JULY 2006 National Alliance for Mission2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre Mission 2007 Secretariat Mobilising the Power of Partnership M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Institutional Area Taramani, Chennai - 600 113, INDIA Tel: +91-44-2254 1229, 2254 1698 Fax: +91-44-2254 1319 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Partners Directory July 2006 Mission 2007 Secretariate Mission 2007 Secretariat M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation 3rd Cross Street, Institutional Area Taramani, Chennai - 600 113, INDIA Tel: +91-44-2254 1229, 2254 1698 Fax: +91-44-2254 1319 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Designed and Printed by: AMM Prints Contents 1. Aarkay InfoNet Private Limited (AIPL) ................................................................9 2. Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University.....................................................11 3. AIDS-India e Forum..........................................................................................14 4. American India Foundation...............................................................................16 5. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham...........................................................................19 6. Arghyam...........................................................................................................21 7. Aspee Agricultural Research & Development Foundation (ARDF)....................23 8. Assam Administrative Staff College (AASC).....................................................27 9. Association of Public ICT Tools Access Provider...............................................29 10. Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Private Limited (AKTPL)...........................31 11. Azim Premji Foundation....................................................................................35 12. Bellanet............................................................................................................38 13. C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre.............................................................40 14. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)...............................42 15. Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture............................................48 16. Central Tuber Crops Research Institute.............................................................54 17. Centre for Education and Documentation..........................................................59 18. Centre for Ecology and Research......................................................................62 19. Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS)......................64 20. Centre for IT Services.......................................................................................67 21. C-IT Community Relationship Management Suite Centre for IT Services..........70 22. Common Service Centres (CSC) The Department of Information Technology....73 23. Coral Telecom Ltd.............................................................................................75 24. Datamation Foundation.....................................................................................78 25. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology......83 26. Digital Partners India.........................................................................................86 27. Emmaus Community Welfare Fund...................................................................90 28. Enriching Rural People Foundation....................................................................91 29. Everonn Systems India Ltd...............................................................................93 30. EZ Vidya Pvt. Ltd.,............................................................................................97 31. Family Health and Development Research Service Foundation.........................99 32. First Voice International ..................................................................................101 33. Friends of MSSRF, Japan................................................................................103 34. Friends of Swaminathan Australia (FOSA)......................................................105 Partners Directory - July 2006 3 35. Gramodaya College & Research Institute........................................................107 36. Gujarat Life Sciences......................................................................................109 37. Health Educational Awareness for Rural Development (HEAR).......................111 38. Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust..................................................................113 39. Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute..............................................115 40. Indian Association for Information Technology in Agriculture (IAITA)..............117 41. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - (IIITM-K).........119 42. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay...................................................122 43. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) HQ..............................................124 44. Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP).......................................129 45. Intel, Bangalore..............................................................................................132 46. International Computer Science Institute (ICSI)...............................................136 47. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)....139 48. International Development Research Centre (IDRC)........................................143 49. IRMA Bhubaneswar India...............................................................................146 50. ITC eChoupal, Secunderabad..........................................................................148 51. Janjagruti Maharashtra...................................................................................153 52. JHAI Foundation, Lao PDR..............................................................................155 53. Kalinga Center for Social Development (KCSD)...............................................157 54. LAKSHYA for Sustainable Development..........................................................161 55. Larsen & Toubro Construction Skills Training Institute, Chennai......................165 56. Limtex (India) Limited.....................................................................................169 57. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF).........................................172 58. MacArthur Foundation....................................................................................175 59. MAHAN Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital.......................................................179 60. Maharashtra Foundation U.S. Initiative...........................................................181 61. Mahavir Yubak Sangh (MYS)..........................................................................184 62. MakSat Technologies (P) Ltd..........................................................................187 63. Medak District Voluntary Agencies Network (Medvan)..................................189 64. Media Lab Asia..............................................................................................192 65. Microsoft India................................................................................................195 66. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX)..............................................201 67. Nand Educational Foundation for Rural Development (NEFORD).....................203 68. NASSCOM Foundation (NF)............................................................................205 69. