Information / Knowledge Dissemination : Connectivity : Whatever works

locally

Community Newspaper

Farmers Advisories through IKSL-AirTel GREEN SIM Card network

0730 – 1000 hrs

Five one minute advisoriesVRCs

Newspapers

Journals

Web Sites

Crop Cultivation Manuals

Research Institutions

Farmers’ Queries

AirTel

Server

New Delhi

On line recording /

updating

Subscribersetc. Subscribers

Tamilnadu & Puducherry –

1,35,000

Help LineQuiz

Phone-in-Programme

Experts

Advisories for Fisher Folk through Tata Teleservices Network

Newspapers

Journals

Web Sites

INCOIS, Coast Guard

Research Institutions

Fisher Folk Queries

etc.

Web

based

Content

CDMA

Subscribers

Tamilnadu & Puducherry

Astute Systems

Server

Tata Teleservices

Server

etc.Content

updating

VRC 1 VRC 2 VRC n

Reliance Closed User Group – Fixed Wireless Phone Network

VRCVKC VKC

SMS

VRC

VRC VRC

VKC VKC

“Capacity Building of fisher

folk for effective use of INCOIS

scientific information

necessary for livelihood, safety

on sea and development of

network for dissemination of

INCOIS fisher folk services in

Tamilnadu and Puducherry”

Knowledge on Wheels – Mobile Soil and Water Testing Laboratory and Mobile

Tele-Opthalmology Services

ICT-based curricula

Microsoft Unlimited Potential

Programme

EDUSAT

Education

Support

ProgrammeMUPP: 15,117

Computer Aided Learning

Programme

Intel Learn Programme

ProgrammeMUPP: 15,117

(M:6621, F:8496)

Villages : 1034

CALP:23,798

(M:12,687,F:1,111)

Schools:1145

Intel: 1524 (M:863,

F:661)

Schools:170

Projects:116

IGNOU – MSSRF Partnership

Appreciation course on

Sustainability Science

IGNOU-MSSRF Online Virtual Counseling

Centre

Four Community

Colleges

Community

Colleges for

Coastal

Communities

Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy (NVA) Fellowship

Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy (NVA) Fellowship

1223 NVA Fellows (M:730; F:493)

have been selected from 21 States

and One Union Territory (Andhra

Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh,

Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal

Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,

Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala,

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Orissa, Puducherry, Punjab,

Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar

Pradesh, Uttarkand, Bihar and

West Bengal). NVA has also

selected.

Knowledge Workers : Social

Workers : Traditional Knowledge /

Innovative Practitioners

A few points for consideration to implement the

Pilot Schemes for Mobile Connectivity and ICT Related Livelihood Skills for

Women’s SHGs

under the under the

Gender Budget Cell of Department of Telecommunications and the

Universal Service Obligation Fund

o SHGs formed and financed by banks

o SHGs formed by formal agencies (other than banks, NGOs and others) that are

directly financed by banks and District Rural Development Agency / Women

Development Corporation, etc. and

o SHGs financed by banks and / or government departments using NGOs and

other agencies as financial intermediaries.

Cluster Approach

Sub Clusters – Different thematic areas

o micro-enterprises

o agro-ecological conditions wise

o loans usage pattern [social needs (eg. health, education, marriage, etc.) /

agriculture or horticulture or livestock or fisheries related trades, non-farm

trade, other income generating activities], etc.

Sub Clusters – Different thematic areas

Need assessment with clusters using different participatory techniques

� focus group discussions with different sections of the SHG communities, resource

mapping (exploring the available resources and its current usage pattern - different

types of income generating avenues, irrigation resources, agriculture and fisheries

related resources, other livelihood options, etc.)

� venn diagram (importance of different organizations to the village and the existing

linkages with such organizations)

� seasonal diagram (season wise variations in agriculture, fisheries and other

occupations and associated risks and the coping mechanisms, migration pattern,

etc. - employment opportunities, prevailing diseases, wind flow and direction, rain,etc. - employment opportunities, prevailing diseases, wind flow and direction, rain,

occupation, etc.)

� problem matrix (exploring the crucial issues and related causes and effects,

adaptability and possible solutions - marketing facilities, water availability, etc.),

house hold sample surveys, etc.

� find out the details of gaps / needs in the areas of SHGs bank linkage programme,

SHG level economic activities, household welfare needs, social empowerment,

identification / assessment of capacity building / training needs for undertaking

income generating activities, human development skills (leadership, motivation,

delegation, communication, negotiation), health issues, child care, women’s right,

etc.

List out the needs of differnet categories

Stakeholder Analysis and Networking Partnership with Data Generators / Providers

Content and Capacity building consortia

Voice Advisories Providers

Newspaper, Journals, Banks

/ Government Departments

Daily Announcements, Web

Sites, Local News, etc.

3 to 5 Audio Advisories (each 1 minute) – Regular interval / suitable time + 3 to 5 Audio Advisories (each 1 minute) – Regular interval / suitable time +

Test Message

Help Line (including virtual advisors) + Voice Portal

Phone-in-Programme, Video Conferencing, Training & Awareness

Web based Knowledge Management System

Impact Study