Division of Computer Applications INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (I.C.A.R.) LIBRARY AVENUE, NEW DELHI

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI NATP Project: Organisation and Management Sub Project: Institutionalization of Research Priority Setting, Monitoring Priority Setting, Monitoring and Evaluation and Networking and Evaluation and Networking of Social Scientists of Social Scientists Partners: NCAP, IASRI, NAARM NATP Project: Organisation and Management Sub Project: Institutionalization of Research Priority Setting, Monitoring Priority Setting, Monitoring and Evaluation and Networking and Evaluation and Networking of Social Scientists of Social Scientists Partners: NCAP, IASRI, NAARM

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI PME Priority Setting, Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism would assess –research efforts against well-defined targets –avoid duplication of research efforts –provide feedback to research planning process –establish link between performance evaluation and incentive mechanism. This PME activity has been implemented by integral efforts of IASRI, NCAP and NAARM.

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI PME Component at IASRI The main activities under this component were :  Development of monitoring mechanism.  Development of monitoring indicators at different operative levels.  Development of Project Information and Management System (PIMSNET) and linking it with Internet.  Training workshops on monitoring and PIMSNET.  Establishing network of agricultural statisticians and economists.

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI NATP System NATP System This module Includes information on: Objectives & Priorities –AES Research –Specific Development Objectives –Priorities for PSR Mode of Research –PSR –MM –TOE –TAR through IVLP

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI NATP System Organization of Research –Identification of Research Program Sponsored research program Competitive grants program –Identification of AES’s –Thematic Areas –Commonalties of Research in AES’s

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI NATP System Management System –National Steering Committee(NSC) –Research Program Committee(RPC) –Scientific Advisory Panel(SAP) –Project Implementation Unit(PIU) –Project Management Committee(PMC) –Technology Dissemination Management Committee(TDMC) –Working Groups –Program Implementers –Program Facilitators & Site Committees –Program Implementers –Program Facilitators and Site Committee

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Monitoring System Monitoring System Monitoring mechanism Monitoring indicators

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Project Data Management This module Includes: Project Data Entry Updating Existing Projects Information Browsing Project Data

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Project Data Entry Project Basic data Technical Details Project’s abstract Rationale Review of literature Methodologies Work Program Budget Project Experts

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Project Data Entry Project Component details –Equipments, –Consultancy Services –Training requirements –Work Shops, Civil work –Operational Services –Revenue Generation

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Projects Processing  Generation of Sanction Order  Expenditure Management  Budget Sanctioned  Budget Utilised under various Heads

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Monitoring and Concurrent Evaluation This module lay emphasis on monitoring –Half yearly and –Annual progress in terms of the appointments, equipment's procurement, publications, project crop conditions etc. –Site/PI level –Agro-Ecosystem level –PIU level –PS level

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Reports and Queries Report by Selection General Reports

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Report by selection This module provides facility to create customized reports by specifying search criteria for –AES –PSR –Thematic Areas –Project Details –Budget and –other components

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI General Reports  Report containing , fax, phone, and address of all institutes/regional centers/SAU.  Reports on list of all projects in different agro- ecosystems, production systems, research modes and thematic area in one or more production systems/agro-ecosystems.  Investment in different thematic areas, production systems, agro-ecosystems.  List of all projects matching with a particular keywords in its title / objectives.  List of all institutes/regional centers/SAUs where investment is made.

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI General Reports  Total no. of projects running in a particular institute/regional center/SAU.  List of all projects sanctioned or going to complete in a particular year.  List of all projects under which a particular person is engaged.  List of all PI s with general information.  List of all the workshops in a particular year/quarter.  List of scientists deputed for short/ medium/ long term training.

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI

Development of PIMSNET Project Information & Management System Network (PIMSNET) is an on-line web enabled system and has been implemented on the Web and is available at Project Information & Management System Network (PIMSNET) is an on-line web enabled system and has been implemented on the Web and is available at It facilitates information on general guidelines for operation, management and monitoring of the projects; project details; expenditure management; and reports and queries. It facilitates information on general guidelines for operation, management and monitoring of the projects; project details; expenditure management; and reports and queries. It provides online monitoring and concurrent evaluation of 845 NATP sub projects. It provides online monitoring and concurrent evaluation of 845 NATP sub projects.

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Guidelines for Monitoring and Concurrent Evaluation of projects under NATP were framed –Monitoring hierarchy – for each research mode –Monitoring indicators – physical, technical and financial –Monitoring period – Half yearly and annual –Scheme for Quantification of Monitoring Indicators and Scoring for Performance- self, PIMSNET performance rating, PRT PIMSNET has the module on M & CE based on these guidelines to track the progress of projects – to see the inputs, work schedules, other required actions, outputs are proceeding as per plan –feed back to initiate timely actions for correcting deficiencies in the implementation process

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI PIMSNET Technology used –User Interface Layer: HTML, JAVA Script and VB Script, –Business Logic Layer: ASP, VB Script, ADO and MTS, –Database Layer: SQL Server 7.0

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI PIMSNET Development Team Dr.S.D. Sharma Dr.P.K. Malhotra Dr.R.C. Goyal Dr. Ashok Kumar Sh.Sudeep Ms. Alka Arora Sh.V.H. Gupta

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI Acknowledgements: World Bank NATP IAC, the Netherlands PIU, New Delhi PME Associates All Centers under NATP All others directly & indirectly associated