L&CBLearning and Capacity Building

(Dec 2007- June 2014)

Lead Centre: NAARM

Partners

IIM Lucknow (2007-12)

MANAGE, Hyderabad (2007-11)

NIRD, Hyderabad (2007-11)

Budget: Rs 58 crores (~80% for International Training)

L&CBExpectations from L&CB initiatives (NAIP - PAD)

NAIP – pilot for organizational transformation of NARS to NAIS

Primary focus of organizational transformation: People

Enhanced individual and organizational R&D operational, adaptive and generative capacity

in NARS for innovation in a market driven environment through:

• Enhanced capacities for more pluralistic research through partnerships (PPP)

• Enhanced knowledge and skills among all professionals in critical areas

(leadership, emerging sciences, research management, technology management,

information management and HRM)

• Institutionalizing a learning organization mode to sustain organizational change

Key Components

• capacity building and human resource development initiatives

• Introduce new models like e-learning, distance learning, etc.

• research to develop novel training materials and learning resources

Reach: all 4 components of NAIP; NARS; 3000 – 4000 people

L&CBL&CB Objectives (based on NAIP - PIP/PAD)

1. L&CB needs assessment (NAARM, IIML)

2. Develop skills in research proposal writing for competitive grant funding of research

consortia (including NAIP Helpdesk) (NAARM)

3. Build capacity in policy and PME (NAARM, IIML, NIRD)

4. Build capacity to use ICTS in PME (NAARM, MANAGE)

5. Enhance skills in IT based DSS (NAARM, IIML, NIRD, MANAGE)

6. Develop skills in managing PPP (NAARM, IIML)

7. Enhance skills of technical/administrative staff (NAARM, MANAGE)

8. Build capacity for new pool of leadership, including international training in frontier

sciences and institutional management ( NAARM, IIML, MANAGE, NAIP, SMDs)

9. Research studies (to support 1- 8 above): organizational change; PPP; PME; analysis

of agri-supply chains; analysis of livelihood systems; ICTs for enhancing agricultural

innovation; Training impact assessment (NAARM, IIML, NIRD)

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No Training / MDP/Workshops Target Programmmes Participants

1 Developing winning research proposals (NAARM) 10 11 255

2 Leadership for Innovation (NAARM, IIML, MANAGE) 17 19 374

3 Policy, Prioritization and M&E of consortia based

research projects (NAARM, IIML, NIRD)

22 20 450

4 Managing PPP in agri-research (NAARM, IIML) 13 10 187

5 ICTs in PME of NAIP Projects (NAARM, MANAGE) 5 4 44

6 IT based DSS: e-learning, GIS, multimedia, website

content, data mining (NAARM, IIML, NIRD, MANAGE)

34 34 640

7 Tech & Admn staff support for consortia based

research (NAARM, MANAGE)

11 11 186

8 Other (based on PMAC, NAIP/PIU suggestions): • IP &Technology management

• Technology enhanced learning

• Institutional innovations in extension

• Managing for research quality

• Rural knowledge management

• Creativity and innovation

• Agribusiness education

• Agribusiness management

• Supply chain management

• Communicating science

• National Dialogues/Research Workshops

29 27 675

9 Total 141 136 2811

10 International Training > 500

Summary: Capacity building – MDPs/Training programmes/workshops

organized under the project (Objectives 2 to 8)

NAARM

IIML

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Research studies Outputs (case studies, publications, training manuals, databases, web

sites)

Organizational change for

promoting innovation

• Models of change management based on Case Studies of NAIPconsortia from components 2,3,4

• assessments of leadership effectiveness, organizational citizenship behaviour

PME Models – Innovation quality management; balanced score card

Agricultural supply chains case studies of agricultural supply chains; services delivery; ICTs

Sustainable livelihoods

security

• GIS and data mining methods to characterize vulnerability of rural livelihood systems

• case study on organic farming producer companies

• comparative assessments of technology delivery models

Innovations through ICTs • rural GIS for community decision-support

• farm GIS for experimental station management

• e-learning systems for TEL

• ICTs for e-business and knowledge support for women SHGs

Intellectual property

management

• Comparative assessment of IP systems in developing countries

• case studies of ICAR institutes

• case studies of grassroots innovations

• case studies of GI products

Research : learning resources, models, impact

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Enhanced capacity of NARS for pluralistic and

market oriented research :

• Help desk reached >500 public/private partners

• facilitated final selection for majority of projects of

NAIP

• Spinoffs: expertise extended to NFBSFARA of ICAR;

SAUs; private sector

Enhanced capacities of AUs for e-learning:

• Model, Rroadmap, strategy for capacity building and

handholding for institutionalizing e-learning in NARS

using open source software

• spinoffs:

• 9 e-learning websites in AUs, NAARM

• Additional faculty trained ~ 700

• Impact: Student Performance improvement in

objective tests

Outputs, outcomes, transferable models

L&CBOutputs, outcomes, transferable models (Contd..)

