Association for India's Development, Georgia Tech
invites you to a talk by...

Dr.Ravi Kuchimanchi
AID Founder and Jeevan Saathi

Title : India's Villages
Venue : Room 105, Instructional Center Georgia Tech, 759 Ferst Dr NW
Time : 2.00-3.30 pm, Saturday June 18, 2005
Contact : aid@gatech.edu Srini (678-467-2654)

Brief Bio:

Ravi Kuchimanchi

Ravi Kuchimanchi founded AID in 1991 while working on his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Maryland. He initiated the weekly chapter service hours to promote volunteerism and democratic decision-making, India Beckons, AID's cultural program, and has served as the editor of Dishaa, AID's newsletter. He returned to work in India in January 1998. Since then he has given direction to various aspects of our work, most importantly, with the struggle in the Narmada valley, initiating local community development, visiting projects and providing in-depth reports, and ideas for alternative energy devices. The talk will focus on the most effective approaches to rural development, some of the success-stories from villages in the past few years and the related issues that the country is grappling with.

Directions:

    On I-75 (South):
  • Take exit 249D and turn RIGHT onto North Ave.
  • Turn RIGHT (North) onto Tech Pkwy NW
  • Turn RIGHT (North) at next signal of Means St.
  • Immediately turn RIGHT (East) onto Ferst Dr NW.
  • Park at the first parking lot to the left (This is not the GaTech Student Center lot)
  • Instruction Center is behind the parking lot.
  • Follow the AID direction markers
    On I-75 (North):
  • Take exit 249D and turn RIGHT onto Linden Ave.
  • Immediately turn LEFT onto W.Peachtree St.
  • Turn LEFT (West) onto North Ave.
  • Turn RIGHT (North) onto Tech Pkwy NW
  • Turn RIGHT (North) at next signal of Means St.
  • Immediately turn RIGHT (East) onto Ferst Dr NW.
  • Park at the first parking lot to the left (This is not the GaTech Student Center lot)
  • Instruction Center is behind the parking lot.
  • Follow the AID direction markers