Pukaar is a youth run non-government organisation consisting of students and professionals who have taken the initiative of working on a dream of Pollution free Mother Earth, Environment Protection and a Greener World.
Pukaar's volunteers are largely young students and professional who carries out Plantation, maintenance and different types of awareness activities through stalls, speeches and workshops.
This dream was seen by Bhuvnesh Ojha when he was 15 years old and planted a sapling in his locality with the help of neighbor’s kids. On 10th November, 2013, Bhuvnesh decided to work on this dream and dedicated every Sunday from then onwards, towards environmental conservation. He says, “Hum humare sansar ki musibato ke khud hi zimmedar hai, aur iske liye khud hi ko uthna hoga.”
(We ourselves are responsible for all the problems of the world for which we have to take a stand.)
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
A passionate change maker, activist and founder Bhuvnesh Ojha, is a 22 year old student of Udaipur who completed B.Sc. in Botany, Geology and Chemistry from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University (Udaipur).
Raised in a hamlet called Piplund in Bhilwara district, he witnessed the basic problems underlying the small village; the most prominent being of water. As there was no real solution to the troubles, his interest grew towards finding the root cause and thus, his journey for environment change began.
A dropout of IIT-JEE training in Kota, he changed course of his life and began in the pursuit of conserving biodiversity and protecting the environment.
STORY OF PUKAAR
On 10th March, 2013, Bhuvnesh’s ultimate dream started taking shape when he bought a Mango sapling from his pocket money and planted it in his colony with
the help of a few. He gave the name of the sapling ‘Astitva’ as he felt that if we give nature a space in our hearts, it has the capacity to give back love and care.
In the span of eight months, he successfully planted 28 saplings in his colony that he had bought from his pocket money and named them Asha (Hope), Bhumi (Earth/Land), Bhumika (Role), Prakriti (Nature) etc. In September, 2013 he decided to involve youngsters and college students in his endeavor but failed to instill the sense of responsibility in them towards the environment. But this didn’t hold him back and he continued to make efforts.
After diligently working every Sunday, his work caught attention after which people started acknowledging his work and joined in his efforts. Thus, evolved ‘Pukaar: Voice of Earth’ on 10th November, 2013 wherein the group dedicated every Sunday towards plantation, environmental protection and betterment of the surroundings.
INITIATIVES
1. ‘Plant a Tree With Us’ on every Sunday since 10th November,2013
2. Maintenance Activity every week for watering and maintaining plants
3. Maanvak Haritima- Greenery Lead of Youth to connect students of various schools and local citizens
4. Celebrate with Pukaar-Plant a Tree on special occasions, birthdays and anniversaries etc.
5. Udbodhan- for spreading awareness among citizens
6. Ek Gadi, Ek Ped (One Vehicle, One Tree)- An initiative for bike and car owners to plant a sapling started on December 2016 in association with Mewar UM Bike owners
7. Paudhopahar (Gift a Plant)- To promote gift a plant culture instead of bouquets
8. Pukaar In Leadership- an Internship program from May, 2017 to July, 2017.
9. Vrikshdan- Donate for Trees
ACHIEVEMENTS
“You never think of the awards and achievements when you start something for the society and to bring a change in the world. But it is important to share your story so that the others can get inspired and take initiatives for our world.”
- The group has restored life in 20 public parks.
- Planted a variety of medicinal, fruit plants and Aravali’s regional flora
- Conserved 1600 out of 2000 saplings planted.
- Developed ‘Mini Forest’ and ‘Fruit Forest’ in schools and colleges
- Dedicated 200 Sunday of Pukaar on April 01, 2018.
- Plantation activities conducted with ‘Prayatna Club’ of Indian Institute of Management-Udaipur (IIM-U), ‘Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan’ and 9 schools & colleges
- More than 8000 volunteers have become part of Pukaar’s ‘Plant a Tree With Us’ initiative on Sunday mornings.
- Various articles published in reputed media houses such as The Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar, Rajasthan Patrika, Dainik Navjyoti etc.
- Articles and News shared on local social media portals including One2All, UdaipurBlog, UdaipurTimes.com and InstaUdaipur etc.
Part of social panel discussions, social entrepreneurship programs and seminars such as:
Deen Dayal Upadhyay College of Delhi University.
Lovely Professional University- Jalandhar
JECRC University- Jaipur
Udaipur Startup Festival organized by Startup Oasis and RIICO
Youth Speak Forum by AIESEC Udaipur
Udaipur School of Social Work- Udaipur
PSP College of Nursing- Pratapur, Banswara District
College of Dairy, Food and Technology of MPUAT.
Eduwing academy
Divine India youth foundation at Maa gayatri temple, Udaipur
APPRECIATION & AWARDS
1. Swachh Rajasthan Award- 2016 presented by the Government of Rajasthan.
2. Certificate of Appreciation by Action Udaipur (District Administration Initiative of Udaipur)
3. Efforts of Pukaar has received appreciation by ex-District Collector Mr. Ashutosh Pednekar of Udaipur, Deputy Mayor of Udaipur, Rukmani Foundation and Drishti Eye Foundation etc. for making the city clean and green
4. Certificate of Appreciation presented by Kalladwas Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Udaipur
5. Kendriya Manvadhikar Samman by Manvadhikar aayog sangthan (NGO)
FUTURE PROSPECTS
“As much as we are dedicated towards our mission, we would want to see everyone taking initiatives and join Pukaar for the benefit of our society and the environment.”
Pukaar was registered as a environmental charity dedicated to planting and conserving trees in 2017. We would love to join hands with organizations, companies and NGOs to further strengthen the functioning and work to create a revolution of change.
We wish to empower the rural India through promotion of social entrepreneurship and with the help of our platform, assist farmers in learning Organic Farming techniques and other productive means to increase their household income.
The Team Pukaar will always be alert to safeguard the environment from getting damaged by human tendencies and come forward to help those who wish to plant saplings in their respective houses, offices, schools, colleges and parks etc.
CONNECT WITH US-
Call: +91-7228899335, +91-9829971479, +91-7891558369
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/PukaarOrg
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