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)............207 70. National Informatics Centre............................................................................210 71. National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX)......................212 4 Partners Directory - July 2006 72. National Institute for Smart Government (NISG).............................................218 73. National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE)..............223 74. NREGA ICT Solution Developed by TCS..........................................................225 75. Naveen Gram Agrotechnologies Pvt. Ltd........................................................228 76. Navodaya Seva Sangam Mahabubnagar........................................................230 77. Netaji Subhas Open University.......................................................................233 78. Network for Information & Computer Technology...........................................237 79. NicheKen Technologies Pvt Ltd.......................................................................241 80. n-Logue Communications Private Ltd..............................................................243 81. Novatium Solutions (P) Ltd.............................................................................246 82. One World South Asia (OWSA)......................................................................248 83. Panos London.................................................................................................251 84. Participatory Employment Net (PEN) India......................................................254 85. PC Connexon..................................................................................................257 86. Peoples Action for Development.....................................................................259 87. Phoenix federation and Societal reformers of India (SRI)................................262 88. Polymer Educational Society...........................................................................265 89. PRAYAS..........................................................................................................267 90. QUALCOMM’s Wireless Reach™...................................................................269 91. Radiophony India Pvt Ltd................................................................................271 92. Rotary Club of Mayuram.................................................................................273 93. Rural Agency for Social and Technological Advancement (RASTA)................274 94. Rural Uplift Centre..........................................................................................276 95. Samtech InfoNet Limited................................................................................281 96. Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)................................................284 97. Shruti Information Centre................................................................................290 98. Shrushti Seva Samiti......................................................................................292 99. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts...........................................................297 100. Society for Participatory Research and Integrated Training (SPRIT)................301 101. Socio Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS)....................304 102. South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS).................................307 103. STADD Development Consulting Pvt. Ltd........................................................315 104. STING BroadBand/STING Consortia................................................................317 105. Student’s Welfare Association (Vidyarthi Sahayak Samiti).............................320 106. Sustainable Agriculture & Environmental Voluntary Action (SEVA).................322 107. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).................................326 108. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University..................................................................328 Partners Directory - July 2006 5 109. Tamil Nadu Foundation Inc. TN Chapter..........................................................330 110. Tamil Nadu Open University...........................................................................333 111. TARAhaat Information and Marketing Services Limited..................................335 112. TATA BP Solar................................................................................................338 113. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai.....................................................340 114. telecentre.org.................................................................................................343 115. The Science Ashram (TSA)............................................................................347 116. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)...........................................348 117. The Telecommunication and Computer Networking Group (TeNet).................351 118. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), India.....................................353 119. UNICEF, India..................................................................................................356 120. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...359 121. United Nations World Food Programme..........................................................362 122. Urmul Trust.....................................................................................................365 123. Vadalur Knowledge Centre..............................................................................367 124. Vigyan Ashram...............................................................................................369 125. Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC)..............................371 126. Virtual University for Agricultural Trade (VUAT)..............................................373 127. Women Organisation For Socio-Cultural Awareness (WOSCA).......................377 128. Women’s Studies and Development Centre Chhattisgarh...............................379 6 Partners Directory - July 2006 FOREWORD Mission 2007 aims to convert the provision made under the Bharat Nirman programme for knowledge connectivity in rural India into reality by August 15, 2007 which marks the 60th Anniversary of our Independence. The green revolution helped to increase the productivity and production of wheat, rice, maize and other crops. The Knowledge Revolution envisaged under Bharat Nirman will however enhance human productivity and creativity in all its dimensions. This is why achieving the goal of Mission 2007 is important for achieving what Mahatma Gandhi emphasized, namely Purna Swaraj. In 2004, 41 organisations representing the various stakeholders in the ICT for development exercise organized jointly a National Alliance for Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre. The total number of partners now stand at 128. The National Alliance for Mission 2007 brings together Central and State Government agencies, business and industry, academic institutions, civil society organizations and all interested in bridging the rural-urban digital divide. The National Alliance is supported by an International Support Group chaired by Dr Maxine Olson, Resident Representative of UNDP in New Delhi. The Alliance partners are all committed to the goal of ushering in a knowledge revolution in rural India. Partners Directory - July 2006 7 The Alliance has five working groups dealing with connectivity, content, capacity building, care and management and coordination. Also it is supported by the Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity from the point of view of human resource development. After observing the capability and innovativeness of the Fellows of the Academy, H E Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, President of India commented that the Academy is a celebration of the core competents of rural families. Mission 2007 is committed to a cause of total literacy in our country and for alleviating hardship to our hard working farm women and men caused by meteorological and marketing factors. I am grateful to Mr Senthilkumaran, Programme Director, Information Communication Technology and to his colleagues for taking the trouble to compile this directory. The earlier two versions of this directory were compiled under the guidance of Ms Geeta Sharma, Former Operations Manager and I wish to record our gratitude to her and to Mr Basheerahmad Shadrach for their significant contributions to the success of the Alliance. I hope the Village Knowledge Centre or Gyan Chaupal movement will gather further momentum and will achieve its goal of ensuring the provision of a demand driven package of dynamic and generic information to children, women and men in our villages at the right time and place. M S Swamianthan 8 Partners Directory - July 2006 Aarkay InfoNet Private Limited (AIPL) New Delhi Contact Mr. Ramesh K Verma Aarkay InfoNet Private Limited (AIPL) 118C, Lane 5, Anupam Garden, New Delhi 110 068 Phone: 011 3295 6504, 98119 85311 Organisation Profile AIPL is dedicated towards developing and deploying sustainable collaborative ICT solutions for the masses. Its innovative eScribe range of software products, address to core communications challenge of making ICT more usable by the masses, despite the literacy, language and cultural issues. The thrust is to cut digital divide by allowing masses to collaborative communication using a simple a voice, scribbler (hand writing) and optionally video interface “eScribe” for all their ICT usage. This can be used in all applications like education, rural health, livelihood generation, poverty alleviation and general communications. EScribe, a highly two way interactive interface, can be deployed over low bandwidth as well as broadband networks, in a one to many, one to few as well as one on one interactions Area Of Operation Technical A Learn to earn more approach CSC program is not sustainable for e-Govn. Services alone. We are developing a Consortium to release SAMAARUP, a commercially sustainable, rural e-channel which will provide a locally relevant bouquet of interactive application services Partners Directory - July 2006 9