About Us

Gramya Sikshan Paryavaran Sanstha (GRAMYA) is a grassroot action organization committed to educational upliftment of geographically underprivileged Himalayan children and conservation of the Himalayan biodiversity especially in the Western Indian Himalayan region. 

Villagers of Dumak (one of the most remote villages in Uttarakhand) started Gramya in 1998 primarily to run a secondary school in the village. The school helped in increasing student enrollment of the village in secondary school from below 5% to 100%. Gradually it helped in increasing enrolment of students in senior secondary and higher education  from this village and other neighbouring villages. 

GRAMYA has also been engaged in environmental activities premierly focusing on environmental education, oak forest conservation and community forest governance. For many years, it was one of the implementing agencies of the 'National Environment Awareness Campaign' - a flagship scheme of the government of India. It has also played an instrumental role in forming the state level organization of  Sarpanch (president) of Van Panchayats (Village forest councils) in the state of Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand Van Panchayat Sarpanch Sangathan formed by GRAMYA has been engaged on policy issues related to community forest governance in Uttarakhand.

Activities of GRAMYA: 

Theory of Change

The environment and education are not limited to classroom lectures, debate, discussion and demonstration. To inculcate them in one's life, we must experience, feel and live them. Therefore, our approach is to provide avenues for experiential learning to feel and live. We use modern scientific equipments, techniques and processes to allow our target students followings:

 Board Members:

Prabha Rawat, President

Child rights activist, former chairperson of District Child Welfare Committee, Chamoli

Jeet Singh, Secretary

Envrionment Policy Researcher, Author and Project Management Expert

Mohan Singh Negi, Treasurer

Rural Livelihood Promotion Expert

Umashankar Bisht, Member

Development professional, serves on boards of various organizations

Bharat Singh, Member 

Farmer and Social Worker

Sateyendra Parmar, Member

Educationist and founder of PEACE public school, Gopeshwhar

Vikram Singh, Member

Farmer

High School Staff

Mahipal Singh Bisht, Principal

Hukam Singh, Teacher

Anup Chandra Tiwari, Teacher

Narendra Singh Negi