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       NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL
       DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ
       Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

                                                                               No: 290

                                                            PRAGATI
                                                            Newsletter
                                                            July 2019

Promoting appropriate technologies and entrepreneurship in rural areas:
initiatives     of the Rural Technology Park,
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                                                                         Promoting appropriate technologies and
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Convergence meeting               Mid-career training programme     Training Programme on
on POSHAN Abhiyaan                of senior officers of Madhya      MGNREGS and DAY – NRLM:
implementation in Telangana to    Pradesh State Administrative      Promoting Labour Mobility
make Telangana malnutrition-      Service                           and Social Audit with CBO
free                                                                Participation

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ToT programme on Promoting        Training Programme on             Programme for bankers
Better Livelihoods through        Geospatial Technologies for       on Credit Management in
Livestock                         Planning and Management of        Agriculture & MSME Sectors
                                  PMGSY Roads

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Five-day regional training        NIRDPR off-campus training        Library Talks: Unknown perils of
programme on Geo-Spatial          programme on Research and         table-salt revealed
Technologies for Planning and     Training Methodology for Rural
Management of PMGSY Roads         Development Professionals

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CFIE organises an awareness       Regional ToT programme on
programme on Financial Literacy   Strategies for E-Governance for
                                  Better Service Delivery

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                                                           The entrance of RTP, NIRDPR

Promoting appropriate technologies and entrepreneurship in rural areas:
initiatives of the Rural Technology Park, NIRDPR

G    lobally,   the   role   of   science,
     technology and innovations is being
considered as a vital component for
                                                 promoting better entrepreneurship and
                                                 sustainable livelihood of the common
                                                 man.
                                                                                                and sustainable technologies with a
                                                                                                specific focus to address the problems
                                                                                                being faced by people in rural India.
promoting national growth. In India, use              One of the major challenges is            At the same time, strategies such
of science and technology for addressing         to address the issues in the sectors           as upgrading skills and capabilities;
the developmental issues was actively            such as energy, environment, food,             supporting micro-enterprise and self-
considered with the introduction of              nutrition, water, sanitation, habitat and      employment; and creating new models
science policy framework brought out by          affordable healthcare affecting people         for social protection must be taken- up
the government in 1958. Over the years,          in rural India. The other important            urgently to address these challenges of
several steps have been introduced by            aspect which needs greater attention           unemployment. Taking these aspects
the government in furthering this goal.          is the issue of unemployment. Despite          into consideration, the National Institute
One of the recent steps in this direction        India’s     sustained       average   growth   of Rural Development and Panchayati
is the declaration of this decade as                                                               Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad established
the ‘Decade of Innovation (2010-                                                                   the Rural Technology Park (RTP) in
2020).’ The Government of India               The impact of promoting appropriate                  2003 to undertake capacity building
has made further pronouncements               technology and entrepreneurship by NIRDPR            initiatives for promoting sustainable
of its vision by introducing the              through the Rural Technology Park has                livelihood   and     entrepreneurship
‘Science, Technology and Innovation           been well recognised and appreciated by              among people from rural areas.
Policy, 2013’ which underlines the            various stakeholders associated with rural
                                                                                                   Initiatives of NIRDPR in promoting
importance of promoting social good                          development
                                                                                                   appropriate        technology     and
and economic wealth among people                                                                   entrepreneurship
at the outcome level. In order to
                                                                                                   a) Rural Technology Park and
translate this important goal into reality,      in the recent years, the avenues for           technology units
it is important that R&D institutions            providing       adequate        employment
                                                                                                    In order to achieve these objectives,
actively engage in identifying issues,           generation potential have not grown
                                                                                                a wide range of appropriate and
especially those plaguing development            proportionately. These critical issues can
                                                                                                affordable   rural   technologies    have
of people in rural India, and also utilise       be addressed effectively by involving
                                                                                                been identified and promoted through
the scientific solutions developed for           R&D institutions to develop appropriate
                                                                                                various technology units established

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An aerial view of RTP, NIRDPR
at the RTP. For this purpose, NIRDPR            variety of materials and technologies,                vermicomposting,       manufacturing      of
has developed a unique partnership              blending       both     the     traditional    and    handmade paper, herbal products, neem
approach with dynamic technology                modern materials and techniques. These                oil and cake processing, natural dyeing,
development agencies, entrepreneurs             structures are chiefly constructed utilising          soya and millet processing, aromatic
and    non-governmental       organisations     locally available materials and skills of the         oil extraction, etc. In addition, the RTP
for realising this objective. As part of        people. The cost of construction of these             also conducts several exposure-cum-
this important activity, NIRDPR has             structures is around 25 per cent to 50 per            orientation programmes to rural people,
been identifying appropriate and path-          cent less than that of the conventional               officials, college and school students
breaking innovations being developed            construction cost depending on the                    regularly.
by R&D institutions which can be utilised       variations in soil type and local availability        b)   Rural Technology and Crafts Mela
to    promote     entrepreneurship        and   of materials. Over 100 technologies are
                                                                                                           The RTP has been organising the
sustainable livelihood for the benefit          depicted in the 20 different typology
                                                                                                      ‘Rural Technology and Crafts Melas’
of people from rural areas. Over 20             buildings demonstrated in this centre.
                                                                                                      as a part of NIRDPR’s Foundation Day
technology units have been established                Every year, nearly 100 training                 celebrations since 2003. Over the years,
for      providing      entrepreneurship        programmes        involving         about     3,000   several rural innovators, artisans, self-help
development training programmes, and            people      on        various       technologies      group members and entrepreneurs from
discussions with numerous potential             are    conducted.        This    initiative    has    various parts of the country participated
agencies are being carried out. In              successfully led to the establishment                 in the mela displaying an amazing range
addition,   recently,   the     Career-cum-     of entrepreneurial activities by a large              of products. Every year, rural innovators,
Guidance Centre of CAPART in Vaishali           number of SHGs and youth in rural areas.              self-help groups, artisans, handloom
has been taken over by RTP, NIRDPR and          Some of the entrepreneurial initiatives               weavers and rural entrepreneurs across
training programmes have been initiated.        started by them include manufacturing                 the country participate in the mela. The
      Another important entity established      of home-based products, mushroom                      products displayed and sold include
at the RTP is the National Rural Building       cultivation,          sustainable        housing      handicrafts,     handlooms,    khadi     and
Centre (NRBC), which brings together a          technologies, mud block making, solar                 village industries products, medicinal
range of cost-effective and eco-friendly        equipment production, leaf plate making,              and aromatic products, leather goods,
construction    technologies      using     a   honey      production         and     processing,     wooden         toys,   decorative      items,

