Vijaya Pastala

Founder

Founder of Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT)

Vijaya Pastala is the founder of Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT) (2009)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, livelihood and environment from Mumbai.

Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT)

Under The Mango Tree Society trains marginal and tribal farmers in beekeeping with indigenous bees to raise agricultural productivity, incomes and biodiversity, working across 175+ villages in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT) reports the following, on its own site:

Presence in 175+ villages spread across 14 districts (as of 2019)

Organisations: 1
Based in: Mumbai
Founded: 2009
Press: 1

References

[1] “Our Name: When Vijaya Pastala founded the organization in 2009, she had in mind Indian villages, especially those located in dry, semi-arid regions.” — Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT). Source

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