Balasaheb Darade

'Swades' in real life: Entrepreneur & NanoTechnologist returns to the villages of Vidarbha for Rural Development & few months later wins Zilla Parishad Elections against well-established parties & wins by over 50% votes without using any money,alcohol

PROFILE:
- Born and grew up in small village near Lonar, Maharashtra to a service oriented, local Social Leader, Early schooling at govt school (under tree), then Nutan Vidyalay Selu and JNV Basamathnagar.

- Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunication from JNEC, Aurangabad, MS, India

- Participation in and contributed to “Deep Impact Mission-2004”,“MARS Exploration Rover-2003 Mission”, NASA.

- Masters degree (MS) at University of Cincinnati in EE- Nanotechnology & Solar Cell

- Became " Art Of Living" Teacher and conducted courses in U.S ; Volunteered and Raised funds for International Assosiation of Human Values

-Founded IT company " Relations Bridge Innovators" in 2010 in USA

- Aug 2011: Left USA and returned to live a life of service for people of Rural India

- Founded The Shankara Gram Parivartan / Shankara Rural Transformation Project to create model villages aiming at solving rural problems of infrastructure, girl education and rights , farmer loans , water and health and hygiene facilities

- Worked with Anna Hazare & Anand Kejriwal as extended Core team member for India Against Corruption

- Inspired and blessed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji / Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to enter and spiritualize Politics