VISION PLAN OF SIRD, ASSAM FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH Objectives Action required Expected completion time Infrastructure Campus No. 1, Khanapara Completion of the guest house and staff quarters. Improvement of the campus and approach road and mobilisation of resources for the purpose. Improvement of the facilities in the hostel – preparation of the budget and mobilisation of the resources for the purpose. Process continuing.

Campus No. 2, Kahikuchi Construction of the additional hostel, residence, creation of facilities for water and electricity as per the proposal already approved by the Ministry. Construction of the staff quarters in the second campus – mobilisation of adequate resources for the purpose. Process continuing. Extension Centres Construction of administrative buildings, hostels and creation of essential services like electricity, water supply in 9 Extension Centres. Getting the proposal approved from the Ministry under JAICA for the above mentioned works. Improvement of the training facilities in the remaining Extension Centres – mobilisation of resources for the purpose. On receiving fund. Ensuing years.

Present status SIRD, Assam has two campuses having capacity for organising simultaneous courses covering 250 participants at a time.  12 Extension Centres having facilities for running two simultaneous courses covering 60 participants at a time in each. Resource Centre in IT & Skill development is coming up in second campus.  Satellite Hub with 15 SITs almost ready for satellite based training programmes.  20 Resource Centres being set up for grass root level training and awareness generation under BRGF. Total capacity for training per day in the HQs and the Extension Centres is around 1000. 2 (two) Regional Centres are coming up in Jorhat & Kahikuchi.

Training Action Plan Preparation of Training Action Plan / Calendar for 2011 – 2012. For HQs – 2 campuses. 12 Extension Centres. Associated organisations. Preparation of plan for Programme specific courses upto 31st March’ 2012. MGNREGA 9200 NRLM 1000 PR & Decentralised Planning 38546 Other flagship programmes. 5826 ICT 4995 Accounts. 910 Livelihoods 17700 Social mobilisation 100500 Completed April’ 2011 onwards. Process continuing.

Training Action Plan 3. Mobilisation of resources for the Action Plan as per proposals already submitted. MGNREGA Rs. 154.75 lakhs Strengthening of Infrastructure – Rs. 414.60 lakhs. RGSY Rs. 100.00 lakhs BRGF Rs. 759.00 lakhs BRGF Rs. 549.00 lakhs PMEYSA Rs. 50.67 lakhs Lab to Land Rs. 26.13 lakhs Actual implementation. Completed April’ 2011 onwards. Process continuing.

Plan for off campus and handholding training programmes Preparation of plan for off campus district and block level training in collaboration with Zilla Parishads, DRDAs, Blocks and Gram Panchayats on flagship programmes for grass root level functionaries. Identification of venues, resource persons for off campus field level training programmes, organisation of TOT for field level resource persons. Plan for handholding training programmes on MIS, PRIASOFT, social audit, monitoring and vigilance etc. Identification of resource persons and Faculties and organisation of TOT for handholding training programmes. Mobilisation of resources for handholding training programmes. Completed Actual implementation April’ 2011 onwards

Training need assessment. Engagement of consultants / organisations for doing TNA for subsequent years. Separate TNA in the following areas for officials and other stakeholders: Consultation with experts. Programmes / component specific TNA with the help of experts. General orientation covering Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning. Programme orientation. Orientation for technical works. Maintenance of accounts / office management. Software. Participatory tools and techniques. Human development and gender issues. Social audit. TNA through Action Research and Impact Studies. Preparation of budget and mobilisation of resources for TNA. Process continuing.

Preparation of modules and materials. Preparation of subject specific modules on the basis of TNA. Updating existing modules. Preparation and updating existing subject specific course materials. Preparation of course materials in local languages. Preparation of manuals and course materials for NRLM/Federation Development. Engagement of consultant for preparation of technical course materials. Mobilisation of resources for the preparation of course materials. Process continuing.

Faculty Development Identification of need based subjects for organising TOTs for Faculties or deputing faculties for courses in nationalised institutes. Picking up resource persons for empanelment particularly for 12 Extension Centres and off campus programmes based on need based subject. Updating the existing panel of resource persons / experts. Organising TOT courses for selected resource persons. Deputing resource persons along with own faculties to nationalised institutes for TOT. Deputation of Jr. Faculties to attend DTS and DOT. Engagement of Jr. Faculties in Extension Centres and mobilisation of resources for the purpose. Ensuing months

Exposure visits Planning for exposure visits of selected officials of the Department of Rural Development and elected representatives of PRIs for exposure outside the state. Identification of institutes. Budget preparation and resource mobilisation for the purpose. Exposure for 200 officials and elected representatives. April’ 2011 onwards

Networking inside and outside for academic support, specialised training and exposure. Renewal of tie up with the following institutions: NIRD, Hyderabad. KILA, Thrissur, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujrat. University of Agriculture Science, Bangalore, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh. Central Institute of Post Harvest Technology, Ludhiana. Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. Dr. B. V.Rao Institute Poultry Science and Management, Pune, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, Kolkata. Completed

Networking with associated organisations within the state Identification and signing of MOU with associated organisations for outsourcing and renewal of MoU with old associated organisations including Lok Kalyan Parishad, Indian Institute of Auditors. Completed Satellite based training programmes. Preparation of Action Calendar and module for satellite based training programmes for the new satellite studio in the second campus. Preparation of contents. Arrangement in 15 Satellite Interactive Terminals mostly situated in the Extension Centres for satellite based training programmes. Engagement of consultants for content generation. Preparation of budget and resource mobilisation for management of satellite based training system. Process continuing.

