User Interaction Workshop
Needs Assessment for the Development of
Rural-Informatics in Decision Making at District/Sub-District Level

 

CSRE has taken up a Research & Development Project on "GIS based rural development planning at district/sub-district level", sponsored by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, New Delhi under its Technology Development, Extension & Training (TDET) Scheme.

One of the objectives of the project is to identify the problems, if any, in the information collection, analysis and management, and try to solve them in this project. It is planned to develop a Web Portal/Decision Support System, called 'Gramya Vikas' to overcome this information gap. A pre-requisite in this regard is to carry out the ‘NEEDS ASSESSMENT’. This exercise is to assess the requirement of the district planners/functionaries in terms of type and nature of database, and thus a suitable GIS/Web system, for use in their day-to-day decision making on planning/ implementation/monitoring of rural development programmes in their jurisdiction.

The Project Investigating team is planning to understand the needs through discussions, questionnaires and workshops/training programmes. As a part of this exercise, CSRE, in collaboration with the District Administration of Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, is Organizing a User Interaction Workshop ‘Needs Assessment for the Development of Rural-Informatics in Decision-making at District/Sub-district Level’ on 11.11.2005 at Mahabubnagar.

CSRE Faculty, Mahabubnagar District Administration & Rural Extension Community and Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi will be contributing to the Workshop.The following will be discussed /deliberated in the Workshop:

  • Rural-Informatics in Decision-Making
  • Demonstration of Indigenously developed Gram++ GIS Software
  • Pre-Workshop Questionnaire on Needs Assessment
  • Data / Information gaps for rural development planning
  • Identification of Mandal/Watershed for the Pilot Study

Contact

Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Head (dchandra@iitb.ac.in)
            OR
Dr. J. Adinarayana, Principal Research Scientist (adi@iitb.ac.in)
Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076
Tel: 022- 2576 7689 / 2576 7661 / 2576 8689
Fax: 022-2572 3190 / 2572 3480



Date:     11 November, 2005 (Friday)
Time:     11.00 am – 5.30 pm
Venue:    Revenue Meeting Hall
              District Collector Office
              Mahabubnagar

 

10.00 - 11.00 - Registration

I.    Inaugural Session (11.00 am – 12.00 pm)

  • Welcome Address –
    Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Head, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
    (11.00 – 11.10 am)
  • Overview of the Workshop -
    Dr. J. Adinarayana, Principal Research Scientist, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
    (11.10 – 11.15 am)
  • MoRD Outlook on GIS and Rural Development Planning in the Districts –
    Dr. D. Ramakrishnaiah, Scientist (TE), MoRD, New Delhi
    (11.15 – 11.35 am)
  • Inaugural Address –
    Sri M. Jagadeeshwar, IAS, District Collector & Magistrate, Mahabubnagar
    (11.35 am – 11.55 pm)
  • Vote of Thanks
    Dr. J. Adinarayana, Principal Research Scientist CSRE, IIT-Bombay
    (11.55– 12.00 pm)

Technical Session (12.00 - 13.15 pm)

Chairman:    Sri. M. Jagdeeshwar, IAS, Collector & District Magistrate, Mahabubnagar
Rapporteur:  Sri. T.Govardhan, Dy.Director, Groundwater Department, Mahabubnagar
  • Rural-Informatics in Decision Making
    Dr. J. Adinarayana, Principal Research Scientist CSRE, IIT-Bombay & Sri.Gopesh Tewari, Research Associate, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
    (12.00– 12.45 pm)
  • Desertification Investigations in Mahabubnagar District –
    Dr. G. Venkataraman, Principal Research Scientist, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
    (12.45– 1.15 pm)

Lunch (1.15 - 2.30 pm)

II.    Demonstration of Gram++ GIS Package

      Sri Deepak Choksi, Research Associate, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
      (2.30 – 3.00 pm)

III. Interactive Session (3.00 pm – 5.30 pm)

        Chairmen:   Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Head, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
                        Dr. D. Ramakrishnaiah, Scientist (TE), MoRD, New Delhi
        Rapporteur: Dr. M. V. Khire, Principal Research Engineer, CSRE, IIT-Bombay
  • Reactions on Pre-Workshop Questionnaire on Needs Assessment [User Departments]
    (3.00 – 4.30 pm)
  • Selection of Mandal/Watershed for Pilot Project [Group Discussion]
    (4.30 – 5.00 pm)
  • Final remarks -
    Chairmen
    (5.00 – 5.30 pm )
Organizers
  1. Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai
  2. District Administration, Mahabubnagar(Co-ordinated by the Ground Water Department)
Sponsor
Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, New Delhi