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Mar 19, 2023 · As one of the icons of civil society activism in India, Mr. Satheesh, through the Zaheerabad-based organisation in rural Telangana, championed issues of agri-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women’s empowerment, social justice, local knowledge systems, participatory development, and community media.
- Understanding Roots of Poverty
- Empowering Dalit Women
- The ‘Satyagraha’ Approach
- Millets as ‘Wonder Foods’
In the early 1980s, he and some others moved to the rural parts of Medak district (in present-day Telangana), establishing the Deccan Development Society (DDS) and hoping to help with “poverty alleviation”. However, he soon realised that poverty was less about money and more about lack of basics like food; and that on these issues, there was much h...
Vinod Pavarala, Professor and UNESCO Chair on Community Media at the University of Hyderabad, recalls how when he first approached Satheesh to lecture to his students, Satheesh told him to bring students to the villages to learn from the Dalit women. Salome Yesudas, who worked as a scientist at the KVK in Pastapur of Medak district, remembers Sathe...
I first got to know Satheesh well around the turn of the millennium, when Kalpavriksh began coordinating the process of India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). I invited Satheesh to join the Technical and Policy Core Group that was entrusted with handling the process, involving widespread participation across the country. We...
Satheesh’s many contributions will last well into the future. One that has taken firm footing, not only in Medak district but in India as a whole and globally, is the recognition of millets as wonder foods that are as relevant today and tomorrow as they were yesterday. He called them the “crops of truth” and showed how they are the solution to food...
Mar 25, 2023 · Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh’s pioneering work in developing an alternate, ecologically sustainable agricultural food system made a huge difference to the lives of less privileged women in 75 villages in the region.
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Mar 23, 2023 · PV Satheesh, the founder of Deccan Development Society, played a pivotal role in improving the livelihoods of thousands of women largely from the Dalit community across 75 villages in Telangana through the the magic of millets. He passed away recently on 19 March. By Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk. March 23, 2023.
Apr 18, 2023 · P.V. Satheesh—the quiet revolutionary who helped transform the lives of Dalit women farmers in India—passed away on March 19, 2023. He was 77. The founder of the Deccan Development Society worked for agro-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women’s empowerment, Dalit rights, social justice, and local knowledge systems.
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Founder and executive director of Deccan Development Society (DDS) P V Satheesh, popularly known as ‘Millet Man’ for promoting millet cultivation and organic agriculture in south India,...
