Grassroots

English/30mins/2001
Producer: Umesh Aggarwal, News and Entertainment Television
Commissioned by: Doordarshan India, Directorate General Doordarshan

Subject Focus: Individual initiatives at the grass roots to preserve the environment and wildlife.

Summary: This program featured stories of kindness, courage, determination and initiative from the grassroots of our country. It was a program on ordinary people who with their sheer determination and initiative, managed to fight against all odds and brought about extraordinary change in their own lives, as well as the lives of the people around them. This episode contains 5 stories Rattan Chand (Chamba), Laxman Singh (Rajasthan), Van  Suraksha  Samiti, Dana Paani Yojana and Sacred Forest.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Producer Umesh Aggarwal has 18 years of experience in the Indian Television Industry. Produced and directed numerous programmes with over 4000 episodes and has 2500 hours of programming to his credit. NET was launched in 1994 and was marked for its speed and efficiency. NET has received Hero Honda ITA Award 2002 for Kiran, a daily show on DD National Network.