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processed traditional food items, coir           and West Bengal. As a special event,          rural innovators. The event functions as
products, wood carvings, brassware, jute         the ‘National Fish Festival,’ sponsored       a platform to an array of rural innovators
and cloth products, fashion and tribal           by the National Fisheries Development         and budding start-ups to showcase
jewelry, solar energy- based applications/       Board was conducted to popularise             their products, ideas/technologies and
products,    etc.,   which     attract   huge    fish consumption in the country and           to connect with mentors and investors.
number of visitors. Primarily, the mela is       to create awareness among the people          Through this event, NIRDPR aims to
conducted to showcase and promote sale           on the health benefits of fish. Fish stalls   connect       innovators/start-ups     with
of products, scope for creating market           had served various exotic fish cuisines       appropriate     institutions,   incubators,
linkages and exchange of knowledge on            for the visitors. Over 50,000 people          investors and financial institutions for
entrepreneurship, dissemination of rural         visited the mela during this five-day long    their development, scaling up and
technologies and innovations which are           event. The event was well appreciated         commercialisation of their technologies/
developed by different organisations/            by entrepreneurs, visitors and officials      innovations. Keeping in view the good
individuals that are useful to the people        of various institutions. The mela is even     response and encouraging feedback, the
at one place, and to create awareness            being compared with the large SARAS           event is being conducted annually. The
and linkages between consumers and               melas conducted by the government             second edition of RISC was organised for
entrepreneurs/technologists.                     annually in the State capitals across the     two days during 30th – 31st August, 2018
    Continuing the tradition, the 16th           country for its grandeur and successful       at NIRDPR. Hon’ble Vice President of India
Rural Technology and Crafts Mela was             outreach.                                     Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the
organised from 29     th
                           November to 3    rd
                                                 c)   Rural Innovators Start-up                exhibition organised to showcase the
December, 2018 with the theme as                 Conclave                                      work of innovators and start-ups. Over
‘People`s   Planning:      A   Decentralised                                                   150 stalls were on display during the
                                                      In the memory of late Dr. APJ Abdul
Strategy for Sustainable Development.’                                                         event. The dignitaries interacted with
                                                 Kalam who championed the cause of
Over 220 stalls were under display by                                                          the participants about their technologies
                                                 innovations, NIRDPR has initiated the
the participants from 20 States which                                                          and encouraged them with their words of
                                                 Rural   Innovators    Start-up   Conclave
include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,                                                          wisdom.
                                                 (RISC) in the year 2017 for promoting
Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu              innovations and creating an ecosystem for         The RISC 2018 was organised on
&   Kashmir,    Karnataka,      Maharashtra,     accelerating innovations, start-ups/rural     seven themes namely, agriculture &
Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan,           technologies towards rural development        Allied Activities, Green Energy, Waste
Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh             and to encourage/muster the support for       to Wealth, Sustainable Housing, Health
                                                                                               &   Elderly   Care,   Drinking Water      &
                                                                                               Sanitation, and Sustainable Livelihood.
                                                                                               In addition, a sub-event titled ‘Rural
                                                                                               Innovation and Design (RIDe) Challenge’
                                                                                               for students from schools and colleges,
                                                                                               and the general public was organised
                                                                                               to provide an opportunity to come up
                                                                                               with solutions to problems being faced
                                                                                               in rural areas on the themes specified
                                                                                               for RISC 2018. Around 300 innovators,
                                                                                               start-ups and students from 23 States
                                                                                               across the country attended the event
                                                                                               in which 71 innovations, 30 start-ups
                                                                                               and 63 ideas under RIDe Challenge were
                                                                                               displayed. Besides, premier government
                                                                                               institutions such as the National Research
                                                                                               Development        Cooperation,       Indian
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President of India addressing the gathering on the
                                                                                               Institute of Packaging and National
occasion of the inaugural of RISC-2018

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Small Industries Cooperation, etc., also                                                     promote rural innovations in the country.                            and relevant for the products developed/
displayed their technologies for the                                                         Many innovators identified through                                   manufactured by the rural artisan,
benefit of the participants. The State                                                       the platform are being recognised and                                entrepreneurs, SHGs, are not accessible to
Councils of Science and Technologies of                                                      have successfully scaled-up their work                               the said rural entrepreneurs. NIRDPR, with
different States and the MS Swaminathan                                                      as result of the support and recognition                             its mandate of connecting with the rural
Foundation                    actively            associated                 and             gained from this event. Apart from this,                             communities and transfer of technology,
supported the efforts for identifying                                                        the finalists are being provided exposure                            is playing vital role in creating a platform
innovators and start-ups across the                                                          on packaging, marketing and design                                   for the S&T institutions to showcase the
country. A proceeding based on the                                                           through                custom-made                     workshops     innovations/products relevant to rural
entries received from the innovators,                                                        organised by NIRDPR from time to time.                               areas. Many a times, the scientific and
start-ups and students has been brought                                                      The third edition of RISC will be held in                            technological institutions may not be
out for sharing the ideas with wider                                                         the month of August, 2019.                                           equipped with the social dynamics of
audience.                                                                                    d) Institutional collaborations and                                  rural landscape and application of these
         Awards for innovators and startups                                                  joint initiatives                                                    technologies at grassroots level do not
under each theme of the RISC event                                                                                                                                take off in view of issues of relevance,
                                                                                                      Many a times, the technologies
(totally           14         in       number)                 equivalent                                                                                         technical feasibility, practical applicability
                                                                                             developed                  by      various            institutions
to Rs.1.20 lakh and Rs.2.40 lakh for                                                                                                                              and financial viability for which NIRDPR
                                                                                             are in the shelves of institutions and
innovators and start-ups, respectively,                                                                                                                           can     facilitate     the   demonstration
                                                                                             laboratories which develop these and
were presented. For the participants of                                                                                                                           and feedback so as to fine tune the
                                                                                             the same does not reach the people who
RIDe, three awards i.e., Ist - Rs.10,000, IInd                                                                                                                    innovations/technology for its ultimate
                                                                                             can get benefitted by its application. The
– Rs.5,000 and III                    rd
                                           – Rs.3,000 for each                                                                                                    scale-up.
                                                                                             expertise of some of the Government
category of the participants (i.e. school                                                    Institutions such as Indian Institute of                                   In this direction, recently NIRDPR
students, college students and general                                                       Packaging (IIP), Hyderabad and National                              entered into collaboration with the Indian
public) in all seven themes of the RISC                                                      Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad,                                Institute of Packaging for utilising their
event were awarded. The event is being                                                       etc., are available to big industries and                            expertise of improving the packaging/
considered as an important platform to                                                       the same, though highly appropriate                                  labeling of the products of SHGs across
                                                                                                                                                                  the country. Two programmes have
                                                                                                                                                                  been conducted so far and the impact
                      FRAMEWORK OF RURAL TECHNOLOGY PARK
                                                                                                                                                                  generated by the programmes among
                                                                                                                                                                  SHGs    and    rural    entrepreneurs     has
                                                              SECTORS & ACTIVITIES
                                                                                                                                                                  been tremendous. Initiatives are being
                          AGRICULTURE & ALLIED SECTORS                                         SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
                                                                  Beekeeping                   National Rural Building Centre
                                                                                                                                                                  taken up, including collaborations with
                                                       Bacillus Thuringiensis                  Sustainable Typology Houses
                                                           Neem Processing
                                                           Vermicomposting
                                                                                               Building Material Production Centre
                                                                                               Sales Outlet
                                                                                                                                                                  government institutions such as DRDO
                                          Dairy and Low Cost Fish Hatchery                     Building Material Testing facility
                                               Hydroponics and Aquaponics                      Consulting Services                                                Labs, NFDB, CITD, etc., and industries.
                                 Electro Plating Coating for Agri-Implements

