Harishchandra Narmada Badrinath Rathod
Founder & Director TDRF(Target Disaster Response Force)
Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod was born on 9th May 1983 in a farmer family of village Chandapur in Yavatmal district (in a small village).
In college life, he participated in the National Cadet Corps(NCC) and studied military training lessons. From then onwards, he decided to work for nationalism, national security and nation affairs. He received the Best Firer from the Riffle Shooting Competition in Pratap Training Organization during training, in the military training camp in Army Training Center at Kamathi in the Guard Regiment, which is a very important place in the Indian Army. Later, in the border area of Jammu and Kashmir, he studied border areas of Indo-Pakistan and took military training at NIC Camp.
Harishchandra Rathod, during the pre-preparatory training of Republic Day in 2004, during the training process for the election of Republic Day Pared, In December 26, 2004, due to the Great Disaster Destruction, Tsunami, many lives and many of the victims were homeless. Lots of lives have gone. Indian soldiers in Tsunami were working rescue operations all day long.
At the same time, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod, in order to prevent the loss of life and financial loss, he helped people by saving the lives of citizens by resorting to preventive action at the national level, not only at the national level, but also in the natural and man-made disaster, at the same time, in view of the reflection of any force or mechanism to protect the citizens in the emergency situation in our country Harsihchandra Rathod decided to form the organization.
During the training, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod chose the Slithring of the Commando for the Prime Minister Rally. After participating in the PM rally, he was elected to the Tea Party on the PM House for his outstanding and courageous performance.
He was awarded a qualification certificate from the Director General of the National Cadet Corps(DG NCC) for his outstanding performance.
At that time, on December 26, 2004, India had to face a major disaster like Tsunami. There was a large number of live and collapse in this Tsunami. In February 2005 Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod returned home from Delhi. In such a case, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod remembered that the solution to set up an organization that will create disaster is incomplete. Immediately, he developed this concept and founded a disaster response force.
Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod adopted the different subjects of Disaster management, He started giving training in disaster management with different disciplines to people.
In the meantime, in June 2013, due to the disaster that occurred in Uttarakhand, there was a large number of live was lost and in life-threatening condition people are living there. Soon, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod teamed up with the team of TDRF to reach the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand and to save the lives of the people and provided free help to homeless people by distributing food items, medicines and essential items.
Due to matchless work done by Harishchandra Rathod, he was honored in the Gaurav Samaroh organized by Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha at Delhi by Altamas Kabir, Chief Justice of the then Supreme Court of India.
On January 31, 2015, a 2-year-old boy (Suraj) fell into a hole in the borewell in Nignur village in Umarkhed taluka of Yavatmal district. Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod took the child out of the hole with a tireless efforts of 14 hours after being in dire straits.
In college life, he participated in the National Cadet Corps(NCC) and studied military training lessons. From then onwards, he decided to work for nationalism, national security and nation affairs. He received the Best Firer from the Riffle Shooting Competition in Pratap Training Organization during training, in the military training camp in Army Training Center at Kamathi in the Guard Regiment, which is a very important place in the Indian Army. Later, in the border area of Jammu and Kashmir, he studied border areas of Indo-Pakistan and took military training at NIC Camp.
Harishchandra Rathod, during the pre-preparatory training of Republic Day in 2004, during the training process for the election of Republic Day Pared, In December 26, 2004, due to the Great Disaster Destruction, Tsunami, many lives and many of the victims were homeless. Lots of lives have gone. Indian soldiers in Tsunami were working rescue operations all day long.
At the same time, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod, in order to prevent the loss of life and financial loss, he helped people by saving the lives of citizens by resorting to preventive action at the national level, not only at the national level, but also in the natural and man-made disaster, at the same time, in view of the reflection of any force or mechanism to protect the citizens in the emergency situation in our country Harsihchandra Rathod decided to form the organization.
During the training, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod chose the Slithring of the Commando for the Prime Minister Rally. After participating in the PM rally, he was elected to the Tea Party on the PM House for his outstanding and courageous performance.
He was awarded a qualification certificate from the Director General of the National Cadet Corps(DG NCC) for his outstanding performance.
