It was a beautiful moment to welcome Padamshree Kalyan Singh Rawat who was awarded Padamshree for Maiti Andolan (Environment) in 2020 in the campus. The occasion was the start of a four days training program for 52 representatives of Village Panchayat and Water and Sanitation Committees under the aegis of Jal Jeevan Mission (as HIHT is the Key Resource Center under Ministry of Jal Shakti).
It also happened to coincide with Sita Jayanti. As Swami Rama wrote in the Ramayana Retold:
Just as trials and turbulence are part of life, devotion and the capacity for self-sacrifice are also essential to women’s lives. Women is the preserver of cultural values and heritage, and the guardian of society. Every Hindu woman clings to the story of Sita’s suffering and her dauntless loyalty and strength, and Sita is remembered in all activities of daily life.
