Vanarai was established in 1982 by Dr. Mohan Dharia to empower rural communities in Maharashtra through participatory development efforts. It has expanded to over 250 villages, working on watershed management, afforestation, agriculture, women's empowerment, education, and healthcare. Notable projects include eco clubs in 200 schools, tree plantations of over 20 lakh trees, and construction of household toilets for over 30,000 people. Vanarai promotes its work through publications, documentaries, and training programs, and has received several awards for its contributions to rural development, water conservation, and the environment.

1. VANARAI
“VANARAI is not just an organization, its
people’s movement to make India ‘Sujalaam
Sufalaam’ ”
- Padma Vibhushan Dr. Mohan
Dharia
Founder - Vanarai

2. HISTORY of ORGANIZATION
Vanarai was established by Padma Vibhushan Dr. Mohan Dharia in the year
1982. After seeing the usefulness of Vanarai’s initiatives towards
community development, it was registered under the Charitable Trust Act
in 1986.
Through this journey of last 30 years, Vanarai has expanded it’s ambit to
all parts of Maharashtra and now is recognised as a noteworthy voluntary
organization at the State and National levels due to its significant
contribution towards society.
Various initiatives were taken up by Vanarai in more than 250 villages with
the chief objective of making them self-reliant through people’s
participation.
We conduct trainings, motivation and awareness camps to encourage local
participation in the development of their villages.

3. BOARD of DIRECTORS
Board of Trustees
President – Shri Ravindra Dharia
Trustees – Shri Nitin Desai
Shri Kamal Morarka
Shri Avinash Bhosale
Shri Rohidas More
Shri Girish Gandhi
Shri Ganpatrao Patil
Acting – Shri Chandrakant
Ingulkar
Secretary
Advisory Board
Chairman - Dr. Raghunath
Mashelkar
Members - Dr. Jayant Naralikar
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
Dr. Vijay Kelkar
Dr. Madhav Gadgil
Dr. Ram Takwale
Dr. Bhushan
Patwardhan
Dr. Chandrakant
Pandav
Padma Vibhushan Dr. Mohan Dharia
Founde
r

4. VISION, MISSION AND
VALUES
Vision – To be a leader in creating a sustainable model for
Integrated Rural Development and Reverse Migration
through people’s participation..
Mission – To empower rural India through the management
of natural resources that would lead to the enhancement of
the socio-economic conditions of villagers.
Values – Honesty, Commitment, Impartiality,
Transparency, Sustainability, Equity, Integrity, Co-
operation and Accountability

5. AGENDAS
Sustainable
Rural
Developmen
t &
Environmen
t
Conservatio
n
Watershed &
Groundwater
Management
Media & Publication
Training, Awareness &
Motivational Programs
Agriculture
Development & Animal
Husbandry
Women Empowerment & Self
Help Groups (SHG)
Health, Hygiene &
Sanitation
Education & Eco Clubs
Need Based
Development at Villages

6. WORKING STRUCTURE
Watershed
Management
Afforestation Skill
Development
Basic Education
facilities
Women
Empowerment
Hygiene and
Healthcare
Livestock Sustainable Sanitation

7. • More than 10,000 loose boulder constructed
• More than 200 cement nalah bunds constructed
• Thousands of Vanarai bunds annually
FACTS & FIGURES
• Distribution of more than 2 crore seeds and plants
to farmers
• 20,00,000 trees planted under bund farming
activity
• 4,000 trees plantation on wasteland
• 70,000 horticulture tree plantation
Watershed
Management
Tree Plantation

8. • Exposure Study Tours: More than 30,000 farmers benefitted
• More than 500 vermi composting beds developed
• More than 4,000 farmers benefitted under Modern agricultural
technique training
• Distribution of school kits in rural schools: 2400 students benefitted
• Installation of drinking water purifiers in more than 30 rural schools
• Construction of more than 5,000 household toilets: more than
30,000 users
• Conducted Health Camps in rural areas: 25,000 patients benefitted

