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Rejuvenate India Movement |
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"Development through Voluntary Action" &
"Anti-Corruption Campaign in Karnataka" by
PadmaShri Dr. H. Sudarshan
Venue |
American India Foundation,
647 E. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 (Directions) |
Date/Time |
Sunday, 18 August 2002 , 5.00 PM |
Presented by |
Attendees are invited to have pizza and chat with Dr. Sudarshan
after the talk. The cost for the food will be shared.
Dr. Sudarshan's bio:
Dr. Sudarshan is the recipient of the PadmaShri in 2000, the International
Distinguished Physician award given by the American Association of Physicians
of Indian Origin (AAPI) in 1995 and the Right
Livelihood Award in 1994.
Today he heads the Karnataka Task Force on Health and Family Welfare, is on the Executive Committees of the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) and CAPART. He is also the member of the National Commission on Population.
Dr. Sudarshan is also the convenor of Rejuvenate India Movement (RIM). RIM is a network of organizations and individuals working together for India's development. The goal is to catalyze a mass movement to strengthen democratic processes toward self-reliant development. RIM works by sponsoring volunteers who work full-time in a village on the felt needs of the villagers. The volunteers are selected and trained by the coordinating NGOs and work under their close supervision.
RIM is impacting 30000 people in 100 villages in 11 states, through 65 sponsored volunteers and 25 partner NGOs. For more information on RIM, please visit: http://www.india-movement.org/
Dr. Sudarshan was recently appointed as the Special Investigator for
the Karnataka Lok Ayukta. This post was specially created for him
at the behest of the Lok Ayukta, Mr. Justice N. Venkatachala. In this capacity,
he is fighting to weed out corruption from the Health, Education and Social
Welfare departments of Karnataka state. For more information, please see
an article from The Hindu Newspaper at
http://www.india-movement.org/events/DrSudarshan_Appt.doc
WebCast Details
We will put up a link for the webcast above the map of India by noon on sunday, Aug 18. You will have to visit the page pointed to by the link at 5:00 p.m (Pacific Standard Time) on Aug 18. You will need the Real Audio Player to listen to the webcast. You can download this for free from Real Networks . Webcast listeners can ask questions during the Q & A session by calling the phone no that will be announced before the start of the Q & A.Directions:
AIF is located at 647 E Calaveras Blvd in Milpitas.- Coming south on 101, take 237 East and continue past 880 until you hit Milpitas Blvd.
- Cross Milpitas Blvd and take an immediate left into the Town Village shopping Center.
- Proceed all the way into the shopping center and take a right turn at the T. Pass Giorgio's Italian Restaurant and take a left.
- AIF is about 3 doors down on the left.
