Sehgal Foundation: Leading the 'Greening' of India's Agricultural Communities through Creative Farming, Forestry, Water Harvesting, Education, Health Care, and Local Development Initiatives

Show '1’: Dr. Surinder (Suri) M. Sehgal, Chairman & Founder, S.M. Sehgal Foundation (By Skype)*; Show:  '2:  Surinder (Suri) M. Sehgal, Chairman & Founder, S.M. Sehgal Foundation (By Skype)*; Show: '3':  R. Jay Sehgal, Executive Vice President, S.M. Sehgal Foundation, (By-Skype)*; and Show '4':  R. Jay Sehgal, Executive Vice President, S.M. Sehgal Foundation, (By-Skype)*, with*Special Guest" Dr. Daman S. Walia, President/CEO, ARCTECH, Inc. (In-Studio Skype Back-Up) Overviews: Every person deserves to lead a more secure, prosperous, and dignified life. With that vision in mind, the mission of Sehgal Foundation is to strengthen community-led development initiatives to achieve positive social, economic, and environmental change across rural India . With support from donors and partners, Sehgal Foundation designs and promotes rural development interventions that create opportunities, build resilience, and provide solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in India’s poorest communities. The Foundation team works together with rural communities to create sustainable programs for managing water resources, increasing agricultural productivity, and strengthening rural governance. The Team’s emphasis on gender equality and women’s empowerment is driven by the realization that human rights are central to developing every person’s, every family's potential. ARCTECH, Inc. is a diverse American Corporation which provides cost-effective solutions for the agriculture, energy, and environmental market sectors. Founded as a spin-off company from the Atlantic Research Corporation's Environmental Science and Technology division, the ARCTECH group through 25 years of experience in energy, energetics, environment and agriculture, has created unified solutions in these interrelated market sectors. The entrepreneurial scientists and engineers at ARCTECH have pioneered the use of our vast resources of coal for economical clean energy, clean water and environment, safer foods, recycle military and industrial wastes, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ARCTECH maintains a state-of-the-art research center at its corporate headquarters located in Chantilly, Virginia in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. This center is dedicated to advancement of applied research as well as investigate solutions for the clients specific needs. In addition, mobile test units are available for application at the client sites. ARCTECH's technologies are protected under various patents. ARCTECH's manufacturing plant, which is located in South Boston, Virginia, produces a variety of products for both domestic and overseas clients. Overseas collaboration of ARCTECH, now include the Gulf countries, Egypt, Lebanon, South Korea, Turkey, India, China, and Brazil.  Outside the box solutions truly embody the ARCTECH corporate theme of "Preserving Tomorrows World Today."