About us
Brief introduction of Umesh Rashmi Rohatgi
Umesh
graduated from IIT Kharagpur in ’68. He
recieved masters degree from University of Michigan in ’82 and Rashmi is MA in
Sanskrit from Gwalior ’70. Umesh Rashmi Rohatgi are better known as social
workers and want to encourage any thing or anybody, that will make a difference
in someone’s life. They have raised two sons, Yash and Gaurav, to be decent
world citizens.
They
have successfully completed two phases of life; Brhamacharya (Student) and
Grihastha (House holders) while they were also engaged in various charity works
in India and America. Now in the third stage of life, Vanprastha
(Philanthropist), they have totally devoted themselves to make some deprived
people more informed so they can improve their lives as they dream. During last
5 years they have traveled extensively throughout India, visited 320 villages
and about hundred NGO’s.
They
are actively involved in learning and helping by listening to the villagers’
problems and coming up with solutions together, trying new ideas and unique
approaches, networking with likeminded people interested in India’s rural
development. They work with research Institutes and Inventors with strong drive
to improve the lives of the people of India, spending almost half year in India
and half in USA. They helped build /repair homes for cyclone affected Orissa and
provided low cost Latrines in West Bengal villages.
In
2001 they started developing a new village Sursardham in Raper subdivision,
district Kutch in Gujarat, earthquake affected area. There are 114 homes, which
were completed in 2003. Community
hall building is also completed in 2004. They are working on the future stages
of Sursardham, like: roads, school, library, medical center, vocational training
center etc. to make this village self sufficient with the involvement of
beneficiaries.