Meet Our Founder: Ajay Ghale
Early Life and Passion for Wildlife
Ajay Ghale Forest Connect Centre is a comprehensive biodiversity and wellness education initiative. Promoted by Mr. Ajay Ghale, a naturalist with over 40 years of experience, the center aims to:
1. Preserve Tribal Knowledge: Document and teach traditional animal self-care and forest biodiversity techniques, with a focus on the delicate balance between humans and the forest ecosystem.
2. Educational Programs: Offer learning camps for researchers, wildlife specialists, and botany scholars to classify flora and fauna. Develop a detailed study curriculum for future generations.
3. Health Plant Cataloging: Collaborate with the Ministry of Ayush and Ayurvedic scholars to catalog health plants, sustain, and preserve biodiversity knowledge.
4. Training and Tourism >>
Implement training programs and tourism initiatives to translate local knowledge into scientific texts for global educational purposes.
5. Holistic Well-being Classes: Conduct classes on how animals self-care in the wild and teach humans to reconnect with their natural heritage, promoting wellness principles.
6. Seedbank and Medicinal Research: Establish a seedbank for endangered plants and explore the medicinal uses of forest plants.
7. Wilderness Survival Training: Provide survival training for various age groups, develop school curriculums with certification, and prepare young individuals for potential disasters.
8. Living with the Land: Teach agro-techniques and methods to live sustainably with the land.
The center, located on 15 acres adjacent to the forest, will serve as a hub for education, research, and the preservation of natural and cultural heritage.