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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

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: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India Department of Rural Development (DoRD), Government of Uttarakhand Address: 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: Total No. of Staff : 35 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.)- 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 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

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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: To open up a germplasm resource center 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.

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.

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.

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.

To extend marketing support to producers through auctions, exhibitions, emporiums, co-operatives, federations, etc. in the National and International markets.

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.

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: Establishment of high yielding Angora rabbit germplasm resource center.

Research & Development in the field of health care and nutrition. Training and technical support to angora rabbit breeders, self- help groups (SHGs), extension workers and

NGOs.

Establishment of feed manufacturing unit for concentrate and quality feed production.

Extension and distribution of angora rabbit units to farmer’s households. Establishment of common facility center for carding, blending, spinning, weaving, knitting and processing

of raw angora wool in to yarn and hand-made finished products.

Design development, product development and product diversification.

Technological upgradation in traditional machineries and equipment.

Research & development in vegetable and natural dyes. Production and marketing programme for raw angora wool, angora wool blended yarn and hand-made

angora woolen products.

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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: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India Department of Rural Development (DoRD), Government of Uttarakhand Address: 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: Total No. of Staff : 05 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Ashok Sharma (B.Com., M.B.A.)- 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 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 led 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.

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Objectives of the Project: To provide stable and sustainable market for rural products made by the rural producers and artisans at

household level. To provide market information to the rural producers and artisans.

To conduct Research and Development (R&D) work in terms of improvement in technological input and

upgrading the traditional machinery and equipment.

To provide basic facilities in terms of product development, design development and product diversification.

To organize exhibitions and trade fairs for rural producers and artisans to sale their products directly to the buyers.

To participate in the exhibitions and trade fairs organized by the various Government and Non-Government Departments and Agencies at National and International level.

To establish and develop a permanent and sustainable sale system and infrastructure for rural products produces at rural household level.

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: Baseline surveys and studies.

Construction of 20 Grameen Shilp Emporiums and one Central Shilp Emporium to provide marketing outlets

to the rural artisans and producers.

To set up facilities for product development, design development and product diversification.

To organize trainings, meetings, workshops and seminars. Skill upgradation and technological input for upgrading the traditional production and processing machinery

and equipment.

Research and Development (R&D) for use of vegetable and natural dyes in handloom products.

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.

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

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Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 10.89 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 tons 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 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 socio-economic 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: To augment the income of small grower families through value addition to their produces.

To train the selected beneficiaries, particularly women in processing, semi-processing and preservation of

horticultural produces.

To establish a nodal production facility and satellite units with decentralized functions.

To establish linkages with Science & Technology based resource agencies for technical back up and support.

To establish market linkages for the sale of the products.

To achieve a full-fledged production center which is sustainable and viable. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Training of project functionaries and beneficiaries.

Establishment of three satellite units for semi-processing of horticulture produces.

Establishment of one nodal unit for full processing of horticulture produces.

Market simulations and marketing of fruit products.

Cooperative formation of producer groups.

Technical backup from Science & Technology Institution.

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ASSIGNMENT NAME: JOINT FARM MANAGEMENT FOR OFF-SEASON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN HILL AREA THROUGH ADOPTING ECO-FRIENDLY CROP ROTATIONS AND PRACTICES- 1ST 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 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: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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

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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. Objectives of the Project: To increase the off-season vegetable production and unit area production in terms of cash and volumes.

To increase the self-employment opportunities.

To facilitate adoption of appropriate technologies for removal of drudgery, increased efficiency and higher

income of farm women and youths.

To introduce and integrate the appropriate technologies to increase the vegetable productivity with marketable surplus in commercial, on and off farm production systems.

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.

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).

To strengthen backward linkages with the farmers for assured supply of external inputs like organic fertilizers, agriculture equipment, seeds, advisory services, etc.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Provide trainings, exposure visits, enrichments trainings to the practicing farmers.

Training programmes at center and off center with collaboration with hired services of experts and expert

Institution.

Formation of different production groups (SHGs).

Operate a quality germplasm center/nursery to produce superior quality seeds and seedlings of vegetables which will be readily available to the local farmers.

Establishment of demonstrational vita.

Establishment of collection centers for vegetables and vegetable produces.

