About Us
Rangwasa Jaivik Gram Foundation
The Institute has a farm spread over 8 acres where various aspects of sustainable farming are practiced and taught to the trainees. The farm has dormitories equipped with restrooms to accommodate around 10-15 trainees. A kitchen is available for meals.
Founder's Message
Ours is a land of forests brimming with diverse flora and fauna and our villages with lush farmland and crops within. Our motherland blessed with bounty of hills, rivers and tributaries and rich fertile soil, boasts of 45,000 flowering and 30,000 non-flowering plant types. We also possess 7 thousand tree types, 26 breeds of cows, 7 buffalo breeds and 17 breeds of goats.
All this is because the sun shines for more than 240 days over the year, with strong 11,000 candle power. The diverse climatic conditions with hot summers, abundant monsoon and cool winters have turned our country into the pinnacle of farming nations.
Our learned saints and scholarly sages have devoted themselves to designing and promoting techniques and implements suited for local conditions of climate, soil and water types. And this became the ultimate strong foundation of our economy.
Four centuries of foreign rule and industrial farming has destroyed our tradition, unwanted agricultural chemicals and now GM (Genetically modified) crop varieties are wiping out our traditional farming practices
Fortunately, few International and Indian scholars and learned farmers disowned the chemical farming by turning towards nature and proved that organic way of growing crops is the only recourse to establish India to her formal glory and prosperity. This method of farming will not only provide hygienic and holistic food but give water, energy and also raw materials to our industries. This was our way of thinking which made us to change our vision and we turned to promoting organic farming.
When we turn back and look at the efforts made by us we have the satisfaction of seeing that our roots have reached deep into the Rural India.
Mr. Arun Dike
Our Partners
Tisser Artisans Trust
Tisser Artisan Trust is an entrepreneurial venture, functioning as a tool for social upliftment of rural clusters of India. Restoring the dignity of work by skilling women in rural clusters and providing them job opportunities. The opportunities created aim at reviving the handicraft products inspired by the rich cultural heritage of India, each art community across geography with its unique offering. Taking forth the women and art in long strides of empowerment and exposure.
Tisser Artisan Trust is created from the profits of the funds awarded by various grants and the commission of projects we execute in the right of generating livelihood of artisans and revival of art.
In order to sustain the artisans in rural clusters, they are trained to make products that are in demand in the markets. It further goes for quality check and replication. With training and guidance of cluster managers they are equipped to work independently in future. Such economic and moral support helps them escape the loan and debt traps.
Tisser Artisan Trust works actively in empowering women by connecting them to bigger and inclusive value chains.