Pujya Morari Bapu was born on September 25, 1946 to Prabhudas Bapu and Savitri Ma Hariyani on the auspicious day of Maha Shivratri in Talgajarda near Mahuva, Gujarat. Born into the Vaishnav Bava Sadhu Nimbarka Parampara, Morari Bapu is referred to as “Bapu” (meaning Father). Bapu spent most of his childhood under the guidance of his paternal grandmother, Amrit Ma, often spending hours listening to folk tales from her traditional India. At the age of five Bapu began learning th .... Read More

Ramesh Bhaiya Born: April 20, 1956 Vimla Bahan Born: April 15, 1959 Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla Bahan are synonym to Gram Seva in Shahajanpur in Uttar Pradesh. To uplift and empower the rural people of a neglected and highly crime-infested village Bartara, the couple established the Vinoba Seva Ashram in 1980 exemplifying the thought - andhkar ko na dhikkarein, accha hai ek deep jalayein (It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness). Ramesh Bhaiya and Vimla Bahan have laid .... Read More

Mr. Anupam Mishra has spent over four decades in the field of environmental and water conservation and is a name to reckon with for traditional water-harvesting systems in India. The time-tested systems of handling water - systems which have supported life and civilization in India for millennia, and which did not need any government support or engineering intervention - are woven into the lives of peoples and societies by Mr. Mishra. These also led to his traveling through the country an .... Read More

Padma Bhushan Ms. Shobhana Ranade – a calm and composed lady has dedicated over half a century of her life for the betterment of the downtrodden women and children. She has spearheaded and helped in starting the Gandhi National Memorial Society and a National Institute for Training Women at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune in 1979. Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave influenced Shobhana Ranade to work for the destitute women and underprivileged children. She has worked with Vinob .... Read More

Agus Indra Udayana since a decade has been actively engaged in promoting Gandhian values in Indonesia through his four Ashrams in Bali and Lombok based on the principles of non-violence, truth and humanitarianism. He is disseminating Gandhian ideologies particularly those relevant to the prevailing social concerns and has translated Gandhian writings into Indonesian language. Prompted by concern for the spiritual, cultural, social and economic life in Bali, the Ashram Gandhi Puri was .... Read More