Jeans-clad young women are unlikely to meet these requirements for sarpanch in rural Rajasthan. And so, Chhavi Rajawat, MBA, raised eyebrows last year, literally riding on the road through the panchayat elections and become the sarpanch of the village of soda, 60 km from here.
A year later, Chhavi raised the same thrill for 11-m Info-Poverty World Conference held at the UN. Two-day debate in the UN, on 24 and 25 March was to highlight how civil society can carry out their activities and discussed in detail the role of society in combating poverty and promoting development.
Chhavi, ex-student of Rishi Valley, Bangalore and Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi showcased changing face of rural Rajasthan at the meeting.
“If India continues to make progress at the same pace as in the past 65 years since independence, it will simply not good enough. We are no people who dream of water, electricity, toilets, schools and workplaces. I convinced we can do differently, and do it faster, “said Chhavi, who pursued her Business Administration in Marketing and IT from Pune.
“Last year, only in Soda, rural residents, and I am led to radical changes in the country purely through our own efforts. We do not have any outside support to NGOs, not public or private assistance,” she shares on satisfaction.
From the village is largely known for its bodies of water, soda, lose them, one after another body of water dries. But, becoming a sarpanch, the first task that she undertook was desilt old body water. The number of people who joined her in the task voluntarily was another instance of its popularity there.
Perhaps the only village head MBA in the country, Chhavi spoke about the need to rethink the strategy, including new technologies such as e-services to achieve the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs), in an era when resources are limited.
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