Idea initiator and Organizer, Vivek Glendenning Umrao MCIJ, a social entrepreneur.
Vivek was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and his native-forefathers were from Rajasthan. He is a
permanent resident of Australia, NRI (non-resident Indian), and a citizen of India. Vivek is a
journalist, editor, thinker, author, scholar and social policy critic and analyst and media activist. He
has been exploring Social Economy, Participatory Local Governance, Education, Citizen Media, True
Values of Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Social Accountability of Governments, Indigenous
Issues, Conflict Resolution in Violent Areas and Other social issues for more than one decade on
ground for the forgotten & non-privileged masses. He is the founder of Local Governance &
Decentralized Economy Social Group and Ground Report India group of international journals.
Phone: +61280057581 (with international roaming), Fax: +61281034120,
Email: [email protected]
Skills and work of Vivek Umrao Glendenning and his team
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Establishment of a 150 bed community hospital and training college in Bihar
Establishment of community university based on cow and agriculture in Bihar
More than 50 farming centres in Chhattisgarh for and by tribal communities
Establishment of dairies in Chhattisgarh for and by tribal community
Constructions of large community ponds in 70 villages for and by tribal communities with no
grant, Chhattisgarh
Local community construction of more than 10 kms mud road by with no grant in Chhattisgarh
Plantation of around 1 lakh saplings an average each year in Chhattisgarh from 2006
Construction of more than 500 toilets in Chhattisgarh
Three large mass meetings (70,000 to 100,000 people) in Bihar
Many mass meetings (1000 to 10,000 people) in Bihar and Chhattisgarh
3,000 kms foot marches in Bihar
2,000 kms foot marches in Uttar Pradesh
15,000 kms tour in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand
states of India to understand local tribal communities
20,000 kms tour in 12 states of India to understand community practices on water harvesting
Credits for the concept note:
Vivek Umrao Glendenning
Prof. Willem Vervoort, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
John Szemerey, Belgium
Dr Madeleine Florin, PhD, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Dr Madan Thangavelu, PhD, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Dr B. K. Sharma, U.K.
Shankar Sharma, India
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