Rtn. AKS Adv. N Sundaravadivelu, District Governor of Rotary Club of Coimbatore, conferred Dr. Vishwanath of Athachi Group the Award of Excellence for his nature-centric farming techniques that transformed an arid 20-acre land in Palakkad into a biodiverse agroforest farm. 

A graduate in Medical Sciences from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Dr. Vishwanath did his Master’s in Public Health at The Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. The insights he gained on health challenges due to stress, pollution, chemical contaminants in food, and unhealthy habits made him search for “natural preventive solutions” instead of “prescribed medications”. 

Delving into the ancient Indian scriptures including Ayurveda, nature-centric and cow-centric farming methods such as Vedic Farming, Rishi Krishi, Vrikshayurveda etc. and soil-enriching practices such as Miyawaki, Dhabolkar, Permaculture, Pranic, Biodiverse, and Biodynamic farming, he combined the best of these practices with nature-friendly technologies, to co-evolve the Athachi Trust Nature® initiative - a long-term solution to re-empower nature with its regenerative potential, preserve its biodiversity, and further its beauty by fostering a holistic, harmonious living. 

Dr. Vishwanath successfully implemented the Athachi Trust Nature initiative in the 20-acre barren land in Elapully, Palakkad, that has come alive today as a sustainable, biodiverse agro-forest farm where animals, birds, plants, and humans co-exist happily, and the farm yields a spectrum of potent botanicals and rare herbs, besides flower, fruits, vegetables, and heirloom varieties of food crops of the finest quality in abundance.

Heaping praise, Rotary District Governor said, “Dr. Vishwanath’s passion beyond his profession to co-evolve the Trust Nature initiative has rekindled the regenerative power of soil, transformed the barren land into a biodiverse forest fostering harmonious living with nature, and has sowed the seeds to mitigate the impact of Climate Change.”