Projects, Programmes,
Activities and Assignments
Undertaken by HIFEED
(Detailed)
HIFEED CAMPUS, RANICHAURI, TEHRI GARHWAL
Himalayan Institute For Environment,
Ecology & Development (HIFEED)
(AN ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED ORGANIZATION)
(A Centre of Excellence, Recognized by Government of Uttarakhand)
Project Office:
Street No. 4, Shastri Nagar, Haridwar Road,
Dehradun- 248 001, Uttarakhand
Registered & Head Office:
HIFEED Campus, Ranichauri- 249199,
District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand (INDIA)
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PROJECTS, PROGRAMMES, ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS UNDERTAKEN BY HIFEED
1.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
A PILOT PROJECT ON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF ANGORA RABBIT WOOL FOR
INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF
UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
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Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Department of Rural Development (DoRD), Government of Uttarakhand
Address:
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Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Uttarakhand Secretariat, 4, Subhas Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 April 2002
Completion Date: 31 March 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any:
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, District- Tehri Garhwal,
Uttarakhand, India
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 9.54 Crores
Duration of Assignment (Months): 60 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
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35 Staff
60 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 8.04 Crores
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: 60 Months
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Mr. M.M. Doval (M.A., M.S.W.)- Project Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Dr. Arvind Painuly (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Coordinator, Natural Dyeing
Ms. Monica Sajwan (B.A., L.L.B., Diploma in Textile Designing)- Textile Designer
Narrative Description of Project:
Angora rabbit breeding and rearing has emerged as an important income generating enterprise in
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the hilly regions of India in the last 30 years. This livestock system has been viewed to provide a
sustainable source of income under small or zero agriculture land holding. The agro-climatic
conditions of the hilly regions between 4500 to 7000 feet above sea level in Uttarakhand are viewed
as the potential areas for such an enterprise. Keeping in the view the importance of angora wool
fiber and its potential for income and employment generation, there is need to increase production
and productivity of the angora wool by making angora rabbit breeding and rearing a popular
occupation. High profitability, vast potential of income and employment generation, huge potential
for earning foreign exchange and role of angora rabbit husbandry in ecological rehabilitation are few
of the many positive factors, which call for coordinated efforts, so that the farmers take up angora
rabbit breeding and rearing in a big way.
The woman and educated unemployed youths can take up this profession and traditional farmers
can supplement their income through this profession. Rearing of angora rabbits needs less space,
time and money and any family member with minimum experience and training can manage it.
Angora rabbits have a fast multiplication rate, which increases approximate 10-12 times annually.
The climatic conditions of the hilly regions of Uttarakhand are found suitable for angora rabbit
breeding and rearing.
Objectives of the Project:
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To open up a germplasm resource centre to develop high yielding angora rabbits that would
make available quality breeding stock for the beginners as well as replacement of males to the
existing rabbit units for upgrading their flocks.
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To provide basic training in angora rabbit breeding, rearing and wool processing for women and
educated unemployed youths who can take up this profession and traditional farmers can
supplement their income.
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To develop improved package in the field of breeding, feeding, management, disease control
and treatment and availability of quality feed to the angora rabbit breeders.
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To provide necessary inputs and guidance for development of new farms as well as to extend
this facility to the existing operational units and to strengthen extension, monitoring and
consultancy services to the existing and the up-coming new units.
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To extend marketing support to producers through auctions, exhibitions, emporiums, cooperatives, federations, etc. in the National and International markets.
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To provide facilities for on-farm testing of various technologies developed by Agriculture
Universities, Research Institutions, Government Departments and Non-Governmental
Organizations in the field of angora rabbit production and wool processing.
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To encourage women and rural unemployed youths in this fast development income generating
enterprise and to revive the tradition of household spinning and processing of this costly fiber as
being done by the rural households since long.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
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Establishment of high yielding angora rabbit germplasm resource centre.
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Research & Development in the field of health care and nutrition.
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Training and technical support to angora rabbit breeders, self- help groups (SHGs), extension
workers and NGOs.
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Establishment of feed manufacturing unit for concentrate and quality feed production.
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Extension and distribution of angora rabbit units to farmer’s households.
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Establishment of common facility centre for carding, blending, spinning, weaving, knitting and
processing of raw angora wool in to yarn and hand-made finished products.
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Design development, product development and product diversification.
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Technological upgradation in traditional machineries and equipment.
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Research & development in vegetable and natural dyes.
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Production and marketing programme for raw angora wool, angora wool blended yarn and
hand-made angora woolen products.
2.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
MARKETING OF RURAL PRODUCTS IN UTTARAKHAND THROUGH GRAMEEN SHILP
EMPORIUMS
Country: India
Location within Country: 13 Districts of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
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Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Department of Rural Development (DoRD), Government of Uttarakhand
Address:
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Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Uttarakhand Secretariat, 4, Subhas Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 April 2002
Completion Date: 31 March 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 4.82 Crores
Duration of Assignment (Months): 60 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
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05 Staff
60 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 4.82 Crores
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Mr. Ashok Sharma (B.Com., M.B.A.)- Project Director
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Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Ms. Monica Sajwan (B.A., L.L.B., Diploma in Textile Designing)- Textile Designer
Narrative Description of Project:
The hilly regions of Uttarakhand especially Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar and Almora
have been quiet popular Nationally and Internationally for the handicrafts and handloom products.
In these districts woolen shawls, lohies, caps, mufflers, tulma, chutka, woolen carpets, aasan, sofa
cushion, etc. and variously designed products are manufactured by handlooms.
Apart from this the various types of stone carving, engravings on wooden sticks, baskets, mats,
bamboo products, rambans products, copper utensils, wall hangings, purses, decorative items,
variously engraved wooden items and many other items are manufactured. But in the present time it
is seen that due to the lack of money for buying and processing the raw material, lack of improved
technology, tools and equipment required for the quality handicrafts and handlooms inability to
produce better quality and newly designed goods/products, insufficient level of production and
problem of marketing has lead to the decline of handicraft and handloom industry of hilly regions
which was once very popular Nationally and Internationally. This all lead to the ignorance of coming
generation towards there tradition and they are forced to migrate to the plains in search of jobs
leaving their women folk in villages to struggle for their life.
Objectives of the Project:
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To provide stable and sustainable market for rural products made by the rural producers and
artisans at household level.
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To provide market information to the rural producers and artisans.
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To conduct Research and Development (R&D) work in terms of improvement in technological
input and upgrading the traditional machinery and equipments.
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To provide basic facilities in terms of product development, design development and product
diversification.
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To organize exhibitions and trade fairs for rural producers and artisans to sale their products
directly to the buyers.
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To participate in the exhibitions and trade fairs organized by the various Government and NonGovernment Departments and Agencies at National and International level.
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To establish and develop a permanent and sustainable sale system and infrastructure for rural
products produces at rural household level.
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To upgrade the skill of rural producers and artisans by providing various technical trainings.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
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Baseline surveys and studies.
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Construction of 20 Grameen Shilp Emporiums and one Central Shilp Emporium to provide
marketing outlets to the rural artisans and producers.
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To set up facilities for product development, design development and product diversification.
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To organize trainings, meetings, workshops and seminars.
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Skill upgradation and technological input for upgrading the traditional production and processing
machinery and equipment.
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Research and Development (R&D) for use of vegetable and natural dyes in handloom products.
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Participation in exhibitions and expos organized by various Government and Non-Governmental
agencies and to organize the exhibitions and expos at different places of the State.
3.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ESTABLISHMENT OF PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING CENTRE OF HORTICULTURE
PRODUCES FOR INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN DISTRICT TEHRI
GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India
Address: Zone- 5, Core- C, IInd Floor, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India, India
Start Date: 01 April 2004
Completion Date: 31 March 2006
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 10.89 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 10.89 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Dr. J.K. Nigam (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Research Officer & Project Coordinator
Mr. Sanjay Uniyal (B.Sc., C.I.C., P.G.D.C.A., B.J., B.P.Ed.)- Field Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The agro climatic condition of India has ranked it third in the world, with an annual production of
102 million tones of fruits and vegetables per annum. Despite such huge production, there is an
annual loss of about 30% due to meager utilization by fruit and vegetable processing Industry and
almost negligible processing being done at home. Others factors for destruction of the crop are lack
of transportation and low prices offered to the growers. Though India has witnesses a shift towards
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the use of dehydrated fruits and vegetables, there is always a growing demand for home made
processed food both at the rural and urban levels.
In addition to bringing about a check and control over the pre and post harvest losses, the act of
setting up economically viable and non-energy intensive processing and preservation units at the
village level by employing the local labour augments to the family income thereby raising the socioeconomic condition of the growers and beneficiaries. The other long term sustainable benefit would
be linking the small and marginal farmers in the area with the production and marketing system
involving their full participation at all levels. Another immediate benefit of processing is that it
increases the shelf life of the horticulture produce thereby increasing the bargaining power of the
small and marginal farmers.
Objectives of the Project:
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To augment the income of small grower families through value addition to their produces.
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To train the selected beneficiaries, particularly women in processing, semi-processing and
preservation of horticultural produces.
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To establish a nodal production facility and satellite units with decentralized functions.
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To establish linkages with Science & Technology based resource agencies for technical back up
and support.
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To establish market linkages for the sale of the products.
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To achieve a full-fledged production centre which is sustainable and viable.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
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Training of project functionaries and beneficiaries.
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Establishment of three satellite units for semi-processing of horticulture produces.
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Establishment of one nodal unit for full processing of horticulture produces.
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Market simulations and marketing of fruit products.
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Cooperative formation of producer groups.
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Technical backup from Science & Technology Institution.
4.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
JOINT FARM MANAGEMENT FOR OFF-SEASON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN HILL AREA
THROUGH ADOPTING ECO-FRIENDLY CROP ROTATIONS AND PRACTICES
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
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Start Date: 01 April 2004
Completion Date: 31 March 2005
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 3.90 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 3.90 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Dr. J.K. Nigam (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Research Officer & Project Coordinator
Mr. Sanjay Uniyal (B.Sc., C.I.C., P.G.D.C.A., B.J., B.P.Ed.)- Field Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Scattered and fragmented land holdings are a continuous trend to become a complex comb of
problems in view to increase cash incomes from per unit area of holdings. Examples are often
quoted from Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and North-East hills by doubling the value of problems,
because Uttarakhand hills farming is quite tough to rejuvenate for production purposes without
ownership consolidation of land.
Nevertheless the approach is optimistic, but our Organization foresee many of the socially inbuilt
problems like family disputes, fertility status of land, money involved in making process illegal etc. If
wisdom really needed at this venture, then it must be for functional purposes i.e. productivity
increase and there is no guarantee whether land consolidation on papers for purpose of ownership
will increase yield. Our doubt is it will be a helpful mean to negotiate for land trading between single
owner and land Mafias.
No doubt, yield must be increased and for this purpose, large holding is an essential. Rationally we
can look for alternatives? It could be done with the approaches like cooperative farming, lease
farming, contractual farming etc. Our experience says theoretically that co-operative farming is ideal
one, but benefits distribution among the beneficiaries remains always a matter of disputes. Similarly
contractual or lease farming have been opted since antiquities under heads “TIHAD” or “ADHEL”
systems and then under new settlement Act of 1952 it become a motivational tool to go people to
the course for justice.
No need to say how long this disputes remained persistent among societies and how it disturbed
socio fabric. Similarly, the next example of leased farming being done by Nepali labourers narrates
the same story of agony accumulations between locals and these. However, it also brought few
social evils also viz., liquor addiction, flash trading and inhabitable problems of diversified crimes. It
means the only solutions is among the people, for the people and by the people with the help of any
prevalent local Voluntary Organizations and that too with Joint Farm Management means identified
the land, identified the people of similar interest and plan for them with their full participation by the
involvement of any facilitator agency.
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Objectives of the Project:
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To increase the off-season vegetable production and unit area production in terms of cash and
volumes.
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To increase the self employment opportunities.
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To facilitate adoption of appropriate technologies for removal of drudgery, increased efficiency
and higher income of farm women and youths.
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To introduce and integrate the appropriate technologies to increase the vegetable productivity
with marketable surplus in commercial, on and off farm production systems.
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To facilitate adoption of appropriate post-harvest technologies for conservation and on-farm
value addition of vegetable products, by-products and wastes for greater economic dividend.
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To find out right type of crops between two vegetable based crop rotations (as cash crop) so
that the risk for multiplication of disease and pest inoculums in the same affinity crop will be
interrupted (Breaking repetitive crop rotations).
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To strengthen backward linkages with the farmers for assured supply of external inputs like
organic fertilizers, agriculture equipments, seeds, advisory services, etc.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
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Provide trainings, exposure visits, enrichments trainings to the practicing farmers.
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Training programmes at centre and off centre with collaboration with hired services of experts
and expert Institution.
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Formation of different production groups (SHGs).
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Operate a quality germplasm centre/nursery to produce superior quality seeds and seedlings of
vegetables which will be readily available to the local farmers.
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Establishment of demonstrational vita.
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Establishment of collection centers for vegetables and vegetable produces.
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Establishment of agro service centers/input supply centers for agriculture implements, seeds,
organic fertilizers, etc.
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Establishment of advisory service centre on technology, marketing information, etc.
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Product launching in the market through media, networking, advertisement and publicity,
simulated marketing network, exhibition and expos, workshops, seminars, etc.
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Provide farm gate level market by developing forward linkages with externals agencies and
established fruit and vegetable mandies.
5.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TARGETED INTERVENTION PROJECT FOR HIV/AIDS FOR FEMALE SEX WORKERS (FSW),
STREET CHILDREN, MEN HAVING SEX WITH MEN (MSM) AND INJECTING DRUG USERS
(IDUS) IN DISTRICT DEHRADUN OF UTTARAKHAND
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Country: India
Location within Country: District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society (USACS), Department of Medical Health & Family Welfare,
Government of Uttarakhand
Address:
Red Cross Campus, Near Directorate of Medical Health & Family Welfare, Danda Lakhound, Gujrada,
(Opp. IT Park), Sahastradhara Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 April 2004
Completion Date: 31 October 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 52.14 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 84 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
17 Staff
78 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 52.14 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Mr. Manoj Govil (B.Com., P.G.D.H.A., P.G.D.M.M., C.A.F.E.)- Project Coordinator
Mrs. Shivani Mishra (M.A.)- Project Coordinator
Mrs. Shanta Kothari (M.A.)- Project Coordinator
Mr. Rakesh Bhatt (M.A., D.C.A.)- Project Coordinator
Ms. Sunita Gusain (M.A.)- Counselor
Mrs. Rajni Bhatia (M.A.)- Counselor
Mr. Pawan Prasad Gairola (B.A.)- Counselor
Narrative Description of Project:
HIFEED since its very inception in 1995 had been concerned with health status and wellness
situation of mountain communities specifically women and children. This concerned took HIFEED to
work with the communities in preventing HIV/AIDS and STDs/STIs and spreading the awareness for
various family planning programmes, even without any financial support of project.
HIFEED’s effort and experience of working with community resulted into its getting the Targeted
Intervention Project for HIV/AIDS implemented in Dehradun by HIFEED during the year 2004-2005,
successfully intervened 250 FSWs and 150 Street Children was well appreciated and discussed in
wider circles. The programme delivered successfully completed interventions and achieved set goals
in creating effective awareness to prevent and control HIV/AIDS in Dehradun.
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The project continues for the next year, 2005-2006, with increasing the target among high risk
groups HIV/AIDS prevention and healthy behaviours by intervening through BCC, among 400 FSWs,
300 Street Children for the year 2005-2006 in Dehradun city. Due to the good and satisfactory
progress of the project, the Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society (USACS) has extended the
project.
The programme is being continued for the year 2006-2007, with a target of 400 FSWs and 300
Street Children. The project was also extended for the year 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 with the
target of 550 FSWs, 60 IDUs and 60 MSM. During the year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, the target
allotted to HIFEED is 300 MSM. This project helped us in experiencing the ground realities of
HIV/AIDS problems in its cause and effect matrix. This lead us to find that the targeted groups i.e.
FSWs, Street Children, IDUs and MSM was in the project area as mainly as one who came from
outside the State of Uttarakhand. And potential of such future heavy down pouring influx remains
very high because the new State of Uttarakhand is proving as PULL for people particularly labours
and daily wage earners from outside the state due to its vast economic potential and growing high
spending tourism Industry.
Objectives of the Project:
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To minimize the further spread of HIV/AIDS/STD/STI infections and maximize the awareness
about HIV/AIDS prevention and healthy behaviors by intervening through BCC, among Female
Sex Workers (FSWs), Street Children, Men Having Sex with Men (MSM) and Injecting Drug Users
(IDUs) in District Dehradun.
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To provide innovative and effective BCC to FSWs, Street Children, IDUs and MSM to enhance
their health seeking behaviours over a period of twelve months.
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To increase the levels of awareness, knowledge and risk perception on HIV and STI amongst
FSWs, Street Children, IDUs and MSM.
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To promote consistent and correct use of condom including condom negotiating skills to FSWs,
IDUs and MSM.
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To provide care and support services to stake holders.
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To create an enabling environment that ensures easy access to services and assists in
community development.
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To create meaningful options for FSWs, IDUs and MSM that can ensure sustainability of the
programme.
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To provide condoms and safe needles to FSWs, IDUs and MSM.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
To achieve above mentioned objectives, HIFEED provided its expertise to community through well
trained outreach workers, pear educators and professionals. HIFEED’s project implementers work in
the following steps and process during the project implementation. This in turn also helps workers in
acquiring specific HR skills in the field of Targeted Intervention Project for HIV/AIDS. Services
Provided by HIFEED are:
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Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Support Services
Condom Promotion
Enabling Environment
Community Mobilization
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6.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TOTAL SANITATION PROGRAMME (TSP)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
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Project Management Unit (PMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of Uttarakhand
District Project Management Unit (DPMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address:
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Mussoorie Diversion Road, Makkawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
P- 4, Sector- 3, Near Central School, New Tehri, District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 April 2005
Completion Date: 31 March 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract:
Rs. 00.16 Lakhs to Provide Services. Subsidy Amount for Construction of Latrines Directly Given to
Beneficiaries.
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.16 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Mr. Dinesh Kothari (B.A.)- Block Coordinator
Kashiram Kothari (M.A.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your
Staff with in the Assignment:
HIFEED has worked on Total Sanitation Programme with the support of Swajal Project in four
villages of Thauldhar Block of District Tehri Garhwal. Total 77 sanitary latrines have been
constructed by the Organization in the target villages.
A workshop on Total Sanitation Campaign for Panchayat representatives of District Tehri Garhwal
has been organized by the Organization.
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7.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
AWARENESS GENERATION PROGRAMME (AGP)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Uttarakhand State Social Welfare Board (USSWB), Department of Social Welfare, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address: Mothrowala Road, Ajabpurkalan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:
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1st AGP- 03 August 2005
2nd AGP- 05 November 2007
3rd AGP- 19 November 2007
Completion Date:
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1st AGP- 10 August 2005
2nd AGP- 12 November 2007
3rd AGP- 26 November 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.30 Lakhs (Rs. 00.10 Lakhs for each AGP)
Duration of Assignment (Months): 08 Days to each AGP
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each AGP
08 Days to each Staff for each AGP
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract:
Rs. 00.30 Lakhs (Rs. 00.10 Lakhs for each AGP)
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by your
Staff with in the Assignment:
Three Awareness Generation Programmes of 8 days each for rural women has been organized by
HIFEED in different areas to create awareness in different women related issues. More than 100
women beneficiaries from different Blocks of District Tehri Garhwal participated in the workshop.
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8.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
GERANIUM FARMING: A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN BOOSTING ECONOMY OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Ministry of Environment & Forest,
Government of India
Address: Kosi-Katarmal, District- Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 July 2005
Completion Date: 30 June 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 4.31 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 4.31 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Ashok Sharma, (B.Com., M.B.A.)- Project Director/Principal Investigator
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Uttarakhand is a veritable emporium of medicinal and aromatic plants as it possesses climatic
conditions varying from torrid to frigid zones and embraces various tracts of tropical and temperate
plains, hills, valleys, irrigated soils, moist climates, cheap labour but yet it has not been able to reach
a place of eminence in respect of essential oils as in the case o the medicinal plants. It is not that
the people of hills are unaware or do not realize the worth of their soil, climate and biodiversity
which had been the talk of the hour at every environment related conference and seminar, but the
lack of proper guidance and financial resources makes them to sit tight. The farmers are excited and
looking forward to be involved in a systematic farming rather than continuing up with the traditional
and not so profitable farming. It is not only going to benefit them but also makes them self-reliant
especially the women and the youth who are migrating to the plains in search of employment, which
is marked as the soul cause of our economic backwardness. Rose-scented geranium oil is obtained
by the steam distillation of the tender parts of the plants of various species of the Genus
Pelargonium, which contains geraniol, citronellol, and rhodinol forms the important constituent of
the cosmetics and perfumery thus, demand for geranium oil is increasing with unprecedented rate
and is not met with the present supply. Thus, if farmers of hill regions do take up the geranium
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farming then this is not only going to help them in generating employment opportunities but also
the economy could be strengthened. This project is thus planned in uplifting hill economy only if
certain problems associated to it are worked out such as processing, packaging and finally marketing
and fetching the right price and this all requires a sound financial infrastructure and strategies
designed in such a way that are simple and up to the convenience of an ordinary farmer.
Objectives of the Project:

To utilize the wasteland or so called low yielding arable land to its full extent with this aromatic
crop fetching good economic returns.