At that time, on December 26, 2004, India had to face a major disaster like Tsunami. There was a large number of live and collapse in this Tsunami. In February 2005 Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod returned home from Delhi. In such a case, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod remembered that the solution to set up an organization that will create disaster is incomplete. Immediately, he developed this concept and founded a disaster response force.
Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod adopted the different subjects of Disaster management, He started giving training in disaster management with different disciplines to people.
In the meantime, in June 2013, due to the disaster that occurred in Uttarakhand, there was a large number of live was lost and in life-threatening condition people are living there. Soon, Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod teamed up with the team of TDRF to reach the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand and to save the lives of the people and provided free help to homeless people by distributing food items, medicines and essential items.
Due to matchless work done by Harishchandra Rathod, he was honored in the Gaurav Samaroh organized by Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha at Delhi by Altamas Kabir, Chief Justice of the then Supreme Court of India.
On January 31, 2015, a 2-year-old boy (Suraj) fell into a hole in the borewell in Nignur village in Umarkhed taluka of Yavatmal district. Harishchandra Badrinath Rathod took the child out of the hole with a tireless efforts of 14 hours after being in dire straits.
Education:
- MSW (Master of Social Work)
- B.Sc. (Bachlor of Science)
- CDM(Certificate in Disaster Management)
Special training and expertise in disaster management:
- Master trainer: DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) from NIDM (National Institute of Disaster Management) Govt of India.
- Scuba Diving: Scuba Diving training Goa.
- Master trainer search and rescue : 5th Bn NDRF Govt of India
- Trainers Course, Disaster Management
- MFR-Medical First Responder
- FWR-Flood Water Rescue
- CSSR-Collapse Structure Search & Rescue)
- Authorized trainer for Disaster Management State of Maharashtra: Disaster Management and search and rescue operation
- Master Trainer: (Yashada Pune Govt. of M.S.) Authorized training center, Govt. Of M.S.
- Training of Emergency Support Functions and Departmental sops for Festival-2015,
- Disaster Management Master Trainer – 2016
- Authorized trainer and expert in first aid. I.R.C.S. – Indian Red Cross Society, Delhi.
- Official letter from N.D.M.A. (National Disaster Management Authority) Govt of India on having excellent knowledge in civil safety.
Special skills certification and training:
- Special certificate for Slithering Commando at the hands of DG NCC Lt. Gen. M.C. Bhandari at RD parade 2005 Delhi
- Cleared NCC C certification course in Grade A in 2005.
- Best Firer Award- Army Attachment Camp with Regular Army- Guard Regiment Kamptee -Nagpur 2000
Special military training:
- Special armed training at Guard regiment Kamptee at Army Attachment Camp with regular army.
- Completed 3-year training of NCC in senior division Army wing.
- NIC camp at J & K 2002, Study and training of India-Pakistan border area.
- Completed Slithering Commando training and did Marching at RD parade(PM Rally) Delhi in 2005.
- Participated in Prime Minister’s RD parade in 2005 at Delhi.
Awards on behalf of Central and State Govt. and other (For work in Disaster Management & Social Work):
- State youth award (Govt. of M.S.) : First State Youth Award 2013-14 by Govt. of Maharashtra
- District youth award (Govt. of M.S.) : First District Youth Award by Govt. of Maharashtra and Yavatmal district sport officer
- Certificate by District Collector (Govt. of M.S.) : Certificate of excellence from District collector Yavatmal for being active in the field of disaster management for past 18 years.
- Certificate by District Collector (Govt. of M.S.) : Certificate of excellence from District collector Washim for helping the administration to control crowd in times of Pohradevi Utsav.
- Certificate by District Collector (Govt. of M.S.) : Certificate of excellence from District collector Yavatmal for crating awareness about national flag amount youngsters through Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
- Certificate by NYK (Govt. of India) : Certificate of excellence from Nehru Yuva Kendra Govt. of India for the work in motivating youth for national cause.
- Felicitation by Tahsildar (Govt. of M.S.) : Was felicitated by Tahsildar for the work in times of Covid-19 crisis.
