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1. Online Eco-dictionary with videos. Each video with 30-60 sec duration
explains the environment related word/phrase.
2. Videos about Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals.
3. Web-Mobile App for Biodiversity Awareness
4. Organizing a film festival at Hyderabad exclusively for Environment/Biodiversity/Sustainable Development
5. More outreach for Eco-Tambola and Eco-Doctor with more signups and participants.

Capabilities & Challenges

Spread awareness about
1. Environment
2. Biodiversity
3. Sustainable Development
using Social Media and short videos in addition to traditional advocacy methods.

Impact: Indicators & Progress

Eco-Doctor:
Participants take a picture with the injured Globe and commit their pledge to practice at-least a single act for the rest of their life, to save the earth.
Eco-Tambola:
A game based environment activity to spread eco-awareness.
This mixes entertainment with the environment to make the program more interesting and to sustain audience interest. Instead of declaring the tambola number a short video related to the environment is shown which contains the clue to the number.
YouTube videos:
Here is the link to our Broadcast channel in youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/babulfilms


Background
	Organisation History Absence of awareness about Environment among general public prompted the starting of Babul Films Society NGO non-profit in August 2012 by Gangadhar Panday who took voluntary retirement from Govt of India service. Using the powerful mediums viz Cinema, ICT and Social Media as the driving force of cost effective advocacy work, BFS is focusing on India though intrinsically eOutreach has universal coverage. More emphasis is put on the youth. In spite of the limited resources, considerable work is done to spread Eco-awareness and many more programs based on strong strategy are in the pipeline. Realizing this with the active involvement of people is a challenge for which BFS is well prepared. Purpose & Strategies Spread awareness about Environment, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development using short videos & social media in addition to traditional advocacy methods. Use cinema for maximum outreach employing latest technology in cost-effective way by motivating people and involving tem in ecoawareness work. Vision Realise a sustainable society with more environmental awareness and less negligence. Ensure that people, individually and collectively, think about the environmental impact of their actions and act in an eco-friendly way to live in and leave behind a better world for now and future of humanity. Back To Top

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Registration as

Society

Registration number

1809/2012

State where registered

Andhra Pradesh

Registration document

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Income Tax Permanent Account No. (ITPAN)

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People
	Chief Executive's Profile Brief note about GADHAR PANDAY Actor and Founder President of Babul Films Society Gangadhar Panday is an actor in Telugu Films. He took Voluntary Retirement from Government job and founded Babul films Society a non-profit NGO to create awareness about Environment, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. The tools used for this are Social Media and short films, in addition to traditional advocacy methods. He is a Post Graduate in English literature [MA] from OU, Hyderabad. He also makes short films. Mr. Panday attended the Film Appreciation Course of Film and Television Institute of India FTII, Pune & did PG Diplomas in Creative Writing [English] and TV Production from IGNOU and HCU respectively. Regarding environment he did PG Diploma in Environment & Sustainable Development [PGD-ESD] from IGNOU, New Delhi and e-Outreach course from Centre for Science and Environment CSE, New Delhi. He got Statement of Accomplishments [SoA] from Phil University + NovoEd in Non-Profit related courses. He was the Regional Secretary of Federation of Film Societies of India FFSI [Southern Region]. He is a life member of MAA – Movie Artists Association and AATT – Artistes Association of Telugu Television. He was jury at International Film Festival in Coimbra, Portugal. He is a regular in film festival circuit. He brings in his vast experience in various Departments of Government of India and in the Film field to accomplish the mission of Babul Films Society which is one of the top 3 NGOs in 8 countries of South Asia for Social Advocacy using ICT – internet [eNGO Challenge 2013 and 2015]. Babul Films aims to ensure that India achieves AICHI Target 1 - Awareness of Biodiversity Values by 2020 so that the global citizens can live in and leave behind a better world. Eco-Doctor and Eco-Tambola are some of their popular programs. Professional Profile & Memberships: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1574535/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/gangadharpanday http://www.maastars.com/17013/gangadhar-pandey-profile MAA Movie Artists Association http://www.telugutvartistes.com/telugutvartistes/Individual_Profile.aspx?SNo=66 AATT Artistes Association of Telugu Television Babul Films Society website: www.babul.ngo Back To Top


How you can help this Organisation
	Volunteer Needs VOLUNTEERs having skills like 1. Video making - Camera, Edit, Music, script etc 2. Web development and graphic designing 3. Social Media skills -running campaigns, managing Pagea, Groups etc., 4. Web-mobile-App 5. Online Games We are looking for both online and offline volunteers. Please write to us with your skill sets and time period that you want to volunteer. Email: babulfilms@yahoo.com Staff Needs 1.Office Assistant - basic internet skills and routine office work like filing, correspondence etc 2.Video Editor - editing skills on any platform. Basic experience will do. All positions are based at Hyderabad (Shaikpet) Funding Needs Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions. If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for online donations/ further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.SDGs - short videos abt Sustainable Development Goals. The films will be realised by doing a series of video workshops with students and will be uploaded to our You Tube broadcast channel which are subject to cc licence. Languages: English, Hindi and Telugu Benefieries: online netizens Budget: Rs. 75000/- Open from 1 Feb 2015 In-Kind Needs Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions. Please check with the organisation about delivery, logistics, payment of duty, etc. before dispatch. If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.Laptops - 2 nos Desktops - 1 no Digital Camera in good working condition with Full HD and video option - 2 nos. Used mobile phones Portable screening equipment for community screenings like projectors, collapsible screens, audio items like speaker, amplifiers etc Back To Top


Annual Report
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