To create people’s awareness towards the potential of geranium farming.

To establish temporary and permanent nursery.

To develop marketing facilities of the stem cuttings of geranium to other buyers.

To maintain high yielding variety of geranium throughout the operation.

To provide on time technical assistance from the concerned expertise.

To provide employment avenues in cultivation, processing, marketing etc.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Introduction of improved sustainable agricultural practices by the arrangement of timely input
supply including demonstration to the farmers land

Growing geranium plants along with other vegetables thus, mixed cropping system is going to
provide more benefits and easy returns.

Establishment of poly house for meeting the timely requirement of propagates and also to
protect the plants during the chilling winters.

Establishment of the geranium oil extraction plant (GEP) at a decentralized level to process the
stems of geranium.
9.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (EDP)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
District Industries Centre (DIC), Directorate of Industries, Department of Industries, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address: Narendra Nagar, District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:



1st EDP- 21 November 2005
2nd EDP- 28 August 2006
3rd EDP- 22 November 2006
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Completion Date:



1st EDP- 04 December 2005
2nd EDP- 10 September 2006
3rd EDP- 05 December 2006
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.20 Lakhs (Rs. 00.40 Lakhs for each EDP)
Duration of Assignment (Months): 14 Days to each EDP
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff for each EDP
14 Days to each Staff for each EDP
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract:
Rs. 01.20 Lakhs (Rs. 00.40 for each EDP)
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your
Staff with in the Assignment:
Three Entrepreneurship Development Programmes of 14 days each for rural youths has been
organized by the Organization at its Campus. Out of these three programmes, one programme was
specially conducted for Schedule Cast beneficiaries and two for general category beneficiaries. Total
70 beneficiaries has participated in these programmes.
10.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHAN (JSS), INSTITUTE OF PEOPLE’S EDUCATION (A CONTINUING
EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government
of India
Address: Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2006
Completion Date: Long Term
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Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 30.00 Lakhs Per Year
Duration of Assignment (Months): Long Term
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
15 Staff
12 Months Per Year to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract:
Rs. 30.00 Lakhs Per Year
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:






Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Director
Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- Director
Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Director-in-Charge
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Programme Officer
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
The population explosion, industrial development and migration of people from rural to urban areas
have resulted in the speedy growth of the urban sector in the country. Rapid urbanization has
created many socio-economic problems making life miserable particularly for migrants and deprived
communities who normally live in inhuman condition in the slums, on pavements, in settlements and
labour colonies. Many are first generation migrants exposed to the stark realities of complex urban
life and the industrial milieu. Similar conditions affect people living in the peripheral rural areas who
have links with the neighbouring urban agglomerations for employment, business and services. Lack
of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/underemployed. Even those who have got job in factories/industries/business establishments receive a
meager sum as wage/salary and hence, they are frequently unable to make both ends meet. Many,
particularly youth, have fallen prey to anti-social elements.
An urgent need therefore exists for specialized education integrated with awareness and functional
improvement for such people. Adult education is vitally important for these groups to improve their
lives, decrease their dependency, increase their work efficiency and sharpen their capabilities for
adaptation to social, economic and technological changes in the midst of their lives and work. The
educational and vocational needs of these deprived sections constitute a specialized area of
continuing education demanding its own strategy, Institutional arrangements and techniques. Mass
campaigns for literacy in India have been essentially campaigns for social mobilization for awakening
and arousing people in all walks of life.
As people’s participation in literacy campaigns begin to increase, their involvement in socio-economic
activities also becomes more meaningful. More than 85 percent of the country has been covered by
the literacy campaigns and over 150 million learners in the 9-25 age groups, of whom about 62
percent are women have been brought within its ambit. Literacy has become a significant instrument
of empowerment for poor, neo-literates and oppressed groups.
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The Jan Shikshan Sansthan is an Institution for conducting programmes of non-formal, adult and
continuing education and for providing academic and technical resource supports to Zila Saksharata
Samiti, in taking up vocational and skill development programmes for neo-literates in both urban
and rural areas. Its primary responsibility is to explore, innovate, work out alternatives, try new
methodologies and thus, meet the needs of different target groups through programmes of
education and training. Since the multi- sided development of adult learners cannot be visualized
without their families being involved in that process, and also considering the fact, that generally
their spouses are also engaged in some kind of work, the Jan Shikshan Sansthan programme should
also be extended to their families.
Objectives of the Project:

To improve the occupational skills and technical knowledge of the literates, neo-literates and the
trainees and to raise their efficiency and increase productive ability.

To provide academic and technical resource support to Zila Saksharata Samiti in taking up
vocational and skill development programmes for neo-literates in both urban and rural areas.

To serve as nodal continuing education centers and to coordinate, supervise and monitor 10-15
continuing education centers/nodal centers.

To organize training and orientation courses for key resource persons, master trainers on
designing, under the scheme of continuing education for neo- literates.

To organize equivalency programmes through open learning systems.

To widen the range of knowledge and understanding of the social, economic and political
systems in order to create a critical awareness about the environment.

To promote national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development,
women’s equality, protection and conservation environment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify appropriate target areas and target groups by developing socio-economic profiles.

Identify and procure the list of literates and neo-literates from Zila Saksharata Samiti and ensure
that at least 25 per cent of the JSS clientele are neo-literates.

Organize training programmes for key resource persons, master trainers and trainees in
vocational courses and for neo- literates.

Identify and as certain, a variety of educational and vocational needs of different categories of
clientele groups.

Plan and organize polyvalent educational programmes and other activities including literacy,
post-literacy, and continuing education to suit the learning requirements of target groups.

Explore, innovate and work out new methodologies to meet the needs of different target groups
through programmes of education and training.

Cooperate with educational, cultural and social Organizations involved in organizing programmes
and activities to meet educational, vocational, socio-cultural and welfare needs of target groups.

Act as a coordinator, facilitator and catalytic agent by developing a system of networking in
collaboration with other educational and technical Institutions, development departments,
welfare agencies and economic enterprises.
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
Undertake training and orientation of resource persons/instructors involved in planning and
implementation of various programmes.

Organize equivalency programmes through the open learning system.

Organize library and reading room facilities. The libraries will have literature suitable for neoliterates and sale counters for distribution of literacy material at subsidized rates for the neo
literates and other interested readers.

Provide consultancy services to agencies and enterprises planning to organize programmes for
training and education of similar target groups.

Organize educational and vocational training programmes with special concern for deprived
sections, women/girls and unemployed youth to provide new skills, refine/sharpen/ upgrade the
existing skills leading to employment, self-employment and income generation.

Promote Organization of forums such as cooperative societies, associations of women, youth and
workers with a view to undertake collective activity for socio-economic development.
11.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ANGORA WOOL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNDER INTEGRATED WOOL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMME (IWIP)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Chamoli and Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Central Wool Development Board (CWDB), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Address: C- 3, Shastri Nagar, Near Shastri Circle, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Start Date: 01 April 2006
Completion Date: 31 March 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 51.24 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 72 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
72 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 51.24 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)-
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
Manager, Production & Marketing
Mr. Dinesh Kothari (B.A.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The hill economy is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry practices. The agro-climatic
conditions and difficult terrain of the hills, limit the production potential of both land and the animal.
It has been a known fact that, under the shrinking pastureland and grazing problems, the tradition
of sheep rearing is declining while the demand of wool is still there. To meet out the demand of
woolly fiber, angora rabbit farming can play an important role. In addition to this, it can contribute
towards improving the quality of apparels as well as upliftment of rural economy. In the rural set up
of hilly regions of Uttarakhand, a strong need is felt to develop and propagate this livestock species
to make a positive impact on the economy of rural households. Presently, agriculture and animal
husbandry are witnessing poor economic returns in the hill areas. Angora rabbit breeding and
rearing through diversification of land related activities would be instrumental in boosting the hill
economy. Due to high quality of fiber produced by this livestock species, it fetches great demand
and commands high price in National and International market. Hence, angora rabbit breeding and
rearing can add a new dimension to the economic set up of the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. Besides
this, angora farming in hill areas has the following advantages:






Suitable agro-climatic conditions
Simple food habits
Space requirement
Efficient feed converter
Easy management practices
Employment opportunities
Over the years, the wool production has shown an increase from 300 to 400 gms. per animal per
year to 700 to 800 gms. per year due to introduction of breeds varieties like German angora. There
is high degree of genetic variability within the breeds of angora, i.e. Russian, British and German,
which can be exploited to further improve the present status of qualitative and quantitative traits in
this livestock species. The fast reproduction rate and short generation interval gives an opportunity
for early selection and improvement as compared to other livestock species. Use of scientific tools
for planned breeding selection, feeding, management, wool quality assessment, processing and
marketing with regard to the agro-climatic and topographic location of the rabbit units can
effectively improve the present wool production status and level of returns of the existing angora
rabbit units. The project will not only improve the technical know-how but also ensure continuous
flow of inputs and assured marketing facilities for the existing and the new angora rabbit units on
small as well as commercial lines in order to boost this promising enterprise and for better economic
returns.
Objectives of the Project:

To develop new and improved package of practices in the field of breeding and management,
feeding, disease control and treatment.

To strengthen facilities for disease diagnosis and to ensure proper and regular health care.

To provide basic training in angora rabbit breeding and rearing, so that women and the
educated unemployed youth can take up this profession. Apart from this, the traditional farmers
can also supplement their income.

To strengthen extension, monitoring and consultancy services to the existing and the up-coming
new units.

To assist the producer in marketing of its produces through auctions, exhibitions, showrooms,
co-operatives, federations, etc. in the National and International markets.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Training to angora rabbit breeders.

Establishment of angora production units at farmer’s household.

Strengthening of R & D in the field of health care and nutrition.

Marketing programme for raw angora wool, yarn and finished handmade angora woolen
products.
12.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ANGORA WOOL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN HILL AREAS OF UTTARAKHAND: SCOPE
& OPPORTUNITIES (NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ANGORA WOOL PROGRAMME)
Country: India
Location within Country: HIFEED Campus, Ranichauri, District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand,
India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 05 September 2006
Completion Date: 06 September 2006
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.47 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
02 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.47 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:



Mr. M.M. Doval (M.A., M.S.W.)- Project Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
A National experts consultation workshop on “Angora Wool Development Programme in Hill Areas of
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Uttarakhand: Scope & Opportunity” was organized by HIFEED with the financial support of
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India,
to identify scope and opportunities and gaps in angora wool development programme for the
mountain region of Uttarakhand and to finalize a long term strategic plan of action for the
community capacity building to adopt angora rabbit rearing as viable income generation activity.
Practicing community representatives were also present in active deliberation.
Representations were from Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, G.B.
Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Ranichauri and Pant Nagar, Defence Research &
Development Organization, Delhi, North Temperate Regional Station (CSWRI), Garsa, Himachal
Pradesh, Wool Research Association, Thane, Mumbai, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad,
Central Wool Development Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, Jodhpur, Central Sheep
& Wool Research Institute, Bikaner, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand Sheep & Wool Development Board,
Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries,
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi, NABARD Dehradun, TRIFED, Ministry of
Tribal Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government
of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand State Silk Board, Department of Sericulture, Government of
Uttarakhand, Dehradun with additional participation from Voluntary Organizations of Uttarakhand in
the workshop. Total 50 participants from different fields attended the workshop.
Main recommendation of the workshop was to formulate a core team of experts for technical inputs
and a consortium of NGOs to frame effective extension services. After consulting the both core
teams a long term programme for angora wool development will be prepared and submitted to DST
for its active suggestions, guidance and community benefiting approvals through appropriate
scientific and technical interventions. As a result of workshop, a coordinated project for 16 project
partners was submitted by HIFEED to DST for financial assistance.
13.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
CONTRACTUAL FARMING
UTTARAKHAND
OF
CHIRAYATA
IN
DISTRICT
TEHRI
GARHWAL
OF
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India
Address: Chandralok Building, 36, Janpath, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2006
Completion Date: 31 March 2009
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 09.87 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
36 Months to each Staff
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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 09.87 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Ashok Sharma (B.Com., M.B.A.)- Project Director/Principal Investigator
Mr. Dinesh Kothari (B.A.)- Block Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
In recent years, there has been a tremendous growth of interest in plant based drugs
pharmaceuticals, perfumery products, cosmetics and aroma compounds used in food flavours and
fragrances and natural colours in the word. There is a definite trend to adopt pant based products
due to the cumulative derogatory effects resulting from the use of antibiotic and synthetics; and
except for a few cultivated crops, at available of plant based materials is mainly from the natural
sources, forests and wastelands. But due to the ever inversing utilization of land for food crops,
devastation of forest and the concurrent indiscriminate exploitation of these crops, there availability
from natural sources has declined. On the other hand, the demand for internal use and for export
has been increasing, necessitating the production of these crops on a large scale, there so a need to
introduce these crops into the cropping systems of the country, which besides meeting the demands
of the industry, will also help to maintain the standards on quality, potency and chemical
composition. Since theses crops are new and uncommon to growers and they often lack knowledge
of their scientific cultivation, there is hesitation even among the interested growers, to take up their
cultivation. Plants have been one of the important sources of medicines even since the field of
allopathic during the 20th century; plants still remain one of the major sources of drugs in modern as
well as traditional systems of medicines throughout the world.
Since majority of the medicinal plants are collected from the wild by unskilled people, problems of
inconsistent quality, adulteration, destructive method of collection leading to extinction or
endangered status of a number of plants, are serve. On the other hand, the demand for herbal
medicines is increasing day by day as more and more people become aware of the dangers of side
effects of allopathic medicines. In order to bridge the gap between these two scenarios, it is
necessary to undertake a detailed study to shortlist a few medicinal plants by adhering to Good
Agriculture Practices (GAP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Such cultivation practices will
then obviate the problems of inferior quality, adulteration and erosion of genetic resources.
Objectives of the Project:

To utilize the wasteland or so called low yielding arable land to its full extent with this medicinal
crop fetching good economic returns.

To channelization the resources from the place of production to the market.

To promote existing agriculture practices for economic upliftment of the people.

To create people's awareness towards the potential of medicinal plant's cultivation.

To generate employment opportunities to all, especially to the women's of hill.

To boost the socio-economic status of the local people.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Establishment of temporary and permanent nursery of chirayata.
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
Cultivation of chirayata t Institution level and also at farmer’s level.

Maintaining the high yielding variety of chirayata throughout the operation.

Marketing of produces.
13.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING UNDER CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY (CAT
PROGRAMME)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, (NABARD)
Address: Hotel Sunrise Building, IInd Floor, 113/2, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 February 2007
Completion Date: 28 February 2007
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.50 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.50 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
The Organization has organized capacity building training programmes under CAT programme of
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, (NABARD), Dehradun. Under this programme,
four days training in angora rabbit rearing and management was provided to selected families from
four Blocks of District Tehri Garhwal by experts and master trainers of HIFEED.
14.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
CRÈCHE PROGRAMME FOR THE CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS UNDER RAJIV
GANDHI NATIONAL CRÈCHE SCHEME
Country: India
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Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB), Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of
India
Uttarakhand State Social Welfare Board (USSWB), Department of Social Welfare, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address:


Samaz Kalyan Bhawan, B- 12, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
Mothrowala Road, Ajabpurkalan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 January 2007
Completion Date: 31 March 2011
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.47 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 48 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
11 Staff
48 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 05.47 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
With increased opportunities for employment for women and the need to supplement household
income more and more income are entering the job market. With the break in up of joint family
system and the increased phenomenon of nuclear families, working women need support in terms of
quality, substitute care for their young children while they are at work. There has, however, been
very slow growth of crèche day care facilities, resulting in failure to meet the needs of working
mother in terms of extent, content and quality of services.
Crèche and day care services are not only required by working mothers but also women belonging
to poor families who require support and relief for child care as they struggle to cope with burden of
activities, within an outside the home. Effective day care for young children is essential and a cost
effective investment as it provides support to both the mothers and young children.
It is also a protection measure as it addresses issues such as child labour, school drop outs, child
prostitutions, outreach for medical and health programme, female literacy etc. Hence, there is an
urgent need for improved quality and reach of child day care services for working women among all
socio economic groups in both the organized and unorganized sectors.
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Objectives of the Project:
The objective of the project is to promote a healthy all round development of children of
working/ailing mothers particularly those employed in the unorganized sectors and belonging to the
Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. The children covered in the age group of 0-6 years.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your with in the Assignment:

Provide training to crèche workers.

Organize pre-school education activities to the children between 3-6 year of age.

Organize stimulation activities for children below three year.

Prepare low cost teaching learning material.

Teach personal hygiene habits to the children.

Prepare nutritious food for children attending the crèche centre.

Keep the centre and its surroundings neat and clean.

Motivate parents for immunization and obtain assistance of health staff in insuring immunization
of children.

Provide proper arrangements for sleep and rest of children.

Insure regular home visits and mother's meetings of elicit community participation.

Create awareness about better child care in the community.

Ensure weekly visits by doctors/health workers.
15.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
IN VITRO MICRO TUBER SEED PRODUCTION OF POTATO CV. KUFRI HIMALINI FOR
COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN HILLY REGIONS OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST), Department of Science & Technology,
Government of Uttarakhand
Address: 6, Vasant Vihar, Phase- I, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 April 2007
Completion Date: 31 March 2009
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.59 Lakhs
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Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 05.59 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Anoop Badoni (M.Sc. Ag.)- Principal Investigator/Project Coordinator
Ms. Swati Joshi (M.Sc.)- Principal Investigator/Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The potato is one of the most important food crops both in developed as well as in developing
countries. Due to its diversified uses in developed countries as food, feed raw material for producing
starch, the potato was generally regarded to be a crop suited for western world. Potato is next only
to rice, wheat and maize cultivation in India. It is potentially a crop which can be harvested and the
tuber can be consumed any time after sixty days of planting. As a source of energy it surpasses
cereals like wheat and rice. The potato is a dicot plant belonging to the family solanaceae and the
genus solanum. The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has identified two new hybrid
varieties of potato kufri chipsona- 3 and kufri himalini. Nearly 8% of the total area under potato in
the country lies in the hills, where potato is the important cash crop. Late blight disease
(phytopthora infestans) appears in the hills in epiphytotic form every year and is the most important
impediment in potato cultivation. Kufri himalini shows 100% resistance against Late blight disease of
potato.
Potato cultivators are tetraploid vegetatively propagated crop. It poses several problems in seed
production. Generally tuber of potato is used as a seed. Due to progressive accommodation of viral
diseases in seed stock, availability of good quality seed is a major constraint in potato production,
which is approximately 50% of the total production cost. Besides high cost of seed potato,
propagation is also characterized by low multiplication rate of only 4-6 times. Hence to produce the
disease free planting material and for decreasing the production cost, new methods of propagation
are to be derived and adopted. Micro propagation is the better alternative over to conventional
propagation of potato. The in vitro propagation method is the most suitable alternative to produce
micro tuber seed material of potato. By using this technique, the large scale clonal material can be
produced in short time duration. Use of micro-propagation for commercial seed production has
moved potato from test tubes to fields. The advances are the being second “green revolution” in
agriculture and are expected to make farming more efficient, profitable and environmentally safe.
Development of micro tuber is a best alternative of conventional method. Micro tubers are a small
seed material of potato, which solve many problems of farmers. In hills the main problem is late
blight diseases of potato and farmers get loss through conventional method of cultivation. Farmers
use pieces of potato in the field by which many viral diseases may take place. The other problem is
that the whole potato tuber is used as a seed by farmers. Micro tuber have a good quality and
uniformity in all seed material and gives a diseases free planting material of potato to the farmers.
Micro tubers help the farmers economically, socially and commercially.
Objectives of the Project:

Media modification by involving low cost components.

