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October 18-26

Jain Hills, Jalgaon, India

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Organizing Partners

Gandhi Research Foundation GRF mission has three major components – educational initiatives, archival preservation and rural reconstruction programs. The Foundation is the initiator and

promoter of ‘Gandhi Teerth, an international center for study, research and dialogue aiming to preserve and promote the Gandhian ideology and legacy. The Foundation is

the initiator and promoter of ‘Gandhi Teerth, an international center for Gandhian study, research and dialogue. Its core objective is to preserve and promote for posterity the Gandhian ideology and legacy. The initiative is sponsored by Jain Irrigation Systems

Limited and Bhavarlal and Kantabai Jain Multipurpose Foundation, an in-house charity. GRF′ s Chairman is Padma Bhushan Justice Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari,

who was Gandhiji’s protégé at the Wardha Ashram. Padma Shri Dr. Bhavarlal Jain, Founder Chairman of Jain irrigation Systems Limited and a leading social entrepreneur,

is the Founder Trustee of GRF.

Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. JISL is an agribusiness corporation with presence in 120 countries, The India-based company has received 10 international, 144 national and 40 state awards for outstanding

performance in Fair Business Practices, Entrepreneurship, Research and Development. In 2011 the World Economic Council nominated JISL as one of the World Champions

of Sustainability in recognition of its achievements in promoting sustainable development. Today with over 7000 committed employees strength worldwide, JISL has established their Leadership in diverse products like Micro & Sprinkler Irrigation,

Agricultural Inputs, Agro-Processed Products, Plastic Pipes & Sheets. Each of their products is an outcome of an effort to conserve natures precious resources through

substitution or value addition. This is the legacy of a deliberate and conscious endeavor that stems from a deep-rooted concern for nature.

Arizona State University ASU has developed a new model for the American research university creating an institution that is committed to transforming society through inspired research, social

embeddedness, entrepreneurship and global engagement. Among ASU's most significant accomplishments is the launch of the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) and the

nation's first School of Sustainability (SOS). GIOS, established in 2004, serves as the hub of the University's sustainability initiatives advancing research, education, business

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It has been my long cherished dream to create a lasting memorial to the Mahatma Gandhi has been my ideal, my hero, my guide and in many ways my friend for the last five decades and more. For years I have wanted to pay my tribute to him for all that he has contributed to the fulfilment of my life. Unfortunately,

circumstances did not allow me to do this till last month, when we formally inaugurated the Gandhi Re-search Foundation here at Jain Hills in Jalgaon.

Today I am proud to say that I am well on the way to fulfilling my dream. The Gandhi Research Founda-tion is established in a structure befitting the Father of the Nation. The message of the Mahatma is slowly, but surely taking root in the hearts and minds of the numerous visitors that are beginning to throng Gandhi Teerth (museum), participating in Tests on Gandhian Thought, rural development programmes, dissemina-

tion of Gandhi's teachings through lecture series and exhibitions, plays, Pada-yatras and Cycle-yatras, semi-nars, workshops and, most of all, through publication and sale of books and the sale of Khadi and village industry products.

It is my earnest desire that this EmPeace LABS 2012 workshop will provide the right impetus for the five

year project of Empowering for Peace through Leadership in Agribusiness and Sustainability Eradicat-

ing Poverty in Rural Communities. This was so close to Gandhi's heart. His everlasting desire was to make the rural community self sufficient and empower the underprivileged.

May his divine hand guide us in this endeavour.

Dr. Bahavarlal H. Jain Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems’ Ltd.

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Keynote Speakers

Dr. Bhavarlal H. Jain Dr. Bhavarlal H. Jain is the Founder of the Jain group of companies and Chairman of the Company. He began his business in 1963 by trading in agricultural inputs and equipments. In 1978, he acquired a sick unit which he used to manufacture Papain. In 1980, he commenced PVC Pipe manufacturing operations. Post 1986, he pioneered the concept of micro irrigation in India.