                              ORGANIC AND HOME PRODUCTS                                        FOOD PROCESSING                                                    In the recent discussions held with the
                                                            Herbal Products                    Soya Processing
                                                 Soaps and Washing Powders
                                                    House Cleaning Products
                                                                                               Mushroom Cultivation & Processing
                                                                                               Food Processing Machineries
                                                                                                                                                                  representatives of Principal Scientific
                                                          Agarbatti & Candle                   Food Preserving Machineries
                                                                                                                                                                  Advisor’s Office (PSA) and RuTAG–IITs, it
                                             SUSTAINABLE ENERGY                                CRAFTS AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES
                                                              Solar Lighting
                                            Solar Maintenance & Assembling
                                                                                               Handmade Paper
                                                                                               Natural Dyeing                                                     was felt that engagement with the larger
                                                               Solar Cooker                    Leaf Plate Making
                                                               Wind Energy
                                                      Waster Heat Recovery
                                                                                               Clay Art and Pottery
                                                                                               Tribal & Fashion Jewellery
                                                                                                                                                                  scientific community of the country could
                                                          Solar Wind Hybrid                    Ethnic Cloth Bags
                                                                Bio- Energy                                                                                       provide greater synergy to the initiatives
                                                 WATER & SANITATION                            INCUBATION CENTRE & STARTUP SUPPORT
                                                             Sanitation Park
                                                                                               Technologies & Crafts Mela
                                                                                               Rural Technology Alliance
                                                                                                                                                                  already being taken up at NIRDPR. Based
                                                     Watershed Management                      Incubation Services
                                                            Water Treatment                    Rural Innovators and Startup Conclaves                             on the above, a consultation workshop
                                                            Waterless Urinal                    & Workshops
                                                        Waste Management                       Design Centre
                                                        Bio-mass Briquetting                   Sales Outlet                                                       with S&T institutions such as CSIR,
                                                                                               Website & Newsletter
                                                                                               Innovators Café
                                                                                                                                                                  DST, DRDO, IIT RuTAGs and other R&D
                                                                                                                                                                  institutions was conducted to explore
                                                 STAKEHOLDERS & SERVICES                                                                                          the potential areas of collaboration at

ESTABLISHED ENTREPRENEURS RURAL YOUTH & WOMEN SHGs        INNOVATORS & ENTREPERENEURS DELEGATES & OFFICIALS DEPARTMENTS & NGOs SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

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   Institutions               Æ Mentoring Support         Æ   Incubation Services        Æ   Training Support for   Æ Training Support for
 Æ Transfer of Technologies   Æ Entrepreneurial Support Æ     Transfer of Technologies       Beneficiaries             Beneficiaries
                              Æ Linkage with Institutions                                                           Æ Project Planning &
                              Æ Transfer of Technologies                                                              Management Suport
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                                                                                              Some of the notable works executed
                                                                                              are construction of Medical Sub-centre
                                                                                              in Chhattisgarh, design of houses for
                                                                                              families displaced by Polavaram dam
                                                                                              project, design and construction of model
                                                                                              anganwadis     for   NATCO    Foundation,
                                                                                              testing and establishing mud block
                                                                                              construction project for Pragati Resorts,
                                                                                              technical support and supply of mud
                                                                                              blocks for numerous urban residences in
                                                                                              Hyderabad, etc.
                                                                                                  In the fisheries sector, projects
                                                                                              such as establishing eco-hatcheries,
                                                                                              supply of ice block making machines,
                                                                                              deboning machines, solar refrigerators,
                                                                                              and dehydrators for dry fish are being
                                                                                              taken-up. The agencies which availed
A participant demonstrates his innovation at Rural start-up conclave -2018
                                                                                              the services include National Fisheries
NIRDPR, Hyderabad. In addition, a joint         institution on an annual calendar basis.
                                                                                              Development Board, West Bengal State
workshop with institutions working on               •     Organising an ‘Annual S&T
                                                                                              Rural Livelihoods Mission, West Bengal
fisheries technology development was            Conclave’ to demonstrate some of the new
                                                                                              State   Cooperatives,     State   Fisheries
held in collaboration with the National         and emerging technologies developed
                                                                                              Department of Punjab, Telangana, etc. In
Fisheries Development Board.                    by government S&T institutions relevant
                                                                                              the front of renewable energy, projects
       Some    of     the   recommendations     for rural entrepreneurs.
                                                                                              which are related to wind, solar, bio-gas,
which emerged from the consultations                •     Creation   of     a    knowledge
                                                                                              etc., are being taken up. Notable works
are:                                            management entity for promoting rural
                                                                                              carried out include installations of hybrid
       •    A collaborative platform of S&T     technologies through newsletter/online
                                                                                              wind and solar mills on fishing boats
institutions for promoting technological        website/social media.
                                                                                              in Lakshadweep, installation of cage
solutions           for     entrepreneurship                                                  culture with hybrid solar and wind mills
development in rural areas is needed.           Consultancies and technical assistance
                                                                                              in Jharkhand, solar lighting solutions
       •    S&T institutions can undertake          The RTP has also been actively            for hatcheries in Bhubaneswar, solar
model village development initiative and        undertaking consultancies and technical       lighting and cooling systems for schools
undertake action research projects on           assistance for various clients including      in Telangana, etc.
critical issues wherever possible.              government bodies and private entities
                                                                                                  This unique approach of incubating
       •    Develop mechanisms for scaling      for promoting appropriate technologies.
                                                                                              successful entrepreneurs to mentor large
up innovations developed by RuTAG-IITs          Some of the areas in which such services
                                                                                              number of budding entrepreneurs is a
for demonstration and entrepreneurship          offered are: in sustainable housing,
                                                                                              path breaking initiative on many grounds.
promotion.                                      fisheries development, renewable energy,
                                                                                              The State Livelihoods Missions can adopt
       •    Technologies             already    food processing, preservation, etc. Several
                                                                                              this model to scale-up entrepreneurship
developed by respective S&T institutions        projects have been serviced by RTP with
                                                                                              promotion in rural areas for covering
such as CSIR, DST, DRDO, etc., which            the help of technology partner units
                                                                                              large number of beneficiaries.
are having big impact potential can be          and direct interventions. The activities
identified and promoted.                        undertaken in the sustainable housing
       •    Conducting        entrepreneurial   technology promotion include designing                             Dr. Ramesh Sakthivel
training programmes on mature and               buildings, mud block making and supply,                Associate Professor & Head, CIAT
market-ready technologies either at             on-site   supervision      and    guidance,
                                                                                                      Coverpage Design: Shri V G Bhat
NIRDPR or on the premises of S&T                training of masons and engineers, etc.

