Thursday, 14 January 2016

Mr India in real life - VINAYAK LOHANI (Changing Destinies.Changing India)

Vinayak  Lohani, the Founder of Parivaar, did B.Tech from  Indian Institute of  Technology Kharagpur (2000) and MBA from Indian  Institute of Management  Calcutta (2003). He did not appear for the  placement process at IIM,  and immediately after his MBA, started  Parivaar. The normal career-path  of a mainstream corporate career  following degrees from two of the  most prestigious institutes in India  ensures a highly lucrative future,  but Vinayak Lohani sacrificed this to  work at the grassroots level.


Mr India  in real life

He  was inspired by the spiritual and humanistic ideals of  Swami  Vivekananda, and with just 3 children in a small rented building  with  almost no financial resources, Vinayak started Parivaar. As on 1st   April 2015 Parivaar’s Residential Institution has 1023 resident  children  and is considered to be a model institution for caretaking and  overall  development of children from destitute backgrounds in a  residential  setting. It is also the largest free residential  institution for  children from impoverished backgrounds in whole of West  Bengal. Parivaar  is slated to reach a capacity of 2000 residential  children by 2017 and  in next 10 years aims to become India’s largest  residential institution  for children from impoverished backgrounds.



On  Vinayak and Parivaar, many academic case-studies have  been authored  dealing with grassroots Social Entrepreneurship and   Organization-building. These cases have been taught and discussed at   various B-Schools in India. Best-selling author Rashmi Bansal’s book ‘I   have a Dream’ has an entire chapter on Vinayak Lohani and the initial   phase of Parivaar.




Roles with Government of India
Induction  into Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE)  (2015 onwards), the  apex consultational forum in Ministry of Human  Resources Development,  Government of India.

Induction  into the National Committee for Promotion of Social and  Economic  Welfare constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of  India  (2014-2017)

Inducted  into the Governing Board of Childline India Foundation (2014  onwards),  constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child which manages  24 hour  child helpline services across nearly 350 towns in India.

Inducted  as a Member of Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) (2015   onwards), set up by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of   India, as a funding and capacity-building institution towards   accelerating sustainable action in the domain of rural livelihoods.

Induction into Government of India’s Ministry of Women and Child’s Working Group for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2011).



Academic Background
Graduation (B.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (1996-2000)

Post-Graduation (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta (2001-2003)

Source
parivaar.org

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