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The Green I Initiative Foundation (TGIIF) is fortunate to work with some of the most socially and environmentally conscious corporate clients and NGO partners in the Indian industry, that we work with, both partner companies and NGOs alike are actively engaged in our sustainability efforts and take pride in being involved with The Green I Initiative Foundation that is focused on the underprivileged, planet, and sustainability too. TGII Foundation is a Non Government Organization, which execute the CSR initiatives of Corporate and social project of Individuals & NGO's like Local Rotary Clubs who want to undertake the sustainable projects to enhance the public health as well as health of our planet too. TGIIF is a bridge between corporate sector and rural area to execute Corporate Social Responsibility activities through renewable energy.

Through the "Gram Energy" initiative, The Green I Initiative Foundation has designed a Green Village Program to adopt a needy schools and backward villages of India. This Villages / Rural Schools adoption project is undertaken through the Corporate Social Responsibility funding of corporate who are really interested in promoting more use of renewable technologies to fulfill the energy requirement of villagers. Any organization through its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives would like to see its efforts making some real impact. Initiatives which are innovative and can set examples for other organizations to follow in achieving long term benefits, as well as sustainable inclusive growth for those who are in need. So at The Green India Initiative Foundation, we do detailed research on energy consumption as well as their financial background of villagers or school children from the school of poor village of India. This initiative is design to facilitate the clean and green energy solutions to beneficiaries from villages which is one of the sustainable projects for Corporate too. Through this initiative we channelize the corporate, NGOs, Villagers, Schools & social entrepreneurs in solar stream and utilize their best potentials for future "Green India".Through "Gram Energy" initiative TGIIF supported more than 1000 rural school children who are future of the India. Our vision is to reach 1000 rural schools / villages (approx 5,00,000 students) to execute "Gram Energy" project on the basic of CSR activities by 2020.

The philosophy behind The Green I Initiative Foundation as described by founder is to contribute to rural development through the effective use of renewable energy. TGIIF has been involved in several ongoing case studies in rural areas of India.One such case study we did was at the Gunde Village near Shahpur in Mharashtra. The village has a small school where kids from remote areas come to study. Due to the lack of proper transportation facility many kids have to walk from 5 to 10 KMs every day just to reach school. Along with this the major problem which affects Gunde village is the shortage of electricity (this is the case of more than 60% of the Indian villages). In the case study which TGIIF undertook they found that due to lack of electricity the children could not study properly at evenings. Their families also had a hard time to manages with the kerosene lanterns which gave out harmful soot. The most affected student were the 10th standard students as we all know doing well in the 1oth standard is an important thing for their future. But if one does not have basic facility such as lighting we cannot expect one to perform that efficiently. Shortage of proper energy infrastructure does leads to lesser hours of study, activity and lost opportunity. These children are the future of India and one should do all they can to provide them with competitive platform.The TGIIF team prepared a unique detailed report on our case study with statistics on how technology would be able to bring a change to the village. This greatly helped them to raise the necessary funds for the project after which TGIIF was able to choose the thousands of rural 10th standard students as the final beneficiaries. The Green India Initiative Foundation has commissioned a hundred solar lanterns especially for the students at the Gunde village, Shanpur, Maharashtra and also provided the same rural school with a high efficiency solar cooker.The quality solar lanterns can work for days together and can be fully charged in few hours with the help of solar panels which come along with it. Not to forget that now they do not need to depend on costly fuels to make their lanterns work as solar energy is free and clean. Moreover, the solar cooker help the school to reduce their dependency on wood and fuel and the amount of money saved is being used to provide a better educational facility to the students. The Green India Initiative Foundation has been able to successfully develop this model and is proud to note that the these village students can now study for longer, eat food cooked from clean and green energy and their families can live better as well as dream for brighter future.TGIIF has a strong database of case studies on different villages that we have carried out and our goal is to reach 1000 villages till 2020 and we can uplift the rural population of India by the use of modern & renewable technology called renewable energy.

When we just cannot keep depending on depleting fossil fuel resources with their ever increasing cost and also expect a strong economy. The modern economies as they grow depend increasingly on the integration of energy supply. Everything, from the car that we use for work to the stove that we use to cook food depend on fossil fuel based energy resource. Unfortunately, the fossil fuels can never be infinite in their availability and we already see that the supply is dwindling. This in turn is driving cost sky high and is putting a strain on the large Indian middle class and as a result the whole Indian economy. On the other/positive side, this has generated a great deal of interest in solar, wind and other renewable resources all of which are now cost effective and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. So why not harness the power of the god which are endless and free! Namely solar and wind energy. India has a climate which favorably supports the use of such renewable resource. We can never stop a natural disaster from happening but we can resist the man-made disasters of global warming from having any adverse affect on the future of mankind and our earth. We can effectively do this by taking small but effective steps towards a green tomorrow.

