Unnat Bha rat Abhiya n How Technical Institutions can contribute

P L Dhar

Present shortcomings

• Why new technologies developed in Technical Institutions

(TIs) do not reach the field?

– No agile mechanism for Technology Transfer

– People intrinsically motivated to do so face many ‘administrative’

hurdles at their parent institutes

– Technologies developed in isolation from the potential users due to

lack of vibrant interaction

– General inertial resistance to change

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Five Tiers of Planning [73rd amendment, 1992 ]

Central Govt

State Govt.

Zila Parishad [589]

Panchayat Samiti [6325]

Gra m Pancha yat [2,37,539]

Data of 2013

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Present Status

• District Planning Committees [ DPC] not adequately equipped

to lead the process of district planning …….. at best,

perform as committees that meet occasionally to hurriedly

endorse, without adequate appreciation, a ‘plan’ or plans

prepared by departmental officials. [ Plg Com 2006]

Need for :

• Capability-building of the officials of the District Planning

Committee

• Capability-building of Pancha yat members and officials

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Manual for Integrated District Planning -- 2008

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Role of Technical Institutions

• Capability building of Local government officials and

implementing agencies including NGOs

• Participate in DPCs [and Pancha yat Samitis ] during the

process of finalizing the plans

• To help integrate the plans received from various levels

• To provide feedback to the district administration on the

progress of the plan implementation

• Identifying missing gaps in technology which could be

converted into R &D projects.

• Considering that there are 589 ZPs and 6325 PSs spread

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Action Plan A. Capability building of Local government officials and implementing

agencies including NGOs and TIs involved in part B ; participation in

DPCs help integrate the plans received from various levels

National Level Institutions [ 200 ]

B. Participate in Panchayat Samitis during planning process , provide

feedback to the district administration on the progress of the plan

implementation, Identifying technical problems which could be

converted into R&D projects.

State Level Institutions : Engg and Agricultural Colleges , Management

institutes, community polytechnics [ 1000]

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Linkages ……. Planning

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DPC DPC DPC

PS1, PS2, PS3,…. PS1, PS2, PS3,…. PS1, PS2, PS3,….

TI1,N1, TI2,N2,

TI3,N3….…[B].

TI, N

[A]

TI1,N1, TI2,N2,

TI3,N3….…[B]. TI1,N1, TI2,N2,

TI3,N3….…[B].

TI, N

[A]

TI, N

[A]

Linkages …….Training

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TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

TI [A]

TI [A]

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2,…[A].

N1, N2,…[A].

PR1, PR2, PR3,…[B].

PR1, PR2, PR3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

Project Implementation

• PMO announces the launching of UBA under the MHRD advising all

Technological Institutions , Management Institutes and Agricultural

Universities to create UBA groups of 5-10 faculty members.

• PMO sets up an empowered National Coordination Committee [

NCC] for UBA under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Min. MHRD. It

should include ten representatives of TIs, experts and other

government nominees including those from MoRD, MNRE, MSME,

MAg etc.

• All the State Governments be requested to actively participate in this

project.

• The consenting State Governments be requested to identify a state

level coordination committee [ SLCC], consisting of the TIs and NGOs

in their state who would be willing to participate in UBA at level B, and

other government nominees. It may be headed by a state minister or

his nominee.

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Project Implementation…....funding

• The SLCC invites proposals from the teams of state level ‘TIs and

competent NGOs’ [Group B] and after scrutiny forwards these to

NCC.

• The NCC would invite proposals from the teams of ‘National level

TIs and NGOs [ Group A]’.

• All the project proposals would be scrutinized by a standing sub-

committee of NCC.[Project Appraisal Committee]

• The recommendations of this subcommittee would be approved by

NCC .

• Funds should be sent directly to the TIs and NGOs

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“TI” includes Technical Institutions, Management Institutions and

Agricultural Universities

Linkages…….........Project Approval

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PAC

TI1, TI2, TI3,………[A].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

SLCC SLCC SLCC

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[A].

NCC

Linkages………………Funding

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PAC TI1, TI2, TI3,………[A].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

SLCC SLCC

SLCC

N1, N2, N3,…[B]. N1, N2, N3,…[B]. N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[A].

NCC

Project Implementation……prototype

fabrication

• Prototype fabrication facilities will be set up across the country. One

facility typically for 10 districts.

• These will be set up by Min of MSME with the help of CSR funds

form the industries

• Community polytechnics should play a key role in setting up and

handholding these units.

• A sub-committee of NCC , Prototype Fabrication Facility Committee

, will coordinate this activity

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Project Implementation……technology

• A subcommittee of NCC should be entrusted with the task of

identifying proven technologies for widespread implementation. This

could be the RuTAG established by the PSA to GOI, but with a

much larger scale of operation.

• Director MGIRI should be a member of RuTAG.

• Another important task of RuTAG should be to identify TIs that could

be given the task of filling the missing gaps in technology and

monitor the progress of the projects

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Facilities to be provided at TIs

• Each TI should have a dedicated team of faculty

members working exclusively on the project – could be

called UBA group.

– The duration for which they work on the UBA project should be

treated like secondment to GOI on a work of national importance.

– The group should be adequately funded by GOI for salary and

allowances, travel, hiring technical staff, secretarial assistance ,

new R&D projects, if any, etc. and given a separate space in the

TI

– The TI would appoint one of the members of UBA group as a

coordinator who would manage the funds in consultation with

other members and periodically make a presentation on the

progress before the students and staff of the TI.

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Monitoring

• The progress of work of state level TIs & NGOs working in

Panchayat Samitis would be monitored by the SLCC with the help of

the group of the coordinators of national level TIs working at DPCs

of those samitis.

• The progress of work of National Tis and NGOs will be monitored by

the PAC

• This monitoring would be done bimonthly .

• PAC, along with chairpersons of the SLCCs , would monitor the

progress of all the projects every six months.

• NCC , along with chairpersons of the SLCCs , and PAC would

monitor the progress of all the projects annually.

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Linkages……......... bimonthly Monitoring

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PAC TI1, TI2, TI3,………[A].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

SLCC SLCC SLCC

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[A].

Linkages…….... Every six months Monitoring

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PAC

TI1, TI2, TI3,………[A].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

SLCC SLCC SLCC

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[A]. SLCC Chairpersons

Linkages……..........annual Monitoring

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PAC

TI1, TI2, TI3,………[A].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B]. TI1, TI2, TI3,…[B].

SLCC SLCC SLCC

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[B].

N1, N2, N3,…[A].

NCC + SLCC Chairpersons

Sub-committees of NCC

• PAC: Project Appraisal committee

• PFFC : Prototype Fabrication Facility Committee

• RuTAG : Rural Technology Action Group

• SLCC : State level Coordination Committee

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Other crucial Contributions from

Students

Involving Students in National

Development

• Lakhs of college students in the country can be mobilized

during the two-month summer break to :

A Eradicate Illiteracy

B Health check up, hygiene education

C To identify the technological needs of society

D To promote national integration

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