Community Empowerment by Dr. SBM Prasanna, Dr. K Puttaraju, Dr.MS Mahadevaswamy (books under 200 pages TXT) 📕

development and empowerment world over. There are increasing reports of digital divide, information poverty, information haves and have-nots, digital gaps, digital poverty which all point to the huge gap in making ICT available to a huge chunk of world population as well as to a huge section within a nation. India fits well into the above dichotomy of digital growth versus digital divide.

It is more than a decade that ICT has seen its vertical as well as horizontal growth in various domains of interventions be it education, health, livelihood, trade and commerce and governance. Both public and private projects and programs have been initiated at the behest of Governments, CSOs, Corporate bodies, individuals using ICT. No doubt such gigantic exercises using ICT for development and empowerment have bore mixed outputs.

There are reports emanating from states in India like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, Delhi where ICT has been used in the most utilitarian and quality perspectives. Instances are reported of how individuals and local communities are being empowered and sustained using various ICT tools like Internet, PC, CR and other mediums. Projects like NeGP, Mission 2007, CSCs, Info kiosks run by various bodies and agencies are all leading to an accelerated use of ICT for all round holistic growth and development of India.

Despite all these, the bug of digital divide haunts India. There are cases where ICT has been pumped into those hands and heads wherein the existing environment is either healthier or better of vis-à-vis in those areas wherein even the basic services of ICT is still being deprived in terms of telecom facilities along with power non-availability, no PC penetration, no trace of Internet, no means of traditional technology and so on. With this the information gap is hurting the community development in the holistic sense. The rich-poor divide is seen to have its reflection in this information and ICT maps as well. With this there is left out huge gap for quality and timely interventions of ICT in those inaccessible, unreachable, alienated lands and communities for their upliftment and empowerment.

MISSION:

“To constantly create an order of economic and knowledge empowerment of the people living at the edge of Information Communication Technologies and Digital Media.”

The mission of DEF is based on practical considerations and realistic visions. Its mission is to inspire individuals and communities to use technology for their own advantages.

The mission is to enable communities to be aware and conscious of the utility and necessity to using ICT for their upliftment and empowerment.

DEF’s mission is to see widespread development, use, spread, and promotion, and accessibility, affordability of digital content based on cultural specifics or language necessities.

The purpose is to bring the content delivery of ICT into limelight. The reason being content comprises the fundamental component of any ICT interventions. If technology inspires, content inspires more and is what ultimately matters in the long run.

The larger part of DEF’s mission is to contribute its efforts towards making India an information rich country vis-à-vis the world info society.

The mission is to fill in the gaps of digital divide in this country in terms of content gap, information and awareness gap, technology gap, in various intervention modes.

DEF’s mission shall be of seeing itself put continuous pressure on the policy framework and formulations pertaining to holistic promotion and growth of ICT and content in this subcontinent. In this drive it shall work along with like minded partners and supporters.

VISION:

The vision is a well thought out framework of ideas and perspectives on ICT and its utility in growth, development and empowerment:

“To make the digital inclusion reach the masses, to create even opportunities and linkages between haves have-nots so that the gross roots knowledge reaches the economic prosperity and vice versa through information communication technology and Digital Media.”

DEF’s vision is to see that there is no information barrier in India, that there should be no avenues for information gap among individuals and communities.  Behind this is the prime reason to understand that information barrier is the prime reason for the under-development and backwardness in India.

DEF vision is to see that information delivery and spread is being facilitated in every possible methods and ways including making information services available in local language content. This way it shall contribute in making so many information and knowledge communities and societies within India. No doubt this would result in socio-economic awakening and upliftment of the masses.

DEF’s vision is to see that individuals and communities in India do not lag behind or lie in backwardness due to lack of avenues to access the immense power of information and communication technologies. This way it shall contribute in making India a rich information society as well as an empowered country in the real sense.

FOUNDERS:
Osama Manzar and Shafali Cheikermane

Mr. Osama Manzar is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, editor, columnist, and new media specialist who is spearheading the mission to overcome the information barrier between India’s rural sector, and the so-called developed society, through Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), the not-for-profit organisation founded to accomplish the mission.

