Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank) organised a seminar in Hindi on “Indian Knowledge System: Environment and Sustainable Development” under the aegis of Bank, Town Official Language Committee (TOLIC), Mumbai on Monday, March 10, 2025. Environment and social activist, Padma Shri Chaitram Pawar was present as the chief guest of the programme. Sh. Arindam Das Gupta, founder and CEO of Tamul Plates Marketing Pvt. Ltd.; Ms. Jaimala Gupta, founder of a social enterprise Anoothi; Sh. Apurva Bhandari, founder of Sankalptaru Foundation; Ms. Nidhi Jamwal, senior environment journalist and Ms. Yamini Shah, Associate Director, School of Civilization, Somaiya University, Mumbai were present as speakers for the event.
Ms. Harsha Bangari, Managing Director, India Exim Bank, and Ms. Deepali Agarwal, Deputy Managing Director, India Exim Bank and Sh. Chaitram Pawar inaugurated the seminar along with the guests and Sh. Girish Thorat, Chairman, TOLIC. Senior officials of various banks, financial institutions, and insurance companies, member institutions of TOLIC Undertakings, based in Mumbai, were especially present in the seminar. Professors and students from various colleges based in Mumbai also participated in the seminar.
During the seminar, the speakers deliberated on various aspects of environment, sustainable lifestyle inherited in Indian traditions, challenges being faced by the communities, honing the local skills of local women to integrate them in the value chain, and role of Indian languages in sustainable development. Padma Shri Chaitram Pawar highlighted the role of local resources in achieving 16 goals out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in his village Baripada in Dhule district of Maharashtra with the help of villagers. He opined that Jal, Jungle, Zameen, Jan and animal husbandry are the utmost need of the human existence and Indian traditional knowledge and Indian villages have the resources that can enable the sustainable development.
On this occasion, Ms. Harsha Bangari, Managing Director of the Bank noted that “In Indian culture, nature has always been honored as mother nature. Indianness is all about maintaining harmony with the nature. In today's world, as we face severe challenges like climate change, India's age-old practices combined with modern innovations can offer effective solutions.”
‘Taru Sankalp’ of India Exim Bank
In order to contribute towards increasing the forest area and giving a sustainable livelihood to the local farmers, India Exim Bank announced to plant two trees on behalf of each participant of the seminar through SankalpTaru Foundation, which is an IT-enabled, environmentally-focused NGO involved in planting and nurturing trees.
About India Exim Bank and TOLIC
India Exim Bank was set up in 1981 by an Act of Parliament and is wholly owned by the Government of India. For over four decades, Exim Bank has played a crucial role in financing, facilitating, and promoting India’s international trade and investment. The Bank also supports grassroot artisans and contribute a bit in preserving the Indian cultural heritage. Whereas, Town Official Language Implementation Committee is a body under Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to promote the usage of Official Language Hindi in the Central Government Offices.
For More information, please contact:
Mr. Navendu Bajpai, General Manager, Export-Import Bank of India, 21st floor, Centre One Building, World Trade Centre Complex, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. Email: rajbhasha[at]eximbankindia[dot]in