Establishment of agro service centers/input supply centers for agriculture implements, seeds, organic fertilizers, etc.

Establishment of advisory service center on technology, marketing information, etc.

Product launching in the market through media, networking, advertisement and publicity, simulated marketing network, exhibition and expos, workshops, seminars, etc.

Provide farm gate level market by developing forward linkages with externals agencies and established fruit and vegetable mandies.

A. 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: Total No. of Staff : 17 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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. 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

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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: 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.

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.

To increase the levels of awareness, knowledge and risk perception on HIV and STI amongst FSWs, Street Children, IDUs and MSM.

To promote consistent and correct use of condom including condom negotiating skills to FSWs, IDUs and MSM.

To provide care and support services to stake holders.

To create an enabling environment that ensures easy access to services and assists in community development.

To create meaningful options for FSWs, IDUs and MSM that can ensure sustainability of the programme.

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: Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Support Services Condom Promotion Enabling Environment Community Mobilization ASSIGNMENT NAME: TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN (TSC) Country: India Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal 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: Mussoorie Diversion Road, Makkawala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India P- 4, Sector- 3, Near Central School, New Tehri, District- Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

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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: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 Campaign 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: AWARENESS GENERATION PROGRAMME (AGP) FOR WOMEN 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: 1st AGP- 03 August 2005 2nd AGP- 05 November 2007 3rd AGP- 19 November 2007 Completion Date: 1st AGP- 10 August 2005 2nd AGP- 12 November 2007 3rd AGP- 26 November 2007

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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: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff for each AGP Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- 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. 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 National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD), 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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

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Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 of 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 sole 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 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.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (EDP) FOR YOUTHS Country: India

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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 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 : 03 Staff for each EDP Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- 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. 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:

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Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD), Government of India Address: Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India Start Date: 01 April 2006 Completion Date: Long Term 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 : 15 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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., M.S.W., 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/under-employed. 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.

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 neo-literates and sale counters for distribution of literacy material at subsidized rates for the neo literates and other

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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.

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: Angora Wool Development Project- 1st: 01 April 2006 Angora Wool Development Training- 1st: 20 July 2006 Angora Wool Development Project- 2nd: 01 October 2008 Angora Wool Development Training- 2nd: 10 May 2009 Angora Wool Development Project- 3rd: 01 October 2010 Angora Wool Development Training- 3rd: 03 December 2010 Angora Wool Development Project- 4th: 01 October 2011

Completion Date: 31 March 2012

Angora Wool Development Project- 1st: 31 March 2007 Angora Wool Development Training- 1st: 24 July 2006 Angora Wool Development Project- 2nd: 30 September 2010 Angora Wool Development Training- 2nd: 14 May 2009 Angora Wool Development Project- 3rd: 30 September 2011 Angora Wool Development Training- 3rd: 07 December 2010 Angora Wool Development Project- 4th: 30 September 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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

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Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. 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.

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.

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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. 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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 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,

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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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: CONTRACTUAL FARMING OF CHIRAYATA IN DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL OF UTTARAKHAND 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. 02.96 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 36 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.96 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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

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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.

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. 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

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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: CRÈCHE PROGRAMME FOR THE CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS UNDER RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL CRÈCHE SCHEME Country: India 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 : 11 Staff Months of Assignment : 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

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Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. 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 center.

Keep the center 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. 1. ASSIGNMENT NAME: IN VITRO MICRO TUBER SEED PRODUCTION OF POTATO CV. KUFRI HIMALINI FOR COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN HILLY REGIONS OF UTTARAKHAND Country: India

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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: Vigyan Dham, Jhajra, Via Prem Nagar, 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 Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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.

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Objectives of the Project: Media modification by involving low cost components.

Mass multiplication of potato micro tuber seed material.

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. 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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 by-products. 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 realized 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. 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.

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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 checkup 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.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: ARTISTIC ANGORA SHAWL PRODUCTION IN 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 45 Months to each Staff 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.)- Project

Coordinator Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer

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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 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 center at block/cluster level. Product development, design development and product diversification.

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Organize design workshop/product development workshops and seminars. Assistance to artisan for margin money/working capital. Establishment of emporiums and marketing out-lets. ASSIGNMENT NAME: LATE KESHAV ANURAGI AND KUNWAR PRASOON SMRITI SAMMAN SAMAROH (CULTURAL PROGRAMMES) 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) 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.

