Vaidic Srijan

A Ramsar Site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention (the Convention on Wetlands). These areas are legally recognized for their ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological, or hydrological value, aiming to protect globally significant habitats and biodiversity.

Ramsar Convention is actually an independent, intergovernmental treaty. While UNESCO serves as its legal depositary, Ramsar is completely separate from the UN system of environmental agreements. Financial responsibility for maintaining a designated Ramsar Site falls strictly on the sovereign host nation, which must allocate its own national budget to protect the wetland.

However, both the Ramsar Secretariat and various UN/multilateral bodies offer specialized, indirect financial aid, small grants, and project-based funding. The Ramsar Secretariat administers small, targeted financial grants specifically meant for developing nations or sites facing emergencies.

The eastern State of Bihar in India, has six designated Ramsar Sites, in this Book Dr. Madhukar Swayambhu, explains the present condition of each one of them, and what can be done to bringing them back to a healthy and sustainable condition.

A Ramsar Site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention (the Convention on Wetlands). These areas are legally recognized for their ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological, or hydrological value, aiming to protect globally significant habitats and biodiversity.

Ramsar Convention is actually an independent, intergovernmental treaty. While UNESCO serves as its legal depositary, Ramsar is completely separate from the UN system of environmental agreements. Financial responsibility for maintaining a designated Ramsar Site falls strictly on the sovereign host nation, which must allocate its own national budget to protect the wetland.

However, both the Ramsar Secretariat and various UN/multilateral bodies offer specialized, indirect financial aid, small grants, and project-based funding. The Ramsar Secretariat administers small, targeted financial grants specifically meant for developing nations or sites facing emergencies.

The eastern State of Bihar in India, has six designated Ramsar Sites, in this Book Dr. Madhukar Swayambhu, explains the present condition of each one of them, and what can be done to bringing them back to a healthy and sustainable condition.

A Ramsar Site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention (the Convention on Wetlands). These areas are legally recognized for their ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological, or hydrological value, aiming to protect globally significant habitats and biodiversity.

Ramsar Convention is actually an independent, intergovernmental treaty. While UNESCO serves as its legal depositary, Ramsar is completely separate from the UN system of environmental agreements. Financial responsibility for maintaining a designated Ramsar Site falls strictly on the sovereign host nation, which must allocate its own national budget to protect the wetland.

However, both the Ramsar Secretariat and various UN/multilateral bodies offer specialized, indirect financial aid, small grants, and project-based funding. The Ramsar Secretariat administers small, targeted financial grants specifically meant for developing nations or sites facing emergencies.

The eastern State of Bihar in India, has six designated Ramsar Sites, in this Book Dr. Madhukar Swayambhu, explains the present condition of each one of them, and what can be done to bringing them back to a healthy and sustainable condition.

Bally I, Bally II, and Budh Khali (often spelled Budhkhali)are remote, rural settlements located in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India, within the environmentally fragile and climate-vulnerable Sundarbans Delta. While they share the overarching geographic challenges of theworld’s largest mangrove forest, they belong to different administrative sections and exhibit distinct community profiles.

This book covers the problems faced by these three deltaic villages of Sunderbans & a sustainable Solution.

The book is authored by Dr. Madhukar Swayambhu, a seasoned corporate leader with over 30+ years of experience (since 1995), an entrepreneur , a startup mentor , a TEDx speaker ( since 2020, 2026), Water Hero awardee by Jal Shakti Mantralaya (2019) – Government of Bharat (India), Planet Hero awarded by EarthDay.Org & IESA (2026),

He is also serving as Councillor – Blue Community Global Council, Chair for the Blue Community Commission onGlobal Policy, Advocacy & Governance (GPAG), Secretary - Blue Community South Asia, Secretary - WSP SG Management Committee of IWA (International WaterAssociation), Member – Management Committee for IWA Lake and Reservoir Specialist Group, Member of Committee of Experts on EbA at The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Member Executive Committee - Swadeshi Science Movement of India, Member - IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), as well as Cofounder & Research Head of Vaidic Srijan LLP - A Climate Tech and Agri Tech Startup.He’s recognized as Global Top 2nd Author on Water by SWM -Spain (2021), Eco Warrior awardee in Healing Lights Awards 2026, a certified professional from IUCN Academy, PEDRR and UNEP, NCONF Certifiedmaster trainer on Natural Farming, well published within Bharat & globally on subjects like Water, Ecology, Forestry & Environmental Restoration, Sustainability in various magazines & Journals.