Mass multiplication of potato micro tuber seed material.
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
Production of mini tubers from micro tubers.

Distribution of superior quality planting material amongst farmers for its mass cultivation.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Collection of authentic tuber of potato cv Kufri Himalini.

Growing of mother plants in poly house.

Selection of explants from mother plant.

Preparation of different medium.

Sterilization and establishment of explants in different medium.

Growth and monitoring of cultures.

Comparison between different mediums.

Cultures are shifted in liquid propagation medium.

Evaluation of micro tubers growth parameters.

Production of mini tubers from micro tubers.

Evaluation of mini tuber growth parameters.
16.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
WOMEN DAIRY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNDER SCHEME OF SUPPORT TO TRAINING
AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP) IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF
UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD), Government of India
Address: Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 July 2007
Completion Date: 30 June 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 72.51 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
36 Months to each Staff
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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 72.51 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Dairying is an important source of subsidiary income to small/marginal farmers and agricultural
labourers. The manure from animals provides a good source of organic matter for improving soil
fertility and crop yields. The biogas from the dung is used as fuel for domestic purposes as also for
running engines for drawing water from well. The surplus fodder and agricultural by-products are
gainfully utilized for feeding the animals. Almost all draught power for farm operations and
transportation is supplied by bullocks.
Since agriculture is mostly seasonal, there is a possibility of finding employment throughout the year
for many persons through dairy farming. Thus, dairy also provides employment throughout the year.
The main beneficiaries of dairy programmes are small/ marginal farmers and landless labourers. The
success of livestock farming is largely dependent on the continuous supply of good quality nutritious
feeds at competitive price. Feed alone constitute about 60-70 per cent of total cost of production of
livestock products. Therefore, it needs more attention though other factors are also important for
remunerative return from livestock enterprises.
The farmers used to feed the crop residues to the cattle and buffaloes, however, sheep and goat are
normally maintained on grazing/browsing with supplementary feeding of broken grains/other byproducts. Therefore, feeding of balanced concentrate feed to these animals was not common,
because of low productivity and un-remunerative prices for the livestock products. The requirement
of food of animal origin like milk, meat and eggs is increasing at a faster rate due to increased
awareness about the significance of protective proteins for the maintenance of human health. The
farmers realised the importance and started rearing good quality and high productive animals under
stall fed conditions.
Objectives of the Project:

To provide training to women beneficiaries in dairy development programme, at family level and
cluster levels.

To organize women in the form of cooperative societies and making facilities economically viable
through training, infrastructure and access to credit.

To enable women groups in dairy development programme for enhancing income and
employment generation opportunities.

To provide technical back up packages to women beneficiaries in animal husbandry practices
and dairy development programme.

To enable active participation of women from economically weaker sections, SC, ST, OBC and
BPL families in their own village economy.

To empower women to be able to move in the positions of decision making power.

To develop grass root level leadership.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Provide training, technical skill and orientation of beneficiaries.

Development of course material, literature etc. for trainees.

Provide technical assistance and consultancy from Agricultural University/ICAR Institutions/
Training Institutions etc.

Infrastructure including marketing support, quality control and managerial support.

Provide artificial insemination services for breed upgradation of available livestock.

Provide marginal money to purchase cattle by women beneficiaries.

Establishment of women dairy cooperatives, mobilization and strengthening of field level setups.

Provide backward and forward linkages to the women cooperatives and beneficiaries.

Provide marketing support to the milk cooperatives and milk producers.

Provide support services like health check up camps, awareness camps on health, hygiene and
nutrition, non-formal education, crèche facilities during training programme, legal literacy camp
and paralegal training programme, gender sensitization and gender awareness, population and
development education, training on local self governance, programme on human rights, child
rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, immunization programme for pregnant mother & child, awareness
about Government programmes, right to information, awareness on consumer protection etc.
17.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ARTISTIC ANGORA SHAWL PRODUCTION IN CHAMBA BLOCK OF DISTRICT TEHRI
GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND UNDER AMBEDKAR HASTSHILP VIKAS YOJANA
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Address: West Block- VII, R.K. Puram, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2008
Completion Date: 31 December 2011
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 30.96 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 45 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
45 Months to each Staff
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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 30.96 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Project Coordinator
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
Handicrafts constitute an important segment of the decentralized/unorganized sector of our
economy. Originally, started as a part time activity in rural areas, it has now transformed in
flourishing economic activity due to significant market demand over the years. Handicrafts have big
potential as they hold the key for sustaining not only the existing set of millions of artisans spread
over length and breadth of the country, but also for increasingly large number of new entrants in
the crafts activity.
Presently, handicrafts are contributing substantially in employment generation and export. The
Handicraft sector has suffered due to very nature of being in the unorganized sector with additional
constraints like lack of education, capital, poor exposure to new technologies, absence of market
intelligence and poor institutional framework. In order to overcome these constraints, Baba Saheb
Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) has been introduced wherein the main thrust is on a
projectised, need based approach for integrated development of potential handicrafts clusters with
participation of the craft persons at all stages of implementation of the scheme with the ultimate
objective of their empowerment and hence sustainability.
The scheme envisages a package of support to the cluster of handicraft artisans, which inter-alia
includes basic inputs and infrastructure support in addition to capacity enhancement to cater to
target markets. While it is an undisputed fact that the Government of India and the State
Governments have intervened in meaningful ways that have led to the revival and survival of crafts
in the past few decades, in the light of new economic developments of one global unified market,
handicrafts sector of India has to be strengthened further to be globally competitive. There is
therefore, compelling urgency to fill in critical gaps, which have been taken care of in the newly
approved scheme based on cluster approach.
Objectives of the Project:

To organize the groups of artisans in to self-reliant and user friendly Community Based
Enterprises (CBEs) based on the philosophy and principles of self help and cooperation.

To empower women artisans and non-artisan women members of the community through
micro-credit operations and alternative income generation activities.

To integrate artisan's community through bonds of solidarity established through women thrift &
credit operations.

To organize artisans clusters into Self Help Groups (SHGs) with a view to enabling them to take
up economic activity for sustainable development through a collective mode.

To empower artisans by making them active entrepreneurs cum primary stake holders in the
process of development and bringing them to a visible platform for easy access to domestic and
overseas markets.

To upgrade artisan’s skill through appropriate design and technology intervention to enable
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them to use quality raw material, tools and equipment to produce value-added items.

To provide adequate infrastructure support for improved quality and productivity and to enable
artisans access to a larger market segment, both domestic and international.

To ensure effective collective participation of all members involved in production and marketing
process for optimal growth in human resource, production, business and income.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Developing awareness on self-help and community participative organizations, organizations of
self help groups (SHGs) by empowerment of women.

Organize motivation and awareness camps-cum-trainings on self help and community based
enterprises based on homogeneity and affinity factors.

Organize common work centers at the village/area level for the purpose managing raw material
supply, timely wages, marketing, value realization etc.

Skill up-gradation of artisans.

Establishment of common facility centre at block/cluster level.

Product development, design development and product diversification.

Organize design workshop/product development workshops and seminars.

Assistance to artisan for margin money/working capital.

Establishment of emporiums and marketing out-lets.
18.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
LATE KESHAV ANURAGI SMRITI SAMMAN SAMAROH, 2008 AND 2011
Country: India
Location within Country: Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Directorate of Culture, Department of Culture, Government of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Poorv Sainik Kalyan Nigam Ltd. (UPNL), Government of Uttarakhand
Address:


MDDA Colony, Chander Road, Dalanwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Garhi Cantt., Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:


31 March 2008 (1st Assignment)
30 December 2011 (2nd Assignment)
Completion Date:

31 March 2008 (1st Assignment)
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
30 December 2011 (2nd Assignment)
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.15 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Day for each Assignment
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
01 Day to Each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.15 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator and Public Relation Officer
Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager
Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your
Staff with in the Assignment:
To promote socio-cultural activities and folk singers in the State of Uttarakhand, HIFEED has
organized a Late Keshav Anuragi (The famous poet of Uttarakhand) Smriti Samman Samaroh and
honoured Shri Ratan Singh Jaunsari in 2008 and Smt. Kabootari Devi in 2011 (the famous folk
singers of Uttarakhand) in memory of Keshav Anuragi.
19.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
PROMOTING SYSTEM OF RICE/CROP INTENSIFICATION IN MOUNTAIN FARMS OF
UTTARAKHAND (SRI/SCI PROGRAMME)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


People’s Science Institute (PSI)
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT)
Address:


252, Vasant Vihar, Phase-I, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Bombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Mumbai, India
Start Date: 01 April 2008
Completion Date: 31 March 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 10.56 Lakhs
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Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 10.56 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Project Coordinator
Mr. Rajeshwar Prasad (Intermediate)- Master Trainer
Narrative Description of Project:
The System of Rice/Crop Intensification (SRI/SCI) has come a great boon to farmers who would
apply lesser water to the water-intensive crops and get better yields. Rice yields increase in the
range of 7 to 15 tons per hectare, depending upon the region. The SRI achieves improvements in
yields and factor productivity by changing some of the plant, soil, water and nutrient management
practices. It promotes greater root growth that is easily verifiable and more soil biological activity.
Interestingly, the System of Rice Intensification does not depend upon purchased external inputs
like chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Instead, it increase the productivity of the land, labour, water
and capital devoted to irrigated rice production by capitalizing on existing genetic potential and by
biological processes, particularly in the soil.
There is a notion that higher yields in rice come with high investments on seed, irrigation, high
doses of fertilizers and pesticides. Contrary to this popular view, SRI method of cultivation produces
higher yields with less seed and less water. SRI emphasizes on the need to shift from chemical
fertilizers to organic manures. This method of cultivation of rice has already helped millions of
farmers to at least double their yields.
SRI is not a new variety or a hybrid. It is only a new method of cultivation. SRI is showing promising
results in all rice varieties- local or improved. SRI method is emerging as a potential alternative to
traditional way of flooded rice cultivation and is showing great promise to address the problems of
water scarcity. In the state of Uttarakhand, the Kharif crop is cultivated in major part under paddy
cultivation. Hence rice is a major crop here. If the SRI method is adapted by farmers for paddy
cultivation in Uttarakhand, not only this will potentially cut water requirement for paddy cultivation
by 50% but also boost the rice production by 50%.
Objectives of the Project:

To enable Mountain farmers of Uttarakhand to enhance food and livelihood security through
adoption of the SRI/SCI technique.

To undertake capacity building of farmers to adopt the SRI/SCI technique for paddy cultivation.

To built the capacity of Voluntary Organizations by creating a talent pool of master trainers for
promoting SRI/SCI.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Selection of basin.
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
Selection of villages and farmers.

Selection and training of master trainers.

Orientation workshop and training of farmers.

Field support activities.

Preparation of manual.

Research & development activities.

Programme monitoring and evaluation.
20.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
UTTARAKHAND RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECT
(SWAJAL PROJECT, TEHRI GARHWAL) (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROJECT)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal and Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Project Management Unit (PMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of Uttarakhand
District Project Management Unit (DPMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address:


PMU, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Makkawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
DPMU, P- 4, Sector- 3, Near Central School, New Tehri, District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand,
India
Start Date:


Planning Phase- 01 June 2008
Implementation Phase- 01 June 2008
Completion Date:


Planning Phase- 30 November 2008
Implementation Phase- 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract:



Planning Phase- Rs. 4.00 Lakhs
Implementation Phase- Rs. 02.05 Lakhs
DPR Implementation- Rs. 77.64 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months):


06 Months for Planning Phase
12 Months for Implementation Phase
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:

Total No. of Staff
:

Months of Assignment
:



Planning Phase- Rs. 4.00 Lakhs
Implementation Phase- Rs. 02.05 Lakhs
DPR Implementation- Rs. 77.64 Lakhs
09 Staff in Planning Phase
09 Staff in Implementation Phase
6 Months to each Staff in Planning Phase
12 Months to each Staff in Implementation Phase
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract:
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Team Leader
Mr. Mukesh Bahuguna (B.Sc., Diploma in Civil Engineering)- Junior Engineer
Narrative Description of Project:
Swajal, a World Bank funded project dedicated for the cause of water supply and environmental
sanitation was introduced in the year 1996. Swajal as name denotes gives the sense of ownership.
The philosophy of the project is to generate the feeling of ownership among the users. Uniqueness
of this programme is to involve the communities since planning to the completion and aftermath
operation and maintenance of the project. This is the first project in the world which is able to
ensure the participation and contribution of the communities for the water supply schemes. One
more feature of this demand driven and need based project is involvement of Voluntary Agency
equally as Support Organization in entire processes.
This is the project which does not talk about the supply of water only but encourages and sensitize
the users towards the protection of the catchments areas too. In addition to it, the program possess
a holistic approach and build the capacity of the communities for programs like income generation
programs, women development initiatives, health and hygiene and promotes adult education. Thus
this is a perfect blend of both the software and hardware activities. The success of this initiative can
be gauged in its new form SWAP which talks all the water supply schemes build in the line of Swajal.
Swajal has all the features which talks community participation, planning from bottom etc. similar
sentiments as Panchayat Raj possess.
Objectives of the Project:

The objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness of rural water supply and sanitation
services through decentralization and increased role of Panchayat Raj Institutions and
involvement of local communities in the State of Uttarakhand.

The project is also expected to bring associated benefits, including improved health resulting
from reduced water- borne diseases, environmental sustainability through protection and
management of water catchment areas, time savings in fetching water would enhance the rural
population, especially women.

The project envisages upgrading no or partial coverage of water supply to full coverage with
sustainable service, benefiting the rural population.

The project will also improve sanitation in about 30% of rural communities, to be declared free
of open defecation.
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
The overall objective of the project is the conduction of entire planning phase activities in the
identified Gram Panchayats including all its habitations and prepares the Implementation Phase
Proposal (IPP) of water supply scheme and community development activities i.e. Detailed
Project Report (DPR) and Community Action Plan (CAP).
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Planning Phase:

Mobilizing the community for group actions.

Awareness creation, mobilizing and group formation and participatory planning and use of
ASARDAR tools.

Formation of User Water and Sanitation Sub-Committee (UWSSC).

Community problem analysis and information sharing.

Facilitation in maintaining the documents at Gram Panchayat/UWSSC levels.

Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Awareness (HESA).

Construction of Household Sanitary Latrine (HSL).

Conducting feasibility analysis.

Water yield assessment and resistively survey.

Inventorisation of existing water supply schemes

Assessment of village environmental problems.

Identifying technology options.

Agree to do meeting.

Catchment Area Conservation and Management Programme (CACMP).

Conducting cross visits.

Collection of upfront cash contribution.

Trainings for members of Gram Panchayat/UWSSCs

Conducting detailed engineering survey and preparing designs.

Preparation of Implementation Phase Proposal and Detail Project Reports (DPRs).
Implementation Phase:

Construction of Water Supply Scheme.

Formation of procurement sub-committee.

Training of procurement to sub-committee.

UWSSC/GP members training on implementation phase quadruple agreement.
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
Cluster meetings.

Clean-up campaigns.

Healthy home survey.

Refresher training of UWSSC (Roles and responsibilities of UWSSC/GP).

Treasurer training.

Documentation and wall writing.

HESA training to school teachers, ASHA workers, SHG members, etc.

Documents maintenance at UWSSC/GP level.

Training to UWSSC/GP.

Training to Scheme Maintenance Worker (SMW).
21.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
PRIMARY LEVEL TRAINING (PLT) FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF
UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal
Affairs, Government of India
Address: 33, Sai Lok, Phase- I, G.M.S. Road, Niranjanpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:
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

21
16
25
27
July 2008 (1st Assignment)
October 2008 (2nd Assignment)
March 2010 (3rd Assignment)
October 2010 (4th Assignment)
Completion Date:
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


20
15
24
27
October 2008 (1st Assignment)
January 2009 (2nd Assignment)
June 2010 (3rd Assignment)
January 2011 (4th Assignment)
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.00 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 04 Months to each Assignment
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff to each Assignment
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.00 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff involved and function performed:



Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Mr. Dharam Prasad Juyal (Intermediate)- Master Trainer
Ms. Sumitra Chauhan (B.A.)- Master Trainer
Narrative Description of Project:
Handicraft consist both type of importance i.e. cultural as well as economic. The cultural importance
of the handicraft contains to conserve heritage and aesthetic beauty of traditional in art forms. The
economic aspect of handicrafts on other hand is its role as the source of livelihood. Today handicraft
needs to conserve cultural heritage promotion and expansion of handicraft to increase in
employment opportunities, process and design inputs. Experience shows that lack of market, finance
and advertisement are the basic barriers hampering the broth resulting deviation of traditional
artisans to other occupations.
In Uttarakhand Bhotiya communities inhabiting in three boarder districts namely Pithoragarh,
Uttarkashi and Chamoli have been engaged in the woolen cottage industry since time immemorial.
They have been traders with Tibet prior to 1962 China invasion. After the 1962 war the trade was
banned and this Bhotiya community was confined up to sheep rearing and production of woolen
garment. After the Forest Act, sheep rearing was banned. It proved a setback for this community
resulting lack of raw material for industry. Keeping all these facts in mind it has become the need of
the hour to enhance the capacity of the artisans engaged in these industries who have kept alive
this art with great zeal and dedication. With the support of TRIFED, a Primary Level Training course
on spinning and weaving mainly on Bageshwari Charkha and Handlooms was organized by HIFEED
in different Tribal districts for selected Scheduled Tribe participants.
Objectives of the Project:

To enhance the capacity of the participant and encourage them to produce quality spun yarn
and hand made products of different kind of wool.

To increase the utilization of wool.

To upgrade the skill of existing weavers/craft persons.

To make available enough skilled manpower to the woolen sector.

To increase production of diversified woolen products.

To generate opportunities for income and employment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under this programme, three months free training in spinning, weaving and designing is provided to
selected Tribal families of the designated area by experts and master trainers of HIFEED.
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22.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
JOINT FARM MANAGEMENT FOR OFF-SEASON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN HILL AREA
THROUGH ADOPTING ECO-FRIENDLY CROP ROTATIONS AND PRACTICES
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 January 2009
Completion Date: 31 December 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 14.65 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 14.65 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. M.P.S. Parmar (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Protected cultivation of vegetables offers distinct advantages of quality, productivity and favorable
market price to the growers. Vegetable growers can substantially increase their income by protected
cultivation of vegetables in off-season. Presently the vegetables produced during their normal
season generally do not fetch good returns due to easy availability of these vegetable in the
markets. Poly tunnels are also suitable and effective to raise off-season nursery and off-season
vegetable cultivation due to their low initial cost. Insect proof net houses can be used for virus-free
cultivation of vegetables mainly during the rainy season. These low cost structures are also suitable
for growing pesticide-free green vegetables. Low cost poly tunnels can be used for high quality
vegetable cultivation for long duration (6-10 months) mainly in peri-urban areas to fetch
commensurate price of produces. Poly tunnels have proved extremely useful for growing vegetables
under cold desert conditions in upper reaches of Himalayas.
For protected vegetable cultivation various kind of model like poly house, poly tunnels is used by
farmers. Low cost poly house and poly tunnels can be made by every farmer. The project has
distinct advantage of the marketing setup. This will enable the women and marginal farmers to sell
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their vegetable at the same point on cash payment basis. Only those crops are selected that have
ample market demand in market. Protected vegetable cultivation is used as a tool to neutralized
unfavourable conditions like extreme low temperatures, high range, unfavourable humidity, hail
storm etc. In protected vegetable production all above risks are not involved and quality along with
quantity, maximum production using less agriculture area is the chief objective of the protected
vegetable cultivation. Such type of cultivation is better for those places in which climatic factors are
not favorable for vegetable production where as natural resources like water, land and man power
available. Decreasing land and increasing population may loss our productive land; protected
vegetable cultivation may solve this problem.
Objectives of the Project:

Establishment of quality nurseries, poly houses, poly tunnels, etc. to produce superior quality
seeds and seedlings, R&D, experiments, better quality planting materials, etc. at farmer’s field.

