PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

People power the plan.

Climate resilience takes local knowledge, practical skills and people who can carry the work forward.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK

NIT Jalandhar in pictures.

A group of eight people standing together outside a building, in a photo shared by the NIT Jalandhar team. — A group photograph from the NIT Jalandhar team.

Participants seated around a table in discussion, with educational posters on the wall behind them. — A conversation around the table.

Another view of the discussion, with participants listening across the table. — Listening and sharing perspectives.

PROJECT LEADERSHIP

Leading the work.

Founder

Amar Nath

Project Manager

Bhavik

ACADEMIC TEAMS

Skills brought to the field.

Meet the people contributing to our early demonstrations and village work.

01 / COLLEGE TEAM

NIT Jalandhar

Vamsi Krishna
Harmanpreet Kaur
Vibhor Mehra
Adey Nandini

Water & farming

Building AquaGram to compare crop choices, water needs and possible earnings. The team made three visits to Rurka Kalan in June 2026.

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02 / COLLEGE TEAM

NIT Kurukshetra

Devanshu Jain
Jay Singh Naik

Energy & dairy

Exploring solar power and cleaner cooking through an energy demo. More information about the team’s dairy work is still needed.

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03 / COLLEGE TEAM

NIT Nagpur

Karthik Agarwal
Raj Patil
Varad Vyas
Kushagra

Katlabodi · details pending

Associated with the village work in Katlabodi. Further project details will be added when supporting material is available.

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THREE GROUPS. A SHARED PURPOSE.

The human capital engine.

SHG women, school students and tech interns are central to the USDF delivery model. Each group has a distinct role, with DEVTech being developed to connect and support their work.

COMMUNITY DELIVERY

SHG women

Women in self-help groups bring local knowledge, enterprise and trusted community connections. Their role in the model is to co-design and deliver projects in water, food, energy and livelihoods.

APPLIED LEARNING

School students

Connect classroom learning with local questions. Through awareness, data collection and practical projects, students can build skills and help sustain village action across generations.

TECHNOLOGY & LEADERSHIP

Tech interns

Help turn village priorities into workable projects. The planned role spans project development, coordination and the use of DEVTech, digital twins and tools for tracking outcomes.

We are inviting community and academic partners to co-design and test this model through early projects.

How DEVTech supports the plan

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LEADS THE WAY

With people, in their village.

Farmers, women’s groups, local students and village councils help shape the questions and the plans. Their time, knowledge and feedback matter at every step.

Ayurvan Foundation leads the proposed plants-and-trees project with the village council and UrjaGram.

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The college author of the supplied Katlabodi dairy model is unconfirmed. NIT Nagpur’s wider project details and NIT Kurukshetra’s dairy details are still pending.

Read the source notes