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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 March 2008

Completion Date: 31 March 2010 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 10,55,370.00 (or say Rs. 10.56 Lakhs) Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.)- 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

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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 build 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.

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. 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

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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 Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 09 Staff in Planning Phase

09 Staff in Implementation Phase

Months of Assignment : 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: Planning Phase- Rs. 4.00 Lakhs Implementation Phase- Rs. 02.05 Lakhs DPR Implementation- Rs. 77.64 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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.

Cluster meetings.

Clean-up campaigns.

Healthy home survey.

Refresher training of UWSSC (Roles and responsibilities of UWSSC/GP).

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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). 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: Silk Park, Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 21 July 2008 (1st Assignment) 16 October 2008 (2nd Assignment) 25 March 2010 (3rd Assignment) 27 October 2010 (4th Assignment) Completion Date: 20 October 2008 (1st Assignment) 15 January 2009 (2nd Assignment) 24 June 2010 (3rd Assignment) 27 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 Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff to each Assignment Months of 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. Dharam Prasad Juyal (Intermediate)- Master Trainer Ms. Sumitra Chauhan (B.A.)- Master Trainer

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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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: JOINT FARM MANAGEMENT FOR OFF-SEASON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN HILL AREA THROUGH ADOPTING ECO-FRIENDLY CROP ROTATIONS AND PRACTICES- 2ND 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

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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 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 whereas 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

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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.

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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: ORIENTATION OF PARTNER NGOS 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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- 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 Narrative Description of Project and Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: An orientation 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, 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. 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: 1st Training (Electrical Technician): 01 October 2008 2nd Training (Computer Application): 01 October 2008 3rd Training (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 01 October 2008 4th Training (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 01 October 2009 5th Training (Electrical Technician): 01 February 2011 6th Training (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 01 February 2011 Completion Date: 1st Training (Electrical Technician): 31 January 2009 2nd Training (Computer Application): 31 March 2009 3rd Training: (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 31 March 2009 4th Training (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 31 March 2010 5th Training (Electrical Technician): 31 May 2011 6th Training (Hospital & Nursing Home Assistant): 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 : 02 Staff for each Assignment Months of Assignment : 06 Months to each Staff for each Assignment

Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 07.80 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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/under-employed. 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 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: TRAINING TO WOOLEN HANDLOOM SPINNERS AND WEAVERS UNDER INTEGRATED WOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (IWIP) (COMMON FACILITY-CUM-TRAINING CENTER)- CFC 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

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Start Date: Training 1st: 01 January 2009 Training 2nd: 01 March 2010 Training 3rd: 01 November 2010 Training 4th: 15 March 2011 Completion Date: Training 1st: 31 March 2009 Training 2nd: 31 May 2010 Training 3rd: 31 January 2011 Training 4th: 14 June 2011 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 05.42 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 04 Trainings of 03 Months each Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff for each Assignment Months of 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. 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 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. The angora wool can be used by mixing with other fiber like lamb’s wool, nylon fiber, silk, etc. in knitwear, shawls and woolen suiting. At present, very few mills in Ludhiana region are processing this fiber 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 fiber 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.

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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 families of the designated area by experts and master trainers of HIFEED. 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 2013 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 : 09 Staff in Planning Phase

09 Staff in Implementation

Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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).

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.

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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.

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). ASSIGNMENT NAME: FREE HEART CHECK-UP AND DIAGNOSIS PROGRAMMES

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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 : 05 Staff for each Assignment Months of Assignment : 02 Days to each Staff for each Assignment Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.65 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 and diagnosis camp was organized by HIFEED with support of Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi at Government Base Hospital, New Tehri on 5th-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 26th-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.

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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. 03.66 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 03 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 03 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03.66 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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.

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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. 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 : 02 staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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

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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 35C 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 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 center 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.

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

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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 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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Pradeep Anthwal (M.A., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 Non-Governmental 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 center 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 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.

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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 center 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.

Developing new and improved packages of practices in the field of breeding, feeding, disease control, treatment, management etc.

Establishment of common production and processing center 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.

