Which is your favourite kind of holiday? Well mine is definitely seeing wildlife as I believe that going into the jungles is a matter of fortune. When I recently received an invitation to experience the Kohka Wilderness Camp, I did not think twice before saying yes and looking back, it has certainly been among my …
On the ‘Wild’ Side: A review of Kohka Wilderness Camp in India Read More »
Which is your favourite kind of holiday? Well mine is definitely seeing wildlife as I believe that going into the jungles is a matter of fortune. When I recently received an invitation to experience the Kohka Wilderness Camp, I did not think twice before saying yes and looking back, it has certainly been among my …
At 45 years of age, Sanjay Nagar took a decision that changed his life. He quit his job to work for the tribals in the area around the Pench Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Passionate about nature and photography, Sanjay went to Pench as a tourist and saw the miserable condition of the people of …
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कोहका (मप्र)(जेएनएन)। संजय नागर ने अपनी बैंक की नौकरी छोड़ कोहका फाउंडेशन शुरू किया जो मध्यप्रदेश के आदिवासी क्षेत्र में सेकेंडरी स्कूल के छात्रों को शिक्षित करने में मदद करती है। एक छोटे से गांव की निवासी गीता के पास बच्चों को उच्च शिक्षा दिलाने में मदद के लिए संसाधन हैं। लेकिन एनजीओ कोहका फाउंडेशन …
…आदिवासियों के लिए बैंक की नौकरी छोड़ शुरू किया एनजीओ Read More »
कोलकाता में उन्होने पढ़ाई की, पेशा उनका चार्टर्ड अकाउंटेंट (Chartered Accountant) का था, काम उन्होने बैंकर के तौर पर किया और नौकरी उन्होने मुंबई में की। उस शख्स ने जब अपने आसपास शिक्षा की बदतर हालत को देखा तो उन्होने अपनी अच्छी खासी नौकरी को छोड़ आदिवासी और गरीब बच्चों को पढ़ाने का जिम्मा उठाया। …
बैंकर की नौकरी छोड़ आदिवासी बच्चों का भविष्य सवांरने में जुटा चार्टेड अकाउंटेंट Read More »
Tribal communities in India have traditionally lived in close association with forests. However, what was once considered sustainable extraction of forest resources can no longer be viewed under the light of peaceful coexistence. Tribal dependence on forests is being increasingly seen as leading to forest degradation and depletion, and thereby continuing a vicious cycle of …
Sanjay Nagar, the founder of the Kohka Foundation says his goal in life is help create more role models like Geeta who go on to achieving great things in life. The foundation which currently operates in the tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh, covers 25 villages which share about six schools. The foundation, through a slew …
Every day we witness that our lives have always been encumbered and entangled in numbers. The highest percentage in school, the figures of GDP growth rate, the fall of the stock market or the millions who died in a year. Although seemingly logical by their outlook, numbers often reduce even the most genuine human lives …
FORMER BANKER ON A MISSION TO TURN AROUND THE LIFE OF TRIBALS Read More »
Nagpur: People living in Mumbai often find peaceful village life too dull and return to the hustle and bustle of the metro. Sanjay Nagar (52) may be an exception. Taking voluntary retirement after stints in two top foreign banks, he has been finding solace in social work for the last five years in villages of …
Ex-banker striving to change fortunes of MP Pench village Read More »
Where animals run on the roads, where you can see the sky for miles, where trees sway to embrace you, where innocent smiles and shy faces gaze at you—this is the world of the little village of Kohka near Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh……..
