Acknowledgement

National Women’s Organization Pune is deeply grateful to Prof K.C. Sahu, Retd. Eminent Earth Scientist of IIT- Bombay, a deeply environmentally conscious earth scientist from Odisha, for providing his valuable help for the preparation of the Project Plan, to Dr U.N. Rai, Retd. Senior Scientist of NBRI, Lucknow, (CSIR, Govt.of India) and Shri B.K. Jha, Retd. Technocrat, for providing their valuable help for the preparation of the Project Plan.

We are deeply thankful to Shri Avinash Haval ji for preparing the Building Plan selflessly with full of good will and love for the 4G Ashram of our Gandhian Modern Eco-village, Village Swaraj, Pilot project in Odisha. We are also deeply thankful to Shri Mukesh Malhotra, President, Malhotra Weikfield Foundation for donating a statue of Mahatma Gandhi for the 4G Ashram, which will be installed in the Ashram on Gandhi Jayanti 2nd October this year.

We are thankful to all the persons who have worked or helped in some way or other with goodwill and love for this noble project.

We are deeply thankful to Prof. Ashok Saraf ji, a Gandhian IITian Technocrat who has been working selflessly with total devotion for our Gandhian Modern Eco-village Pilot Project, Odisha as its Chief Coordinator, and to Shri Sushil Bhatia Ji, Chairman of Wheelsglobal.org, for his valuable moral support and help for this noble project. He is a life member of our 4G Ashram.

NATIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANISATION, PUNE

Gandhian Modern Eco-village, Village Swaraj, Pilot Project, Odisha

We are profoundly grateful to H.H. Swami Tejomayanandaji, former worldwide Head of Chinmoy Mission for his very valuable moral support and help for this profoundly noble project. We are also profoundly grateful to Smt. Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya ji, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi and Shri C Rajgopalcharya ji, Chairperson of our Save Ganga Movement and former Vice President of Gandhi Smriti and Gandhi Darshan, and to late Dr Smt. V Mohini Giri Ji, daughter-in-law of our former Rashtrapati Late Shri V.V. Giri, former Chairperson of National Women's Commision and Guild of Service for their very valuable moral support and help for this profoundly noble project.

Let us sincerely try to make this project a role model of the Gandhian Village Swaraj for our country as well as for the world at large, with empathy and compassion for the sufferings of the masses, future generations and the dumb and deaf life-world due to the impending catastrophic consequences of the present very grave global environmental crises in general and the crisis of global warming and climate change in particular. Before doing or planning to do any work for the project, let us rationality reflect over whether Mahatma Gandhi would have approved it, and sincerely try not to do or plan to do anything which Mahatma Gandhi would not have approved.

With goodwill, love and prayers 🙏

Smt. Rama Rauta

Founder President, National Women’s Organization, Pune

Chairperson, Gandhian Modern Eco-village, Pilot project, Odisha

Founder, Save Ganga Movement

Former Member, Expert Advisory Committee, Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of WR, RD&GR, Govt. of India

Former Expert Member, National Ganga River Basin Authority, Govt. of India

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Websites: savegangamovement.org | 4gashram.org

Dr. Ashvin Tillu

Secretary, National Women's Organization, Pune