About us

This all started when we, a group of avid mountaineers working in different fields ventured to the remote offbeat regions of Himalayas for an expedition and realised the lack of knowledge and logistics for casualty evacuation in case of any medical emergency. We further noticed there is no source of electricity in many of the households making wood to be the only dependent fuel, schools are located at distances of one to two hours from villages and had no staffing. The waste is disposed openly, has collected overtime and stinks with no further disposal. The drains are open clogged with litter and flowing into the rivers. Deforestation is being done at a massive rate. It made us imagine how the lack of awareness, education, logistics and planning among these communities, plastic packaging for most of the consumer goods and the exhaustive tourism have pushed them from sustainable to unstable. Even the preserved ecosystems of natural parks and sanctuaries are at stake now. After returning back our vision to see the world changed. We saw the scale of waste generation, carbon emissions, lack of elemental resources – food, drinking water, clean air, electricity, education, healthcare and dilapidated living conditions in the under-privileged communes of developed cities and rural areas. This motivated us to start Immortal Banyan Initiative where we connect the willing with the needy to bring the change at the grass root level. Today we carry out awareness campaigns & drives, run day-clinics, establish casualty evacuation chains, provide logistic support, train and develop skill, enhance capacity of existing infrastructure,innovate alternative solutions taking a sustainable approach leading a way forward for future generations.