He has received many awards and accolades for outstanding work in agriculture including the prestigious Crawford Reid Memorial Award instituted by Irrigation Association, U.S.A. for "Significant Contribution to the Irrigation Industry outside the United States". 3 honorary doctorates have been conferred on him from different universities acknowledging path breaking work he has done for improvement of agriculture in India .

Justice/Dr. Chandrashekhar

Dharmadhikari Dr. Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari has been a judge of impeccable moral character, and is a staunch and steadfast Gandhian, both in equal measure. In both the roles, he has been uncompromising in his belief and value systems. Justice Dharmadhikari is a living icon of Gandhian values. He has emulated Gandhian thoughts and actions in every walk of his life, may it be on the social, economic, political, legislative or religious-spiritual fronts. At a time when Gandhiji is thought to be inconsequential to the present global situation by a section of opinion makers, the iconic presence of the likes of Dr. Darmadhikari helps in building a counter opinion that it is only by following Gandhiji’s prophesies that a better, sustainable and equitable world can be rebuilt. Gandhiji’s legacy is without age. Such traditions don′ t become irrelevant with the passage of time.

The success of Bahadarpur inspired Nileema to expand her work. In less than ten years, BNGVN has formed 1,800 self-help groups in two hundred villages across Maharashtra. Its microcredit pro-

gram has caused to be distributed the equivalent of US$5 million, with a hundred-percent loan recov-ery rate. But the most critical change has taken place in the villagers' sense of themselves, their new-

found confidence that they need not despair, that working together, they will find a way.

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Mdm. Nileema Mishra Nileema Mishra, from India, was recognized with 2011 Ramon M a g s a y s a y A w a r d f o r E m e r g e n t L e a d e r s h i p Nileema was born to a middle-class family in the village of Bahadarpur, Maharashtra. With a master's degree in clinical psychology, she could have gone on to a comfortable life as an urban professional. But even as a child, Nileema was sensitive to the crippling poverty in her village. Five years after finishing her studies in 1995, Nileema returned to her village to organize Bhagini Nivedita Gramin Vigyan Niketan (BNGVN), or Sister Nivedita Rural Science Center, named after an Anglo-Irish missionary who devoted her life to helping Indian women of all castes.

Mr. Pape Samb assumed the position of Director, Programs for Africa and Freedom En-

dowment (PAFE) at Phelps Stokes in 2010 to provide leadership and vision in the development, imple-mentation and assessment of Phelps Stokes’newly created Programs for Africa Department. Mr. Samb is a social entrepreneur focused on international development, who has over seventeen years of lead-ership experience in nonprofit management, program design and development, database management, fund-raising, and training facilitation.

Prior to being tapped as the Director of Africa Programs at Phelps Stokes, Mr.Samb was the Associate Development Director of Sasha Bruce Youth-work, where he supported the organization’s development and programmatic operations including writing proposals and developing and coordinating staff training programs. He also facilitated the creation of the Development De-partment’s strategic plan and assisted with the agency’s operational strategies. Mr. Samb is an active member and board member of several African- and Af-rican Diaspora-focused organizations including Constituents for Africa (CFA), African American United Caucus (AAUC) Next Generation of Lead-ers, Vort Port International (VPI), and the National Academy of Public Ad-ministration (NAPA) Africa Working Group. He is the founder of SENEGEL, an organization of Senegalese young leaders around the world, and the co-founder of African Neoleaders, an organization for emerging lead-ers, and CEO of EXELEADMEN,. He is fluent in English, French and sev-eral West African Languages and conversational Spanish and Arabic.

