Budhaji Damse
Budhaji Damse is the co-founder and president of the Shashwat Trust in Junnar, Maharashtra, a grassroots organisation that works on ensuring the rights of Adivasi, tribal, and indigenous communities in the Pune district. He has helped communities develop sustainable fishing, agriculture, and solar irrigation techniques. As a community leader and a key member of the Dimbhe Jalashay Shramik Adivasi Macchimar Sahakari Society, he continues to work towards equitable and inclusive fishing and land rights, ensuring that marginalised communities benefit from the development process. In 2024, he received the SPJIMR Alumni Award for Social Excellence.
Areas of expertise
Inclusive development, rights, livelihoods
Articles by Budhaji Damse
March 14, 2025
Destruction to development: How Adivasi groups organised for land and fishing rights
The construction of Dimbhe Dam had upended the lives of Pune’s Adivasi communities. Here's how they transformed dispossession into development.
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