Ms. Chikermane is with expertise in creative and design world taking the leadership role in digital designed based solutions to various community centric programmes within Digital Empowerment Foundation. She has a professional experience of 14 years by now.

THEIR NETWORK PRESENCE:

Uttar Pradesh

Humen Welfare Association At Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. (www.hwavaranasi.in)

India Development Alternatives Foundation, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. (www.idaf.org.in)

Uttarakhand

Central Himalayan Environment Association, Nainital, Uttarakhand. (www.cheaindia.org)

Henvalvani Community Radio At Chamba, Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand.

Bihar

ALOK Sansthan, Jagdishpur, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar

Jan Nirman Kendra, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. (www.jnkrakesh.org)

Sampann India, Patna, Bihar. (www.sampann.org)

Jharkhand

Gyan Vatika, A centre owned by DEF At Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Nav Jagriti Yuva Mandal, Birni, Gridih, Jharkhand.

Madhya Pradesh

Chanderi Weavers ICT Resource Centre (CWIRC) At Chanderi, M.P. (www.chanderiyaan.chanderi.org)

Wainganga Community Development Center, Balaghat, M.P.

Rajasthan

WASCO, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Church’s Auxiliary For Social Action(CASA), Udaipur, Rajasthan. (www.casa-india.org)

Sankalp Mamoni At Baran, Rajasthan.(www.sankalpmamoni.in)

Sapna At Alwar, Rajasthan.(www.sapnango.in)

Barefoot College At Tilonia, Rajasthan. (www.barefootcollege.org)

Assam

Digital Resource and Training Centre At Sonapur, Assam.

Nort East Development Foundation At Guwahati, Assam. (www.nedfindia.net)

Haryana

Sristi Gyan Kendra At Puchkula, Haryana.(www.sgk.in)

Tamil Nadu

Local Community Exchange Empowerment Trust (Lokalex), Theni, Tamil Nadu. (www.lokalex.com)

Keystone Foundation, Kottagiri, Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu. (http://keystone-foundation.org/)

Odisha

Young India At Konark, Odisha. (www.youngindia.net.in)

Disha At Bhadrak, Odisha. (www.dishaorissa.org)

Meghalaya

Impulse NGO Network, Shillong, Meghalaya. (www.impulseasia.org)

Himanchal Pradesh

Mountain Forum Himalayas (MFH), Shimla, H.P. (http://www.mfhimalayas.org)

Chandigarh

Punjab Digital Library At Chandigarh. (www.punjabdigilib.org)

Andhara Pradesh

APMWS, Secunderabad, A.P.

Karnataka

Technology For The People At Bangalore, Karnataka. (www.tftpeople.org)

Maharashtra

SMSONE At Sadhu Vaswani Chowk, Pune, Maharashtra. (www.smsone.in)

Kashmir

Koshish, Budgam, Kashmir

West Bangal

Vivekananda Sevakendra –O- Sishu Uddyan (VSSU), W.B. (www.vssu.in)

Nagaland

Youth Net At Kohima, Nagaland. (www.youthnet.org.in)

CROSS COUNTRY NETWORK

Nepal

Computer Association Of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. (www.can.org.np)

Bhutan

Rural Education and Development, Bhutan. (www.readglobal.org)

PROJECTS:

One of the Important Projects is ‘DIGITAL PANCHAYAT’:

Digital Panchayat is a functional and dynamic digital platform and working station designed and created for each and every Panchayat in India, powered by Internet. The objective is to facilitate and improve Panchayat functioning on day-to-day basis, through two way flow of information and content. The goal is to realize various development objectives at grassroots level.

Digital Panchayat Objectives:

To empower citizens of every panchayat with bottom up and top down information and content;

To improve development and governance public service delivery at Panchayat level through information on policy programmes and implementation;

Create a digital data house at every Panchayat level ;

To facilitate growth of Panchayat economy through promotion of Panchayat tourism, e-commerce of local produce;

To put every Panchayat on the global digital map;

To generate an ICT environment in every panchayat;

To give fillip to the Right to Information campaign.

