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Rain water Harvesting Expert Vijay Kedia Shares his KFP Mission with
Passion at Shridhar University Pilani
Date: 04-21-2011 10:55 AM CET
Category: Energy & Environment
Press release from: Shridhar University Pilani Rajasthan
Water is a basic requirement for all life, yet water resources are facing increasing demands from, and competition among,
users. The importance of water is evident from the fact that for this year World Heritage Day on April 18, 2011, the theme
chosen is “The Cultural Heritage of Water”. Mr Vijay Kumar Kedia who holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from BITS -
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani has his roots at the famous town of Laxmangarh in Sikar district of
Shekhawati Rajasthan.
After his indulgence for over a decade with flourishing construction business, during 90s Vijay switched over to farming at
Jambhali in Paithan Taluka in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. Despite the presence of several check dams with 25000
cubic meters water holding capacity in the reservoirs, water became a matter of life & death for success of his farming.
When all existing methods of rainwater harvesting also could not solve his thirst for water, Vijay Kedia started experimenting
on his own. With his knowledge, experience and research, he came up with a revolutionary invention - Kedia Farm Pattern
(KFP) Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) system and got a patent for same also. He then founded Varsha Jal for sharing his
expertise to the nation at large. KFP indeed is a unique technology that can harvest up to 80% rainwater underground, contrary
to other RWH technologies which can store only up to 18% rainwater above ground which is open to evaporation.
On April 6, 2011, Vijay Kedia visited Shridhar University Pilani and interacted with Chancellor Mr Vijay Pal Yadav, Vice
Chancellor Lt Gen (Retd) Mahesh Vij and Pro Vice Chancellor Prof BR Natarajan. Addressing the faculty members of the
University, Jal Mitra Kedia shared his mission with passion for rain water harvesting and salient features of the Kedia Farm
Pattern – KFP scheme.
For more details about Shridhar University Pilani see www.shridharuniversity.ac.in and about KFP Technology and
franchisee options contact Varsha – Jal contact A 6-7, Suyash complex, 2nd Floor, Aurangabad - 431005 (M.S.) India Phone:
91- 0240-3203183 Email: info@varshajal.com website: www.varshajal.com/
About Shridhar University: An initiative of the Sarvhit Trust, Shridhar University Pilani has been established under Section
2(f) of UGC Act 1956 incorporated by Government of Rajasthan vide Ordinance No. 3 of 2009 and the same ratified by the
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly vide Act No. 4 of 2010 as The SHRIDHAR UNIVERSITY ACT BIGODNA, JHUNJHUNU.
Further, Vide letter F.No 8-3/2010(CPP-I/PU) dated 31 May 2010; the University Grants Commission (UGC) has also notified
Shridhar University under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956. ISO 9001:2008 certified Shridhar University has 11 Schools of
Learning offering various Certificate, Diploma, Under Graduate, Post Graduate as well as Doctoral programmes. In order to
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prepare students for a global future, Shridhar University has actively taken up collaborations with various national &
international institutions and already has signed MoU with top ranking Athens University of Economics and Business -
AUEB, Greece. www.shridharuniversity.ac.in
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