Communities

                                                                                                                                            

Founder / Convenor of these communities

Citizens' Agenda For Bengaluru

"Citizens' Ask" for Democratic Governance:

Planning Authority (Metropolotian Planning Committee) , Unified & Decentralised City Govt as per 74th CAA.  With a community of 30,000 plus across various platforms, we are a potent force for positive change!

Bengaluru Mobility

A Citizens' Campaign for Sustainable, Multi-Modal, Integrated Mobility for Bengaluru!

Namma Whitefield

A federation of Residents / RWAs in core Whitefield Area, actively engaging in neighbourhood and civic issues, and with the Ward Committee in addressing them, even leading some high power campaigns to save the environment such as the Pattandur Agrahara Lake 54, and several others.

Swaraj for Cities

Save Pattandur Agrahara Lake Campaign

Citizens movement to save Pattandur Agrahara Lake - in the heart of Whitefield - encroached for 40 years.. 

Aikyam Community for Sustainable Living

Aikyam (Sanskrit: ऐक्यम्) means – oneness, unity, harmony

A volunteer driven community, taking the discourse on sustainability mainstream!

Coalition for Water Security

Coalition of movements working towards restoration and conservation of ecosystems to ensure water security.

Green Tweet Army

Umbrella coalition of Citizens for Social Media Action on Green Issues.

Urban Community Farming

Forum for popularising the growing of food in Urban settings through community effort and in community spaces.

Other Communities

                                                                                                                                            

Volunteer / Contributor in these communities

Subhash Palekar Natural Farming

A movement to popularise the use of natural farming methods, also called agro-ecology, which aims to restore soil and ecosystems, by aligning with nature, and thereby restoring infinite nutrition in soil, thereby eliminating the need to invest in non farm inputs, and multiplying the productivity of the farm, making farmers self-reliant and prosperous, at the same time, making farms climate friendly, and consumers have poison food free to eat.

Civic Bangalore

A voluntary citizens’ initiative emerged in 1990-91 as a forum for discussion and action on issues impacting Bangalore, its development and future.

Whitefield Wards Cluster

Citizens' Ward Committees - a group of shadow ward committees that provide oversight over the functioning of the Ward Committees, which are the fourth tier of government which provides the platform for grassroots democracy and citizen engagement in govt.