ICT courses. Development of modules, materials, methods for ICT courses in the new Resource Centre in IT & Skill Development (second campus). Preparation of Action Plan for courses to promote e-governance / e-panchayati raj etc. through the Resource Centre in IT & Skill Development. Development of required software. Collaboration with selected institutes for introduction of software on estimate preparation under MGNREGA. Strengthening existing 11 computer training centres situated in the Extension Centres. Engagement of consultants and faculties for ICT courses and mobilisation of resources for the purpose. 184 courses have been planned for 2011 – 2012 covering 4995 participants. Process continuing

Wider dissemination of knowledge Preparation of action plan for organising courses for development of animators and facilitators for generating awareness on flagship programmes. Preparation of action plan for IEC activities including awareness campaign in the field. Identification of resource persons from Line Departments / institutes for the IEC activities. Mobilisation of resources for the purpose as per proposal already submitted to the Ministry. 800 day long campaigns covering 80000 participants has been planned for 2011 – 2012. Arrangement completed Documentation of best practices Identification of case studies, best practices in consultation with DRDAs, Blocks, Panchayats. Engagement of photographers and experts for the purpose. Documentation of best practices. Preparation of budget and resources for the purpose. April’ 2011 onwards

Tie up with media Tie up with Doordarshan and All India Radio for broadcasting and telecasting best practices. Arrangements have been made Collaborative courses with NIRD Taking up with NIRD for organising NIRD’s need base off campus courses in SIRD, Guwahati. Proposal sent Research and Action Research Identification of topics for research studies and preparation of plan for action research. Preparation of budget and mobilisation of resources for the purpose. Proposal submitted

Evaluation Identification of third party for evaluation of the training programmes. Helping Government of India in doing evaluation studies. Evolving methods for internal evaluation of the training programmes. Field studies, handholding on selected subjects for proper transferring of learning. Preparation of budget and mobilisation of resources for third party evaluation. Taking corrective measures on the reports of evaluation. April’ 2011 onwards Making Resource Centres functional. Take action to make the 20 Resource Centres being set up in the field as knowledge centres with facilities for internet, library, IEC materials etc. Organising handholding training and awareness programmes through the Resource Centres. Process underway

Aids and equipments Making arrangement for aids and equipments in all the conference rooms and class rooms. (proposal already submitted to NIRD and Ministry). Proposal submitted Vehicle Office car for Director Rs. 7.50 lakhs. Office vehicle for local transportation of Resource Persons Rs. 7.50 lakhs. Minibus for Transportation of participants trainees between 2 (two) campuses and field visit Rs. 15.00 lakhs Total Rs. 30.00 lakhs. Training plan for newly set up Resource Centre in IT & Skill Development Preparation plan for self employment oriented training programmes in the Resource Centre in IT & Skill Development under special projects. Prepared

Lab to Land initiative To go ahead as per action plan already prepared for the block. Action Plan for ensuing three months. Organising training programmes for 1000 stakeholders. Handholding training programmes in the field. Situation analysis in the field in different sectors. Interface between people and Line Department officials. Field activities through Engagement of volunteers. Massive awareness generation programmes. Documentation of best practices for scaling up. Skill development training programmes for setting up enterprises. PLA exercises for awareness generation, empowerment and rural planning. Social audit, vigilance and monitoring in the field. Facilitating grievance redressal. Process continuing

Livelihood projects. Implementation of livelihoods projects as per Action Plan. Assisting 25000 youth, farmers, women etc. under livelihoods projects. Undertaking special studies on critical gaps in development of income generating activities for providing livelihoods to rural people with special focus on NRLM.

Training Achievement during 2010 - 2011 Sl No Name of the programme Number of courses organized Number of particip ants covered 1 RGSY Elected representatives of PRIs 401 15239 Functionaries 267 12158 2 BRGF 122 4086 135 5912 3. MGNREGA 204 7437 4. SGSY 57 2339 5. PMEYSA 180 6383 6. Disaster Management 6 227 7. ICT skills 65 1021 8. Self employment oriented courses 144 3960 9. Training in specialized institutes outside the state 33 734 10 Sensitization programmes 150 22032 Total 1764 81528