#Parivartan Festival Celebrated @HDFC_Bank

30 September 2019, Koderma: Under joint auspices of HDFC Bank and NBJK, district level Parivartan festival was celebrated at Birsa Munda Cultural Building of Koderma district collectorate. The event as an activity of Holistic Rural Development Program (HRDP) was inaugurated by Mr. Shubhashish Kumar (Branch Manager, HDFC Bank), Mr. Vikas Gupta (Program Officer, HDFC Bank), Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and members of Village Development Committees (VDCs) from project villages.

Initially Mr. Jitendra Kumar (Program Manager, NBJK) introduced about HRDP which boosted the scope of livelihood, education, health & sanitation, agriculture, irrigation, drinking water, skill development, solar energy etc in villages.

On this occasion Mr. Satish Girija presented a brief overview of the program with innovative initiatives like livelihood promotion in farm & non-farm sectors, better schooling of children with more teachers-mini science lab-library in village schools, renovation of ponds-wells-hand pumps-construction of solar water towers-drip irrigation systems-poly sheds, strengthening of Aanganbadi centrers and many more. He requested VDCs members to use and maintain the assets created for them under the program.

Mr. Vikas Gupta praised the outcomes of HRDP, mentioned about strong VDCs and appealed the beneficiaries for knowledge sharing and management of the assets. Also the villagers and school headmasters have shared their experience with the program and valued the activities as exceptional in development sector. They requested HDFC and NBJK to continue the deputed school teachers till 10th class board examination in March’20. Also they expressed their commitment for safety of community assets dedicated to villages under HRDP.

The event was anchored by Mr. Subodh Yadav (Teacher) and concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Krishna Raut (Asst. Program Manager, NBJK). About 100 people have participated in Parivartan festival.