- Certificate by District Collector (Govt. of Uttarakhand): Certificate by Govt. of Uttarakhand for providing help in disaster management during the natural calamity. Was awarded with this certificate at the hands of Mr. Dilip Jawalkar (IAS) District collector of Rudrapryag, Uttarakhand.
- Special Award (Govt. of M.S.) : Certificate of appreciation for providing help in disaster management during the natural calamity in Uttarakhand. Was awarded at the hands of the then guardian minister of Yavatmal on 15 August 2013.
- Certificate by Rastriya Sainik Sanstha : Certificate of appreciation at the hands Chief Justise of India Altamus Kabir for providing help in disaster management during the natural calamity in Uttarakhand.
- Special award (Govt. of M.S.): Was awarded at the hands of the then guardian minister of Yavatmal for rescuing a boy from bore well pit in Umarkhed talukaof Yavatmal district.
- Certificate by District Collector (Govt. of M.S.): Certificate of Govt. authorized disaster management trainer at the hands of District collector Yavatmal
- Certificate by Superintendent of Police (Govt. of M.S.): Certificate of Govt. authorized disaster management trainer at the hands of Superintendent of police Yavatmal.
- Certificate by Tahsildar (Govt. of M.S.): Certificate of courage and appreciation for saving an eight-year-old girl from drowning at Nandgaon Khandeshwar (Amravati) at the hands of Tahsildar Nandgaon Khandeshwar in 2012.
- Certificate by Tahsildar (Govt. of M.S.): Certificate of courage and appreciation for implementing search and rescue operation in flood affected Renukapur village in Babhulgaon taluka of Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. Was awarded at the hands of Tahsildar Babhulgaon.
Social Works
1. Disaster Management
- Did various types of social works in Covid-19 crises
- Saving lives of thousands of victims trapped in natural and manmade calamities.
- Providing training in all sectors of disaster management
- Working in areas of crowd management and civil safety
2. Youth empowerment
- Providing civil safety training to youngsters
- Providing adventure and first aid training to Bharat Scout Gide students
- Motivating youth of Nehru Yuva Kendra to work for a national cause
- Celebrating nation youth day and motivating youth to work for a national cause.
3. National Level Work (Nation First)
- Creating awareness about national flag among youth through ‘Har Ghar Tiranaga’ campaign
- Organizing National flag rally to make the youth aware the importance of respecting national flag
- Creating awareness about pulse polio
- Organizing voter awareness rally to create awareness about voting
- Active participation in Pani Foundation to fight against draught
4. Work for the backwards/Slum Areas/Tribals
- Proving disaster management training to tribal students of tribal schools & hostels.
- Proving disaster management training to slum youth.
- Proving disaster management and first aid training to youth from Pardi Beda.
5. Tree Plantation and Conservation
- Planting and focusing on conservation of tress every year
- Organizing different types of programs to mark Vanmahotsav and Krishi Din
6. Work in Rural Sector
- Educating and training the rural citizens about the mental and social support during calamity
- Providing disaster management training to school students in terms of accidents.
- Adopting a village and implementing various social and cleanliness drive.
7. Social Work (Health sector)
- Organizing blood Donation camps
- Helping in various public events
8. Woman Empowerment
- Providing training to women on first aid
- Providing training to women home (Kitchen) safety
9. International Level work
- Providing training to youth to mark World first aid day
- Helping victims of earthquake in Nepal
- Providing training to NCC and NSS students to mark World Disaster Reduction Day
- Organizing Yoga Camp on World Yoga Day
10. Cultivating military qualities in youth
- Providing training to youth to stay motivated to work for the National Cause
- Motivating youth to join Indian Armed Forces
- Motivating students of NSS and NCC to join Indian Armed Forces
11. Sports
- Organizing training camp for archery
- Organizing Yoga camps
- Providing training of rifle shooting to rural and urban youth
- Providing free of charge sports training to youth of Pardhi Beda
- Providing free of charge adventure training to rural urban youth
12. Work for the Martyrs
- Paying tribute to martyred Jawans, who worked in naxal affected areas. Felicitating their parents and family members. Also providing information about Govt schemes for them.
- In this soldier’s village Harsul of Darwha taluka of Yavatmal district, after many efforts, a bus stand was made for the Maharashtra ST Corporation bus to stop.
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