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Program for Saturday, October 20

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 OPENING SESSION

Topic: Introduction of represented countries, local experts, moderators, presenters and hosts; introduction to EmPeace LABS project

Moderator: Dr. Marek Wosinski (USA), UCP-SARnet

10:00 Keynote Speech 1

Topic: Introduction to Jain Irrigation Systems Mission, Philosophy and Plans

Presenter: Dr. Bhavarlal. H. Jain (India), Chairman of JISL


Topic: Empowerment in rural India- record of a personal initiative Presenter: Mdm. Nilima Mishra (India), Recipient of the 2011 Ramon Magsaysay

Award for Emergent Leadership

12:00 Keynote Speech3

Topic: Gandhi Research Foundation

Presenter: Justice C.S. (India), Chairman of GRF

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 Visit to Gandhi Theerth (Museum)

19:00 DINNER

20:00 Cultural Program: INDIA at ANUBUTI School Auditorium

21:00 Retire for the night

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Program for Sunday, October 21

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Round Table Discussion 1

Topic: Local needs and expectations from the workshop

Moderators: Team

10:00 Gandhi Track

Topic 1: Leadership for Peace: Mahatma Gandhi as a Paradigm

Presenter: Dr. M.P. Mathai

11:00 Leadership Track

Topic 1: Participatory Action Research

Moderators: Dr. Marek Wosinski (USA), UCP-SARnet, Dr. Joanna Ochocki and Dr.

Rich Janzen (Canada), Center for Community Based Research

12:00 Agribusiness Track

Topic 1: Water for Agriculture- Modernization of Canal Command through technol-

ogy intervention for conservation of water

Speaker: Mr. Somnath Jadhav, JISL

13:00 LUNCH


Topic 2: Entrepreneurship, business plans, locating funding, microfinance, global

markets

Moderators: Aaron Dickerson (USA), Arizona State University; Solomon Kanu

(USA), Kanu and Associates; Robby Uppal and Nicolas Bright (USA), University of

Arizona


Topic 4: Water management- Agriculture- Micro irrigation revolutionizing small scale

farming in India.

Speaker: Dr. P. Soman, JISL


Topic 3: Water for Agriculture- Hardware for efficient water management

Speaker: Mr. Abhijit Joshi, JISL

16:00 Parallel meeting of moderators


Topic: What Have We Learned from Today’s Experience?

Moderators: Team

18:00 Gandhi track

Topic 1: Gandhian Thoughts

Presenter: Prof. Ramji Singh, GRF

19:00 DINNER



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Program for Monday October 22

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Gandhi Track

Topic 2: Gandhian thoughts

Presenter: Sri Satyanarayana Sahu, GRF

10:00 Field Trip

Visits to Farms where small farmers have adopted high-tech cultivation methods on

various crops (location: Raver/Jamner)

Moderators: VB Patil; KB Patil; BD Jade. JISL

19:00 DINNER



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Program for Tuesday, October 23

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Gandhi Track

Topic 3: Gandhian thoughts

Presenter: Dr. Rajendra Khimani, GRF

10:00 Tour of Jain hill farm, food and energy park

13:00 LUNCH


Topic 3: Multicultural perspective on community leadership: effective communi-

cation and multicultural dialog

Moderators: Dr. Benjamin Broome (USA), Arizona State University; Dr.

Ronald Mann (USA), Coaching the Global Village; Dr. Marek Wosinski (USA),

UCP-SARnet


Topic 3: Women as Community Leaders

Moderators: Jerrie Ueberle, World Academy for the Future of Women (China)


Topic 4: Agriculture and Agri-processing- An integrated approach.

Presenters: Mr. Sunil Deshpande and Mr. Sunil Gupta. JISL


Topic 3: Key factors in Indian farming

Presenter: Mr. V. B. Patil, JISL

17:00 Parallel meeting of moderators with management of JISL

18:00 PANEL 1

Delegates from each table report their postulates for the leadership training to be

organized at the country level.

