Adopt A Village - Nagod Gaam

NRI’s to adopt 500 villages in India

Source: The Economic Times

WASHINGTON: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in the US will adopt 500 villages in India as part of their effort to develop the rural areas of the county.... Read More

Helping NRI's in Distress

OVBI helped get Indian hostages released from Nigerian hostage

Saumya and Vishwas’s father was one of the four Indians abducted in Nigeria. They approached OVBI, and our volunteers quickly sprung into action, which ultimately helped get the hostag... Read More

Project Surajya - Good Governance

OVBI Good Governance Partner SSU’s scholar represented India in BRICS

Source: Sri Sri University

Abhishek Jagini from SSU who completed his two years Masters program in Good Governance and Public Policy (Political Governance)  has been chosen as the India representative in the 3rd BRIC... Read More

Test halgara

Yahoo Employee Foundation contributes $25K for Latur Village

Source: OVBI

Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF) contributed $25000 (16 lacs approx) for supporting the efforts to bring water to drought affected Halgara village (District Latur). Many congratulations to OV... Read More

Project Water Is Life: Halgara Water Body Rejuvenation

Art of living to setup water research institute in India.

Source: The India Times

Overseas Volunteers for a Better India with support from TiE charter members organized India Water Summit. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founder of Art of living said the fully-dedicated water resear... Read More

OVBI Technology Initiatives

San Francisco Bay Area-based Team Takes 3rd in TiE Smart Cities Hackathon Competition

Source: India West

San Francisco Bay Area-based Team Vishvakarma, a three-member hackathon team comprised of Indian Americans Jithun Nair, Arovit Narula and Parag Shah, was awarded $2,000 during TiEcon 2016 at... Read More