Mahesh Sharma
Co-founderFounder of Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad
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Mahesh Sharma is the co-founder of Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad[1], an Indian non-profit working on tribal welfare, water & sanitation and rural & agriculture from Jhabua.
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
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Jhabua
- Founded
- —
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Shri Mahesh Sharma, founder member and President of Shivganga was awarded Padmshri” — Shivganga Samagra Gramvikas Parishad. Source
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