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Convergence meeting on POSHAN Abhiyaan implementation in Telangana to
make Telangana malnutrition-free

Dr . W. R. Reddy, IAS Director General , NIRDPR greeting Ms. Meital Rusdia, Chief, Unicef, HFO during the convergence meeting at NIRDPR

A     high-level     convergence
      was organised by Dr. Gyanmudra,
Professor      &     Head,
                                       meeting

                                  CGGPA,    and
                                                   was presented using issues and related
                                                   behaviours around life-cycle approach.
                                                                                                       Other     departments       shared
                                                                                                   work that is being done in the area of
                                                                                                   nutrition. Commissioner, Tribal Welfare
                                                                                                                                             the

                                                          Speaking     on       the   occasion,
Communication Resource Unit (CRU)                  Dr. W. R Reddy, IAS, Director General,          shared their efforts in implementing
team on 18th July, 2019 at National                NIRDPR emphasised that the efforts of the       Giri Poshana programme, which focuses
Institute of Rural Development Panchayat           State government and partners should be         on how diverse food items improve the
Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad with key line              towards 100 per cent achievement of the         nutritional status of women and children
departments to augment the efforts to              targets. An advancing state like Telangana      in tribal areas. The Commissioner, Rural
achieve nutritional outcomes in the State          with     its   progressive    administration,   Development & Panchayati Raj suggested
of Telangana. This meeting was attended            infrastructure and good health indicators       to integrate a capsule on health and
by Secretaries, Head of the Departments            such as high percentage of institutional        nutrition in the upcoming trainings of
(HoDs) and officials from Women and                deliveries, must strive to make every child     PRIs and village secretaries at district
Child Development, Rural Development,              and woman healthy. The target is to make        and mandal levels. With smaller GPs, PRIs
Panchayati Raj, Health, Education, Tribal          Telangana a malnutrition-free State by          can play an important role in achieving
Welfare, SERP, and UNICEF. The meeting             2022. This can be achieved by good cross        the health and nutritional outcomes at
was chaired by Dr. W. R. Reddy, Director           linkages at the Gram Panchayat level,           GP level and can provide leadership for
General, NIRDPR, and the participants              motivation of PRIs, community structures        convergence. CEO, SERP, shared details
deliberated on the convergent actions              like SHGs, and other local leaders for          about the behaviour change programme
required     by     the    line   departments,     their active involvement. He suggested          that they were doing with the women
programmes and schemes to achieve the              to integrate a capsule on health and            in self-help groups on issues of health,
POSHAN Abhiyaan targets set for 2022.              nutrition issues in PRI trainings, which can    nutrition, sanitation and gender. Director,
      During       her     welcome    remarks,     start in Telangana as a model.                  School Education updated about the
Dr.   Gyanmudra           Professor   &    Head,                                                   process of co-locating 13,500 AWCs
                                                          “Addressing the nutritional needs
Centre for Good Governance and Policy                                                              on the school premises. He also raised
                                                   of adolescent girls with appropriate
Analysis, NIRDPR briefly introduced the                                                            concerns regarding gap in the continuum
                                                   interventions is the need of the hour,”
Communication Resource Unit (CRU)                                                                  between pre-school and primary school
                                                   said Mr. M. Jagdeeswhar, Principal
at NIRDPR and its work along with a                                                                education. He also emphasised on the
                                                   Secretary, Department of Women and
presentation on POSHAN Abhiyaan, its                                                               need for certification of Aanganwadi
                                                   Child Development. Adding to this, he
components and how each department                                                                 teachers on early childhood education
                                                   emphasised on the need for quality
can contribute towards achieving the                                                               quality.
                                                   data to prioritise the most needed
targets of POSHAN for Telangana by                 interventions to address the issue of               Ms.     Mietal   Rusodia,     Chief    of
2022.      Role of different departments           malnutrition.                                   UNICEF Field Office for Andhra Pradesh,

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Telangana and Karnataka appreciated            important to drive the behaviour change.         SERP, Ms. Viziendira Boyi, Director, WCD,
the efforts of NIRDPR for organising                Shri Jagadeeshwar, IAS, Principal           Telangana , senior officials from Health
the meeting and assured of UNICEF’s            Secretary, DWCD, Shri Vijaya Kumar,              department Ms. Meital Rusdia, Chief,
support to POSHAN Abhiyaan in devising         Director, School Education, Smt. Neetu           UNICEF, Ms. Seema Kumar, C4D and Ms.
strategies, data analysis, monitoring and      Prasad, Commissioner, Panchayati Raj,            Khyati, Nutrition Specialist from UNICEF,
SBCC. She emphasised that consistency          Dr. Christina Z. Chongthu, Commissioner          Hyderabad and others specialists from
in messaging across the programmes is          Tribal Welfare, Smt. Pasumi Basu, CEO,           UNICEF participated in the meeting.

ToT programme on Promoting Better Livelihoods through Livestock

 Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR (1st row, 4th from left) and Dr. Ramana Reddy, Professor & Head, CFL (1st row, 5th from left)
                                                  with the participants of the programme

A   National level Training of Trainers programme out of which 25 attended it. visit to Mulkanoor Women Cooperative
    (TOT)     repeat    programme
‘Promoting Better Livelihoods through
                                         on    Five participants registered for the training
                                               programme were District Programme
                                                                                                Dairy Union, Mulkanoor, Warangal (urban)
                                                                                                district. During the training programme,
Livestock’ was organised by the Center         Managers (DPM), nominated by the                 the participants were enlightened on
for Livelihoods (CFL), National Institute      Skills Development, Entrepreneurship             current scenario of livestock farming in
of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj        and Livelihood Department, Karnataka.            India, their role in rural livelihoods and
(NIRDPR), Ministry of Rural Development        The training programme comprised of              how we can make better the lives of small
from 22nd to 25th July, 2019 at NIRDPR,        twelve in-house lectures (including one          holder farmers through livestock keeping
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Thirty six           on Art of Living), two case studies, a local     in view of the demand for animal- sourced
nominations were received from different       visit (Directorate of Poultry Research,          foods and future changes that are going
State governments for the training             Rajendranagar, Hyderabad) and a field            to take place in India.

Five-day regional training programme on Geo-Spatial Technologies for
Planning and Management of PMGSY Roads

                                                                                               C     entre for Geoinformatics Applications
                                                                                                     in Rural Development (CGARD)
                                                                                                organised a five-day regional training
                                                                                                programme on ‘Geo-Spatial Technologies
                                                                                                for Planning and Management of PMGSY
                                                                                                Roads’ from 22nd-26th, July 2019 at
                                                                                                Gujarat National Law University (GNLU),
                                                                                                Gandhinagar in collaboration with SIRD-
                                                                                                Gujarat.

