Mahesh Sharma

Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad

Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad is a voluntary organisation registered in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh in 2007 that works across the Bhil-dominated districts of Jhabua and Alirajpur. It revived Halma, a Bhil tradition of unpaid collective labour, into an annual mass water-conservation gathering at the Hathipava hills, and runs programmes in water conservation, forest enrichment, tribal livelihoods and women's self-help groups. Founder Mahesh Sharma received the Padma Shri in 2019.

Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad reports the following, on its own site:

• 900 VILLAGES
• 4000 VOLUNTEERS
• 14500 FAMILIES