Establishment of regular supply system of quality seeds/seedlings, manure, fertilizers, pesticides,
insecticides, improved agriculture implements, etc. to the farmers.

Strengthen backward and forward linkages with the farmers for assured supply of external
inputs and internal inputs for growing good quality of seed.

Introduce and integrate the appropriate technologies to increase the vegetable productivity with
marketable surplus in commercial, on-farm and off-farm production systems.

Strengthen the existing market base and create new channels and linkage with similar farms so
that a wider cooperative marketing platform is created for benefit to farmers.

Increase in income level of beneficiaries and improved level of purchasing power of the
beneficiaries.

Technical workshop, repair training for local agricultural implements and agricultural support
structures.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Training of farmers to the appropriate technologies of farming, exposure tours, kisan melas, etc.

Establishment of low cost poly houses, poly tunnels, walking tunnels for experiments, R&D,
better quality planting materials, production of quality seeds, etc.

Production of organic manure involving improved tools and technologies.

Standardization of agro-techniques for raising mandate crops over extended periods under
different structures and development of their package of practices for catching early markets.

Periodical sowing for raising nursery on different growing media like soil and organic matter to
supply seedling throughout the year.

Production of hybrid seedling of vegetable.

Testing of organic compost prepared by different methods and different substrates

Demonstration of different crops cultivation through use of organic manure and compost.

Demonstration and implementation of protected vegetable cultivation activities.

Impact evaluation and popularization of project activities in nearby areas.
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
Strengthen backward linkages with the farmers for assured supply of external inputs and internal
inputs for growing good quality of seed.

Provide farm gate market by developing forward linkages with externals agencies.
23.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ON COORDINATED PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ANGORA WOOL SECTOR IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: HIFEED Campus, Ranichauri, District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand,
India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 30 September 2008
Completion Date: 01 October 2008
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.31 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
02 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.31 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:



Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- Project Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your
Staff with in the Assignment:
A workshop on “Coordinated Programme for Development of Angora Wool Sector” was organized by
HIFEED with the financial support of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science
& Technology, Government of India, to identify scope and opportunities and gaps in angora wool
development programme for the mountain region of Uttarakhand and to finalize the projects of
partner NGOs to be implemented on networking mode. Technical experts from Central Sheep &
Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,
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Pant Nagar, HESCO Dehradun and officials from DST attended the workshop. Representatives from
partner NGOs who has submitted their projects to DST through HIFEED, made power point
presentations on their project before the Expert Committee. As a result of workshop, out of 16
projects, submitted to DST, 14 projects are sanctioned by DST for an amount of Rs. 2,19,55,500.00
for implementation in five districts of Uttarakhand. HIFEED has been provided responsibility to
coordinate the project with the project partners and provide them trainings, technical and marketing
support and to supervise and monitor the project.
24.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNDER SWARN JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)STEP UP IN NAGAR NIGAM, DEHRADUN
Country: India
Location within Country: Dehradun Urban Local Body in District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Nagar Nigam, Dehradun
Address: Near Doon Hospital, New Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 February 2009
Completion Date: 31 July 2011
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 07.80 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 06 Months for each Assignment
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each Assignment
06 Months to each Staff for each Assignment
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 07.80 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator
Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager
Narrative Description of Project:
Lack of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/underemployed. Even those who have got job in factories/industries/business establishments receive a
meagre sum as wage/salary and hence, they are frequently unable to make both ends meet. Many,
particularly youth, have fallen prey to anti-social elements. An urgent need therefore exists for
specialized education and vocational training integrated with awareness and functional improvement
for such people.
Objectives of the Project:

To improve the occupational skills and technical knowledge of the trainees and to raise their
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efficiency and increase productive ability.

To widen the range of knowledge and understanding of the social, economic and political
systems in order to create a critical awareness about the environment.

To promote national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development,
women’s equality, protection and conservation environment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify appropriate target areas and target groups by developing socio-economic profiles.

Identify and as certain, a variety of educational and vocational needs of different categories of
clientele groups.

Explore, innovate and work out new methodologies to meet the needs of different target groups
through programmes of education and training.

Co-operate with educational, cultural and other social Organizations involved in organizing
programmes and activities to meet educational, vocational, socio-cultural and welfare needs of
target groups.

Undertake training and orientation of resource persons/instructors involved in planning and
implementation of various training programmes.

Organize educational and vocational training programmes with special concern for deprived
sections, women/girls and unemployed youth to provide new skills, refine/sharpen/upgrade the
existing skills leading to employment, self-employment and income generation.

The Institution has provided training to 100 youths under this programme.
25.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING TO WOOLEN HANDLOOM SPINNERS AND WEAVERS UNDER INTEGRATED
WOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (IWIP) (COMMON FACILITY-CUM-TRAINING
CENTER)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Central Wool Development Board (CWDB), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Address: C- 3, Shastri Nagar, Near Shastri Circle, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Start Date: 01 January 2009
Completion Date: 31 May 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.42 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 04 Assignments of 03 Months each
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each Assignment
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 05.42 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketinng
Mr. D.P. Juyal (High School)- Master Trainer
Narrative Description of Project:
Angora rabbit breeding and rearing through diversification of land related activities would be
instrumental in boosting the hill economy. Due to high quality of fibre produced by this livestock
species, it fetches great demand and commands high price in National and International market.
Hence, angora rabbit breeding and rearing can add a new dimension to the economic set up of the
hilly regions of Uttarakhand. The angora wool can be used by mixing with other fibre like lamb’s
wool, nylon fibre, silk, etc. in knitwear, shawls and woolen suiting.
At present, very few mills in Ludhiana region are processing this fibre on woolen systems to produce
weaving and knitting yarn. The angora wool production in the country not of uniform quality making
it difficult to develop a suitable processing system. Consequently, we are importing yarn of angora
wool for knitwear sector. Apart from it, we are also importing angora wool and wool sliver, which is
blended with lamb’s wool and silk in the Country due to absence of significant angora wool
processing technology in India.
Keeping in the view, the importance of angora wool fibre and the potentiality of income and
employment generation, there is need to increase production and productivity of the angora wool by
making angora rabbit breeding and rearing a popular occupation. High profitability, vast potential of
income and employment and income generation, huge potential for earning foreign exchange and
role of angora rabbit husbandry in ecological rehabilitation are few of the many positive factors,
which call for coordinated efforts, so that the farmers take up angora rabbit breeding and rearing in
a big way, particularly the women and educated unemployed youths. The people of the village have
understood the favourable economics and livelihood potential of angora rabbit farming. The women
and educated unemployed youths can take up this profession and traditional farmers can
supplement their income through this profession.
Objectives of the Project:

To enhance the capacity of the participant and encourage them to produce quality spun yarn
and hand made products of different kind of wool.

To increase the utilization of angora wool.

To upgrade the skill of existing weavers/craft persons.

To make available enough skilled manpower to the woolen sector.

To increase production of diversified woolen products.

To generate opportunities for income and employment.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under this programme, three months free training in spinning, weaving and designing is provided to
selected families of the designated area by experts and master trainers of HIFEED.
26.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
UTTARAKHAND RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECT
(SWAJAL PROJECT, DEHRADUN) (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROJECT)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Project Management Unit (PMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of Uttarakhand
District Project Management Unit (DPMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address:


PMU, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Makkawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
DPMU, 509, Adarsh Nagar, Near Rewati Nursing Home, Dharmpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand,
India
Start Date:


Planning Phase- 01 October 2008
Implementation Phase- 05 October 2009
Completion Date:


Planning Phase- 31 March 2009
Implementation Phase- 04 October 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract:



Planning Phase- Rs. 4.00 Lakhs
Implementation Phase- Rs. 00.51 Lakhs
DPR Implementation- Rs. 500.07 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months):


06 Months for Planning Phase
18 Months for Implementation Phase
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:

Total No. of Staff
:

Months of Assignment
:
09 Staff in Planning Phase
09 Staff in Implementation
06 Months to each Staff in Planning Phase
18 Months to each Staff in Implementation Phase
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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract:



Planning Phase- Rs. 4.00 Lakhs
Implementation Phase- Rs. 00.51 Lakhs
DPR Implementation- Rs. 500.07 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Team Leader
Mr. Ashish Yadav (B.Sc., Diploma in Civil Engineering)- Junior Engineer
Narrative Description of Project:
Swajal, a World Bank funded project dedicated for the cause of water supply and environmental
sanitation was introduced in the year 1996. Swajal as name denotes gives the sense of ownership.
The philosophy of the project is to generate the feeling of ownership among the users. Uniqueness
of this programme is to involve the communities since planning to the completion and aftermath
operation and maintenance of the project.
This is the first project in the world which is able to ensure the participation and contribution of the
communities for the water supply schemes. One more feature of this demand driven and need
based project is involvement of Voluntary Agency equally as Support Organization in entire
processes.
This is the project which does not talk about the supply of water only but encourages and sensitize
the users towards the protection of the catchments areas too. In addition to it, the program possess
a holistic approach and build the capacity of the communities for programs like income generation
programs, women development initiatives, health and hygiene and promotes adult education. Thus
this is a perfect blend of both the software and hardware activities. The success of this initiative can
be gauged in its new form SWAP which talks all the water supply schemes build in the line of Swajal.
Swajal has all the features which talks community participation, planning from bottom etc. similar
sentiments as Panchayat Raj possess.
Objectives of the Project:

The objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness of rural water supply and sanitation
services through decentralization and increased role of Panchayat Raj Institutions and
involvement of local communities in the State of Uttarakhand.

The project is also expected to bring associated benefits, including improved health resulting
from reduced water- borne diseases, environmental sustainability through protection and
management of water catchment areas, time savings in fetching water would enhance the rural
population, especially women.

The project envisages upgrading no or partial coverage of water supply to full coverage with
sustainable service, benefiting the rural population.

The project will also improve sanitation in about 30% of rural communities, to be declared free
of open defecation.

The overall objective of the project is the conduction of entire planning phase activities in the
identified Gram Panchayats including all its habitations and prepares the Implementation Phase
Proposal (IPP) of water supply scheme and community development activities i.e. Detailed
Project Report (DPR) and Community Action Plan (CAP).
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Planning Phase:

Mobilizing the community for group actions.

Awareness creation, mobilizing and group formation and participatory planning and use of
ASARDAR tools.

Formation of User Water and Sanitation Sub-Committee (UWSSC).

Community problem analysis and information sharing.

Facilitation in maintaining the documents at Gram Panchayat/UWSSC levels.

Hygiene and Environmental Sanitation Awareness (HESA).

Construction of Household Sanitary Latrine (HSL).

Conducting feasibility analysis.

Water yield assessment and resistively survey.

Inventorisation of existing water supply schemes

Assessment of village environmental problems.

Identifying technology options.

Agree to do meeting.

Catchment Area Conservation and Management Programme (CACMP).

Conducting cross visits.

Collection of upfront cash contribution.

Trainings for members of Gram Panchayat/UWSSCs

Conducting detailed engineering survey and preparing designs.

Preparation of Implementation Phase Proposal and Detail Project Reports (DPRs).
Implementation Phase:

Construction of Water Supply Scheme.

Formation of procurement sub-committee.

Training of procurement to sub-committee.

UWSSC/GP members training on implementation phase quadruple agreement.

Cluster meetings.

Clean-up campaigns.
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
Healthy home survey.

Refresher training of UWSSC (Roles and responsibilities of UWSSC/GP).

Treasurer training.

Documentation and wall writing.

HESA training to school teachers, ASHA workers, SHG members, etc.

Documents maintenance at UWSSC/GP level.

Training to UWSSC/GP.

Training to Scheme Maintenance Worker (SMW).
27.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
HEART CHECKUP PROGRAMMES
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal and Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Escorts Heart Institute & Research Center Ltd.
Nagar Nigam
Address:


Okhla Road, New Friends Colony, New Delhi, India
Near Doon Hospital, New Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:


05 October 2004 (1st Assignment)
26 October 2008 (2nd Assignment)
Completion Date:


06 October 2004 (1st Assignment)
27 October 2008 (2nd Assignment)
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.65 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Days for each Assignment
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
05 Staff for each Assignment
02 Days to each Staff for each Assignment
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.65 Lakhs
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No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:



Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- Project Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Programme Officer
Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator & Public Relation Officer

Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your
Staff with in the Assignment:
A two days free heart checkup camp was organized by HIFEED with support of Escorts Heart
Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi at Government Base Hospital, New Tehri on 5 th-6th October
2004, More than 500 people has been diagnosed and provided medical aid by the expert doctors of
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre. The camp was inaugurated by District Magistrate, Tehri
Garhwal on 5th October 2004.
A two days free heart checkup camp was organized by HIFEED with support of Escorts Heart
Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi at Nagar Nigam, Dehradun on 26 th-27th October 2008. More
than 400 people has been diagnosed and provided medical aid by the expert doctors of Escorts
Heart Institute and Research Centre. The camp was inaugurated by Honb’le Health Minister of
Uttarakhand on 26th October 2006.
28.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
NATIONAL RURAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
PROGRAMME IN DISTRICT DEHRADUN OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Project Management Unit (PMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of Uttarakhand
District Project Management Unit (DPMU), Department of Drinking Water, Government of
Uttarakhand
Address:


PMU, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Makkawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
DPMU, 509, Adarsh Nagar, Near Rewati Nursing Home, Dharmpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand,
India
Start Date: 01 January 2009
Completion Date: 31 March 2009
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.67 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 03 Months
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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
Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
03 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03.67 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Dr. Zafar Sultan (M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.)- Training Coordinator
Dr. Arvind Painuly (M.Sc., Ph.D)- Training Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
For mankind water remains a basic need. It influences and alters the social, cultural, political and
religious heritages of different communities. The need for plentiful supply of water is universally
perceived and demanded. However, much importance is not given for the quality of water. Water is
derived from different sources and on our planet only 0.1% of water is potable. The water attains its
quality based on the source from which it is derived. It may be found as rainwater, surface water or
ground water. The water may contain suspended matter, dissolved substances and microorganisms
and these parameters decide the quality of any water. The lack in people’s perception, if any, lies in
the quality of water. People are often unaware that water can act as a harbinger of death, can be a
cause for so much morbidity and mortality. This is because, for thousands of years people have
followed a practice of drinking water that is clear and colourless, has no objectionable odour or
taste, and have accepted that as safe water. Germ theory was not known to the people, neither was
the fact that harmful chemicals could remain dissolved in water without causing objectionable taste,
odour or colour. India has achieved remarkable success in providing safe drinking water to majority
of her rural population through rural water supply programme. The nation is committed to provide
safe drinking water facilities to all the rural habitations in the country. Today people should be made
aware that checking water quality is something more than its appearance or taste, and if possible,
they should be provided with the tools by which they could assess the quality of water. This is what
community based water quality surveillance is all about.
Objectives of the Project:
The primary objectives of the National Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance
Programme was to improve the performance and cost effectiveness of the on-going programmes in
the field of rural drinking water supply and to ensure the availability of an adequate quantity of
drinking water of acceptable quality on a long term basis. The programme included monitoring the
quality of water after identification of problems, tackling the same by the application of science and
technology to ensure that the water available is of acceptable quality and ensure that the quantity
and quality of water is sustainable on a long term basis by proper water management technique and
implementations of management information system. The programme also included survey of
various kinds of water sources, prevention of pollution of drinking water; and educating the public in
conservation of the quantity and quality of water through awareness campaigns, community
participation and health education programmes.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
At Gram Panchayat level training to Panchayat Functionaries, Asha Workers, Aanganwadi Workers
on water quality monitoring and surveillance has been provided by the HIFEED staff. At Block level
training the representatives from Health Department, Education Department, Forest Department,
Engineers from Jal Nigam, Jal Sansthan and Minor Irrigation Department has been provided training
on water quality monitoring and surveillance.
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29.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
DEVELOPMENT OF ANGORA WOOL SECTOR FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT
TEHRI GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND (DEVELOPMENT OF ANGORA WOOL SECTOR FOR
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2009
Completion Date: 31 March 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 17.19 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 staff
36 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 17.19 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff involved and function performed:


Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Principal Investigator
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc., P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A.)- Co-Principal Investigator
Narrative Description of Project:
Rabbit farming is extremely climatic specific. Only temperate zones of the country are ideally
suitable for angora rabbit farming. Rabbits are very sensitive to temperature, rainfall, sunshine hours
and wind velocity of the environment. They cannot tolerate high environmental temperature and
humidity. They can be reared between –2 to 35C temperatures with desirable humidity between
60% to 80%. Therefore, only hilly regions are best suited for angora production.
Due to several constraints like inconsistent supply of superior angora germplasm, ignorance about
the profitability of this farming, poor marketing avenues for wools and other by-products of this
enterprise, non-availability of complete pelleted feed, aflatoxicosis, poor recognition and some
sentimental issues in specific pockets, the angora rabbit farming could not be popularized and
expanded to desired levels.
In spite of the efforts being made by various development agencies to popularize angora rabbit
rearing there is a dearth of high yielding germplasm, quality feed and other inputs as well as
adequate processing and marketing facilities, to effectively market the produce, to ensure the
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breeder his/her timely returns. An urgent need is there to provide a concrete base to this promising
income generating enterprise.
Objectives of the Project:

To introduce angora rabbit rearing as an viable income supplementing activity in mountain
tribal families of Uttarakhand.

To organize training programs in the field of angora rabbit breeding, rearing, shearing, feeding,
management, wool production and processing.

To establish 30 angora rabbit, 30 spinning and 30 weaving units at farmer household level in
hilly and tribal villages.

To develop rabbit feed based on locally available raw material.

To provide buy-back facility for angora wool, yarn and end products.

To develop rabbit feed based on locally available raw material.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Training and extension programme for farmers to make the programme economically viable
with applicable technical inputs.

Introducing the concept of scientific and planned breeding, rearing and record management in
the field of angora rabbit production.

Developing new and improved packages of practices in the field of breeding, feeding, disease
control, treatment, management, production and processing etc.

Establishment of common production and processing centre for spinning, weaving and
processing of angora wool in to yarn and handmade finished products at NGOs or community
level.

Skill upgradation of producers and artisans by providing technical inputs.

Developing the techniques of cheaper housing and cage making by bamboo and other cost
effective substitutes.

