From 4 to 1,800 villages: Gujarat Vidyapith preps for mega-scale padyatra

Since 2007, erstwhile the padyatra was launched, students and teachers had been visiting 4 villages successful arsenic galore days to acquisition the agrarian beingness arsenic good arsenic to dispersed consciousness towards literacy, de-addiction and cleanliness too different principles of Mahatma Gandhi.

Gujarat Vidyapith successful Ahmedabad, which was established by Mahatma Gandhi successful 1920, is known to travel Gandhian values till date. “The padyatra this twelvemonth has been themed connected earthy farming, taking the connection of swasthya, samruddhi and sanskar (health, prosperity and values) to the villagers. The readying for this sojourn arsenic good arsenic the assemblage outreach programme has been done successful specified a mode that astir 1,800 radical (1,600 students and 200 teaching and non-teaching staff) volition screen astir 18,000 villages,” Gujarat Vidyapith Vice-Chancellor Harshad Patel told The Indian Express.

The organising committee stated that the 1,600 students person been divided into groups of 10 students with 1 teacher each who volition screen the villages from 7 americium to 7 pm. The roadshow accompanying the padyatra this twelvemonth volition besides enactment arsenic a branding and selling run for Gujarat Vidyapith, they added.

This year, the students volition not lone impart theoretical cognition connected earthy farming but besides person hands-on experience, including lessons connected making jeevamrut (natural fertiliser), said the organisers. “Before the padyatra, Governor Devvrat volition clasp a peculiar lecture for each students and unit connected Gandhi Jayanti. After this, each students and unit members volition determination to Randheja field for applicable training,” V-C Patel said.