Dewdrops: 2007

Convenor of Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan
K. N. Govindacharya was born in the holy city of Tirupati. His father Shri Nil Meghacharya moved to the most holy City of Varanasi as a lecturer in Sanskrit University when child Govindacharya was of very tender age. K.N. Govindacharya got his education in Varanasi. He completed his M.sc. from Banaras Hindu University in 1962. As a student Leader in Various stages, Mr. K.N. Govindacharya was very active and closely associated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. After his Masters in 1962 he became a RSS Pracharak.
1974 was a turning point in the history of Indian politics when Shri Jayaprakash Narayan gave the call of Sampurna Kranti (Total Revolution). Shri K.N. Govindacharya played a crucial role in the movement , popularly called as JP movement . In 1988, he was drafted into Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on request. He was General Secretary of the Party till the year 2000.
K.N. Govindacharya was considered chief ideologue for Bharatiya Janata Party and the brain behind several successful Campaigns. He is a walking University on several issues. He promoted and pioneered Swadeshi and Hindutva Revival. He identified Shri Rama Janam Bhumi issue and started Aandolan , which is still on. A Rath Yatra was conceived by shri Govindacharyaji which was undertaken by Shri LK Advani. Shri LK Advani owes a lot to Shri KN Govindacharya. He was the chief architect of the party in mid- 90’s and was responsible for the social engineering trigger. He stands for Equal Opportunities.
Shri K.N. Govindacharya forsaw the disastrous impact of Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations and the prospects of World Trade Organization (WTO). His vision for India did not fit India joined the WTO in mid 1990s. It was very much agonizing for him when he found that not only BJP, but all the mainstream political parties are more than willing to follow the dictates of the WTO without caring for its implications. In this background Shri K.N. Govindacharya decided to take “sabbatical leave” from the active politics in September, 2000 . He took this step after due consultations.
He devoted himself to studied for 2 years on the impact of globalisation on polity, society, economy and culture in India.In course of his study, Shri K.N. Govindacharya realised that in the Indian context State alone can not be the decisive force. Here social capital and cultural practices play far more important role even in economic development of the country. Today Shri K.N. Govindacharya believes that challenges before the nation have to be confronted on three fronts – creative, intellectual and agitational. Therefore, he founded three organizations to fight on these three fronts.
*Bharat Vikas Sangam : This is working for needed model of economic development directed towards swadeshi and decentralisation.
*Kautilya Shodh Sansthan: This is a research organisation working in the civilisational context of Bharat.
*Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan : This organisation opposes the anti people and anti nature policies of the governments without having any political aspiration of its own.
His Contact Address is
535, 2nd Floor, Double Storey Area, New Rajender Nagar, New Delhi. Phone : 011-28742395