{"id":18,"date":"2026-10-28T06:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parthaforpeople.com\/index.php\/journey\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T08:07:19","slug":"journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parthaforpeople.com\/index.php\/journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey &#8211; Five decades of field experience."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A timeline built from the profile, highlighting major roles, learning milestones and the evolution from social service to rural-development training and resource stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.timeline {\n    margin-top: 42px;\n    border-left: 2px solid #dce5eb;\n    padding-left: 30px\n}\n\n.event {\n    position: relative;\n    padding: 0 0 35px\n}\n\n.event:before {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    left: -37px;\n    top: 7px;\n    width: 11px;\n    height: 11px;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    background: var(--accent);\n    box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px var(--paper)\n}\n\n.event .year {\n    font-size: 12px;\n    font-weight: 900;\n    color: var(--accent);\n    letter-spacing: 1px\n}\n\n.event h3 {\n    margin: 5px 0 6px;\n    font-size: 22px\n}\n\n.event p {\n    margin: 0;\n    color: var(--muted);\n    max-width: 850px\n}\n<\/style><main><section class=\"page-hero\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"eyebrow\">Career journey<\/div><h1>Five decades of field experience.<\/h1><p>A timeline built from the profile, highlighting major roles, learning milestones and the evolution from social service to rural-development training and resource stewardship.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"timeline\"><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">1975<\/div><h3>Entered social service<\/h3><p>Joined the Family Planning Association of India and began a long-term career centred on helping people help themselves.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">1992\u20131993<\/div><h3>Women\u2019s political participation &amp; training<\/h3><p>Organised women around the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act-1993 and became a subject matter specialist; later developed trainer skills through ATI Mysore and COADY International Institute in Canada.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">1993 onward<\/div><h3>SEEDS and grassroots development<\/h3><p>Friends started Social Education and Environment Development Society (SEEDS), continuing work in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and, at one stage, Tamil Nadu.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">1998\u20132021<\/div><h3>Rural development, MGNREGA &amp; common property resources<\/h3><p>Worked with donor-supported NGOs, Karnataka State Literacy Mission Authority and Foundation for Ecological Security. Built expertise in Common Property Resources, trained 30,000+ elected Grama Panchayat members and developed a team of about 200 rural volunteers.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">2021<\/div><h3>Retirement and continued consultancy<\/h3><p>After almost 16 years with FES, retired and continued as consultant\/trainer for rural development, MGNREGA, Social Audit, RESETI and related programmes.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"event\"><div class=\"year\">2025<\/div><h3>50 years of social service<\/h3><p>Completed 50 years from October 1975 to October 2025 and continued as President of SEEDS, with a focus on waterbodies and Panchayat Raj Institutions in Karnataka.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A timeline built from the profile, highlighting major roles, learning milestones and the evolution from social service to rural-development training and resource stewardship. Career journey Five decades of field experience. 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