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Technology and Grassroots work in India
Association for India's Development Boston and MIT Chapters present Technology and Grassroots work in India - Community-driven development with use technology to improve living conditions and livelihoods Talk by Michael Mazgaonkar Michael Mazgaonkar lives in the Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife sanctuary in the Satpuda mountains of Gujarat and has been experimenting with community-driven development and activism for the past 27 years in rural Gujarat. He is a founding member of the Mozda Collective, a team of individuals dedicated to sustainable rural development, and Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, an environmental advocacy group. Based in an off-the-grid home, he uses his expertise as an engineer to train communities to use technology to improve living conditions and livelihoods through activities like watershed development, alternative energy, and co-ordinating a local women's agricultural cooperative. Simultaneously Michael is committed to people's struggles against the corporate-centered development paradigm that has been disempowering and marginalizing communities across the state, particularly on issues related to forest rights, industrial pollution/environmental monitoring and governance. With an ear to the global ground and a finger on the pulse of local concerns, Michael strives to bridge the resource and information gap between those who make decisions and those who are affected by them. Venue on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/j3pby5WoTwK2 https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=3
Date: 07/08/2016
Location: MIT 3-333
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Food: Snacks
Contact: Publicity Co-ord
Web: www.aidboston.org
Email: info@aidboston.org
Directions: Venue on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/j3pby5WoTwK2 https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=3
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