He’s been a keynote speaker and has been taling guestlectures in Management institutes including IIPA, NIFTEM, FSM, IIT-D, IIT-M, IIT-BHU, IIT-I, IISc-B, and many universities etc., representing Bharat in many international events like G20: Bharat, SLUSH2023: Helsinki, Finland, COP28: Dubai, UAE, COP29: Baku, Azerbaijan,  CBD COP16: Cali, Colombia, UNCCD COP16: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, GLS 2024: Lagos, Nigeria, SCSE2025: Taipei, Taiwan, GSAT 2025: Changwon, South Korea, Thrivability Matters 2024: Queensland, Australia, IUCN’s MKF-II: Bangkok 2025, Wetlands COP15: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, SWITCH2025: Singapore, COP30: Belem, Brazil, AlterCOP30:Singapore, IWA’s WDCE2025: Bangkok,Thailand and Global Leadership Summit, GLS 2026: Washington D.C., USA.

Baluni, Bhel Dunga, Saina, Gattumeedapalle and Hatkarwadi – are prominent examples of villages in Bharat that have been deserted or nearly depopulated due to extreme Water scarcity, drying natural springs, recurrent droughts, and climate impacts. The individual details, official land areas (from the Census of Bharat and regional land surveys), and state locations for notable depopulated settlements gets covered in this audiobook, authored by Dr. Madhukar Swayambhu, a seasoned corporate leader with over 30+ years of experience (since 1995), an entrepreneur , a startup mentor , a TEDx speaker ( since 2020, 2026), Water Hero awardee by Jal Shakti Mantralaya (2019) – Government of Bharat (India), Planet Hero awarded by EarthDay.Org & IESA (2026).

He dedicated the book to the villagers, who were forced to migrate because of the unsustainable lifestyle developed in Bharat post the revolution of 1857.

This podcast presents a transformative approach to rural economics based on the research of Madhukar Swayambhu, which seeks to reverse village poverty by replacing Western industrial dependency with ancient Vaidic principles.

The episode highlights a structural trap where farmers buy inputs at a maximum price (MRP) but sell outputs at a minimum support price (MSP), proposing instead a model where villages function as autonomous manufacturing hubs. Central to this revival is a specific scientific intervention known as Cownomics Technology, which uses botanical extracts and solar energy to convert stagnant sewage into a biological asset or "neuro-immuno booster."

By treating local waste as a resource rather than a liability, villages can eliminate the need for expensive chemicals, restore natural ecosystems, and establish self-sustaining livelihoods like fisheries. Ultimately, the discussion argues that combining modern microbiology with traditional wisdom creates a scalable, cost-free path to prosperity that restores community ownership and halts the mass exodus to cities.

Vaidic Srijan is a climate tech & agritech startup working solely in the technology development domain, developing 100% Nature-based Solution (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Approaches (EbA) for environmental restoration, in-situ conditions, with any chemical / biological or mechanical interventions. Our agenda is to heal the planet andrestore the sustainability quotient of our home for all life forms, not just for human beings. We are working in the domain of environmental restoration through our own inventions of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) solutions likeCownomics® Technology, as well as other Ecosystem-based Approaches (EbA) solutions like Ecolining®, Ecodredging®, EcoDrainR® and our Sustainable Agriculture Solution called MAGICC®.

This episode is dedicated towards the MAGICC® Solution, which is essentially, the new practice and methodology for making the farms go diseases, pests and weather resilient, chemical free, antibiotic free, reducing the input cost and catapulting the yield (quality & quantity).

Lucknow Management Association (LMA) in association with Agriculture Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh had planned to run online training program for the Farmers Producer’s Organizations (FPOs) with an

The objective of the training series included –

1- Entrepreneurship development in FPOs

2- Increasing farm profitability through floriculture

3- Increasing Farmer’s income with black rice cultivation, and

4- Sustainable Agriculture through good Water management practices

At Vaidic Srijan, our association with LMA has been to train the FPO on Water Management to ensure farmer’s profitability and sustainable agriculture practices. In the series, we explain and explore the agricultural aspects of

This episode is the 1st Session that covers the case study of Chilies in Central Bharat, the state of Chhattisgarh

We have a holistic group, wherein all the sustainability professionals come on a single platform and discuss various subjects related to restoration, sustainability, ecology, economy in harmony with nature, nature based solution, village economy, Soil, Water, Air, Biodiversity and a lot more.

The group has been an initiative of Mr. Atul Vashishth, who is very passionate about all these subjects and keep roping in enthusiasts, professionals, inventors and innovators from across the globe.

This podcast episode is one such enlightening discussion on the reinstation of rural economy in India.

Water is the nectar of the phenomena called life, given to us as a blessing from Mother Nature.

When all the spaces missions from earth go in search of extra-terrestrial life or even possibility of life, on a natural satellite or a planet or an exoplanet, what they search for is Water. Because where there is Water, life would be possible in some form or the other. From tiniest of single-celled microbes to giant dinosaurs, nothing can survive in absence of Water.

Thus, if we plan a career in Water domain, an enterprise in Water domain – it would be recession proof.

In this session, Mr. Madhukar Swayambhu, A Water Hero Awardee, A TEDx speaker, Recognized as Global Top 3 Author on Water by Smart Water Magazine (Spain), will explain about the horizons of “Waterpreneurship”.