Jal Mitra Vijay Kedia Shares his Water Harvesting Mission with Passion at Shridhar University Pilani

April 20, 2011 - PRLog -- The importance of water is evident from the fact that for this year World Heritage Day on April 18, 2011, the theme chosen is “The Cultural Heritage of Water”. Mr Vijay Kumar Kedia who holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani has his roots at the famous town of Laxmangarh in Sikar district of Shekhawati Rajasthan.

After his indulgence for over a decade with flourishing construction business, during 90s Vijay switched over to farming at Jambhali in Paithan Taluka in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. Despite the presence of several check dams with 25000 cubic meters water holding capacity in the reservoirs, water became a matter of life & death for success of his farming.

When all existing methods of rainwater harvesting also could not solve his thirst for water, Vijay Kedia started experimenting on his own. With his knowledge, experience and research, he came up with a revolutionary invention - Kedia Farm Pattern (KFP) Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) system and got a patent for same also. He then founded Varsha Jal for sharing his expertise to the nation at large. KFP indeed is a unique technology that can harvest up to 80% rainwater underground, contrary to other RWH technologies which can store only up to 18% rainwater above ground which is open to evaporation.

On April 6, 2011, Vijay Kedia visited Shridhar University Pilani and interacted with Chancellor Mr Vijay Pal Yadav, Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (Retd) Mahesh Vij and Pro Vice Chancellor Prof BR Natarajan. Addressing the faculty members of the University, Jal Mitra Kedia shared his mission with passion for rain water harvesting and salient features of the Kedia Farm Pattern – KFP scheme.  

For more details about Shridhar University Pilani see http://www.shridharuniversity.ac.in and about KFP Technology and franchisee options contact Varsha – Jal contact A 6-7, Suyash complex, 2nd Floor, Aurangabad - 431005 (M.S.) India  Phone: 91- 0240-3203183  Email: info@varshajal.com website:  http://www.varshajal.com/

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About Shridhar University: An initiative of the Sarvhit Trust, Shridhar University Pilani has been established under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956 incorporated by Government of Rajasthan vide Ordinance No. 3 of 2009 and the same ratified by the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly vide Act No. 4 of 2010 as The SHRIDHAR UNIVERSITY ACT BIGODNA, JHUNJHUNU. Further, Vide letter F.No 8-3/2010(CPP-I/PU) dated 31 May 2010; the University Grants Commission (UGC) has also notified Shridhar University under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956. ISO 9001:2008 certified Shridhar University has 11 Schools of Learning offering various Certificate, Diploma, Under Graduate, Post Graduate as well as Doctoral programmes. In order to prepare students for a global future, Shridhar University has actively taken up collaborations with various national & international institutions and already has signed MoU with top ranking Athens University of Economics and Business - AUEB, Greece. http://www.shridharuniversity.ac.in