanshi was born and raised in Lucknow, India. After obtaining B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur in early 1970's, Dr. Rajvanshi went to USA to pursue a Ph.D. degree in the University of Florida at Gainesville, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1979 with specialization in solar energy and then taught at the University of Florida for two and half years before returning to India in 1981 to join NARI.

I run a small NGO in rural India. It's a place called Phaltan which is 400 ... 300 kilometers southeast from Mumbai and in our NGO we work in the areas of agriculture, energy, basically renewable energy and sustainable development. In agriculture we are developing some hybrids and varieties for th...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Background of NGO, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
  • Anil Rajvanshi - Interview - Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
  • 3/22/2007
  • Anil Rajvanshi
  • 2 min. 54 sec.
Video 2 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Shares Amusement At Current Trendiness In Social Entrepreneurship
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  • 3/22/2007
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Video 3 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Initial Marketing Of Liquid Fuels
  • Anil Rajvanshi - Interview - Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
  • 3/22/2007
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Video 4 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi States Rural Areas Have Problems When It Comes To Technology and Financing
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Video 5 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi States Methodology Behind Products In West Can Also Be Used For Low-Cost Rural Products
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Video 6 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Disappointment With Tremendous Focus On Consumerism In The West
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Video 7 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Challenge of Finding Venture Funding For Rural Development Projects
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Video 8 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Shares Thoughts on Work Being Done Through NCIIA
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Video 9 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Structure of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
  • Anil Rajvanshi - Interview - Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
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Video 10 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Concept of Micro Financing
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Video 11 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi States Reality That We Are A Global Community Is Biggest Challenge Facing Us
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Video 12 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses How Technology Can Help Life of Rural Poor
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Video 13 of 13 Anil Rajvanshi Discusses Conflict Between Spirituality and Consumerism
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  • 3/22/2007
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