By Gauranga Das
Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated the incubation centre and accelerator at Govardhan Ecovillage today, the 4th Feb 2020. The collector and district magistrate of Palghar District, Dr. Kailash B. Shinde was also present on this occasion.
Honorable Governor mentioned on this occasion, “The spiritual power of Govardhan Ecovillage and the prosperity and wealth of BSE along with the intellectual capacity of IIM Ahmedabad will lead to ultimate prosperity of India and not just of Palghar district and it will prove as a milestone. We wish that through Govardhan Ecovillage, message of serving the people in villages will go to entire India and to the entire world.”
HH Radhanath Maharaja mentioned, “Everything is the property of God, Isavasyam idam sarvam, nothing is ours and we are just caretakers of God’s property. GEV is built on the foundational principle of Bhagavad Gita that everything is God’s property, nothing is ours, we are just caretakers of God’s property. In order for peace to be there in this world, all of our choices, words and actions should be in harmony with the will of the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord is the most wellwishing friend of all beings. Environment and economic sustainability should be simultaneously developed along with development of internal consciousness. Greed is the seed of all pollution and suffering. On all levels, we want to present alternative models of life where we are living within in a spirit of compassion and we are expressing that in how we truly care for humanity, environment and all living beings”
The Incubation centre and accelerator plays critical role in nurturing business ideas into starts up and then established companies. GEV is tying up with the leaders in the field – CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad, the leading incubator in India and BSE Zone startups, a recent but fast paced initiative at BSE Samman, to start this incubation centre and accelerator.
Gauranga Das mentioned, “Across the world the incubation centres and accelerators are not focusing so much on the problems of sustainability with respect to economic, social and environment upliftment of people and planet. The differentiation which GEV will bring here is in the purpose of the centre, which will be sustainable development with tribal region entrepreneurs.”
The focus of incubation centre would be 4W’s- Water, Waste, Wellbeing backed by Wisdom. The centre will empower students from tier II and tier III cities and Rural villages. The centre will help in collaboration of internationally renowned mentors along with local available experts who have deep knowledge in indigenous technologies. In this way, the centre will facilitate business and entrepreneurship along with creating sustainable solutions