Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur with
Bhanwar Dependra Singh Rathore (Bride Groom) and other family members

Tuesday 30th November,
1. Shriji attended the wedding of Bhanwar Durga Pratap Singh, son of Kunwar Pushpendra Singh ji of Auwa and Kankshini Preeti Kumari, daughter of Thakur Narendra Singh ji Khora Bhanakpura at the Ashoka Club Jaipur.

Maharana of Mewar Charitable
Foundation (MMCF) diary

Vistit of Mr. Robert Elgood
On the 4th November Mr. Robert Elgood an expert on armory from UK visited City Palace Museum, The City Palace Complex, Udaipur. Mr. Bhupendra Singh Auwa discussed the display of arms and weapons in The City Palace Museum Armory Section. Mr. Elgood showed keen intrest in the Museum Collection.

International Conference held at Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur on Folk and Herbal
Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) sponsored an international conference on Folk and Herbal Medicine organised by the Department of Botany, Maharana Bhupal College of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. The conference took place from the 25th to 27th November with MMCF as the silver sponsor donating Rs 75000. A message from Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur was published in the souvenir programme released during the conference.

Shriji congratulated all those involved in the organization of the international conference for their initiative to run a campaign highlighting the contribution of Mewar in different fields of science, medicine, arts and culture.

Leading scientists, indigenous healers, researchers and students participated at the conference. Their presence provided a platform for the ancient traditions gathered from all over India and the region of Mewar.

More than 500 Indian delegates and 50 foreign delegates from 20 countries, a large number of Gunnis (traditional healers) from Mewar region, Vaidhyas, herbal practitioners and NGOs have participated enthusiastically during different sessions in the conference. There were 12 concurrent technical sessions where more than 30 invited lectures were presented by eminent scientists from across the globe. In all, there were 85 oral contributions which were presented and thoroughly discussed during 3 days. There were an overwhelming number of participants in poster sessions which were organized in more than 8 slots of one hour each. The conference has provided an opportunity to young students to interact with the scientists and this will pave a way for developing capacity towards research in this area in future. The conference has also provided platform for the Indian scientists to show their potential and capability in terms of scientific research which has impacted the international community looking towards traditional knowledge about Indian medicinal plants.

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An Article published on 'Water Resource Management in Udaipur'
Article title 'Water Resource Management in Udaipur: A study of the world's first man - made river links, river diversion and micro watershed of Udaipur basin, Rajasthan, India' published in Pacific Business Review, a referred quarterly journal of Pacific Institute of Management, Udaipur. The research was done by Dr. Narpat Singh Rathore, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Geography, University College of Social Science & Humanities, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur and Resource Person of Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, The City Palace Complex, Udaipur.

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