                                                                                                    On the first day, Dr. M. V. Ravibabu,
Dr. M. V. Ravibabu, Associate Professor, CGARD (4th from right) with the participants of the    Associate Professor (CGARD) and
                                   training programme

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Programme Director highlighted the five-      engineers attended the training.                importance of geo-spatial Technology for
day programme schedule and objectives                                                         infrastructure development, transparency
                                                    A field visit along with SIRD
for the five-day programme. Topics like                                                       and accountability while monitoring
                                              Programme Coordinator, Shri Dhaval
concepts of geoinformatics, mobile                                                            various rural development programmes.
                                              Parikh was organised in the venue
applications for asset mapping, analysing                                                     He also stated that this technology is not
                                              campus for data collection using mobile
the GIS data layers for planning and                                                          to be limited at PMGSY roads, and can
                                              GPS. All participants were divided into
management of rural roads were dealt.                                                         be extended to other field functionaries
                                              teams and collected various assets,
Dr. Kiran Jalem, Assistant Professor                                                          and suggested to use the technology
                                              especially roads and their conditions,
(CRCTN) and Co-director of the                                                                in day- to- day official activities on
                                              while collecting data from the field.The
programme outlined the key-points                                                             the field. Finally, he congratulated all
                                              participants visualised and experienced
of using GIS-based tools in the spatial                                                       the participants and collected their
                                              the field conditions.
planning. Participants had a hands-                                                           valuable feedback, while distributing the
on practical approach with field data              During the last day, in concluding         certificates. All the participants felt that
collection from nearby PMGSY roads            session Shri Victor Macwan, IAS, Special        the training programme was useful to
using mobile-based applications. A            Director, SIRD Gujarat, delivered his           prepare their road information system in
total of 31 officials of PMGSY/PWD/RR         valedictory address and interacted with         the form of spatial planning.
                                              all the participants. He highlighted the

CFIE organises an awareness programme on Financial Literacy

             Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor & Head, CFIE interacting with students at TIME school, Bandlaguda campus

T     he Centre for Financial Inclusion
      and     Entrepreneurship
conducted awareness programmes on
                                     (CFIE)
                                              inaugurated by Smt. Vijaya Lakshmi,
                                              Principal, TIME Bandlaguda and expressed
                                              gratitude to NIRDPR for arranging such
                                                                                              of one’s life.

                                                                                                   The valedictory functions were
                                                                                              presided by Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate
‘Financial Literacy’ at Bharathiya Vidhya     educative programmes for the children.          Professor & Head, CFIE, he narrated an
Bhavan(BVB), NIRDPR, on July 06, 2019                                                         anecdote to make students understand
                                                    During the interaction, Dr. R.V. Prasad
and     at T.I.M.E   School,   Bandlaguda                                                     the value of money. The programmes
                                              explained various aspects of financial
Campus, on July 20, 2019. Students            literacy, savings habit, thrift deposits,       were very well received and appreciated
from classes 6 to 10 attended the             basic needs of human beings linked with         by the students as well as faculty of
programme. The session was handled by         finance, and banking facilities that are        both the schools. They promised to
Dr. R. V. Prasad, Financial Literacy          relevant to students. He emphasised that        share key takeaways with their parents
Counsellor of State Bank of India, RSETI -    after certain stage in life, money should       and neighbours as part of the financial
Chilukuru.                                    work for people and not vice-versa. He          inclusion drive.
                                              mentioned that it is safe to save with
      The programme was inaugurated                                                                 A     team      from      CFIE,   viz.,
                                              banks because of safety, liquidity and
by Shri Ravi Kiran, Principal of Bharathiya                                                   Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor & Head,
                                              returns. He also gave a brief note on
Vidhya Bhavan School, NIRDPR campus                                                           Dr.   A.   Bhavani,   Project    Consultant,
                                              types of accounts, types of cards, types of
and facilitated by Smt. Aruna Jyothi,                                                         Shri G. Anjaneyulu, Project Consultant and
                                              loans available, schemes, etc. Dr. Prasad
a senior faculty BVB, NIRDPR campus.                                                          Smt. A. Sirisha Reddy, Manager, Training,
                                              elaborated advantages of the banking
The programme at TIME school was                                                              co-ordinated these programmes.
                                              habits inculcated during the early phase

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Mid-career training programme of Senior Officers of Madhya Pradesh
State Administrative Service

  Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR (1st row, 4th from left) and Dr. Gyanmudra, Professor & Head, CGG&PA (1st row, 2nd from
                                              right) with the participants of the programme

D   r. Gyanmudra, Professor and Head, programme and requested everyone to Park(RTP) to have an exposure to the
    CGG&PA, National Institute of Rural
Development Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR),
                                               utilise the opportunity.                              various initiatives taken-up by RTP
                                                                                                     in uplifting rural people in the areas
                                                      Dr. Amitava Mukherjee, Ex. Senior
Hyderabad has organised a two day                                                                    of capacity building by means like
                                               Adviser, Government of India, Ministry
‘Mid-Career Training programme for                                                                   affordable    construction    technologies
                                               of Rural Development, NRLM, New Delhi
senior officers of Madhya Pradesh State                                                              introduced, rural employment generation
                                               handled a session on ‘Transforming
Administrative Service” on July 15th, 16th,                                                          and livelihood.
                                               India through Social Initiatives’ and
2019 at NIRDPR. There were a total of 22
                                               ignited the minds of the participants.                     Mr. Somesh Kumar, IAS, Special Chief
officials holding responsibilities various
                                               Dr. V. Bhaskar, IAS (Retd.), took a session           Secretary, Revenue (CT & Ex), took an
categories like Zilla Parishad CEOs,
                                               on ‘Understanding the Administrative                  inspiring session on ‘Improving District
Deputy Commissioners and Additional
                                               System     and   Its    Functioning          Style;   Administration     Through     Innovations
District magistrate. etc. that attended
                                               Accountability    &         Transparency.’     He     and Improvisation.’ He motivated all the
the programme. Major objectives of the
                                               emphasised       on     various     challenges        officers to utilise the issues of crisis as
training programme were to refresh the
                                               that    one   could      encounter      during        base to innovate and improvise things.
knowledge of the officers on various
                                               their tenure and gave them insights                   Shri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, took a session
developmental programmes along with
                                               as to how these problems could be                     on ‘Importance of Social Mobilisation
social initiatives, recent rural initiatives
                                               addressed with utmost commitment and                  for Empowering Rural Poor.’ Ms. Sumita
and to motivate them with the skills to
                                               transparency. Dr. Gyanmudra, Professor                Dawara, IAS, presently on deputation to
use their full potential for the welfare of
                                               & Head, CGG&PA took a session on ‘Rural               UNICEF-Delhi, took a session on ‘Child-
the people of the State.
                                               Development – Recent Initiatives.’ Various            friendly Interventions in Governance.’
     Dr. Gyanmudra formally invited            recent initiatives of Government of India
                                                                                                          The     training   programme        was
everyone and took a session on the             were covered which include POSHAN
                                                                                                     concluded      with     the     valedictory
overview of the two-day training and gave      Abhiyaan, Swachh Bharath Abhiyaan,
                                                                                                     session by Ms. Sumita Dawara, IAS and
a brief introduction about NIRDPR and          DAY–NRLM, Aayushman Bharath etc. and
                                                                                                     awarded all the participants with course
its various initiatives. Dr. W. R. Reddy,IAS   emphasising on the role of district- level
                                                                                                     certificates. Dr. Gyanmudra thanked all
Director General, NIRDPR inaugurated           officials in discharging these welfare
                                                                                                     the participants and wished learning out
the programme and explained the                programmes. All the participants were
                                                                                                     of the programme will hopefully help the
essence and advantage of this training         taken on a visit to the Rural Technology
                                                                                                     officers in discharging their duties.