Developing techniques of manure/compost management.
30.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
COORDINATED PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANGORA WOOL SECTOR TO
ENHANCE INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES IN TRIBAL AREAS
OF FIVE DISTRICTS OF UTTARAKHAND THROUGH PARTNER NGOS
Country: India
Location within Country:
District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Chamoli and Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
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Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2009
Completion Date: 31 March 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 20.75 Lakhs
Funds Sanctioned to Partner NGOs of HIFEED under the Project: Rs. 219.56 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
36 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 20.75 Lakhs
Funds Sanctioned to Partner NGOs of HIFEED under the Project: Rs. 219.56 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:




Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator
Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator
Dr. B.S. Negi (B.V.Sc. & AH)- Co-Principal Investigator
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Angora rabbit breeding started in late 1990s in the mountain region of Uttarakhand and presently
there are about 800 viable small-scale units growing properly in the State of Uttarakhand. The
average wool production per animal varies annually between 600 to 800 gms. Because of lack of
suitable germplasm, supporting processing and marketing facilities for angora wool, the progress
has been slow or rather stranded over the years. In spite of sincere efforts made by the NonGovernmental Development Agencies, Government Departments and Research Institutions, the
angora rabbit breeder lacks technical know-how pertaining to management, rearing, shearing,
processing and marketing of this new kind of costly fiber.
The dependency on woolen mills for sale of raw wool has made it difficult for the producer to show
any progress in terms of multiplication to higher numbers as well as to introduce new germplasm to
boost the angora wool production and its quality. However, a very small amount of wool is being
processed under the rural set up by traditional hand spinning methods or by modifying the existing
tools, the quality of yarn and the product does not fetch the desired returns. The available
germplasm on the Research Institutes, Agriculture Universities, Non Government Organizations as
well as the farmer’s level has poor production potential. It is highly inbred and has low variability to
exploit. Hence, it seems difficult to improve the present production level unless high yielding angora
breeding farms with different lines are introduced for upgrading of breeds.
In view of the topographic location of the present angora rabbit units, the expert opinion is for
setting up of germplasm resource centre in hills of Uttarakhand to meet the requirement of breeding
stock and improving the existing flocks through upgrading. Advice is for to create centers for
training and assistance in processing and marketing of angora wool after blending it with other
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fibers like silk and sheep wool. A concentrated effort is required by the authorities to develop
procurement and marketing facilities of raw angora wool to ensure returns to the angora rabbit
breeders.
HIFEED has demonstrated some blended products of angora fiber with sheep wool and silk.
Provision of necessary inputs and technical know-how combined with regular monitoring is another
aspect to be seriously considered for introducing angora rabbit breeding and rearing as successful
income generating enterprise along with other existing animal husbandry practices in hill area of
Uttarakhand. Proper record management, ear tagging of animals, awareness about importance of
selection based on qualitative and quantitative traits needs to be introduced to give a forward thrust
to this industry in this region. In view of the existing status of angora rabbit breeding and rearing,
processing and marketing conditions in the State, it would be fruitful to incorporate the concept of
processing about 75% of the angora wool produced in every household in to yarn and finished
products and thereby reducing the dependency on fluctuating market of raw angora wool and also
to boost the returns through sale of finished products and angora blended yarns. The handlooms
and handicrafts sector and the cottage industry, which is an integral part of every household in this
region, can play a very important role in this aspect. This will not only ensure higher returns but also
generate substantial employment opportunities for the unemployed population, especially rural
women in their respective areas.
Improvement in agriculture and animal husbandry will take a long time, but for the immediate
return, the HIFEED has planned to initiate the Integrated Angora Rabbit Wool Development
Programme in large scale for production and marketing of angora wool, yarn and handmade angora
woolen products to generate employment and raise family income, keeping young men and women
in their native villages. It has started some action also in this direction. Rearing of angora rabbits
needs less space, time and money and any of the family members with minimum experience and
training can manage it. HIFEED has decided to involve largely the families headed by women and
educated unemployed youths, as the women are habituated in animal husbandry, sole responsible
for the family and the youths are hunting for jobs.
Objectives of the Project:

To introduce angora rabbit rearing as an viable income supplementing activity in mountain
tribal families of Uttarakhand.

To organize training programs in the field of angora rabbit breeding, rearing, shearing, feeding,
management, wool production and processing.

To establish 390 angora rabbit units, 390 spinning and 390 weaving units at farmer household
level with the support of partner NGOs in hilly and tribal areas of five Districts of Uttarakhand.

To develop rabbit feed based on locally available raw material.

To provide buy-back facility for angora wool, yarn and end products.

To monitor the coordinated angora programme implemented by the partner NGOs.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Strengthening of high yielding angora rabbit germplasm resource centre at HIFEED Campus,
Ranichauri.

Training and extension programme for NGOs and farmers to make the programme economically
viable with applicable technical inputs.

Introducing the concept of scientific and planned rearing and record management in the field of
angora rabbit production.
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
Developing new and improved packages of practices in the field of breeding, feeding, disease
control, treatment, management etc.

Establishment of common production and processing centre for spinning, weaving and
processing of angora wool in to yarn and handmade finished products at NGOs or community
level.

Skill upgradation of producers and artisans by providing technical inputs.

Developing the techniques of cheaper housing and cage making by bamboo and other cost
effective substitutes.

Developing techniques of manure/compost management.
31.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ANIMAL HEALTH CHECK-UP PROGRAMMES IN TEHRI DAM AFFECTED VILLAGES OF
DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: THDC India Ltd., Government of India
Address:
THDC Campus, Bye-Pass Road, Pragati Puram, Rishikesh, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date:



05 June 2009 (1st Assignment)
27 November 2010 (2nd Assignment)
23 March 2011 (3rd Assignment)
Completion Date:



08 June 2009 (1st Assignment)
29 November 2010 (2nd Assignment)
26 March 2011 (3rd Assignment)
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.44 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 08 Days (08 Camps of One Day Each)
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff for each Assignment
08 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.44 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
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Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:




Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Project Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Administrative & Accounts Officer
Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
Livestock is part of human life Cows, Bullocks, Buffalos, Sheep, Goats, Pig, Rabbit, Poultry, Horses,
Mule etc. form the major segments of the live stock which has a prominent place in the lives of rural
people. India especially hilly state is predominantly, an agrarian economy with more that 75% of the
population in villages depending upon agricultural, animal husbandry and allied actives for their live
hood. Among many livestock related enterprises, preparation and sale of milk and milk products is
the most ancient occupation established in rural setting of our country. The history of Indian milk
products is perhaps as old as an Indian civilization itself.
Our ancestors over the year began to domesticate milk animals and they develop innovative ways to
convert highly perishable milk into more stable and long lasting milk products which fetched high
income compared to selling directly is the form of milk. During recent year India has become one
among the high milk producing countries of the world. Milk is being produced in abundance. Hence,
there is a need to show the people the avenues through which they can earn more profit by
converting the perishable milk in to long shelf life products. There is lot of opportunities of people to
take of preparation of milk products as their profession and lead a decent livelihood. Cattle are
integral part of the Indian way of life.
The cow had been eulogized in the past and our ancient books are full of her promise. Cow is
worshiped and is held in high esteem. India was once a vast pastoral country where domestic
animals were synonyms to wealth. Livestock have been playing an important role in our economy.
Dairying has been one of the principle occupations and one of the important sources of our income.
It has now been possible to start commercial venture is dairy production, poultry production, meat
production in rural area. Thus, animal husbandry has contributed in great way for the national
economy.
It is observed that availability of trained personnel with technical knowhow to attend the emergency
for veterinary service is very scarce in this region. It is essential that the livestock maintained in a
scientific way to enhance their contribution to the economy. Due to lack of health care facilities, feed
and fodder, disease control and prevention measures and the geographical condition the people
cannot access the Government facilities. Due to these problems the HIFEED organized veterinary
health camps in animal husbandry prone area especially in those areas which are affected by Tehri
Dam under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of THDC. The outcomes of these camps are
very enthusiastic as many people of different caste and creed have participated in these camps.
Objectives of the Project:

To provide basic information about important aspects of different veterinary animals.

To provide information on health, nutrition, breeding, feeding, management, insurance aspects
to the farmers.

To provide information about control and prevention of important livestock diseases.

To administer preventive inoculation and other measures to the veterinary animals.

To provide free veterinary health check-up facilities and free distribution of veterinary medicines
to the animals of the farmers.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Initially the HIFEED surveyed the animal husbandry prone areas in the periphery of Tehri Dam
reservoir and compiled the data taken from these areas. On the basis of survey data, some places
are needier, as the Government has taken the initiative but due to lack of awareness, the
Government programmes have not succeed much. To encourage people and focus to aware people
with due importance about livestock management, the Organization made door to door interaction
with the villagers and with the consent of the people organized animal health diagnosis camps in
different areas of the region. For organizing these camps the Organization hired services of
experienced Veterinary Doctors, Livestock Extension Officer, etc. The experts from the Department
of Animal Husbandry, Government of Uttarakhand have provided veterinary support and services to
the farmers.
32.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING PROGRAMME ON COMPUTER APPLICATION FOR THE YOUTHS BELONGS TO
TEHRI DAM AFFECTED VILLAGES IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: THDC India Ltd., Government of India
Address:
THDC Campus, Bye-Pass Road, Pragati Puram, Rishikesh, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 22 June 2009
Completion Date: 24 June 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 10.66 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 10.66 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Programme Officer
Ms. Alka Panwar (B.A., Diploma in O.M.&S.P.)- Trainer/Instructor
Narrative Description of Project:
Education as a whole and technical/vocational education in particular, must be related to the needs
and aspirations of the people. The training for such education need to be so designed as to provide
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the best possible training and experience to achieve the desired but broad goal. The training should
attempt to train and qualify the beneficiaries for a trade or profession so as to fit them for the
society of which they are apart. Proposed trainings are relevant to the learners in their existing
situation or condition and will help the learners to overcome some of their limitations under they live
i.e. it should have an effect on their living conditions. Today computer is playing a vital role in the
lives of people of our Country. This technology has revolutionized the whole scenario and it has
become a part and parcel for our day to day life. Computer has reached the Indian Urban and rural
area alike. The students realized that the government infrastructures are not able to provide all of
their students with the technology skills which are essential to apply for employment in all
sectors. For this reason, the students are searching for a service to provide them with this
knowledge which will make them competitive in the job market. This way reduce the
unemployment rate and help students focus on their future rather than spending money and time on
aimless and destructive activities such as drugs and crimes. Instead they will earn a living for
themselves and their families.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of this programme is to enable the trainees in computer operation, terminology and
concepts used in Microsoft application, using and operating the computer independently for word
processing, creating documents, tables, charts, pictures and drawing etc. Apart from above we will
also impart Life Enrichment education (LEE) to the students.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under this programme, the Below Poverty Line (BPL) student belongs to Tehri Dam affected villages
are provided six months free residential training in various sectors of Computer Applications.
33.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
IGNOU-HIFEED COMMUNITY COLLEGE (A COLLEGE OF OPEN AND DISTANCE
EDUCATION) REGISTERED WITH INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
(IGNOU)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Address: Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 July 2010
Completion Date: Long Term
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Self Financed
Duration of Assignment (Months): Long Term
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
05 Staff
Long Term
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Self Financed
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No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:





Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Principal
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Faculty
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Faculty
Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Faculty
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Faculty
Narrative Description of Project:
A Community College named IGNOU-HIFEED Community College is established at HIFEED Campus
which is registered with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Community College is an
alternative system of education which aims to empower individuals through appropriate skill
development leading to gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and the
community. It helps in developing skills for employment and self employability particularly to the
marginalized and underprivileged sections of society. Community colleges offer the advantage of
tailoring programs to local needs and state-based requirements by using approaches that will be
most acceptable to workers in the given community. Community College generally has a two year
curriculum that either leads to an associate degree for transfer to an undergraduate college or lead
to the students’ direct entry into any occupation or trade. These colleges are a source of economic
growth because they provide an educated and skilled workforce that improves the quality of life for
individual students, communities, and the Nation.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of Community Colleges is to provide skill based livelihood enhancing education and
eligibility for employment to the disadvantaged and under-privileged like the urban poor, rural poor,
and women. Providing appropriate skills development in collaboration with local industries thus
leading to gainful employment is the major target of Community College. The College is self financed
and supported by HIFEED by its own resources and collection of fee from the students.
34.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NATURAL AND ORGANIC DYES ON
ANGORA WOOLEN PRODUCTS IN FIVE DISTRICTS OF UTTARAKHAND (RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT ON NATURAL AND NATURAL DYES)
Country: India
Location within Country:
District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Chamoli and Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India
Address: Zone- 5, Core- C, IInd Floor, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 01 April 2010
Completion Date: 31 March 2012
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Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 32.70 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
24 to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 32.70 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
Mr. Vijay Singh Negi (M.A.)- Technical Assistant
Narrative Description of Project:
The handloom weaving throughout the Country is characterized by exquisite designs with different
colour combination and where weft is used to basically for bringing out the character of the design.
In other words the use of dyed yarn is essential for the handloom weaving and producing products,
which can get better price in the market.
It would be necessary, therefore, to conduct certain workshops to demonstrate improved dyeing
practices so that weavers/artisans at their households are encouraged to produce products, which
can have better value addition. In this context it is also necessary to encourage the use of vegetable
and natural dyes in the production of yarn and woolen products.
Objectives of the Project:

Selection, sourcing and collection of raw material for natural dyes.

Standardization of extraction and dyeing procedures including the chemical analysis of
constitutes to what plant component is responsible for what colour.

Training modules for craftsmen on making of natural dyes and application of natural dyes on
woolen products

To augment the present income of local people, who will be taking up this activity as dyeing of
woolen products will surely be adding up to its value.

To establish linkages with Science & Technology based resource agencies for technical back up
and support.

To establish market linkages for the sale of natural dyed products.

To strengthen the Research & Development (R&D) activities and simultaneous application of
experimented dyes on product itself.

Development of eco- friendly mordanting techniques.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify dye yielding plants in mountain zones.

Collection of raw materials.

Evaluation of plant part used in the region.

Evaluation of ecological status of plants.

Research & Development (R & D) work on dyeing raw source.

Development of user friendly dissemination technology.

Development of various colour shades.

Development of various dye testing experiments.

Sample dyeing of angora and woolen products.

Formation of SHGs interested in taking up dyeing as a value adding up activity.

Dissemination of technology at decentralized level.

Application of dyes on angora and woolen products on a large scale at the decentralized level.
35.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
STUDY CENTRE OF UTTARAKHAND OPEN UNIVERSITY
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Uttarakhand Open University
Address: Kusumkhera, Haldwani, District Nainital of Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 July 2010
Completion Date: Long Term
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Self Financed
Duration of Assignment (Months): Long Term
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
Long Term
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Self Financed
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
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Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:





Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Centre Director
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Faculty
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Faculty
Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Faculty
Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A., B.Ed.)- Faculty
Narrative Description of Project:
There has been a significant growth in the area of open and distance education around the world.
Open Distance and Learning (ODL) mode of education has been recognized as one of the effective
tools of educationally empowering the sections of the society who could not afford to join the formal
on campus education due to various reasons. Presently, ODL institutions are not only imparting
education as an alternative to the formal system but also in areas such as vocational and technical
education and even in high technology based education. The distance education also has potential
to reach to the un-reached and even marginalized and excluded groups such as tribal populations
and women. Open and distance education provides an opportunity to students for acquiring new
knowledge and skills that are needed to function in the society.
Uttarakhand Open University being in education field for anew has taken initiatives to offer an
opportunity to those students who are unable to get on-campus education and those who have
limited access to education resources. The study centre is the backbone of the Open University
education concept. The education and its reliability depends more on the integrated functioning of
the study centre and the work place and providing a good feedback to the University. Uttarakhand
Open University offers a number of study programmes of ODL from its on-campus Departments
managed by the highly qualified faculty. Since its resources in terms of space are limited and
programmes are in high demand, a provision of Study Centre has been made.
Objectives of the Project:
Objective of the programme is to promote education through open and distance learning system,
with introduction of flexible and innovative methods of education to ensure ‘independent learning’ to
anyone, anytime and anywhere. The programmes also envisage providing an opportunity to women
of Uttarakhand who by and large has been left out in educational efforts of our Nation. The College
is self financed and supported by HIFEED by its own resources and collection of fee from the
students.
36.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR PREPARING SLUM PROFILES AND CONDUCTING
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IN SLUMS AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF 63 TOWNS IN
UTTARAKHAND STATE (ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ASSISTED PROJECT)
Country: India
Location within Country: 13 Districts of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Investment Programme Management Unit (IPMU), Urban Development Department, Government of
Uttarakhand (Asian Development Bank Assistant Project)
Address: New ISBT Complex, Haridwar By-pass, Majra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st June 2010
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Completion Date: 31st May 2010
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: PrimeNet Consultants
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 77.66 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
09 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 77.66 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: 12 Months
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:





Dr. Ravikesh Srivastava (M.A. Agriculture Economics, Ph.D.)- Team Leader
Mr. Anil Kumar Tyagi (M.A. Economics)- Study Coordinator
Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Regional Coordinator
Dr. R.P. Pathak (M.A., Ph.D.)- Regional Coordinator
Dr. Sanjay Verma (M.Sc. Statistics, Ph.D. Statistics) Statistical Analyst
Narrative Description of Project:
Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (UUSDIP) is an Asian Development
Bank (ADB) assisted programme under Multi Tranche Financing Facility to support the Government
of India and Government of Uttarakhand in their policy of balanced regional socio-economic
development and poverty reduction through improvements in urban governance, management and
infrastructure and service provision throughout the urban sector in Uttarakhand. The Investment
Programme is designed to improve the quality of life of urban residents and promote sustainable,
efficient, and responsive service delivery in the urban areas of Uttarakhand.
The physical investments include rehabilitation and expansion of systems for (i) water supply, (ii)
sanitation and sewerage, (iii) solid waste management, (iv) roads and transport, and (v) slum
upgrading, in about 63 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Uttarakhand. Physical improvements are
coupled with a capacity development programme to support the implementation of the urban
governance, finance, and service-delivery improvement action plan, and to strengthen institutional
capabilities of urban local bodies and other service providers. Primary responsibility for providing
urban infrastructure and services (except for water supply and sewerage), including on-site
sanitation, solid waste management, drainage, road maintenance, street lighting, and slum
improvement, lies with ULBs. However, ULBs cannot perform their duties effectively as they lack
required organizational capacities and operational and management skills. More importantly,
financial resources obtained through urban-based taxes and user charges are insufficient to fund the
tasks of urban service delivery.
For slum improvement, interventions will include the provision of bulk water supply and sewerage
mains at the entry to slum areas, and improvements to solid-waste management, access roads,
street lighting, and drainage in poor communities and slums, which accommodate around 300,000
poor people, accounting for about half of the slum population in the state. The selection, approach,
and strategic responses to the broader issues of slum population and poor communities will be
based on a state slum upgrading strategy to be developed at the outset of the Investment
Programme. A demand-led approach to developing community-level infrastructure and services will
be followed. Slum upgrading subprojects will be generated through a participatory planning process
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by communities with the assistance of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Non Government
Organizations (NGOs). Support will be provided to ULBs and communities for effective joint
functioning in developing, implementing, and sustaining community-based urban upgrading
schemes. The component will benefit from, and build on, existing CBOs and NGOs efforts and the
Uttarakhand Government’s poverty reduction schemes. The baseline survey would benchmark the
current status, physical infrastructure and situations, socio-economic profile of slum-dwellers, access
to various on-going schemes, satisfaction level of dwellers for various services including identifying
the key problem and issues.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of the Investment Programme is economic growth and poverty reduction through
provision of urban infrastructure and services, and better governance and management in selected
major towns. The activities and subprojects under the Investment Programme are designed to
operate within the framework of national and state financial policies for the urban sector. The
Investment Program will complement the state Government effort in implementing the financial
reform at ULBs proposed under the 74th CAA and the JNNURM. Also, the Investment Programme
will initiate accounting system reform at the state and ULBs, and introduce O&M cost recovery
through continuous revision in user charges and property tax. The main objective of the study is to
provide the necessary database for the UUSDIP and 63 ULBs in programme towns for designing the
slum infrastructure improvement and socio-economic programs that will improve the lives of the
urban poor under the UUSDIP. Documentation of the existing slum situation will typically include
four sets of information. They are:

Slum level information such as area, population, legal status, service delivery status,
predominant economic activities, ongoing slum improvement and livelihood promotion
programs, etc.;

Household socio-economic information and their satisfaction level of various services;

Ongoing successful initiatives on slum improvement and social development undertaken in
these towns; and

A sketch of the slums that contains current physical infrastructure and social capital.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
The household survey of slums has covered both macro and micro level assessment of the resource
base, systems and institutions, etc. This would be done with the help of interview suggested by the
Government of India in formats and guidelines for survey and preparation of slum profile, household
profile and livelihood profile of cities/towns. The study will focus on collection of all relevant details
about the quantity and quality aspects that could be useful in generating sound database for the
slums in the state. The baseline study would consist of PRA based macro (slum) level assessment
and survey based micro (household) level assessment.
The unit of data collection will be households, as well as community organizations, people’s
representatives/office bearer, officials from Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan (UJS), Uttarakhand Jal Nigam
(UJN), Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Mayor, Chairperson, ward corporators, NGO etc. While the data
for the baseline will be collected, the major focus would be given on physical infrastructure and to
socio-economic parameters/variables directly related to project objectives. Greater emphasis was
given to capture quality data and at the same time also ensuring coverage of desired sample size.
Therefore, it would be ensured that qualified survey professionals are hired and adequately trained
to administer the interview schedules. Field survey would be supervised by key professionals. The
aim of the assignment is to undertake a study on existing slums and informal settlements
approximating 571 in some 63 towns of the State, and to cover all households dwelling in such
settlements for household survey.
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37.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR PLASMA SYSTEM TO TREAT ANGORA WOOL FOR
MANUFACTURING OF 100% ANGORA PRODUCTS
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of
India
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 1st October 2010
Completion Date: 30th September 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Institute for Plasma Research, Government of India
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 44.66 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 14.62 Lakhs
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mr. Kailash Bhatt (M.Sc. Maths, M.Sc. Computer Science, P.G.D.B.M., P.G.D.C.A., P.G.D.S.W.)Manager, Production & Marketing
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: 24 Months
Narrative Description of Project:
Angora fiber is considered one of the world’s finest luxury fiber. It is eight times warmer than
sheep’s wool. It is slippery fiber to spin and requires a lot of twist to hold the fibers firmly in the
yarn. Owing to its fine quality and smoothness, it is spun only on the hand driven ‘takli’ (i.e.
spindle). Also, due to its fibrosity it is extremely difficult to weave a 100% Angora products, they are
hence woven using Merino for the warp and Angora for the weft. Due to these limitations of Angora
fiber, the productivity reduces and fiber loss increases and thus it limit the product range. Angora
wool is produced in Himalayan north east region. It is produced by village industry particularly
driven by women. Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies (FCIPT), Institute for
Plasma Research has developed an innovative Atmospheric Pressure Air Plasma Technology for the
surface modification of Angora wool to improve processing with the financial support from
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. After plasma treatment of angora
fibers, it has now become possible to hand spin as well as mill spin the yarn and later hand weave
the fabric. The most attractive feature of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma System is that it works in a
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continuous mode and does not require any special plasmagen gas. Also plasma processing cost as
well as the maintenance cost of the system is very low as compared to other plasma techniques.
Besides this it is an environment friendly technique. The above features make this technique ideal
for commercial application at Industrial level.
Objectives of the Project

To develop and demonstrate industrial scale atmospheric pressure air plasma treatment system
to modify the surface properties of 1 meter wide angora web at the processing speed of 3-4
meter/minute to improve processing of Angora wool.

