Biodata

1957: Birth at Berlin, Germany.

1975 - 77: Vocational training as computer programmer.

1979 - 98: Employment as computer programmer at Technical University of Berlin.

1983 - dato: Extensive travels to India. PDF

1983: Involvement in German peace movement; Establishment of Gandhi Information Center, Berlin (chairperson from 1983 to 1992). PIC

1984: First major exhibition on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi in Berlin. VID VID VID PIC PIC PIC

Co-author of the book My Life Is My Message - Das Leben und Wirken von M.K. Gandhi (German). WWW PDF

1985: Prabhudas Gandhi becomes mentor and friend. WWW

Adviser to ORF (Austrian TV) for a TV program on Gandhi, Mirabehn, the Chipko movement, and ecology in the Himalaya region (Bäume umarmen - Hugging Trees). VID

That's what the Stasi (Secret service of German Democratic Republic) documented about Peter Rühe: PDF

1986: PDF

1987: Leading first group tour In the Footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi to India. VID VID VID VID VID VID PIC

Major exhibition on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi in Israel. WWW PDF

Adviser to ZDF/3SAT (German TV) for a 3-hours TV programme on Gandhi. VID

1988: Preparation of an extensive photo archive on Gandhi and India's independence movement (until 1994). WWW

Consultant to ZDF (German TV) for a TV quiz on Gandhi. VID

1991: Organised an annual drawing competition Mahatma Gandhi - As I See Him in Rajkot (Gujarat/India). VID VID VID VID VID

Establishment and promotion of the International youth project The Gandhi Bridge of Understanding. WWW PDF

1992: Award for his life work by the Gujarati Writers' Association, Rajkot. PDF PDF

Organised an annual drawing competition Mahatma Gandhi - As I See Him in Rajkot and Amreli (Gujarat/India). VID VID VID VID

1996: Award Photographer of the Year by Dinodia Picture Agency, Mumbai. WWW

1997: Director research for a documentary TV serial on Gandhi directed by Ketan Mehta, Mumbai.

1998: Direction and production of the audio visual show NAMASTÉ - A Journey Across India Following The Footprints Of Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi VID, English VID and German VID language. WWW

Establishment of the not-for-profit company GandhiServe e.K. in Germany. WWW

1998 - dato: Design and administration of the most extensive web site on Mahatma Gandhi, GandhiServe's Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service. WWW

1999: Promotion of Search-n-Research in India, a countrywide project for the identification and conservation of original material on and by Mahatma Gandhi.

2001: Initiation and coordination of GandhiServe's Earthquake Relief Campaign in Gujarat. PIC

Author of the photo biography Gandhi, published by Phaidon Press, London/New York. WWW

2002: Establishment of the charitable GandhiServe Foundation in Berlin, Germany. WWW

Launch of the Indian edition of the photo biography. VID