Ravi Kuchimanchi: Tapping Non-Resident Indians to Help Poor

In the 2004 film Swades (Homeland), the hero is an expat engineer who leaves a cushy job in the U.S. and moves to a village in India. Moved by the plight of the people, he organizes the residents and helps them hook a makeshift generator to a nearby waterfall, bringing electricity to the village for the first time. The movie was based loosely on the life and experience of Ravi Kuchimanchi, founder of the Association for India's Development (AID), who worked with grass roots organizations to electrify 12 hamlets in Bilgaon, a tribal village. AID has evolved since its 1991 launch into a non-profit organization with more than 50 chapters that work on issues such as renewable energy and other forms of grassroots development. Kuchimanchi spoke with India Knowledge@Wharton during the recent Wharton India Economic Forum in Philadelphia.

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[sankarsalvady]

Ravi.. i dont admire u, i worship u !

[kuchimanchis]

Being a kuchimanchi family member i am really proud of Mr.Ravi Kuchimanchi.

[spillaoh]

amazing

[GHOSTGAMERMAN]

sawades was based on this guys life story?

[AmericanMale1953]

Cheap labor! The H-1B work visa is fundamentally about cheap labor. Though the tech industry lobbyists portray H-1B as a remedy for labor shortages and as a means of hiring "the best and the brightest" from around the world (which I strongly support), the vast majority are ordinary people doing ordinary work. Porky got rich on loopholes! Do not need a PHD to to that, any garden variety crook could do the same.

[praveen4c]

Fabulous. Wishing you all the best,

[pavanreddymedico]

JAHAPANAA TUSSI GREAT HO!

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[varunaagn]

Korea on the other hand is the biggest shit of the world!!

[gautam3]

Thanks

[thinkinrich]

india is one of the shit in the world