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Suhas Thakurdesai
FounderFounder of Peaceful Society
Suhas Thakurdesai is the founder of Peaceful Society (1983)[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, environment and human rights from Madkai.
Peaceful Society
Peaceful Society, established in 1983 at Madkai in Ponda taluka, is Goa's prominent Gandhian voluntary organisation. Co-founded by Kumar Kalanand Mani, it works on rural development, panchayati raj empowerment, health and environment, and has been an initiator and coordinating force of the Save Western Ghats Movement.
Peaceful Society reports the following, on its own site:
- The Save the Western Ghats March, which Peaceful Society was entrusted to organise, was carried out as a foot march in 1987-88 with the active involvement of more than 150 organisations.
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Madkai
- Founded
- 1983
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Peaceful Society was established in 1983 while the formalities of legal registration were completed in March 1983. The Goan stalwart Late Mr. Madhav Bir was its founder president and Kumar Kalanand Mani was founder Secretary.” — Peaceful Society. Source
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