Meeting of Sarvodaya Network Sunday, May 16, 2010

It was decided to have a meeting of SARVODAYA NETWORK on 3rd Sunday of every month.

The meeting for May was organized on Sunday, May 16, 2010.

The meeting of SARVODAYA NETWORK was held at VMRG International in Venkataramana Colony, Khairatabad to discuss promotion of Swadeshi Products. Kiran Anumalasetty coordinated the event. Srinivasa Murthy who is an expert on Soap making and developed different varieties of Kutir Soap offered his technical support. Srinivas from Osmania University offered to take the message of Swadeshi to students of the University. Prasad informed the meeting of an exposure visit by 40 people from Metpalli Khadi Samithi to Sevagram - Wardha. Earlier, a team of two managers from this Khadi Institution visited Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Industrialization (MGIRI) to learn modern techniques in Khadi.

Prasad outlined the approach for strengthening the Swadeshi products promotion. The effort will cover the following:

Khadi - cloth
Articles of daily use - soap, tooth powder, and other cosmetic goods from rural institutions
Food items - organic rice, pulses, jaggary etc.
Literature - books, CDs, other material from Sarvodaya.

In regard to the promotion of these,
1. We will work with 'Sarvodaya Institutions'
2. Motivate the staff of these institutions - exposure visits, training etc.
3. Technology improvement, quality upgradation, standardization, branding etc.
4. Marketing - schools, colleges, universities, public places associations, shops etc.
5. Welfare of the families associated with these institutions - farmers, spinners, weavers,
marketing personnel, office personnel etc.

Meeting concluded with a vote of thanks from Kiran.