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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion National Dairy Development Board, NDDB

Cow, Dung and Gold

Rashmi Kant Nagar On 1st June, 2023, Shailendra shared a video with me in which a scientist Dr. Satyaprakash Varma is showing (in some agricultural fair held in Rajkot during 24-28th May) how an income of ₹ 8000 to ₹85000 can be earned from one kilogram of Cattle /Buffalo dung. Yes, ₹ 8000- 85000 from […]

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वृक्षमंदिर हिंदी मे व्यंग Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

गाय, गोबर और “गोल्ड”

रश्मि कांत नागर गाय, गोबर और “गोल्ड” एक जून को शैलेंद्र ने एक वीडियो साझा किया। इस वीडियो में एक वैज्ञानिक डॉ सत्य प्रकाश वर्मा गाय/ भैंस के गोबर से प्राप्त उन दो उत्पादों के बारे में (२४-२८ मई के दौरान राजकोट हुए किसी मेले में) जानकारी दे रहे है, जिसमे एक किलो गोबर से […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion

सहिष्णुता, असहिष्णुता, विज्ञान और सामाजिक विज्ञान

सहिष्णु का विपरीत है असहिष्णु । सहिष्णु वह जिसमें हो सहन करने की क्षमता, जो हो क्षमाशील , जो पीड़ा सहन कर सके आदि । वैसे आधुनिक वैश्विक समाज मे अपेक्षित है कि किसी भी कार्य व्यवहार, बातचीत आदि मे असहिष्णुता न हो। यह आदर्श अच्छा तो लगता है पर क्या वास्तव मे ऐसा है […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion National Dairy Development Board, NDDB Reminiscences

Five Minutes of July 22nd, 1969

Rashmi Kant Nagar Former General Manager, National Dairy Development Board Father’s Day is a new celebration for most Indians. We in India do not earmark a specific day to remember our parents- be it Mother’s Day or the Father’s Day. Shri Hem Shankar Nagar For us every day is the ‘parents day’ or it used […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Reminiscences Uncategorized

Nivedita Corporation

Dr AS Abani Former University Professor, Director, and Dean for 50 years including tenure with NDDB In 1989, Dr AS Abani created a “situation description” as a “role play” exercise to educate students on organizational politics and behavioral aspects. The scenario involves a professional leaving a well-known, internationally renowned organization after over a decade of […]

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आस्तिक नास्तिक; अंत के बाद का अंतहीन विवाद

अंत के बाद के अंतहीन विवाद समस्याओं से सामना होने पर मेरे गाँव “चतुर बंदुआरी” के छोटकू काका यदि आज हमारे बीच होते तो शायद कहते “ अरे बाबू बहुतै बादरेसन है बायुमंडल मे” ! भगवद्गीता भगवद्गीता के अनुसार आत्मा कभी नहीं मरती और इसे काटा, सुखाया, जलाया या गीला नहीं किया जासकता । गरुण […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Uncategorized

The Celebrity Next Door

G. Krishnan started his career in the NDDB  as an Apprentice in 1973 and subsequently worked in the Planning Division and the Oilseeds and Vegetable Oil Wing. In 1978, he went on deputation to CLUSA and worked in the  vegetable  oil project for a brief period. This is a strange, real-life story. In the early 1980s, we used […]

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वृक्षमंदिर हिंदी मे Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Reminiscences Uncategorized

चिंता, आशा, ममता और मैं

A couple of days ago, my dear friend and former colleague, Dr SC Malhotra, sent me a whatsapp message forwarding a video clip. He has done many audio stories for Vrikshamandir which can be accessed here. Dr Malhotra is a prolific commentator on blogs that are posted on Vrikshamandir. His text message forwarding the video […]

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Training cum Orientation Programs for newly recruited personnel of various milk unions in late 1970s

M M Patel During the initial years of the Operation Flood Project, NDDB organized important activities such as Farmer’s Induction Programs for farmers and Training cum Orientation Programs for newly recruited personnel of various milk unions. I had the opportunity to work on both. From 1977 to 1978, I was posted at the NDDB head […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Story

Anubhav; the experience

Dr Mukund Naware has worked for more than forty years in the field of dairying. He has been associated with a number of premier institutions in the dairy sector such as BAIF / NDDB/ Mother Dairy Delhi / Mahanand /Jalgaon Milk Union and Dynamix. Thus he has been exposed to work culture of organizations in […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Uncategorized

Poverty and Public Distribution System; Part – I

Nagar had sent this article to me several months ago. Of late, I have not been paying much attention to Vrikshamandir. Since the beginning of this year, I have had some health issues. Now that the situation is fast normalising, I thought, what better way to start regular posting on Vrikshamandir than posting this from […]

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Culture, Tradition, Human Development and Religion Uncategorized

आँख मिचौली; कथा पुरानी, संदर्भ नया

आप में से बहुतों ने शायद यह कथा पहले भी सुनी या पढ़ी हो । मैंने इस कथा को एक नए संदर्भ में प्रस्तुत करने का दुस्साहस किया है। अगर पसंद आये, तो आगे बढ़ाइयेगा अन्यथा आप ने तो पढ़ ही ली है! क्योंकि कथा युगों पुरानी है, स्वाभाविक है कि इसका प्रारम्भ वैकुंठ से […]