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Dinesh Rawat, born in 1953, in Kolkata, is a
true example of versatile personality. A Commerce
as well as a Law graduate from Calcutta University,
he started his career at the age of 18 at a
meager salary of Rs 75 per month and rose up
to a premier position in international trading.
He established trading companies in India, Myanmar
& Sri Lanka. Besides being a director of
over 20 companies, he was a member of almost
all the Chambers of Commerce and Associations
in his business field. In order to live in the
abode of nature, in 2001, he shifted to a beautiful
village called Samukpota, 9 kilometers away
from the madding crowd of Kolkata.
In 2002, he started there a spiritual retreat
amidst lush green surrounding. There, he realized
that a lot of exotic palms could be grown in
the village. This resulted in his deep study
of Palms and he took to horticulture and cultivated
over 250 species of Palms in his nursery spreading
around 40 acres of land. He has now one of the
largest collections of Palms in India. He has
travelled over 60 countries to study Palms,
met many personalities/ authorities on Palms
& gathered knowledge on them. In 2006, he
published a pocket book on Palms which earned
huge fame among plant lovers. |
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In 2006, he became greatly worried about Global Warming and
resultant worst changes in Climate which is the biggest
challenge that mankind have ever faced. Despite there being
many researchers and scientists working on the burning
issue, he decided to do something constructive and
worthwhile towards reducing Global warming to some extent by
increasing the area of greenery in the country.Moreover,he
foresaw that India,being a sub-tropical country,and South 24
Pgs.,having had hot and humid climate and favourable soil
for growing Palms,would be an ideal place for cultivating
Palms in a large scale.With these missions in his mind, in
2007, he came out with a new concept and established his
famous ‘Green Mall’ at Samukpota, unique in its kind and
beauty which has created a new history in the horticultural
scenario of India. (visit
www.greenmall.com)
Based on his personal experience, interactions with leading
palm experts of the world, and knowledge gathered from his
several visits to various botanical gardens and palm
habitats in india and abroad, he decided to write this hand
book,”PALMS FOR INDIA” with the hope that in time to cone
India will be the largest grower of Palms in the world. |
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