Setting up of plasma treatment system at HIFEED to carry out its performance evaluation and
manufacture of 100% Angora products from treated fibers.

Treatment of Angora wool on routine basis to provide services to the people of rural areas
involved in Angora wool product development.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Plasma generation and process optimization.

Design and development of plasma system.

Specification generation and procurement.

Assembling and testing of the plant

Plasma process demonstration and training.

Installation and Integration with carding machine.

Process demonstration and training.

Performance evaluation of system and popularization of technique.

Day to day operation of the system

Providing service to farmers.

Arranging workshops/demonstration of technology.
38.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNDER SWARN JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)STEP UP IN NAGAR PANCHAYAT, DOIWALA
Country: India
Location within Country: Doiwala Urban Local Body in District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Nagar Panchayat, Doiwala
Address: Haridwar Road, Doiwala, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 06 December 2010
Completion Date: 05 June 2011
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Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.58 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 06 Months for each Assignment
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each Assignment
06 Months to each Staff for each Assignment
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.58 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator
Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager
Narrative Description of Project:
Lack of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/underemployed. Even those who have got job in factories/industries/business establishments receive a
meager sum as wage/salary and hence, they are frequently unable to make both ends meet. Many,
particularly youth, have fallen prey to anti-social elements. An urgent need therefore exists for
specialized education and vocational training integrated with awareness and functional improvement
for such people.
Objectives of the Project:

To improve the occupational skills and technical knowledge of the trainees and to raise their
efficiency and increase productive ability.

To widen the range of knowledge and understanding of the social, economic and political
systems in order to create a critical awareness about the environment.

To promote national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development,
women’s equality, protection and conservation environment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify appropriate target areas and target groups by developing socio-economic profiles.

Identify and as certain, a variety of educational and vocational needs of different categories of
clientele groups.

Explore, innovate and work out new methodologies to meet the needs of different target groups
through programmes of education and training.

Co-operate with educational, cultural and other social Organizations involved in organizing
programmes and activities to meet educational, vocational, socio-cultural and welfare needs of
target groups.

Undertake training and orientation of resource persons/instructors involved in planning and
implementation of various training programmes.
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
Organize educational and vocational training programmes with special concern for deprived
sections, women/girls and unemployed youth to provide new skills, refine/sharpen/upgrade the
existing skills leading to employment, self-employment and income generation.

The Institution has provided training to 46 youths under this programme.
39.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNDER SWARN JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)STEP UP IN NAGAR PALIKA PARISHAD, KICHHA
Country: India
Location within Country:
Kichcha Urban Local Body in District Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Nagar Palika Parishad, Kichcha
Address: Kichha, District- Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 20 November 2010
Completion Date: 19 May 2011
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.76 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 06 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each Assignment
06 Months to each Staff for each Assignment
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.76 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator
Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager
Narrative Description of Project:
Lack of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/underemployed. Even those who have got job in factories/industries/business establishments receive a
meager sum as wage/salary and hence, they are frequently unable to make both ends meet.
Many, particularly youth, have fallen prey to anti-social elements. An urgent need therefore exists
for specialized education and vocational training integrated with awareness and functional
improvement for such people.
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Objectives of the Project:

To improve the occupational skills and technical knowledge of the trainees and to raise their
efficiency and increase productive ability.

To widen the range of knowledge and understanding of the social, economic and political
systems in order to create a critical awareness about the environment.

To promote national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development,
women’s equality, protection and conservation environment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify appropriate target areas and target groups by developing socio-economic profiles.

Identify and as certain, a variety of educational and vocational needs of different categories of
clientele groups.

Explore, innovate and work out new methodologies to meet the needs of different target groups
through programmes of education and training.

Co-operate with educational, cultural and other social Organizations involved in organizing
programmes and activities to meet educational, vocational, socio-cultural and welfare needs of
target groups.

Undertake training and orientation of resource persons/instructors involved in planning and
implementation of various training programmes.

Organize educational and vocational training programmes with special concern for deprived
sections, women/girls and unemployed youth to provide new skills, refine/sharpen/upgrade the
existing skills leading to employment, self-employment and income generation.

The Institution has provided training to 62 youths under this programme.
40.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNDER SWARN JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)STEP UP IN NAGAR PALIKA PARISHAD, RISHIKESH
Country: India
Location within Country: Rishikesh Urban Local Body in District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Nagar Palika Parishad, Rishikesh
Address: Rishikesh, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 01 February 2011
Completion Date: 30 April 2011
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.00 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 03 Months
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff for each Assignment
03 Months to each Staff for each Assignment
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 05.00 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff Involved and Function Performed:


Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator
Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager
Narrative Description of Project:
Lack of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/underemployed. Even those who have got job in factories/industries/business establishments receive a
meager sum as wage/salary and hence, they are frequently unable to make both ends meet. Many,
particularly youth, have fallen prey to anti-social elements. An urgent need therefore exists for
specialized education and vocational training integrated with awareness and functional improvement
for such people.
Objectives of the Project:

To improve the occupational skills and technical knowledge of the trainees and to raise their
efficiency and increase productive ability.

To widen the range of knowledge and understanding of the social, economic and political
systems in order to create a critical awareness about the environment.

To promote national goals such as secularism, national integration, population and development,
women’s equality, protection and conservation environment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Identify appropriate target areas and target groups by developing socio-economic profiles.

Identify and as certain, a variety of educational and vocational needs of different categories of
clientele groups.

Explore, innovate and work out new methodologies to meet the needs of different target groups
through programmes of education and training.

Co-operate with educational, cultural and other social Organizations involved in organizing
programmes and activities to meet educational, vocational, socio-cultural and welfare needs of
target groups.

Undertake training and orientation of resource persons/instructors involved in planning and
implementation of various training programmes.

Organize educational and vocational training programmes with special concern for deprived
sections, women/girls and unemployed youth to provide new skills, refine/sharpen/upgrade the
existing skills leading to employment, self-employment and income generation.

The Institution has provided training to 50 youths under this programme.
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41.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
UPGRADATION OF GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (ITI) THROUGH
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) MODE
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of
India
State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU), Department of Training & Technical Education,
Government of Uttarakhand
Address:


Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India
SPIU, 26, E.C. Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st April 2011
Completion Date: Long Term
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 250.00 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): Long Term
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
22 Staff
Long Term
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 250.00
Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Chairman- Institute Management
Committee (IMC)
Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Nodal Officer- Institute Management Committee (IMC)
Narrative Description of Project:
India is a fast growing economy with a rising demand for skilled workforce which enhances the
efficiency and flexibility of the labour market, reduces skills bottlenecks, and improves mobility and
productivity. The Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGE&T), Government of India
initiated Craftsman Training Scheme in 1950 by establishing 50 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
for imparting skills in various vocational trades to meet the manpower requirements for technology
and industrial growth of the Country. The demand for skilled manpower has increased substantially
due to rapid economic growth, changes in technology and work process, and globalization of
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economy. As on 01.01.2007 there were 1896 Government ITIs in the Country. Out of these 500 ITIs
are being upgraded into “Center of Excellence” under a scheme started from 2005-06. The
Upgradation of the remaining 1396 Government it is started in 2007-08 through Public Private
Partnership (PPP) mode.
Objectives of the Project
The objective of the scheme is to improve the quality of vocational training and make it demand
driven so as to ensure better employability of the graduates.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
To run the ITI in PPP mode, an Industry Partner (HIFEED) is associated to lead the process of
upgradation. An Institute Management Committee (IMC), headed by the Industry Partner (HIFEED),
is constituted and registered as a Society. A Memorandum of Agreement is signed among the
Central Government, the State Government and the Industry Partner (HIFEED) defining the roles
and responsibilities of all the parties.
An interest free loan up to Rs. 2.5 Crores is given by the Central Government directly to the IMC on
the basis of Institute Development Plan (IDP) prepared by it. For the repayment of loan, there is a
moratorium of ten years from the year in which the loan is released to the IMC. After the
moratorium, the loan is payable by the IMC in equal annual instalments over a period of twenty
years.
Under this programme the IMC has been given financial and academic autonomy to manage the
affairs of the ITI. The IMC is allowed to determine up to 20% of the admission in the ITI. The
Industry Partner (HIFEED) may provide financial assistance as well as machinery and equipments to
the ITI. It shall arrange to provide training to instructors and on the job training to trainees.
42.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
CONDUCTING DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ENTRY FOR E-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR
PMEGP UNITS OF KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION (KVIC)
Country: India
Location within Country: 13 Districts of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises,
Government of India
Address:
General Mahadev Singh Road, Kanwali, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st April 2011
Completion Date: 31st March 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 07.00 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Months
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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 07.00 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. Bharat Patwal (M.Sc. in Anthropology)- Project Coordinator
Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India has launched Prime Minister's
Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) which is being implemented through KVIC and KVIBs
in rural area and through DICs in urban and rural areas. In view of the large number of projects
expected under PMEGP and the inadequate staff available, it is proposed by the Ministry to go in for
outsourcing of this activity which could be conducted in a professional manner by competent
agencies having the required capacity and infrastructure facilities.
The assignment will facilitate the PMEGP beneficiaries to view the current status of their application
from anywhere in the Country at any point of time. It will provide effective monitoring of the scheme
at different level by implementing/Nodal agency and Ministry. To generate various reports required
from time to time including progress of scheme district-wise and state-wise includes participation of
social category, gender etc. of beneficiary, project size, name of the industry etc. This will assist in
generating acknowledgement/forwarding letters and top sheets for DLTFC. This will also provide
transparency from receipt of application to final disposal. The Web based application system will
auto generated application ID, scalable and secure and will be controlled access for implementing
and associated agencies. It will provide up-to-date information about all implementing agencies,
nodal banks, EDP training centers, meeting schedule and place of DLTFC and information about
venue and date of EDP training.
Objectives of the Project
In this system the applicant can view their current status online by entering his/her applicant ID and
will generate unique applicant ID and acknowledgement letter. This will also generate customized
reports as desired from the system required for monitoring. The application system will generate
statement, reports covering district wise, state-wise, zone wise and National level on under
process/pending statement, Rejection report with remarks statement, Task Force Committee
recommendation statement, Bank wise forwarding application statement, Bank wise sanction
application statement, Bank wise rejection application statement, Bank wise pending application
statement, Bank wise Margin Money (Government Subsidy) release statement, Bank wise Margin
Money (Government Subsidy) adjustment information, EDP training details covering training centre
wise statement, industry group wise projects, margin money and employment, gender wise report,
social category wise report, financial range wise details, performance of backward forward linkages,
other report as and when required, agency-wise details are also required during review meeting
which may be considered.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
On the basis of baseline survey & studies, data collection, data entry, data analysis, data compilation
the E-tracking system of KVIC has been developed.
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43.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT FOR INFORMATION, EDUCATION &
COMMUNICATION (IEC) AND FACILITATION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF
DEHRADUN NAGAR NIGAM UNDER JNNURM PROJECT
Country: India
Location within Country: Town Area of Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client: Nagar Nigam, Dehradun
Address: Near Doon Hospital, New Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 20th October 2011
Completion Date: 19th March 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.35 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 6 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
06 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.35 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Management of solid wastes, an essential service and an obligatory administrative function of urban
bodies, has to be given a top priority. Unscientific handling and disposal affects the environment and
the health of the citizens. The worst affected are the poor. With continuing urban growth the
situation has become critical. Low financial or human resources, institutional weakness, poor
technology and public apathy towards cleanliness are often cited a as the reasons for unclean cities.
Objectives of the Project
Under the programme, a public campaign will be launches to raise awareness about cleanliness. A
massive effort will be launched to clean up the city. The campaign will involve citizens, NCC, NSS,
school children, Government employees, local elected representatives and several others. During
this phase, existing human resources will be revitalised to deliver.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
IEC programmes on Integrated Solid Waste Management has been conducted by HIFEED in 5 Wards
of Nagar Nigam, Dehradun
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44.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES IN ECO-FRAGILE MOUNTAINEOUS ZONE OF
DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND CLOSE TO TEHRI DAM RESERVOIR
THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES FOR QUALITY VEGETABLE
PRACTICES THROUGH ADVANCED PROTECTED AND GUIDED TECHNOLOGY
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED)
Address:
Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st January 2012
Completion Date: 31st December 2014
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.64 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 05.64 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Dr. M.P.S. Parmar (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator
Narrative Description of Project:
Protected cultivation of vegetables offers distinct advantages of quality, productivity and favourable
market price to the growers. Vegetable growers can substantially increase their income by protected
cultivation of vegetables in off-season as the vegetables produced during their normal season
generally do not fetch good returns due to large availability of these vegetable in the markets. The
proposed project area is an important source of supply of off-season vegetables. However, in spite
of this due attention has not been given to promote economic development in the region.
Consequently, the region continues to be economically depressed and has been by-passed by
various programmes of development. In spite of these problems, farmers have shown their
willingness in vegetable cultivation. Most of the farmers have given top priority to vegetable
cultivation besides other agriculture products.
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Objectives of the Project

Organic Farming through protected vegetable cultivation techniques.

Standardizing techniques and development of package of practices of mass scale production of
seedlings in vegetables.

Monitoring and standardization of regulated environmental factors like temperature, humidity,
light intensity, air circulation etc. for best growth and production of the mandate crops during
different seasons.

Popularization of suitable varieties/hybrids in selected vegetable crops for commercial production
under protected cover for export as well as home market.

Standardization of agro-techniques for raising these mandate crops over extended periods under
different structures and development of their package of practices.

Cost-benefit analysis of growing the mandate crops under protected environment.

Survey of selected area of the district Uttarkashi for present status of crop production, use of
inorganic and organic fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides, method of composting, cropping
pattern and status of cash crop cultivation.

Organization of marginal farmers for awareness generation for organic farming, fungicides,
pesticides improved method of composting, suggest improved cropping pattern and cash crop
cultivation.

Training of selected marginal farmers through demonstrations and implementation for
differences in productivity in inorganic and organic farming, to harass the use of chemical
fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides, improved methods of composting and cropping pattern and
cash crop cultivation.

Providing income and employment generation opportunities to farmer households in Chamba
Block of District Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand for the economic upliftment of economically
deprived sections of the community.

Project evaluation and impact assessment.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Bench mark survey of project area.

Establishment of poly house, poly-tunnels for experiments, R&D, better quality planting
materials, production of quality seeds, etc. at farmer’s field.

Operate quality nurseries to produce superior quality seeds and seedlings of vegetables which
will be readily available to the local farmers.

Formation of self help groups (SHGs).

Training programmes at centre and off-centre in collaboration with experts.

Establishment of advisory service centre on technology, marketing information, etc.

Introduce and integrate the appropriate technologies to increase the vegetable productivity with
marketable surplus in commercial, on and off farm production systems.
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
Product launching in the market through media, networking, advertisement and publicity, etc.

Preparation of final technical report and publication of scientific finding in different referred
national/international journals.

Formulation of follow up proposal for other areas.

Delineation and identification of scientifically and technically appropriate land with farmer
families for differrent vegetable species viz cauliflower, peach, beans, cabbage, capsicam etc.

Seeking specialised experts guidance for vermi composting and preparing local green manures
and their uses, depending on local raw material availability.

Disease control and farmers problem redressal.

Required scientific backup at appropriate level on differrent time of vegetable growth cycle.

Setting up model demonstration site.

Herein the advantages and disadvantages of lands vis-a-vis their accessibility to roadheads or
remoteness or closeness to forest areas, markets or threats from localwild animals or availability
or non availability required labours would also be kept in consideration while decidiong on to
suitability of land for perticular vegetable varieties.