• empowering rural women SHGs to use

ICTs both as consumers of knowledge and

producers and sellers of products for

improvement of livelihoods

Enhanced capacities for GIS applications

in NARS

• Introduced open source GIS/web GIS

• Reached nearly all institutions of ICAR,

besides many SAUs

• Research farm management GIS

• Rural GIS – village level community DSS

• Agri-food Retail GIS

• PRA - GIS - implemented in FOCARS

• Data sharing - Geospatial library

ARI Farm, ANGRAU

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• Enhanced capacity for intellectual

property and technology management

• facilitated institutionalization of IP

management and technology

commercialization by ITMUs and BPD

units

• facilitation of rural innovators

• Spinoffs:

• one-year distance PG Diploma in

Technology Management in Agriculture

(PGDTMA) in association with

University of Hyderabad.

• BPD Unit at NAARM

• filing of patent and second

runner up prize at the

prestigious Samsung

Innovation Quotient Award -

2011, 2012 for rural

innovators (with NIF).

• facilitated process patent for

innovative technique to

improve nutrient content of

soil; advice on patent drafting

and strategy; protection in 28

Countries through PCT;

advice on commercialization

Laxmi Asu Machine

Mr Mallesam

Mr Venkat

Reddy

Outputs, outcomes, transferable models

L&CBPerformance Indicators

Workshops/MDPs/ Training programmes for

capacity building of NARS

136

Number of participants 2811 in project programmes; >1000 in other related

International Training >500

NAIP help desk Reached 500 consortia partners; >100 projects

e-learning 9 web sites at SAUs, NAARM; 59 e-courses

Case studies (Change management, supply

chains, livelihoods assessments; IP

management)

30

Publications:

Books

Summary proceedings

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference papers

Training resources/manuals

6 (More in pipeline)

4

41

25

~100

All programmes

Web sites/products Training MIS; rural communiites and SHGs; Research

farm management; Agrifood retail; geospatial library

Databases (MS Access; Geospatial) State, District, Block and Village level; climate (IMD

grid; AVHRR), soils, watersheds, markets,

demographics, patent databases

Reusable Learning Objects >200

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Feedback

Analysis

Training Transfer model:

Reaction

(to training inputs

& environment)

Learning (KSA)

Performance (application of

learnings) – Impact Survey

Effect (outcome) – Economic

Analysis?

Training Impact assessment

Training Impact: Result of

training intervention:

• gain in knowledge, skills and

attitudinal improvements

(early impact - output)

• improved job performance

and overall organizational

effectiveness (outcome)

L&CBInternational training impacts: preliminary results

Output indicators

Research papers : 53%

Patent filed: 11%

Technology commercialized : 5%

organized training program: 21%

initiated new research projects: 76% (half in collaboration with mentor/organization)

developed new academic resource materials: 21%

developed new resources/material for outreach: 11%

Attitudinal/behavioural changes:

improved Lab/Field Management and Maintenance Practices: 53%

Learning: more systematic and new methods for recording research observations

/ data collection: 73%,

Improved communication skills: 45%

improved team work skills: 47%.

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The L&CB project :

• created a unique multidimensional and multi-institutional platform for

capacity building for increasing institutional capacities for agricultural

innovation - a first in India and (perhaps) globally

• Enhanced the vision, capacities and reach of faculty of NAARM to

address complex issues of organizational learning and transformation

In conclusion ….

L&CBAcknowledgements

• National Directors of NAIP – Dr Mryuthyunjaya; Dr Bangali Baboo; Dr D Rama Rao

• National Coordinators: Dr NT Yaduraju; Dr RC Aggarwal, Dr PS Pandey

• International Training cell at NAIP: Dr RP Misra

• International training facilitation at Cornell (Dr KV Raman); MSU (Dr Karim Maredia)

• Directors of NAARM /Consortium Leaders: Dr SP Tiwari; Dr SM Ilyas; Dr PK Joshi;

Dr SL Goswami

• CCPIs: Prof Jabir Ali; Prof Vikram Singh; Prof Sumanchandra

• Project Team: all faculty of NAARM and teams at IIML, MANAGE, NIRD

• Technical officers of NAARM

• Research Associates

• Administrative & Financial Staff at NAARM

• Administrative and Financial staff at PIU, NAIP

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Thank You