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Training Programme on Geospatial Technologies for Planning and
Management of PMGSY Roads
A   n off-campus training programme
    on ‘Geospatial Technologies
Planning and Management of PMGSY
                                          for
                                                and OSMAND were used for hands-on
                                                learning experience.
                                                                                                through Google drive. Participants were
                                                                                                introduced to many online knowledge
                                                                                                platforms,    and     YouTube        channel
                                                Field visit
Roads’ was organised during 15-19 July,                                                         (dedicatedly created for the GIS-related
2019 at SIRD, Himachal Pradesh. The                  A half-day field visit was organised       material).
programme was sponsored by NRRDA,               on the fourth day of training to track
                                                                                                Feedback and evaluation
MoRD, GoI.                                      and test mobile mapping application in
                                                terrain conditions of Himachal Pradesh on            During    the    valediction,    senior
    A total of 24 engineers from
                                                a nearby PMGSY road. Three killometres          officers from PWD departments working
Public Works Department of the State
                                                of the ‘Sadhoda to Kyarkot (Mohanpur)           as nodal officers in PMGSY scheme were
government       of    Himachal     Pradesh
                                                link road’, was tracked. Later, the data        invited to interact with participants.
attended the course.
                                                in the mobiles were exported by them            Participants discussed all aspects of the
    In the initial session, basic concepts      through emails and downloaded on PC             training and the way forward. Participants
of training, monitoring, evaluation and         the next day during classroom exercises.        put-forth that they will be able to manage
Gram    Panchayat      Development      Plan    Overlaying of the data was done in QGIS         all GIS operations directly from office/
(GPDP) were discussed. Further, sessions        and Google Earth. All the participants          site and, need for coming to the State
dealt with introduction to geo-spatial          were satisfied with the quality of data for     headquarter and AGiSAC for GIS-related
technology and various open source              planning and monitoring purposes.               works will be reduced.
GIS tools and the mobile mapping app,
                                                     In the second half of the same day,             Participants indicated a need for
in a theoretical and practical approach.
                                                an exposure visit was made to Aryabhatta        renovation and maintenance of SIRD
Various GIS operations, data creation
                                                Geospatial & Space Application Center           hostel, which was duly noted by SIRD
and editing processes, relevant to road
                                                (AGiSAC), Shimla, a nodal centre of the         officials. Online feedback of training
features were demonstrated during lab
                                                State government for all GIS-related            was taken on the Training Management
sessions.
                                                operations, to have interactions and            Portal.
    Participants were introduced to             exposure with the scientists. Participants
                                                                                                     Shri H. K. Solanki, Sr. Assistant
PMGSY National GIS portal, Geospatial           interacted and were exposed to key
                                                                                                Professor, CGARD, NIRDPR coordinated
Rural Road Information System (GRRIS)           aspects on PMGSY and PWD road projects
                                                                                                the course. From SIRD, Himachal Pradesh
during the exposure visit and class.            in particular and major GIS projects
                                                                                                Sh. Pravesh Kumar, Core Faculty Member,
                                                associated with AGiSAC.
    In total, three software tools and                                                          SIRD, coordinated the course.
mobile app namely QGIS, Google Earth                 Course     material    was    provided

             Shri H. K. Solanki, Sr. Assistant Professor, CGARD (7th from right) with the participants of the training programme

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NIRDPR off-campus training programme on Research and Training
Methodology for Rural Development Professionals

  Dr. Lakhan Singh, Assistant Professor, CHRD (1st row, 5th from left) and Dr. O. P. Pandey, Additional Director, SIRD, Lucknow (1st row, 6th
                                        from left) with the participants of the training programme

T   he Centre for Human Resource
    Development
off-campus
                      has
               training
                             organised
                            programme
                                          an
                                          on
                                                participants on knowledge of research
                                                and training methodology to address the
                                                developmental issues, (2) to enable the
                                                                                                         To achieve the set objectives of the
                                                                                                    programme, the content and its sessions
                                                                                                    were structured in such a way that it
‘Methodology       and      Techniques     of   participants to learn appropriate training          covered the basic concepts of research
Social Science Research’ at Deen Dayal          methods for designing and organising                and training methodology. The contents
Uppadhyaya State Institute of Rural             trainings, (3) to make the participants             of the programme covered were research
Development, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh             learn the basics of research methodology            methodology for trainers, concept of
during 27-31 May, 2019. This programme          and statistical methods for carrying                social science research, principles of
was designed and developed based                research, and (4) to equip the participants         adult learning, identification of and
on the feedback and demand by the               on skills to prepare the research design.           defining of research problem, writing
participants of last year’s programme                                                               research proposal, sample and sampling
                                                      A total of 31 participants working
titled ‘Methodology and Techniques                                                                  methodology, data analysis: descriptive
                                                as, District Training Officers, Extension
of Social Sciences Research’ which                                                                  and inferential statistics, tools for research,
                                                Training    officers,    Senior      Instructors,
was held at SIRD, Lucknow during 28-                                                                skill to use SPSS for data analysis, group
                                                Instructor of District Institute of Rural
31, August 2018. The programme was                                                                  exercise and research design followed
                                                Development and Regional Institute
appreciated by the participants and                                                                 by presentation and inputs by course
                                                of Rural Development attended this
a programme specifically on basics of                                                               coordinators, systematic approach to
                                                programme. In addition to faculty from
research   and    training    methodology                                                           training, identification of training needs,
                                                NIRDPR, eminent resource persons Prof.
for officials of District Institute of Rural                                                        designing     of    training    programme,
                                                B. K. Bajpai, Director, and Dr. Animesh
Development and Regional Institute                                                                  training methods, and exercise on
                                                Roy, from Giri Institute of Development
of Rural Development was demanded.                                                                  formulation of training programme. In
                                                Studies,    Lucknow,         Prof.   Madhulika
Keeping in view the above, this training                                                            addition, a half- day local visit was also
                                                Dube, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
programme conceived and proposed to                                                                 arranged for the participants. Training
                                                University, Lucknow and Dr. Vivek Kumar,
build the capacities of the faculty who                                                             methodologies used in training were
                                                District Training Officer were invited
are working in the institutes of rural                                                              in accordance with content of the
                                                to take sessions on concepts of social
development. The objectives of the                                                                  programme. Mostly, participant- oriented
                                                science research. The programme began
training programme were (1) to orient the                                                           such as lecture- cum discussion, group
                                                with a short film on NIRDPR.

