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NETRAVAN Campus

Our own field campus, where the farm meets the forest.

Khapari (Davha), Taluka Umred, District Nagpur

NETRAVAN stands for Nature Science Education, Training and Research for Resilience in Agro-forestry Adventures through Voluntary Action Networks. It is our field campus at Khapari (Davha) in Umred taluka, on the edge of the Muniya forest. Students, farmers and officials come here to learn by doing.

What we do

  1. Summer and winter nature camps, and nature walks with live demonstrations.
  2. A training hall for village forest committee meetings, farmer trainings and women's skill classes.
  3. Live examples of natural farming, dairy, poultry and bee-keeping.
  4. Tree planting and water saving on campus land since 2008.
  5. Prani Kalyan Ashram, our goshala for cattle.

For CSR teams: fits Schedule VII (ii) education and (iv) environment of the Companies Act, 2013.

Blackbuck at NETRAVAN.
Blackbuck at NETRAVAN.

On the ground

  • 20,000+trees planted on NETRAVAN and community forest landFY 2024-25
  • 4,500+visitors a year before the pandemicUp to 2019-20
  • 2009NETRAVAN set upSince
  • 2008regular summer camps beganSince

Figures from NiViM's annual activity reports. See the reports.

From the field

Egrets at the water near NETRAVAN.
Fig. 2Egrets at the water near NETRAVAN.
A tree in full bloom in the forest.
Fig. 3A tree in full bloom in the forest.
Deer at a water hole beside the campus.
Fig. 4Deer at a water hole beside the campus.
The NETRAVAN training centre.
Fig. 5The NETRAVAN training centre.
The open shed used for camps and meetings.
Fig. 6The open shed used for camps and meetings.
A pond near NETRAVAN after the monsoon.
Fig. 7A pond near NETRAVAN after the monsoon.
A solar fence unit near NETRAVAN.
Fig. 8A solar fence unit near NETRAVAN.

Fund netravan campus work around Umred.

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