Swarajya-Mitra Samajik Sanstha
Initiating Everyone's Governance

About Us


Vision

Establishing Swarajya that is Self-governed human community having inner-strength and a sense of responsibility in which, every individual have power and a realization of governance

Mission

Promoting community councils making decisions on consensus only to ascertain reverence for life in the village or hamlet

Life-Time Work

Promoting community councils making decisions on consensus only to ascertain reverence for life in the village or hamlet

Legal Status of the Organisation and Statutory Fulfilments

Sr. No. Relevant Act/Scheme Authority Registration Number Registration Date
1 Society Registration Act, 1860 Asst. Registrar of Societies, Amravati Division, Amravati MAH/20/08 (Amravati) 11/01/2008
2 Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 Asst. Charity Commissioner, Amravati Division, Amravati F-15445 (Amravati) 21/02/2008
3 Permanent Account Number; Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner of Income Tax (Vidarbha), Amravati AAHTS4925M 09/05/2008
4 Income Tax Act, 1961; 12A Commissioner of Income Tax – III, Amravati F.No.CIT-III/12AA/2008-09 23/01/2009
5 Tax Deduction Account Number; Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax Officer, Amravati NGPS11673E 17/07/2012
6 The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 Professional Tax Officer, Amravati 27335248970P 18/07/2012
7 NGO-Partnership System, Unique ID NGO-Darpan, Govt. of India, New Delhi MH/2013/ 0063593 00/00/2013

Governance


Mr. Mohan Hirabai Hiralal

Founder President

Veteran studious social activist, exploring ‘Swarajya’ in Human and Forest relationship. His articles, books on the subject and work with Mendha (Lekha) village in Gadchiroli district are well-known. Leaded the organisation till 2013 and now guiding and mentoring the organisation.

Ms. Shruti V. Mehta

President

Practicing Lawyer and Entrepreneur; providing her competency in entrepreneurship development, legal-aid and women empowerment.


Dr. Prashant V. Ingole

Vice-President

Professor of Electronics Engineering, Ex-Principal, Educationalist and Technocrat; providing his competency in organisational management and technological solutions.

Dr. Rahul N. Bais

Secretary

Child Rights Activist and a Social Expert in Community Based Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities and Women in distress is a physician inAyurvedmedicines turned to a studious worker in rural livelihood, education, health, and empowerment concerns. He is exploring the concept of Swarajya with tribal and rural communities in Vidarbha and managing the overall functioning of the organisation.


Ms. Karuna V. Futane

Executive Committee Member

Farmer; Women Empowerment, Agro-Entrepreneurship, Studious Sarvoday (philosophy by Gandhi and Vinoba) Activist, living and residing on Natural-Organic Farming nearby a small village, and leading Gram Seva Mandal, Wardha.

Dr.Avinash V. Shirke

Executive Committee Member

Principal in College of Social Work, Expert in Socio Mobilization for Soil Conservation, Watershed and Agro-Development, Studious Farm Activist for agrarian crisis in Vidarbha.


Dr. Vilas V. Lokhande

Executive Committee Member

Homoeopath Doctor, Social Development Support, Community Health Initiatives, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Role Model as person with visual impairment acquired in late years

Mr. Nitin L. Anasane

Executive Committee Member

Entrepreneurship, Computer Expert and Technocrat, Social Development Support provider for many individuals and organisations.


Mr. Devaji N. Tofa

General Body Member

Farmer; veteran community leader, affirmative picker in tribal culture and is an active participant in developing concept of Swarajya in the village Mendha (Lekha) in Gadchiroli district

Ms. Shubhada S. Deshmukh

General Body Member

Farmer; veteran community leader, affirmative picker in tribaVeteran Social Worker, Women Empowerment through strengthening various forms of self-help groups and community based organizations.


Core Staff Members of the Organisation


Mr. Chandrashekhar Kusumbiraj

5th May 1983 to 17th February 2018

Humble Tribute to a Great Human Being and An Initiator for Groundingof ‘Swarajya-Mitra’ Theme through Socio-Economic Change in the Working Area of the Organisation

Arti Bais

Program Coordinator and Mentor.

Arti Bais is a professional social worker with more than 20 years of experience in empowering rural and tribal communities; working as Program Coordinator and Mentor.


Pritam Patankar

MIS & Finance Coordinator.

Pritam Patankar is a business management professional with more than 15 years of experience in assisting for developing and functioning Management Information System and Finance Management; working as MIS & Finance Coordinator.

Kalyani Raut

Admin Assistant.

Kalyani Raut is a computer administration professional with more than 3 years of experience in computer administration in various applications; working as Admin Assistant.


Manisha Uike

Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.

Manisha Uike is a vibrant leader emerged from the local tribal community with more than 3 years of experience in community development and empowerment process; working as Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.

Reema Dhurve

Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.

Reema Dhurve is a vibrant young leader emerged from the local tribal community with more than 2 years of experience in community development and empowerment process; working as Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.