9. • VANARAI established the ‘Vanarai Eco Club’ in
2002. More than 200 schools in and around Pune
are members of the Vanarai Eco Club.
• The objective is to spread awareness about
environment conservation.
• Till date, more than 2,00,000 school kids have
participated in this project.
It’s essential to inculcate the importance of
environment protection in the minds of the
young population in order to help them grow
into responsible and environment loving
citizens.With this Idea in mind,
VANARAI ECO CLUB

10. The Vanarai Eco Club also undertakes various other
activities for the environment awareness. They are as
following –
• Motivation, Orientation and Training of
teachers
• Planning of school level contests and
activities
• Cultural program and competition
• Bottle gardening
• Tree plantation and conservation

11. MEDIA AND PUBLIC
AWARENESS
In addition to public education, social awakening,
environmental conservation and the overall rural
development, VANARAI also works to bring about
social enlightenment. For this purpose, VANARAI
focuses on Information, Education and
Communication (IEC) while undertaking any project.
We effectively use various methodologies to achieve
its objectives.
Following activities are among them.Informative Books-Booklets
• Publication of various books & booklets to
sensitize people about environmental,
agricultural and rural issues which are
important for the upliftment of the villages.

12. Vanarai Monthly Magazine
• VANARAI has been publishing a monthly
magazine and an Annual Special issue in
Marathi since 1990
• VANARAI magazine is a one of the leading
Marathi magazine dedicated to
Agriculture, Soil & Water conservation,
Afforestation, Environmental and Rural
Development
• Many eminent Scholars, Nationally and
Internationally acclaimed authors, writers,
subject matter experts of various field

13. Documentaries
• Vanarai has released various documentaries to inspire and
educate people to achieve the goals of environment
conservation and rural development
• Documentaries like Vanarai Bandhara, Safar Vanaraichi, No
Rain – No Cry, New direction etc. have gathered heaps of
praise from all walks of life
• Various other voluntary organizations screen these
documentaries for public awareness

14. Workshop, Discussion Sessions, Training
• Various workshops, Meetings, Discussion
sessions, National and International
Seminars and Conferences are regularly
been hosted by VANARAI
• Topics on water – Soil Conservation,
Agriculture and allied industries,
afforestation and waste land development
• VANARAI training canters in the rural areas
undertake skill development activities for
the youth and spreads the knowledge of
latest agriculture techniques and

15. • It was launched in 2016 by VANARAI in
65 villages with people’s participation on
the circumstantial of frequent drought
situation in Maharashtra
• This is village-level system to measure
organize and manage rain water. Also to
promote activities like water-soil
conservation, developing grazing-lands
and tree plantation. Based on available
water we promote farmers to produce
crop consuming less water
• VANARAI seeks to widen the range of this
campaign to make Maharashtra self-
JALSAMVARDHAN PANCHAYAT – A PEOPLE’S
MOVEMENT

16. Vanarai has been implementing Corporate Social Responsibility
years before the CSR Act was promulgated and always had an
objective to implement sustainable projects in order to
consistently help the community. We believe in people’s
participation and community involvement which is the
quintessence of integrated development. This also impacts
various other sustainable development efforts, and helps in
eliminating poverty by creating successful nucleus of
development in various geographies.
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
Our Successful CSR Collaboration
Partners -

17. SOME MORE CSR COLLABORATION
PARTNERS

18. AWARDS/ ACHIEVEMENTS and
ACCOLADES
2003-04
Mahatma Jyotirao
Phule Water and
Land Conservation
Award
2008
Ground Water
Augmentation
Award
2014
Madhu Bhasin
Smriti
Puraskar
Samaj Karya
Gaurav
Puraskar Paryavaran
Mitra Puraskar
and
2016 Eco Friends
(NGO) Award
2017

19. Prepared by –
Prashant Kumar Singh
Management Trainee at – Yes Foundation, Pune
Intern at – Vanarai_Pune
Student of –
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