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Maharashtra Bamboo Promotion Foundation

Year Of Establishment 2019 | mahabamboofoundation.org

This is a non-profit organisation which has been promoted by Government of Maharashtra and Tata Trusts to develop the bamboo sector. It focuses on development of some clusters for production, design and sales. It also promotes bamboo based products manufacturing unit to create local employment.

ABOUT

The Foundation believes that the primary hurdle or bottleneck which restrains the growth of the bamboo sector in India at present is the absence of an ‘ecosystem’ for the sector. The foundation is addressing supply chain issues by identifying the gaps in this sector and taking steps to fill it up by suitable, imaginative interventions. It is also working in partnership with organisations like farmer groups, SHGs, cooperatives, corporates, entrepreneurs, research and academic institutions to play a role of catalyst to solve the problems faced by them in bamboo sector.

The Foundation is giving special thrust and attention on product design, market linkages, cost effective treatment methods, tools, jigs fixtures & innovative uses for bamboo.

Vishwanath Giriraj

CEO, Maharashtra Bamboo Promotion Foundation

V Giriraj (IAS Retired), has over twenty five years of association with the bamboo sector. He had a major role in preparing the first Action Plan for the Development of Bamboo and Cane sector for Government of India ( Ministry of Environment and Forests) in 1999. He was subsequently a Member Advisory Committee of the National Mission for Bamboo Applications (NMBA) Ministry of Science and Technology during the 2004-09 period. Subsequently he chaired a Committee appointed by Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra to strengthen the Bamboo Sector in Maharashtra.

Milind Mhaiskar

Director

IAS, Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra

TSK Reddy

Director

IFS, MD, Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board, Nagpur

Ashish Deshpande

Director

Tata Trusts

Dinesh Malekar

Administration Manager

Abhishek Gawande

Projects Manager

Anil Katke

Administrative Assistant

OFFERINGS

• Promoting organised bamboo markets, as pilots.

• Development of some clusters for production, design and sales.

• Value addition of bamboo in tribal PESA areas.

• Developing a pilot village showing usage of bamboo in housing construction.

• Promotion of bamboo based agarbatti units to create local employment.

• Linking architects and designers for the bamboo sector.

• Support for block plantations of bamboo.

• Creating awareness among younger generation regarding bamboo.

• Development of bamboo information centres, wherein all relevant information relating to bamboo are available in one roof (physical and electronic).

• Support services to small bamboo entrepreneurs.

Head Office: Mumbai, India