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A Sunday That Set the Tone for the Year: Yamuna Cleanup Drive with iVolunteer

Some Sundays are meant for rest.Some are meant for reflection.And then there are Sundays that set the tone for the entire year. We began this year with purpose, positivity, and memories that will stay with us for a long time 💚 The Yamuna River Cleanup & Forest Plog Walk, conducted in collaboration with Sanskriti Youth […]

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Millets; Decline and revival in the hills.

As my project was primarily about increasing millet productivity, I was under the impression that millets were staple food crops which were fairly common in Uttarakhand and that my task was just to render assistance or actions that would further their availability within households. However, the situation was drastically different than what I had presumed. […]

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Understanding the PM-FME Scheme through Value Addition in Food Processing

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has introduced the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) Scheme under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to strengthen India’s food processing sector at the grassroots level. The scheme aims to support micro food entrepreneurs by encouraging value addition, improving processing practices, reducing post-harvest losses, and enabling informal […]

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An Exposure Memoir

During my education and early career, I was introduced to the technical expertise and guiding principles behind project design and management. However, exposure to the development sector brought a set of unique challenges I had never faced before – whether it was regarding involving the community as a stakeholder or iterating at an unprecedented frequency […]

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Breathing Life into Water: The Impact of Phase 2 of Pond Rejuvenation

(16th–24th May 2025): Mahal, Dhinkia Panchayat, Erasama, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha. After the weed-laden waters of the village pond were cleared in Phase 1, the path was paved for deeper, more transformative change. Phase 2 of the rejuvenation project—carried out from 16th to 24th May 2025—was not merely a technical intervention; it was an expression of collective […]

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Exploring Kutch: A Journey of Collaboration and Impact

Imagine embarking on a journey to a land rich in culture and tradition, where every thread woven and every clay sculpture crafted tells a story of resilience and creativity. This was the essence of our recent travel workshop at Khamir, nestled in the heart of Bhuj, Gujarat. As we delved into the intricacies of this […]