Based on the applications, the participants are screened for personal interviews. The participants aspiring to join NIRMAN have to fill up an introspective questionnaire, which includes questions regarding their values, goals in life, personality characteristics, decisions, interaction with social realities, etc. NIRMAN is providing a common platform for youth to engage, self-educate and decide on how they can make a difference to the society. Inspired by the 'Nai Talim' system of education started by Mahatma Gandhi, NIRMAN was set up to provide training in leadership to youth from all over the state. Young boys and girls across Maharashtra, including Pune, Mumbai, Nanded, Nashik, Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Parbhani, Solapur, Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur and Gadchiroli take part in this program. To prepare youth in these endeavours they launched NIRMAN as a training program for youth. ĭr Abhay and Dr Rani Bang, through their NGO SEARCH, are striving since over two decades for improving the public health in rural areas of the country are also involved in social crusades like anti-addiction, fight against evil practices. NIRMAN provides guidance, expertise and environment to inculcate self learning and encourages youth for social action. It is an educational process to train the youth to take up crucial issues and problems in society. Abhay and Rani Bang to identify, nurture and organize young change makers to solve various societal challenges. NIRMAN is a youth initiative started in 2006 by Dr.