Establishment of community friendly service centre on technology, marketing information
relevant to project deeds and also to bring response and quality solution at the village level,
even for sudden and emergency situations like crop infection, crop failures or their mis-giving
against certain introduced technology or practices.
45.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES FOR TRAINING ON BANKING SYSTEM AND MICRO
BANKING/FINANCE IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL AND ALMORA OF UTTARAKHAND
(INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT- IFAD ASSISTED PROJECT)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:


Uttarakhand Livelihood Improvement Project for the Himalayas (ULIPH), Department of Rural
Development, Government of Uttarakhand (International Fund for Agriculture DevelopmentIFAD Assisted Project)
District Project Management Unit, Tehri Garhwal and Almora
Address:


College Road, Chamba, District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
Talla Daniya, Dharanaulla, Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st December 2011
Completion Date: 31st March 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
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Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.71 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 5 Trainings of 3 Days each
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
04 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.71 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Dr. B.P. Nautiyal (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Director, Programmes
Narrative Description of Project:
The programme entitled Institutional Services for Training on Banking System and Micro Banking/
Finance was carried out by HIFEED for the field level functionaries and beneficiaries of the
Uttarakhand Livelihood Improvement Project.
Objectives of the Project
The main objectives of the programme are developing project proposals, business plans of the rural
enterprises and CBOs, carrying out prefeasibility of the businesses, market surveys, developing
training modules for enterprise and business development and capacity building of project/field staff
and CRPs for developing such proposals.
The upcoming proposed potential enterprises of the project community are in different value chains
like organic farming (agriculture), off-Season vegetable cultivation (horticulture), soil & water
conservation, dairy, poultry, medicinal & aromatic plants (MAP), eco-tourism and rural non-farm
sector (RNFS).
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the programme, 5 training programmes on Institutional Services for Training on Banking
System and Micro Banking/Finance has been organized by HIFEED for field level functionaries and
beneficiaries of the project.
46.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE SCHEMES/PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES OF
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING CONDUCTED IN
VAISHALI AND SAMASTIPUR DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF BIHAR
Country: India
Location within Country: District Vaishali and Samastipur of Bihar, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 11th May 2012
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Completion Date: 21st May 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.64 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
10 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.64 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director
Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Regional Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The Ministry of Rural Development places special emphasis on Monitoring and Evaluation of its
programmes being implemented in rural areas. Effective monitoring of the programmes is
considered very important for efficient delivery at the grass root level particularly in view of the
substantial step up in the allocation of funds for rural development programmes. Appropriate
performance indicators have been developed for each of the specific programmes both by the
Ministry of Rural Development and the State Governments for effective monitoring at the District,
Block, Gram Panchayat and Village levels so that alarm signals are captured well in advance for midcourse corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wageemployment, self-employment and rural infrastructure/amenities schemes have helped in reduction
of poverty in rural areas. The Government has instituted an in-built monitoring mechanism in the
guidelines of each of the rural development schemes so as to ensure that the objectives of the
schemes are achieved, in full measure.
Monitoring is the continuous internal assessment of project implementation in relation to agreed
schedules and the use of inputs, infrastructure and services by projects beneficiaries. Monitoring can
provide qualitative and quantitative data using indicators that can serve as inputs to evaluation
exercises. Ministry of Rural Development recognizes the importance of independent monitoring of its
programmes. In order to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of its programmes, the Ministry has
evolved a comprehensive system of monitoring the implementation of its programmes. The basic
premise is that by involving third party independent monitors, unbiased and objective monitoring
can be achieved. The role of the National Level Monitors (NLMs) in monitoring the programmes of
the Ministry has become more important in the recent years due to significant increase in the
allocation of funds for various rural development programmes and also due to the increase in
demands of accountability and transparency in the execution of these programmes.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of monitoring of development activities is to provide policy makers, development
managers, and civil society with better means for learning from past experience, improving service
delivery, planning and allocating resources and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key
stakeholders. The purpose of NLM system is to strengthen all the rural development programmes
and ensure effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the implementation of the programmes.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the Assignment, the Organization has Monitored and Evaluated the Schemes of Ministry of
Rural Development, Government of India being Implemented in Vaishali and Samastipur Districts in
the State of Bihar.
The Schemes monitored by HIFEED are (i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA), (ii) Swarnjayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojna/National Rural Livelihood Mission
(SGSY/NRLM), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), (iv) Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), (v)
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), (vi) Integrated Watershed Management Programme
(IWMP), (vii) National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and (viii) Total Sanitation
Campaign/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (TSC/NBA)
47.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
REHABILITATION & RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION WORK UNDER UTTARAKHAND
STATE ROADS INVESTMENT PROGRAM (USRIP- III) (ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK- ADB
ASSISTED PROJECT)
Country: India
Location within Country: District Dehradun, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Project Management Unit, Asian Development Bank- ADB (Transport), Public Works Department,
Government of Uttarakhand
Address:
21, Engineers Enclave, General Mahadev Singh Road, Near Dena Bank, Dehradun, Uttarakhand,
India
Start Date: 25th February 2013
Completion Date: 24th November 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.60 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 09 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
09 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.60 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Team Leader
Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer
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Narrative Description of Project:
The Uttarakhand State Road Sector Investment Project (USRIP) is an Asian Development Bank
(ADB) funded project and is a State Government’s initiative to support economic growth and reduce
poverty by improving connectivity and access to development opportunities and social services,
including health and education. The Project also supports State Government’s initiative to improve
the effectiveness and efficiency of the state road sector management and provide the sector with
the capacity to ensure efficiency of road investments and sustainable road development impacts to
support Uttarakhand’s social and economic development. The project is to be implemented through
the Project Management Unit (PMU) of ADB-PWD at the State level. At the District level there is
Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of ADB-PWD and HIFEED is coordinating at both with the PMU
and PIU to implement the 5 Resettlement Plans in the State. HIFEED was provided responsibility by
the Project Management Unit of ADB-PWD to execute the 5 Resettlement Plans (RPs) in the ProjectIII roads in the Districts of Dehradun, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar.
Objectives of the Project
The project was to implement 5 RPs in the Phase- 3 of the ADB funded project in three Districts.
The broad objective was to improve road connectivity thereby to improve accessibility and reduce
poverty and open opportunities for people in the interiors of the State. The improved road
connectivity will improve access to market and will also improve health and education in the hills.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Information Campaign on Resettlement Entitlement. HIFEED designed, planned and
implemented information campaign in the affected areas primarily to inform the Affected
Persons (APs) about entitlement policy and how to avail their respective entitlements.

Identification of Affected Persons (APs) and issuance of Identity (ID) Cards.

Updation of Affected Persons (APs) database and creation/computerization of database and
affected persons files. Primary survey and consultation was done at the field level by HIFEED to
update the APs in the 5 RPs.

Participation in grievance redress. HIFEED has so far handled the issue of APs grievance at the
field level though community level discussions and interaction with the individuals at the
household level and have held meeting with individual households with the ADB-PWD staff at
the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) level.

Livelihood Restoration. On primary examination, no DPs were found to be losing its livelihood
due to the implementation of the resettlement plans (RPS). However HIFEED plans to still have
training workshop in the villages where the roads are being expanded. The training workshop
will likely be on the subject related to agriculture and will involve village youth.

Relocation and Rehabilitation Assistance. This was one of the task to be performed under the
project, however there are no DPs which will be needing relocation in the project, though
HIFEED was capable to assist in the rehabilitation of the DPs, through livelihood training
programme.

Community Participation and HIV/AIDS Awareness. In addition to the Resettlement Plans (RPs),
HIFEED is also to conduct HIV/AIDS awareness activities in the project location. HIFEED in the
past has been one of the initially partner Organizations of Uttarakhand State AIDS Control
Organization (USACS) and has the expert team to impart awareness on HIV/AIDS issue. This is
the task proposed to be done at the end of the project, when the DPs are given all assistance
related to Resettlement and Rehabilitation. HIFEED has the required software ready and also the
resource persons to execute the activities under HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.
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48.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WORKS CARRIED OUT BY SIVIL SOYAM FOREST
DIVISION, PAURI DURING 2009-10 UNDER STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(SFDA).
Country: India
Location within Country: District Pauri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest- Van Panchayat & Joint Forest Management, Department of
Forest, Government of Uttarakhand,
Address: Rampur Road, Haldwani, District- Nanital, Uttarakhand
Start Date: 26th November 2012
Completion Date: 25th December 2012
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.30 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
01 Staff
01 Month to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.30 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mr. Suresh Chandra Khanduri (M.S.C.)- Project Director
Narrative Description of Project:
The Operational Guidelines of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to
further decentralize the project cycle management of the Scheme with a view to expedite fund
transfer to the village-level implementing Organization, that is the Joint Forest Management
Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development Committees (EDCs), to embed the Scheme in the overall
forestry development programme of the State, build capacity of the institutional actors and
institutions, and promote livelihoods of JFMC members by linking forest development to value
addition and marketing of forest products. The scheme would provide for implementation of new
projects as well as completion and maintenance of plantations undertaken earlier under the Scheme.
The Scheme will be implemented by a three-tier institutional set-up, namely State Forest
Development Agency (SFDA) at the State level, Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) at the forest
division level, and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) or Eco-development Committees
(EDCs) at the village level. The focus of the institutional work would be towards regeneration and
management of forest resources while strengthening the village level capacity for the same.
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The SFDA will commission independent evaluation of each FDA project twice during the project
cycle. The first will be called 1st concurrent evaluation, and will be done in the 24-36 months of
project operation. The 1st concurrent evaluation will focus on assessment of the degree of people’s
participation in the functioning of JFMCs, in particular during micro-planning and implementation of
initial project activities. The second evaluation will be the final evaluation of the project, to be done
after 3 years of the last tranche of tree planting in the project. The final evaluation will focus on the
quality of people’s participation, success of regeneration, in terms of expansion and improvement in
vegetation, and poverty impacts of the project. Both 1 st concurrent evaluation and final evaluation
will be undertaken by reputed independent Organizations. For this purpose, an independent
Organization will be such Organization which is not under the full administrative control of the FDA
or the NAEB. Independent Organization will also include reputed academic institutions, NGOs,
professional consultants and experts who have qualification and experience in forestry, natural
resource economics or business or sociology of natural resource management. In addition to the
evaluation by the FDA, the NAEB may also commission independent evaluation of the FDA projects
on a sample basis and of the NAP Schemes.
Objectives of the Project:
Objective of the assignment is to evaluate the works carried out by Civil Soyam Forest Division,
Pauri during 2009-10 under State Forest Development Agency (SFDA).
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Evaluation of 10 Van Panchayats, Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Ecodevelopment Committees (EDCs) has been carried out by HIFEED and reports has been submitted to
the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest- Van Panchayat & Joint Forest Management, Department of
Forest, Government of Uttarakhand
49.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE SCHEMES/PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES OF
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING IMPLEMENTED IN
SAMBA AND REASI DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR
Country: India
Location within Country: District Samba and Reasi of Jammu & Kashmir, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 2nd January 2013
Completion Date: 12th January 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.66 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
10 Days to each Staff
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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.66 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director
Mr. Suresh Chandra Khanduri (M.S.C.)- Project Director
Narrative Description of Project:
The Ministry of Rural Development places special emphasis on Monitoring and Evaluation of its
programmes being implemented in rural areas. Effective monitoring of the programmes is
considered very important for efficient delivery at the grass root level particularly in view of the
substantial step up in the allocation of funds for rural development programmes. Appropriate
performance indicators have been developed for each of the specific programmes both by the
Ministry of Rural Development and the State Governments for effective monitoring at the District,
Block, Gram Panchayat and Village levels so that alarm signals are captured well in advance for midcourse corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wageemployment, self-employment and rural infrastructure/amenities schemes have helped in reduction
of poverty in rural areas. The Government has instituted an in-built monitoring mechanism in the
guidelines of each of the rural development schemes so as to ensure that the objectives of the
schemes are achieved, in full measure. Monitoring is the continuous internal assessment of project
implementation in relation to agreed schedules and the use of inputs, infrastructure and services by
projects beneficiaries.
Monitoring can provide qualitative and quantitative data using indicators that can serve as inputs to
evaluation exercises. Ministry of Rural Development recognizes the importance of independent
monitoring of its programmes. In order to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of its programmes,
the Ministry has evolved a comprehensive system of monitoring the implementation of its
programmes. The basic premise is that by involving third party independent monitors, unbiased and
objective monitoring can be achieved. The role of the National Level Monitors (NLMs) in monitoring
the programmes of the Ministry has become more important in the recent years due to significant
increase in the allocation of funds for various rural development programmes and also due to the
increase in demands of accountability and transparency in the execution of these programmes.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of monitoring of development activities is to provide policy makers, development
managers, and civil society with better means for learning from past experience, improving service
delivery, planning and allocating resources and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key
stakeholders. The purpose of NLM system is to strengthen all the rural development programmes
and ensure effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the implementation of the programmes.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the Assignment, the Organization has Monitored and Evaluated the Schemes of Ministry of
Rural Development, Government of India being Implemented in Samba and Reasi Districts in the
State of Jammu & Kashmir. The Schemes monitored by HIFEED are (i) Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), (ii) Swarnjayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojna/National
Rural Livelihood Mission (SGSY/NRLM), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), (iv) Indira
Awas Yojna (IAY), (v) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), (vi) Integrated Watershed
Management Programme (IWMP), (vii) National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and
(viii) Total Sanitation Campaign/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (TSC/NBA)
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50.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
PREPARATION OF MICRO PLAN OF 40 VILLAGES AFFECTED BY SRINAGAR POWER
PROJECT UNDER SRINAGAR CATCHMENT AREA TREATMENT (CAT) PLAN
Country: India
Location within Country:
40 Villages of Narendra Nagar Forest Division affected by Srinagar Hydro-Electric Power Project in
District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand
Name of Client: Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Narendra Nagar Forest Division
Address: Muni-Ki-Reti, District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Start Date: 1st May 2013
Completion Date: 30th June 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.20 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Months
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
02 Month to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.20 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:




Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader
Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Project Director
Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer
Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer
Narrative Description of Project:
The hydro-power sector is witnessing a rapid growth in India, particularly in the Himalayan region.
While hydropower is considered by many as a clean source of energy it is both affected by, and
impacts, local environmental quality. Since 1994, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been
required for clearance to build Hydro-Electric Projects (HEPs). In addition to the EIA report, the
process mandates a public hearing, and Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) designed to
mitigate environmental damage and impacts of displacement. One of these plans is the Catchment
Area Treatment (CAT) Plan which aims to improve the quality of environmental and especially
watershed services from the catchment.
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India has been stipulating the condition of
preparation and implementation of Catchment Area Treatment Plan in cases related to diversion of
forest land for medium and major irrigation projects and for hydroelectric power projects under
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Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980. The Catchment Area Treatment Plan is an essential document
as it portrays the ecological health of the catchment area and various soil and moisture conservation
and watershed management programmes are required to arrest soil erosion to improve free
drainage in the area and to rejuvenate the degraded eco system in the catchment.
Objectives of the Project
Preparation of Micro Plan of 40 villages affected by Srinagar Hydro-Electric Power Project under
Srinagar Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Micro Plan of 40 villages affected by Srinagar Hydro-Electric Power Project under Srinagar
Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan has been prepared by the organization and submitted to
Forest Department.
51.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE SCHEMES/PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES OF
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING IMPLEMENTED IN
AURANGABAD, GAYA, NAWADA AND JAMUI DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF BIHAR
Country: India
Location within Country: District Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Jamui of Bihar, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 13th May 2013
Completion Date: 22nd May 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.12 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
10 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.12 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:




Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader
Mr. Anil Kumar Tyagi (M.A. Economics)- Project Director
Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Project Director
Mr. Manoj Kumar (B.A. Hons.)- Project Coordinator
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Narrative Description of Project:
The Ministry of Rural Development places special emphasis on Monitoring and Evaluation of its
programmes being implemented in rural areas. Effective monitoring of the programmes is
considered very important for efficient delivery at the grass root level particularly in view of the
substantial step up in the allocation of funds for rural development programmes. Appropriate
performance indicators have been developed for each of the specific programmes both by the
Ministry of Rural Development and the State Governments for effective monitoring at the District,
Block, Gram Panchayat and Village levels so that alarm signals are captured well in advance for midcourse corrections.
The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, selfemployment and rural infrastructure/amenities schemes have helped in reduction of poverty in rural
areas. The Government has instituted an in-built monitoring mechanism in the guidelines of each of
the rural development schemes so as to ensure that the objectives of the schemes are achieved, in
full measure. Monitoring is the continuous internal assessment of project implementation in relation
to agreed schedules and the use of inputs, infrastructure and services by projects beneficiaries.
Monitoring can provide qualitative and quantitative data using indicators that can serve as inputs to
evaluation exercises.
Ministry of Rural Development recognizes the importance of independent monitoring of its
programmes. In order to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of its programmes, the Ministry has
evolved a comprehensive system of monitoring the implementation of its programmes. The basic
premise is that by involving third party independent monitors, unbiased and objective monitoring
can be achieved. The role of the National Level Monitors (NLMs) in monitoring the programmes of
the Ministry has become more important in the recent years due to significant increase in the
allocation of funds for various rural development programmes and also due to the increase in
demands of accountability and transparency in the execution of these programmes.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of monitoring of development activities is to provide policy makers, development
managers, and civil society with better means for learning from past experience, improving service
delivery, planning and allocating resources and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key
stakeholders. The purpose of NLM system is to strengthen all the rural development programmes
and ensure effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the implementation of the programmes.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the Assignment, the Organization has Monitored and Evaluated the Schemes of Ministry of
Rural Development, Government of India being Implemented in Samba and Reasi Districts in the
State of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Schemes monitored by HIFEED are (i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA), (ii) Swarnjayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojna/National Rural Livelihood Mission
(SGSY/NRLM), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), (iv) Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), (v)
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), (vi) Integrated Watershed Management Programme
(IWMP), (vii) National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and (viii) Total Sanitation
Campaign/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (TSC/NBA)
52.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
PREPARATION OF PERSPECTIVE PLAN AND MICRO PLAN UNDER GREEN INDIA
MISSION PROJECT OF UTTARAKHAND FOREST DEPARTMENT FOR URBAN AND PERI
URBAN CITIES IN UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
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Location within Country:
10 Cities of Uttarakhand i.e. Dehradun, Vikas Nagar, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Roorkee, Kotdwar,
Srinagar, Nainital, Haldwani and Rudrapur
Name of Client:


NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS/NABARD)
Department of Forest, Government of Uttarakhand
Address:


NABARD, Uttarakhand Regional Office, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Hotel Sunrise Building, 113/2, Rajpur
Road, Dehradun
123, Phase- I, Vasant Vihar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Start Date: 1st June 2013
Completion Date: 20th June 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.875 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 20 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
20 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.875
Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader
Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Study Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The National Mission for a Green India is one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on
Climate Change (NAPCC). The Green India Mission (GIM) has been conceived as a multi-stakeholder,
Multi-Sectoral and Multi-Departmental Mission. GIM recognizes that climate change phenomena will
seriously affect and alter the distribution, type and quality of natural resources of the country and
the associated livelihoods of the people. GIM puts the “greening” in the context of climate change
adaptation and mitigation, meant to enhance ecosystem services like carbon sequestration and
storage (in forests and other ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along with
provisioning services like fuel, fodder, small timber and NTFPs. It aims at increased forest/tree cover
on 5 m ha forest/non-forest lands, improved quality of forest cover on another 5 m ha forest/nonforest land, improved ecosystem services, increased forest based livelihood income of about 3
million households and enhanced annual CO2 sequestration. In the state of Uttarakhand, as a part of
Green India Sub-Mission 3, the Perspective Plan for Urban, Peri-Urban areas of Uttarakhand is to be
formulated. HIFEED was given the assignment to get data and information to make a Perspective
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Plan for Urban forestry in selected 10 cities. The activities proposed by the Forest Department is the
conservation of existing greenery and development of urban greenery in the industrial premises,
institutional lands, community/public lands, residential colonies, roadsides, railway lines, other
barren & degraded lands. It is envisaged to cover about 2000 hectares of land in these cities.
Objectives of the Project

To find the total geographical area of each of above 10 cities and find the areas available for
Plantation/Greening. The areas to be included are Municipal Corporations/Municipalities and also
Cantonment Boards.

To find the ownership of land in broad categories for 10 cities- say-residential area, institutional
area, industrial area, public land (under State Government, Central Government, local authority),
any other-e.g. School, Trusts, etc., where plantations can be done.

To plot major roads, railway lines, canals passing through 10 cities, which has potential for
greening/plantations.

To look into the green zones proposed by statutory authorities (town planning authorities) for 10
cities along with maps.

To get specific information through field survey on basis of reconnaissance of the 10 cities to
now the area available for plantation/greening and also find if any existing green belts needing
protection/enhancement.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
An Urban Forest Master Plan is a road map, providing detailed information, recommendations, and
resources needed to effectively and proactively manage and grow a city's tree canopy. More
importantly it provides a shared vision for the future of the urban forest to inspire and engage
stakeholders in the care and protection of trees. HIFEED provided the following information in the
perspective plans for the 10 cities mentioned above, after getting the following information from
primary and secondary sources.

Maps with depiction of major potential sites for greening and a tabular statement of major
actors to be involved.

Main blocks available for tree planting with ownership especially industrial premises, institutional
areas.

An estimate of other institutional/administrative areas which are smaller in size (the number and
average area available with them for greening). These could be given in different subcategories, like schools/colleges, Government offices, etc.

Public access/utility places e.g. parks, gardens with the local authorities and the scope for
further greening those.