TGIIF has implemented a feedback loop for all its projects to keep a check on the quality of the ongoing activities. In "Gram Energy" project a proper training program is carried out at the school for helping them understanding the technology. The security and maintenance of the solar panels and solar cooker is then assigned to the school and which is duely reported and documented in the TGIIF book. Wherein all the lanterns are given a serial number which can be matched to the students to which it is assigned. The parents of the students have to pay a minimal deposit so as to protect the lanterns against negligence of usage. Once these students pass out the same lanterns will be provided to the next batch so they can take its benefit too. Along with this, the time and dates for all the students who come for charging at the solar panels are documented. All these things are periodically being checked by a volunteer who goes to the village unannounced for project quality.The actual market for renewable products is "rural area of India" but large populations are not yet aware about these technologies which are free and reasonable too. If rural India can connect properly with renewable energy then we can contribute more in the development of India. As compared to urban India; rural India is little difficult to spread awareness about renewable technologies. Through our unique village adoption "Gram Energy" project; TGIIF will not only reach to rural area but also we can aware, educate and employ the rural population in a unique way. In the whole renewable market of India TGIIF is running such a unique plan which can increase the curiosity and interest about renewable energy within the students from rural India.

The technology which TGIIF uses is renewable hence it is clean and creates no pollutions, the fuel to run this technology is free, moreover providing all these things at zero cost hugely contribute to rural development and improves lives of their people. It is important to note that to solve the problems of energy crisis in India renewable energy will play a key role. We will also need a huge amount of trained human resource in the field to achieve it. So when such technology enters the lives of these students at such an early age it is sure to create awareness in them and also inspire them to pursue that which has played such an important role in their lives.The Green India Initiative Foundation has been able to bridge the gap between the corporate and rural India to create inclusive growth. Thus TGIIF has been successful in designing and implementing an innovative model which not only helps in providing renewable energy infrastructure for rural development but also keeps a check on the overall quality of the executed projects for producing a+ctual results.TGIIF also has a strong pool of more than 4500 supporters & volunteers on Facebook which helps them to brainstorm for better ideas and spread awareness on the green revolution that is coming and carrying a brighter tomorrow for India.

India is one of the very few countries in which sunlight is in such abundance. It will immensely benefit our own people if we can properly tap into this resource. And it will be only fair to begin our efforts from the very grassroots where it is much needed. We need more and more such organizations like TGIIF to establish them and implement effective changes. The mission of the The Green India Initiative is to spread awareness and motivate individuals and masses towards green revolution for better tomorrow. We pledge to provide quality education to tribal and rural children through the "Gram Energy" Project. We commence the activities with development of infrastructure e.g Solar Energy utilization as well as educational support for tribal children. The goal of TGIIF is to reach 1000 villages by 2020 to support the rural children of India by the use of modern & renewable technology called renewable energy to uplift their educational condition. Each village / school adoption project execution expenses goes approx Rs. 5,00,000 and through this we can support nearly 400 children with solar lanterns and solar cooker to fulfill their light requirement and hygienic cooking requirement.The main obstacle in this project is to spread awareness about the future requirement of renewable energy and technology in the rural population and create more awarness for their future betterment only. As the rural population is slow in accepting the new technology and also they are using traditional source of energy. So through the reach and awareness in the rural schools we can create awareness and education amongst rural and tribal children. "GramEnergy" can also have a module to create an opportunity of employment for rural population too.

The households in rural areas depended on inefficient, environmental hazard fossil fuel based lighting source. To help the off-grid population and prevent them from using fossil fuel based lighting sources The Green India Initiative Foundation (NGO) would like to offer innovative, time tested and high quality Solar powered LED lighting products to the poor people to live with environment friendly way. Through usage of Solar powered LED lighting products, the household's appliance on Kerosene and firewood is minimized and in return they can save their hard-earned money. This way, they also contribute to the environment and economy for a healthy and pave way for their development in the state. Keeping in view the price of the solar lamp and the average – paying capacity of people in villages, TGIIF is providing three options for the villagers to buy / use lamps. First, a person can buy it directly from retailers by paying cash. Second, one can purchase the lamp on easy monthly installments. Third, if person cannot afford to buy the lamp, they we can cover that family under the project "GramEnergy" through CSR implementation.We plan to facilitate sale of two lakh lanterns and more than 500 solar cookers by 2020. This is an evolving field and we expect more suppliers will come and existing suppliers would expand their capacities in due course to meet expanding demands. Solar charging and Solar cooking stations, if replicated across India in a big way, would also go a long way in reducing the subsidy burden on the government on account of savings of kerosene distributed through the public distribution system. Such savings can be diverted to encourage more solar energy projects to cater to lighting and other energy need of rural Indian population.