19:00 DINNER

20:00 Cultural Program


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Program for Wednesday, October 24

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Gandhi Track

Topic: Gandhi Philosophy

Presenter: Sri Y.P. Anand, GRF


Topic 5: Legal Aspects of Agribusiness; Micro financing

Moderators: Solomon Kanu (Kenya), Kanu & Associates, Robby Uppal and Nicolas

Brait (USA), University of Arizona


Topic: Starting Agribusiness in specific cultural and socio-economic context


Topic 5: Building Partnerships for Water Management and Sanitation ; Presenters: Dr. Rimjhim Aggarwal, Daniel Nzengya, and Robert Kutter (USA), ASU

School of Sustainability

13:00 LUNCH


Topic 6: Coaching Conversation

Moderator: Dr. Ronald Mann (USA), Coaching the Global Village


Topic 6: Conveyance of Sea Water for Desalinization

Presenter: Dr. Madhusudan Chaudhari, JISL

15:00 Parallel meeting of moderators: strategy for collaboration with USAID.


Topic: What Have We Learned from Today’s Experience?

Moderators: JISL experts

17:00 PANEL 2

Topic: Collaboration among Community Organizations

Moderator: Mr. Daniel Adugna, African Union

18:00 PANEL 3

Delegates from each table report their postulates for the leadership training to be organ-

ized at the country level.

19:00 DINNER



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Program for Thursday, October 25

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Visions and Solutions

Organization: Care for Life

Presenters: Joao Bueno (Mozambique), Care for Life

10:00 Visions and Solutions:

Organization: Gandhi College of Social Work in Champaran

Presenters: Birendra Kumar (India), GRF; Dr. Barbara Klimek (USA), ASU

School of Social Work


Topic: Practical role of biotechnology in Agriculture and agribusiness.

Presenter: Dr. V.R. Subramaniam, JISL


Topic: Community Building and Community Leadership

Moderators: Team

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 Gandhi Track

Topic: Gandhian philosophy

Presenter: Dr. Sudarshan Ayyangar,

15:00 Discussion with Experts and Facilitators at the following topic tables:

Table 1: Agriculture

Table 2: Gandhi’s Legacy

Table 3: Legal Aspects of Agribusiness and Building Alliances

Table 4: Coaching and Mentoring

Table 5: Women as Leaders

Table 6: Community Building

Participants will rotate, ½ hour at each table.

19:00 DINNER



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Program for Friday, October 25

8:00 BREAKFEST

9:00 Open topics: We need to hear more on………. During the table discussion on Thursday we will collect information about the issues

that participants want to be elaborated more in details. We will ask facilitators to speak about these issues. The time for these presentations

will be determined depended on the amount of topics we need to cover.

11:00 Round Table Discussion 5: The most important issued I have learned during the

workshop that I would like to include in leadership trainings organized at the country

level.

Moderators: Team

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PANEL 4: Moderators and Presenters

Delegates from each table will report their postulates for the leadership training to be

organized at the country level.


Topic: Strategy for Leadership Training in Agribusiness and

Sustainability.

Presenters: Team of moderators


Topic: Synergy, Sustainability, and Success Stories: the case of Phelps Stokes; Need

for Entrepreneurial Leadership Training in Africa and How Can We Work Together?

Speaker: Mr. Pape Samb, President & CEO of Phelps Stokes

17:00 Closing Reflections: EmPeace LABS Network; What Is Next?

Presenter: Dr. Marek Wosinski (USA), UCP-SARnet

18:00 DINNER

19:00 Closing Session

Selected participant’s sharing their experience (30 min) Certificates (15 min) Recognitions (15 min) Closing speech by Dr. B. H. Jain

20:00 Farewell Social

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Sponsors

We would like to sincerely thank all of the Sponsors who made

this workshop possible:

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UCP-SARnet is a growing online network that affiliates about 1600 students, university faculty, and

community activists in 70 countries. Its mission is to educate a new generation of community leaders

by inspiring partnerships between universities, community organizations, governments and corporate

businesses, promoting community engaged research, and facilitating cross-sector collaborations and

multi-cultural dialogues.

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