Gramin Vikas ka Chitrakoot Model

 

Deendayal Research Institute (DRI) is a unique institution developing and implementing a village development model in Chitrakoot region which is most suited for India. DRI understands that people’s power is more potent, stable and enduring than political power. Social advancement and prosperity are possible only by injecting the spirit of self-reliance and excellence in the younger generation. Friends, you will see more heroes in Nanaji’s villages and more smiles. Is it not a rich place for cinema story writers or cinema poets or a cinema director? This is the place where you will find more heroes, more heroines, more happiness and less tragedy. (EXCERPTS FROM THE president’s address at the 52nd NATIONAL FILM AWARDS CEREMONY, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on October 21, 2005)