Shital Atram

Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.

Shital Atram is a vibrant young leader emerged from the local tribal community with more than 2 years of experience in community development and empowerment process; working as Community Organiser and Cluster Coordinator.

Achal Katarkar

Activity Centre In-charge.

Achal Katarkar developed as leader from Adolescent Group is now nurturing, mentoring and providing computer skills and academic support to children in the capacity of Activity Centre In-charge.


Navashakti Sontakke

Activity Centre In-charge.

Navashakti Sontakke is a trained teacher nurturing, mentoring and providing computer skills and academicsupport to children in the capacity of Activity Centre In-charge.

Ranjana Neware

Grassroots Leader

Ranjana Neware is a Grassroots Leader emerged from Single Women’s Organization empowering the rural community in Amravati District.


Rupali Tadas

Youth Fellow

Rupali Tadas is a Youth Fellow mobilizing children and community for Tobacco Free Healthy and Hygienic School and Village.

Shital Sute

Youth Fellow

Shital Suteis a Youth Fellow mobilizing children and community for Tobacco Free Healthy and Hygienic School and Village.


Shivani Bakal

Youth Fellow

Shivani Bakal is a Youth Fellow mobilizing children and community for Tobacco Free Healthy and HygienicSchool and Village.

Priya Sambhare

Youth Fellow

Priya Sambhare is a Youth Fellow mobilizing children and community for Tobacco Free Healthy and HygienicSchool and Village.


Organogram And Philosophy behind Philanthropy

   The brief profile of members of the organisation reflects their vast experience in social development sector. They have exercised brainstorming sessions frequently on current ill-will in society and to explore the roadmap to overcome it. Gist of the analysis did by them is given below - The ill-will like terrorism, fundamentalism, imperialism, and unlimited profiteering, has almost determined to end the humanity on the strength of ‘muscle-power’. In order to overcome this dangerous situation the world community has bestowed ‘penal-power’ upon the respective governments ever since. But it is a common experience that the violent situations are on increase with the increase in penal-power. The world community seems to have placed on the verge of Total-War situation by adopting the strategy of using more powerful violent methodology in war against the ill-will. During this brutal era, the disproportionate development in socio, economic, and political front caused split in the human community. Dissatisfaction resulted out of inter-community-split is again strengthening the ‘muscle-power’, against which the governments are forced to use the violence based ‘penal-power’. In certain situations the governments take shelter of being a ‘Welfare-State’ and act accordingly. But the beneficiaries of the welfare schemes become more and more dependent, and are forced out of the main stream. This again helps in adding disproportionate development. Unlimited aspiration to win over the Nature on the strength of ‘penal-power’ and ‘muscle-power’, exploitation of our own prosperous habitat through greediness for individual wealth and competition for absolute possession over natural resources, caused inevitable and likely to be irreversible environmental degradation, adverse effects of which human community has to face. However, efforts are being made all over the world to overcome the ill-situation. According to one’s capacity for identifying the root-cause and to redress thereof, the expected results shall come out in due course. Our analysis shows the root-cause of the current ill-situation in today’s socio-political system. It is our humble and firm belief that total system change can only bring the real prosperity and satisfaction in human kind. Total system change is directly related to ‘Satta’, which means existence, status, and decision-making power. We are experiencing four types of ‘Satta’ as Autocracy, Oligarchy, Representative Democracy, and Majority Rule Democracy in order to govern and to retain the community. Since everyone in the community is not having decision-making power as a result of which, violence is provoked by these four types of ‘Satta’, which in turn is repressed by more violence. This vicious circle continues. Placing subtle-violence in centre and try to retain on obvious-violence is the inherent fault of the four political-social structures evolved to practise above said ‘Satta’. Avoiding aforesaid inherent fault and stepping in human prosperity is ‘Swarajya’. ‘Swarajya’ means everyone’s own governance. In other words it is ‘governance of and by all (in absolute meaning)’, in which everyone realizes and feels that ‘I am governing’. During pre-independence, London (Ruler) was governing India (Citizens). In the post-independence era, India is governed by elected representatives (Rulers) from Delhi or from Mumbai, i.e. from National or Sate or Panchayat Capital. This is what popularly known as ‘Rajya’. However, every citizen’s integrated and self-governing function with full sense of responsibility is ‘Swarajya’. It is the people’s power and inner-strength based on compassion, love and mutual cooperation. In ‘Swarajya’, every struggle have a dimension of mutual cooperation, compassion and love; as a result of which enmity about nature and ambition or intention to win over ceases. Self-governance and sense of responsibility in ‘Swarajya’ inspires human community to enrich the habitat. When the principle of ‘Consensus’ is placed in Decision-Making, community move forward to establish everyone’s governance. Inspired for total change in socio-political systems, we have formed voluntary organisation named ‘Swarajya-Mitra Samajik Sanstha’, in 2008; and have resolute the aforesaid vision-mission statements.