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E-centre assistance for all rural needs

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JITENDRA KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA Published 19.04.11, 12:00 AM

Purnea, April 18: A rural knowledge centre based on the concepts of rural wimax, cloud technology and solar cyber kiosks is likely to be set up soon at Darahar Jamunia, a village under Dhamdaha sub-division in Purnea district.

Kalyan Prasad Agrawal, a faculty member of Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP), has written two research papers on these concepts and the centre will be developed on the basis of Agrawal’s research.

Agrawal’s research papers have also been selected for publication and presentation at Bangkok in July.

A team of 13 from the village were given a seven-day training in Bengaluru last May under the aegis of CIMP for the purpose of the knowledge centre. The team comprised villagers Upendra Rishi Dev, Arjun Sharma, Gopal Mandal, Om Prakash Gupta, Rajesh Gupta, Sanjay Gupta, Arjun Mandal, Nandan Gupta, Gulshan Murmur, Daso Hans Da, Phul Kumari Devi, Shakuntala Murmur and Mahawati Devi. After the training, the 13 people were given questionnaires to conduct a survey in the village.

Once the centre starts, two among the 13 trained villagers would be selected to provide information to the villagers. The two would also form a team that would teach and guide the villagers. The centre that will be connected to CIMP will broadcast information on issues like use of fertilisers, water management, various government programmes and others that would benefit the villagers. In turn, CIMP will also receive feedback on the problems faced by the villagers.

CIMP director V. Mukunda Das told The Telegraph that the institute adopted the village in February 2009 and he along with Agrawal and others visited Darahar Jamunia to assess the feasibility and sustainability of the project. “We are planning to adopt 20 villages in the second phase and 100 villages in the third phase and these would be developed socio-economically. We need huge funds for this purpose and are in touch with companies that are likely to come forward,” said Das.

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