Road sides/railway lines/canal banks/river embankments available for linear planting and
indication of number of trees to be planted say per km. length.
53.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
PREPARATION OF MICRO PLAN AND DETAILED PROJECT REPORTS (DPRS) OF 13
VILLAGES AFFECTED BY VYASI HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT UNDER VYASI
CATCHMENT AREA TREATMENT (CAT) PLAN
Country: India
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Location within Country:
13 Villages of Kalsi Soil Conservation Forest Division and Mussoorie and Chakrata Forest Division
affected by Vyasi Hydro-Electric Power Project in District Dehradun of Uttarakhand
Name of Client: Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Kalsi Soil Conservation Forest Division
Address: Kalsi, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Start Date: 25th October 2013
Completion Date: 4th December 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.34 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 40 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
03 Staff
40 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03.34 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:



Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader
Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- Coordinator
Mr. Sandeep (B.A.)- Project Associate
Narrative Description of Project:
The hydro-power sector is witnessing a rapid growth in India, particularly in the Himalayan region.
While hydropower is considered by many as a clean source of energy it is both affected by, and
impacts, local environmental quality. Since 1994, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been
required for clearance to build Hydro-Electric Projects (HEPs). In addition to the EIA report, the
process mandates a public hearing, and Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) designed to
mitigate environmental damage and impacts of displacement. One of these plans is the Catchment
Area Treatment (CAT) Plan which aims to improve the quality of environmental and especially
watershed services from the catchment. The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India
has been stipulating the condition of preparation and implementation of Catchment Area Treatment
Plan in cases related to diversion of forest land for medium and major irrigation projects and for
hydroelectric power projects under Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980. The Catchment Area
Treatment Plan is an essential document as it portrays the ecological health of the catchment area
and various soil and moisture conservation and watershed management programmes are required to
arrest soil erosion to improve free drainage in the area and to rejuvenate the degraded eco system in
the catchment.
Objectives of the Project
Preparation of Micro Plan and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 13 Villages affected by Vyasi
Hydro-Electric Power Project under Vyasi Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan.
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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Micro Plan and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 13 villages affected by Vyasi Hydro-Electric Power
Project under Vyasi Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan has been prepared and submitted to
Forest Department.
54.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE SCHEMES/ PROJECTS/ PROGRAMMES OF
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING IMPLEMENTED IN
CHITRAKOOT AND KAUSHAMBI DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF U.P. AND AJMER AND
TONK DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN
Country: India
Location within Country:
District Chitrakoot and Kaushambi Districts of U.P. and Ajmer And Tonk Districts of Rajasthan, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India
Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Start Date: 13th May 2013
Completion Date: 22nd May 2013
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.12 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
04 Staff
10 Days to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.12 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:




Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader
Mr. Anil Kumar Tyagi (M.A. Economics)- Project Director
Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Project Director
Mr. Manoj Kumar (B.A. Hons.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The Ministry of Rural Development places special emphasis on Monitoring and Evaluation of its
programmes being implemented in rural areas. Effective monitoring of the programmes is
considered very important for efficient delivery at the grass root level particularly in view of the
substantial step up in the allocation of funds for rural development programmes. Appropriate
performance indicators have been developed for each of the specific programmes both by the
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Ministry of Rural Development and the State Governments for effective monitoring at the District,
Block, Gram Panchayat and Village levels so that alarm signals are captured well in advance for midcourse corrections.
The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, selfemployment and rural infrastructure/amenities schemes have helped in reduction of poverty in rural
areas. The Government has instituted an in-built monitoring mechanism in the guidelines of each of
the rural development schemes so as to ensure that the objectives of the schemes are achieved, in
full measure. Monitoring is the continuous internal assessment of project implementation in relation
to agreed schedules and the use of inputs, infrastructure and services by projects beneficiaries.
Monitoring can provide qualitative and quantitative data using indicators that can serve as inputs to
evaluation exercises.
Ministry of Rural Development recognizes the importance of independent monitoring of its
programmes. In order to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of its programmes, the Ministry has
evolved a comprehensive system of monitoring the implementation of its programmes. The basic
premise is that by involving third party independent monitors, unbiased and objective monitoring
can be achieved. The role of the National Level Monitors (NLMs) in monitoring the programmes of
the Ministry has become more important in the recent years due to significant increase in the
allocation of funds for various rural development programmes and also due to the increase in
demands of accountability and transparency in the execution of these programmes.
Objectives of the Project:
The objective of monitoring of development activities is to provide policy makers, development
managers, and civil society with better means for learning from past experience, improving service
delivery, planning and allocating resources and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key
stakeholders. The purpose of NLM system is to strengthen all the rural development programmes
and ensure effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the implementation of the programmes.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the Assignment, the Organization has Monitored and Evaluated the Schemes of Ministry of
Rural Development, Government of India being Implemented in Chitrakoot and Kaushambi Districts
in the State of U.P. and Ajmer and Tonk Districts in the State of Rajasthan.
The Schemes monitored by HIFEED are (i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA), (ii) Swarnjayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojna/National Rural Livelihood Mission
(SGSY/NRLM), (iii) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), (iv) Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), (v)
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), (vi) Integrated Watershed Management Programme
(IWMP), (vii) National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and (viii) Total Sanitation
Campaign/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (TSC/NBA)
55.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
A PILOT PROJECT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MODEL BIO-VILLAGES WITH THE CONCEPT
OF ORGANIC VEGETABLE CULTIVATION THROUGH PROTECTED CULTIVATION
TECHNIQUES FOR LIVELIHOOD PROMOTION OF WOMEN IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL
IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW), Ministry of Women and Child Development,
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Government of India
Address: First Floor, Hotel Janpath, Janpath Road, New Delhi
Start Date: 1st February 2014
Completion Date: 31st January 2015
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 15.00 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 15.00 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The soul of India resides in villages. Rural people constitute more than 70% of India’s total
population. The march of independent India for assuming its rightful place in the comity of nations is
not complete unless it is associated with significant improvement in the quality of life of its rural
population. The Organization Himalayan Institute For Environment, Ecology & Development
(HIFEED) is committed to improve qualitatively as well as quantitatively the life of rural people
through a series of well structured and demand driven rural development programmes. Protected
cultivation of vegetables offers distinct advantages of quality, productivity and favorable market
price to the growers. Vegetable growers can substantially increase their income by protected
cultivation of vegetables in off-season. Presently the vegetables produced during their normal
season generally do not fetch good returns due to easy availability of these vegetable in the
markets. Off-season cultivation of cucurbits under low plastic tunnels is one of the most profitable
technologies under northern plains of India.
Walk in tunnels are also suitable and effective to raise off-season nursery and off-season vegetable
cultivation due to their low initial cost. Insect proof net houses can be used for virus-free cultivation
of tomato, chilli, sweet pepper and other vegetables mainly during the rainy season. These low cost
structures are also suitable for growing pesticide-free green vegetables. Low cost greenhouses can
be used for high quality vegetable cultivation for long duration (6-10 months) mainly in peri-urban
areas of the country to fetch commensurate price of produces. Poly-trenches have proved extremely
useful for growing vegetables under cold desert conditions in upper reaches of Himalayas in the
country. For protected vegetable cultivation various kind of model like green house, poly house, poly
tunnels, mist chamber is used by farmers. Low cost poly house and poly tunnels can be made by
every farmer. Low cost poly house made by bamboo, rattan and iron angle on the life span of low
cost poly house may be 5-10 years. The project has distinct advantage of the marketing setup. This
will enable the women and marginal farmers to sell their vegetable at the same point on cash
payment basis. Only those crops are selected that have ample market demand in market.
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In developed countries protected cultivation is used as a tool to neutralized unfavourable conditions
like extreme low temperatures, high range, unfavourable humidity, hail storm etc. In protected
vegetable production all above risks are not involved and quality along with quantity, maximum
production using less agriculture area is the chief objective of the protected vegetable cultivation.
Such type of cultivation is better for those places in which climatic factors are not favorable for
vegetable production where as natural resources like water, land and man power available.
Decreasing land and increasing population may loss our productive land, protected vegetable
cultivation may solve this problem.
Objectives of the Project

Training of selected marginal farmers through demonstrations and implementation for
differences in productivity in inorganic and organic farming, to harass the use of chemical
fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides, improved methods of composting and cropping pattern and
cash crop cultivation.

Organization of marginal farmers for awareness generation for organic farming, cut off use of
inorganic fertilizers, fungicides, pesticides improved method of composting, suggest improved
cropping pattern and cash crop cultivation.

Up-scaling small and marginal farmers for organic cultivation in open and poly house condition,
post harvesting and value addition for better prices.

Standardization of agro-techniques for raising mandate crops over extended periods under
different structures and development of their package of practices for catching early markets.

Establish technical support system for value addition such as sorting, grading, processing,
packaging, branding and marketing through formation of CBOs/SHGs.

Improve the living standard of community/women and reducing drudgery through cultivating
high value crops in compact area.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:

Baseline survey of project villages.

Identification of project area, villages and beneficiaries.

Formation of producer groups (SHGs).

Launching of training and capacity building programmes at centre and off-centre in collaboration
with experts and SAU/KVK/ S&T Institutions.

Establishment of demonstrative poly houses in selected villages for raising nurseries for selected
crops and poly tunnels to each beneficiary to get quality planting material available at
appropriate growing period.

Establish the Seed Bank and Agro Service Centre in the project villages for providing agriculture
inputs to the farmers.

Production of organic manure/vermi compost involving improved technologies
demonstration of different crops cultivation through use of organic manure and compost.

Production of hybrid seeds and seedling of vegetable at village level.

Establishment of collection, value addition/grading, packaging, distribution and marketing
centre.
and
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
Provide farm gate market by developing forward linkages with externals agencies.

Strengthen backward and forward linkages with the farmers for assured supply of internal and
external inputs for growing good quality of seed, vegetables production and market simulations.

Periodic impact evaluation, output monitoring and popularization of project activities in nearby
areas.
56.
ASSIGNMENT NAME:
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MINORITY WOMEN- “NAI ROSHNI” IN DISTRICT
SHAMLI OF UTTAR PRADESH
Country: India
Location within Country: District Shamli of Uttar Pradesh, India
Name of Client: Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India
Address: 11th Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Start Date: 1st April 2014
Completion Date: 31st March 2015
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.58 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 12 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
12 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03.58 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:


Dr. Mohd. Umar Saif (B.Sc. Life Science, Ph.D., P.G. Diploma in Ecology & Environment, Diploma
in Mass Media)- State Coordinator
Mr. Intazar Ali (B.Sc. Environmental Science)- Project Assistant
Narrative Description of Project:
The status of women in the country, particularly those from the disadvantaged sections of the
society, is unfavourable. A girl child suffers from discrimination even before birth and also after birth
in the allocation of household resources such as food, education, access to health care and at
puberty, sometimes coerced into early marriage. Most women in the rural areas suffer from double
burden of carrying out less quantifiable work like cooking, fetching water, sending children to school
along with agriculture labour, feeding cattle, milking cows etc., while the men folk perform defined
activities like selling milk and grains produced by the household. Women in the minority
communities fare badly too. They are not just a minority, but the 'marginalized majority' and are
sidelined in decision making in the family, and usually cut off from full involvement in the workings
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of the community and form an equal share in the rewards from social institutions. Empowerment of
women per se is not only essential for equity, but also constitutes a critical element in our fight for
poverty reduction, economic growth and strengthening of civil society. Women and children are
always the worst sufferers in a poverty stricken family and need support. Empowering women,
especially mothers, is even more important as it is in homes that she nourishes, nurture and moulds
the character of her offspring.
Objectives of the Project
The objective of the scheme is to empower and instill confidence among minority women, including
their neighbours from other communities living in the same village/locality, by providing knowledge,
tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks and other institutions at all
levels. Empowerment of women from the minority communities and emboldening them to move out
of the confines of their home and community and assume leadership roles and assert their rights,
collectively or individually, in accessing services, facilities, skills, and opportunities besides claiming
their due share of development benefits of the Government for improving their lives and living
conditions. The objectives of the schemes are to provide comprehensive and functional packages
where women:
 Learns to get rid of drudgery in all aspects of her life.
 Empowers herself and creates her own infrastructure for vital needs.
 Uses friendly and viable techniques that may support her initiatives for participation in economic,
social and political decision making process.
 Stays informed and aware of her rights through her own created “gathering circles” that forged
togetherness for unity and support.
 Mobilizes group activities within her village and networks with other clusters of project area.
 Works to end discrimination and gender bias against her.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
A significant impact in the lives of women is expected not only during the project implementation
period but even after and the work shall sustain itself and continue to evolve and grow in a
continuous process steered by the women community who shall sustain it further for benefits to
women members. The reasons of these assumptions are based on the fact because the programmes
shall:
 Improve economically stability for women.
 Improve skills of women in her chosen area of interest.
 Allow her more independence and raise her socio-economic status.
 Impart better skills for sustainable employment opportunities.
 Be able to facilitate organizations of women and support services.
 Be able to access coverage of health check-ups.
 Provide her occupation that she can quickly be able to season and willingly adopt to enhance her
economic position.
 Provide support services regarding information, help and actions concerning her Rights, gender
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sensitization issues.
 Develop groups that are self sustaining and keep generating synergy for her comprehensive
growth.
 Train women by women’s own created groups to offer exchange of information and skills to other
cluster group.
 Generate a momentum where she is able to meet her needs in easy and in a joyful manner.
 Provide her sustainable self-employment through a variety of action oriented projects employing
women in large numbers.
 Get education facilities, guidance and friendly support in all matters that concern her welfare in all
respects.
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ASSIGNMENT NAME:
ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES IN ECO-FRAGILE MOUNTAINOUS TRIBAL
AREAS THROUGH IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL PACKAGE OF PRACTICES IN LOW VOLUME
AND HIGH VALUE ORGANIC CROPS OF PULSES & SPICES IN RAINFED AND IRRIGATED
POCKETS OF SELECTED 10 VILLAGES IN KALSI AND CHAKRATA BLOCKS OF DISTRICT
DEHRADUN OF UTTARAKHAND
Country: India
Location within Country: District Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India,
New Delhi
Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi
Start Date: 1st April 2014
Completion Date: 31st March 2017
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 22.48 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:
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
Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
36 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 22.48 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:
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Dr. B.P. Nautily (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator
Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
The project will demonstrate the viability of agricultural system through improved scientific package
of practices in selected low volume and high value organic crops in Tribal villages of Kalsi and
Chakrata Blocks of District Dehradun of Uttarakhand by adequate pre and post harvest scientific
package of practices in protected cultivation of organic Pulses and Spices to be grown on farmer’s
fields in irrigated as well as rainfed conditions.
Objectives of the Project

Improve the living standard of community/women and reducing drudgery through cultivating
high value crops in compact area.
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Up-scaling small and marginal Tribal farmers for organic cultivation in open and poly house
condition, post harvesting and value addition for better prices.
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Establish 10 demonstrative poly houses in selected villages for raising nurseries for selected
crops and 90 poly tunnels to each beneficiary to get quality planting material available at
appropriate growing period.
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Establish the seed bank and agro service centers in the project villages for providing agriculture
inputs to the farmers.
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Demonstrate and disseminate the good agriculture practices for organic farming by establishing
90 vermi compost pits and developing bio pesticides and insecticides.

Establish technical support system for value addition such as sorting, grading, processing,
packaging, branding and marketing through formation of CBOs/SHGs.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
Under the project, 10 SHGs will be formed in 10 villages covering nearly 90 tribal families/women for
cultivation of pulses and spices. They will be given training and exposure for production and value
addition and also for savings and funds management. Similarly, the training on polyhouse fabrication
and maintenance will also be imparted through installing demonstrative polyhouse in each village.
The beneficiaries will be given partial assistance for installing their own polyhouse/polytunnel and
will be supplied high quality new varieties of seeds and planting material.
The market linkages will be made with nearby mandies viz. Sahia and Vikas Nagar. Farm gate
assured market will also be provided by HIFEED by developing backward and forward linkages with
external marketing agencies like TRIFED, Mother Dairy, and Corporate Retailers etc. Meanwhile the
pulses and spices grown under organic conditions will be accredited through Uttarakhand Organic
Commodity Board (UOCB) for making value addition in terms of prices. In addition, the farmers will
be provided training on cleaning, grading, packaging and storage for all crops to make value
addition of commodities.
The programme will ensure the 50% of total produce will be reserved for seed purpose. Therefore
the better/higher prices will be guaranteed through (i) cultivation under organic practices and (ii)
sale of produce for seed purpose.
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ASSIGNMENT NAME:
LIVELIHOOD EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN FIVE VILLAGES OF NARENDRA NAGAR
BLOCK OF DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND BY
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INTRODUCING ORGANIC CULTIVATION OF PULSES AND SPICES THROUGH PROTECTED
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MODEL BIO-VILLAGES
Country: India
Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India
Name of Client:
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED)
Address:
Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Start Date: 1st July 2014
Completion Date: 30th June 2016
Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable
Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 09.06 Lakhs
Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Month
Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:


Total No. of Staff
Months of Assignment
:
:
02 Staff
24 Months to each Staff
Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 09.06 Lakhs
No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: Not Applicable
Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed
(Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Team Leader/Experts:

Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A.)- Project Coordinator
Narrative Description of Project:
Hybrid Pulses and Spices cultivation has recently attracted few farmers. As far as seed availability is
concerned personal efforts of farmers are there. However, the apparent threat is whether the supply
line will be strengthened spontaneously or someone will intervene. Improvement in agriculture is
possible only if some agency will come forward for strengthening the supply line with developing
viable mechanism for backward as well as forward linkages. Because the aborigine farmer’s legacy
lies with women folk in the villages who are struggling on various fronts of day-to-day needs.
Often it is said that hill economy is predominately depends on migrated males and in money order
mode. However, this faulty vision neglect the facts of those essential means which at least making
the livelihood condition of women farmer’s compromising to stay them at home. In fact this wrong
concept giving faulty notion to the planners for neglecting of the condition improvement planning of
villages.
The proposed project area is an important source of supply of Pulses and Spices. However, in spite
of this due attention has not been given to promote economic development in the region.
Consequently, the region continues to be economically depressed and has been by-passed by
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various programmes of development. In spite of these problems, farmers have shown their
willingness in Pulses and Spices cultivation. Most of the farmers have given top priority to Pulses and
Spices cultivation besides other agriculture products.
Objectives of the Project
 To provide hands on training to the selected small and marginal farmers from the project villages
in preparation of land, nursery raising techniques, protected organic cultivation techniques,
constructions of poly house/poly tunnels/walking tunnels, post harvesting, value addition,
packaging and labeling, market simulations etc.
 To cultivate and demonstrate the vitality of Pulses and Spices in protected conditions as low
volume and high value cropping in the farmers field for an alternate livelihoods option for the
selected beneficiaries.
 To establish master poly houses in the land of the farmers in each of the selected villages for
preparation of seed and seedlings and planting material and to construct poly tunnels/walking
tunnels in the land of the farmers for cultivation of Pulses and Spices in protected conditions.
 To establish the seed bank and agro service center in the project villages for providing agriculture
inputs to the farmers such as hybrid seed and seedlings, planting material, organic fertilizer and
manure, improved agriculture implements, poly sheets, bio-pesticides and insecticides etc.
 To construct and rejuvenate water ponds in community land for recharging the ground water and
moisture retention in the farmer’s field and repair and maintenance of existing water channels for
providing irrigation facilities to the farmers.
 To demonstrate and disseminate the organic way of cultivation by constructing vermi-compost
pits through adopting internal control system as per organic farming manual.
 To provide package of practices of mass scale production of pulses and Spices and establish
technical support system for value addition of the produces such as sorting, grading, processing,
packaging and labeling, marketing etc.
 To raise the living standard of community by involving the women as main programme
stakeholders and adding other ancillaries as per the gender priorities of the families in the
community.
Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment:
 The proposed project is going to provide a platform to the farmers in uplifting their socioeconomic status and would help the farmers to realize the worth in Pulses and Spices cultivation.
Not only this provides them employment but also brings in institutional help that supports
benefits from many angles. The small farmers would be able to capture the market and thus this
project is going to help them in generating good income. In the long run the project shall help
the farmers to become self reliant only if the processing and marketing strategies are worked
upon very concisely.
 Some farmers who cultivated Pulses and Spices did get low benefits as compared to some other
farm income directly related to their lack of value added inputs and enough focus where it was
required. Quickly improving upon their mistakes helped them to strengthen their income levels.
Thus, this project is designed in such a way keeping in mind the previous problems faced by the
farmers and also to provide them with the maximum benefit.
 The project would play a major role for the socio-economic and ecological development in the
area. Traditional and not much benefiting agricultural practices could be replaced by Pulses and
Spices cultivation to check soil erosion. Even those small land holdings that hitherto were not
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considered good for conventional farming could be used for Pulses and Spices farming. Success
of the projects will create good impact on the people of nearby areas and they will certainly come
forward to adopt such type of farming in their villages. This will not only make people aware
regarding the environment but they themselves will be responsible and accredited for
employment and income generation.
 Project is certainly viable from technical and commercial aspects because the Pulses and Spices
are a daily use items for almost entire civil society. Farm produce are a daily use items for homes
and hearths. There are no special, tedious or highly technical skills involved that cannot be
explained or adopted by cultivators. Technical and commercial information is available, affordable
with support from various quarters. Farm inputs being not too cost intensive, we do not foresee
any difficulty in procuring all inputs. Weather and climatic risks are minimized as the area
identified for cultivation has already registered a mark of success through decades of high and
timely farm outputs.
 Project site falls within the area of Pulses and Spices producing belt and as such adds to the
benefits of having clusters of skills abound. Cultivation of Pulses and Spices, when managed
purposefully can provide eight to ten times more income than the investment. Working capital,
deployed to procure seeds and seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, improved agriculture
implements, etc. returns the cash inflows in short time as the process time to harvest the farm
produce is barely few months making it possible for beneficiaries to reap cash much over and
above the supported investments.
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