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P. Veerabhadra Naika
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P.Srinivas (‘Soil Vasu’)
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At PUNARCHITH he teaches the module on sustainable agriculture and has helped set up demonstration plots for youth learners.
H. Muthuraju
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At PUNARCHITH he anchors work at the Angarike Maala land and its restoration. He also takes sessions on agriculture during the ILP course.
Suma Hanumantaiah
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At PUNARCHITH, she is in charge of accounts and also takes the sessions on accounts for the ‘Integrated Learning Programme’. Her pedagogies for accounts include enabling youth to choose options, make decisions, and critically assess their expenditure patterns. A keen naturalist, she also enjoys working on the land and home garden.
Dr. Samira Agnihotri
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At Punarchith, Samira has led discussions and sessions on ecology and understanding forest-land relationships. In addition, she conducts walk tours which emphasise listening and understanding forest life. She sees her association with PUNARCHITH as an opportunity to share her learnings about the BR Hills and at the same time she recognises that she has learnt much from the rural youth learners themselves.
Dwijendranath Guru
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Dwiji’s writings and presentations can be found at http://themillet.org, http://millets.wordpress.com/author/dnguru . He also blogs at http://dwiddly.wordpress.com and actively engages with people through workshops, demonstrations, talks, and discussions on social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.
Vinay K. Kumar
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A polyglot and a nomad cyclist, Vinay K Kumar is from Telangana, and has completed his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from NITK Suratkal. After graduation his interest in the state of ecology and society led him to look for alternatives in learning and living. In doing so he cycled around in Tamilnadu and Kerala, photo documenting rural life and traditional practices. At PUNARCHITH, he will be engaged in land restoration at Angarike Maala, the seed bank, and the climate emergency out-reach work. In the long run he looks forward to participating in restoring the health of our information commons.
Sundramma
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Mahendra N
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Shaila
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Manuja Priya
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B. Vasantha Kumari
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Chandrakantha B.R
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Chandrakantha B.R is a multi-faceted person who combines an interest in agriculture, music, and computers. He will be coordinating the marketing aspects of HONNERU: the rural producers’ collective and also providing music and performance arts support to the team.
Siddharth Joshi
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Holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering ( IIT Mumbai) and was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. His interests are in contemporary political economy and social change for justice. He works closely with several human rights groups and anchors the climate change data collection and processing for Punarchith.
Lakshmi M
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