Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 24: ‘Sarveshwar Smiles Foundation’- conceived by the promoters of ‘Sarveshwar Group’, was formally launched today by Prof J P Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of SKUAST Jammu and K K Sharma, Director Agriculture Jammu.
Established by Suraj Prakash Gupta (Papa Ji) as settler, Navnidhi Sharma and Pooja Gupta as trustees, the Foundation has come up with the dream of bringing smiles on every face in the society.
On the occasion ‘Farmer App’, specially devised to connect the farmers with foundation and monthly magazine of the Foundation were also launched. These will provide valuable and most required information to the farmer community.
While elaborating the activities of the Foundation, Pooja Gupta revealed that Sarveshwar Smiles Foundation will provide one stop platform for all farmers related to their problems and information to enhance their income and to transform from ‘Traditional Farming’ to ‘Organic Farming’ that best suits to the eco-friendly environment. It will train youth in different streams that could make them ‘Employment providers’ than as ‘Employment seekers’ and to make women self reliant through expert advice and training in the profit earning skills that best suits to them, she added.
Thousands of farmers who have already connected with the Foundation through ‘Farmers App’ are taken care of the required advice and training through special camps.
More than 100 farmers representing their area drawn from District Jammu and Samba were part of the inauguration ceremony and were honored by the Foundation.
Rohit Gupta, Chairman ‘Sarveshwar Foods Limited’, while speaking on the occasion, lauded the role of Foundation especially during Corona in reaching to the most needed segment of society by way of distribution of essential commodities, cash relief and by organizing special medical camps.
Vice-Chancellor Prof J P Sharma lauded the efforts of the Smiles Foundation to uplift the farmers, youth and empowering the women towards self dependency. By organizing the program in the premise of SKUAST is a message to the farmers that the foundation is a bridge to bring them closer to the programs organized by SKUAST for educating the farmers for doubling their income, he added.
Dr S K Gupta, Director Extension and Dr Pardeep Wali, Director Research were also present on the occasion.
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