World Environment Day Celebrated  at  Jimmy McGilligan  Center  for Sustainable Development concluding  with action plan  “ Sanawadiya  Declaration  “ an outcome of  Week long   Environmental Discourse  held around the theme  #BeatAirPollution during May 31st – 5th June, 2019 “ Programme started with Baha’i devotional prayers Chanted by Youths Sameer Sharma, Deval Verma Sunil Chouhan and Aprajita Bhadoria and Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayers “ Allah tero Naam  and Vaishanav Jan to  and Prayer […]

  Weeklong  Environmental  Discourse  organized by  Jimmy McGilligan Centre For Sustainable Development will be inaugurated with a “Musical Call for Clean Air” by  the Eminent Indian  Classical Singer  Kalapini Komkali as the Chief Guest on May31, 2019 at 6 p m .It will  conclude on  World Environment Day June 5, 2019 . According to Dr Janak Palta McGilligan, director of the Centre, UNEP has declared the theme for 2019   “Beat […]

#WorldEnvironmentDay #IAmWithNature  World Environment Week June 6, 2017,  “A week with Nature (June1-6,2017) based on  UNEP theme for World Environment Day,concluded at Jimmy McGilligan Centre For Sustainable Development with its Chief Guest the  Environmental Scientist and Researcher  Activist , Dr.Vandana Shiva handing over 5 parabolic solar cookers to 5 woman needy, deserving landless women who have been cooking on firewood. . These five(in photo with their heads covered) Shaitan Bai […]

  Janak Palta McGilligan  director of  Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development has been awarded “Solar Cookers International’s Order of Excellence”.     She is the first Woman from India who has received this prestigious Award that was established by Solar Cookers International in 1995, this honor recognizes individuals whose sustained efforts have contributed most to empowering people to cook food and pasteurize water with solar energy.   She has […]

Jimmy McGilligan Centre’s Janak Palta McGilligan is awarded as Green Heros of India 2017 On April 25, 2017 , “Green Hero” honour was conferred at  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sahar Airport Road, Mumbai)by Abhishek Bachchan (Bollywood Film Actor and Producer) , Thomas L. Vajda, U.S. Consul General (on my right),Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General TERI ( Second from left) , Shyam Benegal ( Jury Filmmaker & New Cinema Pioneer ) Dr […]

Padma Shri Award to Janak Palta Mcgillign  Dr Mrs  Janak Palta McGilligan received  Padam Shri Award  from President of India   in a  Padma  Award Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan on March 30,2015.   Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social […]

सतत विकास पर एक वृत्तचित्र – प्रकृति की गोद में  In The Lap of Nature – A documentary on sustainable development

Training of Making Natural Colours for Holi (March 16-23, 2016) started today on March 16, 2016 at Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development . Chief guest of the opening programme PadamShri Bhalu Mondhe said,” Love for Nature is love for God. Nature gives us so much we need to show our love by protecting nature. Janak Palta McGilligan and her husband Jimmy McGilligan devoted all their life passionately and selflessly […]

A group of 50 students (30 students from Delhi Public School, Srinagar on interstate Exchange/alongwith 15 students of the Eco Club of Choithram School, Manik Bagh, Indore accompanied by 4 teachers) visited Jimmy McGilligan Centre For Sustainable Development on Jan 28 with an objective to learn about Eco-friendly technologies , cow-centred organic farming ,biodiversity and a lifestyle with optimum self- sustainability using natural resources. They were give a tour of […]