Mr. Sachin Yashwant Shigwan, 30 is founder & promoter of The Green I Initiative (TGIIF). He is visionary who is working for the development of rural population and building social values and responsibilities within today's generation. He is a mentor for youth organization of Rotary Clubs called Rotaract Club from last 10 years. Born and brought up in middle class family in metropolitan city of Mumbai, he still has the courage to gather youth and work at Adivasi Pada's of Indian villages. From last 1.5 years, with his few young friends, he is executing projects for Rural Solar Energy Requirement. He is undertaking many community activities like "GramEnergy"….Rural /School, Village adoption project, Rain Water Harvesting for Adivasi Padas and Group Solar Cooking program for villages with the help of corporate and social organization like Rotary Clubs. He has won many awards in school and colleges along with "Best Youth of the Year 2004-05 from Rotary Club of Mumbai North End. He also bagged prestigious international laureate called "Professional citizen karmaveer puraskar 2010" (from icongo ) Big NGO Panel.Mr. Deepak Gadhia, A Social Entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of Solar Energy, Mr. Gadhia is very active in renewable energy field from last 3 decades and has successfully commercialized the renewable energy based projects. He is an authorised Energy Auditor and has earned international recognition with his accomplishments. Some of his accomplishments are: Development of the first solar steam cooking system in India.Installed the worlds' largest steam cooking system, producing upto 50,000 meals per day at Shirdi Temple. The earlier World's largest Steam cooking systems at Tirumala Tirupati temple and at Brahma Kumari's were also installed by his company Gadhia Solar. Since April 2011 he is out of Gadhia Solar as he sold his share and company and moved to Muni Seva Ashram.Installed the highest altitude steam cooking system in Ladakh, producing 500 meals per day for the Indian Army in -40°C temperature conditions Installed the India's first & largest solar powered air- conditioning system (100 ton refrigeration system) for the Kailash Cancer Hospital (MSA), in Goraj India using Scheffler Concentrators.Development of a 430m3 biogas generation, treatment and bottling facility used for community cooking at the Muni Seva Ashram through the company Excellent Renewable Pvt. Ltd. the company he is Chairman of.Recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative Foundation for outstanding work in the areas of renewable energy & social engineering to make the solar cookers affordable to the rural needy through the Smoke-free village projects in A.P.At present he mentors and supports many start-ups like Excellent Renewable Pvt Ltd > a Biogas company in Valsad Gujarat and GreenForce Enviro Pvt. Ltd a company in Mumbai that offers Green Solutions & and gives honorary service as a Trustee at Muni Seva Ashram at Goraj. He is also Chairman of Gehrlicher Solar India Pvt. Ltd., a company offering EPC services in PV Sector. Mr. Deepak Gadhia is a guiding force behind TGIIF's work in the field of Clean & Renewable Energy.

When we just cannot keep depending on depleting fossil fuel resources with their ever increasing cost and also expect a strong economy. The modern economies as they grow depend increasingly on the integration of energy supply. Everything, from the car that we use for work to the stove that we use to cook dinner depend on fossil fuel based energy resource. Unfortunately, the fossil fuels can never be infinite in their availability and we already see that the supply is dwindling. This in turn is driving cost sky high and is putting a strain on the large Indian middle class and as a result the whole Indian economy. On the plus side, this has generated a great deal of interest in solar, wind and other renewable resources all of which are now cost effective and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. So why not harness the power of the gods which are endless and free! Namely solar and wind energy. India has a climate which favorably supports the use of such renewable resource. We can never stop a natural disaster from happening but we can resist the man-made disasters of global warming from having any adverse affect on the future of mankind and our earth. We can effectively do this by taking small but effective steps towards a green tomorrow.Change the world

"Change the World" is another unique Initiative of The Green India Initiative Foundation, which is a model making competition out of solid waste material. This competition is undertaken by TGIIF every year for school and college student. The main motto of this competition is to spread a message about "Best from Waste" amongst the youth and future of the nation.
The Green I Initiative Foundation intend to achieve through this "Green Schools Initiative" that students of beneficiary school can learn sustainability by living it every day at school, so that when they leave school; these ideas will have become a part of the way they think and approach life. They will take these ideas home and into the workplace when they graduate.

The Green Schools initiative, aims to achieve the following outcomes:

Ecological Literacy:To develop, in each student, a comprehensive understanding of the basic patterns and processes by which nature sustains life and how these core ecological concepts relate to sustainable human communities.

Learning It by Living It:This is a pilot project, can be applied to create sustainable human communities.

Environmental Ethic:To develop an environmental ethic in all members of the TGII community.

Contributing to Society: To fulfill the basic need of the school through research, publications and outreach in the areas of outdoor and environmental education, environmental monitoring, and sustainability.