About Founder

PROFILE OF GNANASURIA BAHAVAN DEVARAJ

1.      Name: Gnana Suria Bahavan Devaraj

2. Education: B.Sc ( Agriculture).,M.A.(Journalism & Mass Communication)

3.      Date of Birth: 07.01.1950

4.      Place of Birth: Nellikkuppam, Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu

5.      Permanent Address: Old Number.41, New Number. 18, Nanguram Nagar, Nandhivaram, Guduvancherry, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Email:gsbahavan@gmail.com, bhumii.trust@gmail.com, Website:www.bhumiitrust.blogspot.com |  vivasayapanchangam.blogspot.in

6. Office Address: BHUMII, No.3/265,  Mallagunda Road, Thekkupattu & Post, VaniambadiTaluk,Vellore District, Tamilnadu, INDIA, bhumii.trust@gmail.com,bhumii@rediffmail.com, Website:vivasayapanchangam.blogspot.in

7.      Present Mission: Director, BHUMII (BHUMII - Base For Human Upliftment Movement And Ideal Institute) Institute of Natural Resource Management (BHUMII WATER INSTITUTE) Founder cum Director)

8.      Employments: Agricultural Officer, Govt. of Tamilnadu> Farm Radio Officer, All India Radio (Ministry of Information And Broadcasting) Govt. of India> Consultant, Kumudham, Popular Tamil Weekly

9.      Books Authored: Around 40 books on Horticulture, Watershed Development, Sustained Rice Initiatives, Books on Tamil, Social Science, and Mathematics for Child Labour Schools, Children Stories, Tamil Poems etc.

10.  Awards:Best short story in 1984, Best short stories for children in 1995, Best Short Novel in 1985, Short story Book kept syllabus for M A Literature in Madurai Kamaraj Institute.

11.  Remarkable Services; 1. Thumbery Watershed Development Project Implemented by BHUMII  was selected as a Model Watershed by the Govt. of Tamilnadu, 2. Written and produced Radio Broadcasts: Nalla Kaalam Porakkuthu ( a popular  weekly radio programme broadcasts for 7 years) 3. Vedhalathin Kathai ( a popular  weekly radio programme broadcasts for 2 years) 3.Books authored: Books for Child Labour Children, Books on Horticultural crops, 4. Video Films written and Directed: Putting the Last First (PRA + Watershed), Sulphur Jungle ( Child Labour), Forgotten Earth ( Watershed Development), Traditional Bull Fight of Tamilnadu ( Traditional Bull Fight of Tamilnadu), The son of Man (Film made on 6000 fotos and dubbed in 5 languages), Scripts written for 7 short films on Indian Folk Arts)

12.  present Activities: Conducting Training Programmes on Watershed Development, Conservation, Organic Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change Adaptations and Seasons and Rainfall to Farmers, Farm Women, and School Children. Developing VIVASAYA PANCHANGAM an encyclopedia in Tamil for the village community.

13.  Countries Visited: United States of America, Malaysia, Brazil and United Kingdom.