Digital Panchayat Component:

A comprehensive and dynamic local language content online platform

Integrated digital platform for panchayat demography, society, culture, geography, history & economy

A bilingual or multilingual information platform

e-trade and e-commerce platform

Local e-tourism platform

Online public grievance redressal forum

Local online resource center

Online communication and information networking platform

An e-Governance platform

A digital data storehouse

Digital Panchayat Activities:

Develop a comprehensive Panchayat Digital Platform

To train Panchayat representatives in IT skills & management of Panchayat platform

Generation of Panchayat content

Regular updating and maintenance of Panchayat content

DEF seeking local partners association:

Partnership is fundamental and vital to achieve our goal of digital mission and sustainable development. Ours is a huge task and we think that we can achieve it through collective participation of one and all. DEF seeks local partnerships and collaboration with NGOs and institutes at local and regional level who would like to contribute their time and efforts to make Digital Panchayat national programme a success through networking, campaigning and outreach.

For local NGOs and Institution who would like to be associated with DEF through Digital Panchayat can contribute as follows:

Identifying Panchayats in different villages to be converted on digital platform

Identify village Panchayats and its information, content and services needs

Frame parameters to collect the content to be displayed on the portal, Identify the people to collect it, orient them to collect it and assist them in collecting the required information

Project formulation and Implementation

Provide technical support and Human resource

Provide assistance in infrastructure hosting

Orient and train people including Panchayat staff on importance of web technology, using the technology, updating it and provide initial hand-holding support

Extend cooperation in regularly monitoring the program and evaluating the outcomes for the same on regular basis

CONCLUSION:

Digital Empowerment Foundation has been creating technologies that advance the way people live, work, and learn. To foster innovation and drive economic growth, everyone, especially girls and women, needs to be empowered with education, employment and entrepreneurial skills. It is one of the greatest NGO’s of India. Their Digital Panchayat project has been improving improve development and governance public service delivery at Panchayat level through information on policy programmes and implementation & It making the people to create a digital data house at every Panchayat level. So it is huge programme and programmes such like this should be appreciate by Government. The government should encourage researches in this area.

 

Presentation of a new paradigm of human resources development in Iran

Hossein Niavand*, Farzaneh Haghighat nia**, Morteza Ansari***

& Asmaalsadat Mousavinia****

*Research scholar,in Statistics Department at University of Mysore , India

**M.Sc. of Financial Engineering Industrial Engineering and Management system Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

***Research scholar,Management Department, University of Mysore , India

****Research scholar,Commerce Department, University of Mysore , India

Abstract

Today knowledge society the human resources development (HRD) is of critical importance in both enhancing the competitiveness of nations and insurance social integration to wards national development. As it is well known, Korea has achieved remarkably rapid economic growth in the past 50 years to transform the poverty – ridden country in to the worlds largest country. Its export – oriented industrialization depend on tangible in puts and in particular Korea effectual utilized the countries cheap and well- educated labor forces a key factor driving such labor – intensive industries as textile and clothing industries. Well in this critical time of global economic domestic and foreign direct investment in a major action for the national economy is considered. Domestic and foreign investment to create jobs in the job supply and quality of life improvement with the aim of achieving production of the new jobs will have an important contribution. Develop and expand industrial investment which makes domestic investment is mobility this issue is so greatly importance that should be Iranian government action. This requires an immediate action to resolve problems. Particular domestic investment and foreign investment in the business for commercial activities and thus make the action will be thriving job market, in line with models, the government published a response to management personnel to purpose foreign investment that surely and certainly a great help to the realization of investment in business and management guidance personnel acting in a reasonable and a useful and effect five manner in compliance with standards, lows will have to work according to the country's population and rate of tissue university graduates and growing imbalance between job seekers and other hand lack of jobs for graduates, the challenges facing numerous government placed.

According to the latest population estimates by the end of 2009-2010 to 75 million will mature .peak age population aged 24 years who started to work and family formation. Net immigration country according to the migration of neighboring countries is negative. But immigration among individuals with higher education is common.

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