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exercises, presentations by participants,        domains of a trainee i.e., knowledge (94         research work. The course team has also
and hands-on experience made the                 per cent), skill (88 per cent) and attitude      come forward to extend their help to all
programme more effective.                        (90) after attending this programme.             faculties in preparing research proposals.
                                                 Overall effectiveness of the programme           Many of participants have shown their
    At the end of the programme, the
                                                 was 87 per cent. While interacting with          interest in developing research proposals.
course team invited Dr. D. C. Upadhyaya,
                                                 participants during the training period,
Additional Director, DDUSIRD, Lucknow                                                                   The programme was coordinated
                                                 majority of the participants expressed
to interact with participants about                                                               by     Dr.    Lakhan        Singh,         Assistant
                                                 that they are not utilised at maximum of
the course and learnings from it. The                                                             Professor, Centre for Human Resource
                                                 their capabilities in conducting training
programme was well received by the                                                                Development,       Dr.      T.    Vijaya     Kumar,
                                                 and research work. The course team has
participants    and       demanded      more                                                      Associate Professor & Head, Centre for
                                                 encouraged all the participants to utilise
programmes on this subject in future. At                                                          Equity and Social Development, NIRDPR
                                                 the research fund of NIRDPR which is
the end, the programme was evaluated                                                              Dr. D. C. Upadhyaya, Additional Director,
                                                 especially kept for the faculty of ETCs/
by the participants and reported that                                                             DDUSIRD,      Lucknow            was   the     local
                                                 DIRDs/RIRDs to carry out small scale
there is improvement in all the three                                                             coordinator for this programme.

Regional ToT programme on Strategies for E-Governance for Better
Service Delivery

                      Dr. K. Prabhakar, Assistant Professor, CGGPA (1st row, 3rd from left) with the participants of theToT

A   regional     ToT      programme
    ‘Strategies for E-Governance for
Better Service Delivery’ was organised
                                           on         •     To draw inferences from the
                                                 best practices of e-Governance initiative
                                                                                                  transformative in contemporary society

                                                                                                  Module 3: E- Governance is leading
                                                      •     To generate knowledge and             to best practices like transparency,
by the Centre for Good Governance and
                                                 skills about the role of e-Governance for        accountability and better service delivery
Policy Analysis (CGGPA) during 2-4, July
                                                 better governance goal achievements
2019 at SIRDPR, Karfectar, Jorethang,                                                             Module 4: Strategies for E-Governance as
Sikkim.                                               •     To make the participants         to   an empirical factors of State performance
                                                 adopt e-Governance initiatives for better
    The Strategies for e-Governance                                                                     The training programme contents
                                                 service delivery
for Better Service Delivery training                                                              were delivered through a judicious mix
programme aims at addressing the                      The training programmes focused to          of lecture- cum discussion; role playing;
following objectives:                            cover the following four modules:                debate; exposure visits, group exercises;
                                                                                                  mock panchayats; presentation in groups,
    •      To   discuss    the   need    and     Module 1:          Good Governance: A
                                                                                                  individual and report submission.
concept     of e-Governance in service           disciplinary transformative concepts
delivery                                                                                                This   programme was planned to
                                                 Module 2: E- Governance: A significant
                                                                                                  cover different topics like aspects of

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e-Governance in India, good governance            On the third day, participants were taken        one identified, relevant and good e-
-Indian perspectives and significance             to 25- Lungchok Kamerey GPU to interact          Governance learning practise from the
of e-Governance in rural development,             with GP President and members, and all           ToT and attempted the SWOT analysis on
e-Governance Strategies by NIC Sikkim,            the participants      shared their learning      how it could be replicated in Sikkim State
e-Governance, ICT in agriculture and              on e-Governance ToT knowledge and                and second presentation was on field
rural development, PANCHA TANTRA                  experiences with panchayat PRIs and              visit i.e,. during the interaction with the
Grama Panchayat Online System - ZP                elected representatives. Participants also       GP and PRIs, and elected representatives
Mysuru- Case of Karnataka, Aadhaar-               suggested some good e-Governance                 each group identified e- Governance gaps
Enabled Public Distribution System-               initiatives and practices by different           in the visited GP and suggested suitable
successful       e-Governance           service   States like AePDS by Andhra Pradesh              e-Governance initiatives from the ToT
delivery initiative by State of Andhra            State, Panchatantra by Karnataka State           learnings to bring more transparency
Pradesh,     governance       in    MGNREGA       as best e- Governance models to the GP           and accountability in the GP’s day- to- day
programme – specifically on Sikkim State,         members to replicate in Sikkim State as          activities.
e-Governance strategies for better service        well.
                                                                                                        A total of 32 people took part in the
delivery- NIRDPR experiences (E-office)
                                                          On the final day, participants were      programme from various backgrounds
and     Smart    Meeting      System    (SMS),
                                                  divided into four groups and each                Dr. K. Prabhakar, Assistant Professor,
Online Paddy Management System – an
                                                  group made a presentation on their               Centre for Good Governance & Policy
e-Governance initiative by          Telangana
                                                  ToT and field visit learning. Each team          Analysis (CGGPA) organised the off-
State Civil Supplies and successful cases
                                                  made two different group activities and          campus regional ToT programme.
for discussion and group work activities.
                                                  presentations i.e., first presentation on

Training Programme on MGNREGS and DAY – NRLM: Promoting Labour
Mobility and Social Audit with CBO Participation

  Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan, Professor & Head, CWE (1st row, 5th from left), Dr. D. Suresh Babu, Associate Professor, CCC&DMDM (1st row, 4th
 from left), Dr. Neeraj Mishra, Associate Professor , CWE (1st row, 1st from right) and Dr. P. Anuradha, Assistant Professor , CWE (1st row, 5th
                                             from right) with the participants of the programme

T     he Centre for Wage Employment,
      National
Development
                  Institute
                  and
                                   of
                           Panchayati
                                         Rural
                                           Raj
                                                  programme i.e., from Andhra Pradesh,
                                                  Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu
                                                  & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
                                                                                                   programme:
                                                                                                        •        To build the capacities of the
                                                                                                   participants in mobilising the women
organised a five-day training programme           Maharashtra,       Meghalaya,      Mizoram,      SHGs for active participation in IPPE
on ‘MGNREGS and DAY–NRLM: Promoting               Nagaland, Odisha, Telangana and West             process and preparation of labour
Labour Mobility and Social Audit with             Bengal. The participants were senior and         budget, GPDP, social audit and Rozgar
CBO Participation’ from July 8-12, 2019 at        middle level officials from State rural          Diwas
NIRDPR, Hyderabad.                                development, panchayati raj and other                 •        To   create   awareness      on
      A total number of 29 participants           line departments dealing with MGNREGS.           sustainable         livelihoods      through
from 14 States participated in the                    The       broad   objectives    of   the     MGNREGS

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•      To identify the importance of            •     Best    practices    on    women      or skilled works in convergence with
involvement of SHGs in labour Budget             participation                                    MGNREGS. Interestingly, Ibrahimpur was
preparation and in social audit process               As a part of the programme a field          also declared Telangana’s first mosquito-
      •      To familiarise the participants     study was organised for the participants.        free village in 2015.
with the successful cases/best practices         They visited Ibrahimpur model village,                Participants expressed their views
in convergence between MGNREGS and               Siddipet mandal, Medak district. The             that they were content with the field visit;
NRLM                                             impact created by model village was              it helped them gain practical knowledge
                                                 increasing the livelihood opportunities of       in dealing with issues and how well
Contents of the programme:                       wage seekers by providing employment             things could be managed by forming a
      •      Status of women participation       under MGNREGS that is groundwater                model village like Ibrahimpur.
in MGNREGA                                       recharge works through water harvesting               The programme was coordinated by
      •      Rozgar Diwas to address the         structures and plantation works by               Dr. P. Anuradha, Assistant Professor, CWE,
demand from the vulnerable women and             convergence with line- departments.              and Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan, Professor
empowering them                                  In   the   village   SHG       members    are    & Head, CWE and Dr. Neeraj Mishra,
      •      Convergence           between       participating in different semi-skilled          Associate Professor, CWE, NIRDPR.
MGNREGS and DAY-NRLM

Programme for bankers on Credit Management in Agriculture & MSME
Sectors

Dr. W. R. Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR (1st row, 5th from left) and Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor & Head, CFIE (1st row, 3rd from
                                                left) with the participants of the programme

M         SME sector plays an important role
          in Indian economy. Its contribution
to sectors like manufacturing, exports
                                                 knowledge by bank officials. Therefore,
                                                 financing both these sectors is vital for
                                                 the country’s economic development.
                                                                                                  in Risk Management department, etc.
                                                                                                  The said on-campus training programme
                                                                                                  was organised during July 22-26, 2019
and        employment       generation      is   Considering these aspects, CFIE designed         at NIRDPR, Hyderabad. Inaugurating the
prominent. The growth in this sector             a five-day training programme on ‘Credit         programme, Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate
is likely to reduce the unemployment             Management in Agriculture & MSME                 Professor and Head-CFIE welcomed the
problem in India. Agriculture sector is          Sectors’ to enhance the appraisal skills of      participants, gave a brief overview of the
also equally important since the major           the bank officers like SMEs and Agricultural     programme and spelt out its objectives.
chunk of the population, who reside in           Credit Officers, Managers of Rural and
                                                                                                  Contents of the programme
rural areas, depend on agriculture and           Semi-urban        Bank    branches,    newly
allied activities. Agriculture sector is         recruited/promoted        officers,   officers        •    Financing     of   MSME        and

undergoing tremendous modernisation              involved in monitoring and follow up of          agriculture: status and overview & priority

which calls for updating of the existing         rural credit/MSME loan portfolio, officials      sector lending norms

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Field Exposure Visits
 With a view to impart practical knowledge and help                    about the Institute’s activities and offered clarifications to
 the participants consolidate the learning made in the                 their specific queries. The latter appreciated the Institute’s
 classroom, the following field visits were organised.                 unique intervention viz., backyard poultry (types of birds:
                                                                       vanaraja and gramapriya), which has been helping rural
 (a) Rural Technology Park (RTP), NIRDPR: On the                       livelihoods to have supplemental income. The trainees also
 second day of the training programme, the participants                had an opportunity to visit a small commercial poultry unit
 were taken to Rural Technological Park (RTP) in the NIRDPR            attached to the Institute where they could see the birds
 campus. Shri Md. Khan, Senior Consultant, Centre for                  and interact with the technical staff for a comprehensive
 Innovations and Appropriate Technology, interacted with               understanding of their activities.
 the participants. He explained to them about RTP and
 its importance in promoting frugal innovations in a big               (c)       On day-4 of the training programme, the
 way and helping the rural entrepreneurs to establish the              participants were taken to a farm, established by Shri.
 unit, skilling and help in achieving sustainability. He also          Venkateswara Reddy, a retired AGM of State Bank of
 discussed about the role played by RTP in uplifting the rural         India, near Veldurthi, Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
 people in all aspects of life such as capacity building, rural        The farm has been established in a 10 acre dry land. The
 employment generation, livelihoods, etc. Later on, the                highlight of the farm is that water from Handri Niva Srujala
 participants visited various stalls to learn practical aspects,       Sravanthi(HNSS), a back water canal from Srisailam
 which included making eco-friendly building blocks                    reservoir is pumped into farm through lift irrigation. The
 material, vermi-compost unit, waste paper recycling unit,             farm also has two farm ponds with a total capacity of one
 leaf plate making, etc.                                               crore litres and the source of water for these ponds is rain
                                                                       water harvesting and water lifted and pumped from HNSS
 (b)       Directorate of Poultry Research (DPR): On                   canal. The farm also has a Poly house built over one acre.
 Day-2 of the programme (July 23, 2019), the participants              Mr. Reddy is practicing mixed farming by maintaining a
 were taken to DPR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Dr. U.                   dairy unit of 10 animals in the same farm. He is also growing
 Rajkumar, Principal Scientist-Genetics & Breeding, with the           napier grass in one acre which is used as fodder for milch
 help of a short video film, enlightened the banker-trainees           animals.

    •      Microfinance and SHG bank           participated in the programme.                  Feedback and evaluation
linkage. Ways and means to increase the
                                                      CFIE’s in-house faculty members and          Participants’ feedback, which is very
coverage
                                               selected guest faculty, who are subject         important to evaluate the programme
    •      Credit appraisal of agri-business
                                               matter        specialists-cum-practitioners     and to improve the training process, was
projects using financial tools with case
                                               contributed for the programme.                  collected using the online training portal.
studies
    •      Financing dairy and poultry                A range of training methodologies,           The programme was a success, as per

projects with case studies                     as shown below, were used during the            the verbal and written feedback received

    •      Credit assessment of SME units      programme, duly keeping in view the             from the participants. The participants

with special reference to MUDRA loans          broad and specific objectives of the            attributed the success of the programme

    •      Emerging areas in agriculture       programme, duration and expectations            to serene training ambience, clean and

finance – structured financing models in       of the participants.                            hygienic surroundings and very good

agriculture finance/ contract Farming –                                                        infrastructural facilities in addition to
                                                      •   Lectures and Interactive
supply and value chain management                                                              effective programme-design with good
                                               		sessions (PPTs)
    •      Horticultural projects – fruits                                                     mix of classroom sessions and field visits
                                                      •   Case studies on various topics
and vegetables                                                                                 and meticulous programme-execution.
                                                      •   Video clips and discussions
    •      Risk management in agriculture             •   Individual and group activities/         Under the overall guidance of
and allied activities                          		         exercises including quizzes          Dr. M. Srikanth, Associate Professor
    •      NPA and recovery management                •   Field visits/exposure to - poultry   and Centre Head-CFIE, the programme
with case study                                (institutional visit) and irrigation systems    was co-ordinated by Mr. Gangineni
Eight officials from two banks namely          etc.                                            Anjaneyulu, Project Consultant at CFIE.
Canara     Bank   and    Syndicate    Bank            •   Recap sessions

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