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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) 04 September 2009 (2nd Assignment) 27 November 2010 (3rd Assignment) 23 March 2011 (4th Assignment)

Completion Date: 08 June 2009 (1st Assignment) 07 September 2009 (2nd Assignment) 29 November 2010 (3rd Assignment) 26 March 2011 (4th 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 : 03 Staff for each Assignment Months of 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 Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 livestock 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

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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.

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. 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

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Start Date: 1st Training: 23 June 2009 2nd Training: 23 December 2009 Completion Date:

1st Training: 2 December 2009 2nd Training: 22 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 (06 Months to each Training) Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.)- 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 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.

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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 March 2010 Completion Date: 31 December 2011 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 : 05 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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.

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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 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 : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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

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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.

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.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: STUDY CENTRE OF UTTARAKHAND OPEN UNIVERSITY (UOU) Country: India Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Uttarakhand Open University (UOU) Address: Kusumkhera, Haldwani, District Nainital of Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 01 July 2010 Completion Date: 31 May 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.55087 Duration of Assignment (Months): Long Term

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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : Long Term Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.55087 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 center is the backbone of the Open University education concept. The education and its reliability depends more on the integrated functioning of the study center 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. 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), Uttarakhand Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (UUSDIP), Urban Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand (Asian Development Bank Assistant Project)

Address: New ISBT Complex, Haridwar By-pass, Majra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

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Start Date: 01 June 2010 Completion Date: 31 May 2011 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: PrimeNet Consulting Group 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 : 09 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 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.

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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. 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: 01 October 2010 Completion Date: 30 September 2012

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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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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 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.

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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. 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 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 : 02 Staff for each Assignment Months of 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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/under-employed. 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.

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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 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 46 youths under this programme. ASSIGNMENT NAME: TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNDER SWARN JAYANTI SHAHARI ROJGAR YOJANA (SJSRY)-STEP UP IN NAGAR PALIKA PARISHAD, KICHHA Country: India Location within Country: Kichha Urban Local Body in District Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Nagar Palika Parishad, Kichha 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 : 02 Staff for each Assignment Months of 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Ms. Sonia Gusain (M.A.)- Training Coordinator Mr. Ganesh Bhardwaj (B.Com., A.D.F.A., C.I.C.)- Accounts Manager

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Narrative Description of Project: Lack of education and skills, both vocational and technical, have left migrants unemployed/under-employed. 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 62 youths under this programme. 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

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Duration of Assignment (Months): 03 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff for each Assignment Months of 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 of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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/under-employed. 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: UPGRADATION OF GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (ITI) THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) MODE

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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: 01 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 : 22 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 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

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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 equipment to the ITI. It shall arrange to provide training to instructors and on the job training to trainees. 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: 01 April 2011 Completion Date: 31 March 2013 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.00 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 24 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.00 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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

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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 center 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. 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: 20 October 2011 Completion Date: 19 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- Project Coordinator

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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 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 PRODUCTION THROUGH ADVANCED PROTECTED AND GUIDED TECHNOLOGY Country: India Location within Country: District Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) Address: Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 01 January 2012 Completion Date: 31 December 2013 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. M.P.S. Parmar (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Principal Investigator

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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. 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 center and off-center in collaboration with experts.

Establishment of advisory service center on technology, marketing information, etc.

Introduce and integrate the appropriate technologies to increase the vegetable productivity with

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marketable surplus in commercial, on and off farm production systems.

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 center 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.

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 Development- IFAD 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: 01 December 2011 Completion Date: 31 March 2012 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.59340 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 5 Trainings of 3 Days each

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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 04 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.59340 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING 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 (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) 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: 11 May 2012 Completion Date: 20 May 2012 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.63540 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 10 Days to each Staff

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Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.63540 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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 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) ASSIGNMENT NAME: REHABILITATION & RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME UNDER UTTARAKHAND STATE ROADS INVESTMENT PROGRAM (USRIP- III) (ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK- ADB ASSISTED PROJECT) Country: India

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Location within Country: District Dehradun, Rudraprayag and Bageshwar of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Project Management Unit (PMU), 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: 25 February 2013 Completion Date: 24 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 : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Team Leader Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer 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 Project- III 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.

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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 Rehabilitation and Resettlement. HIFEED has the required software ready and also the resource persons to execute the activities under HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SFDA) PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND IMPLEMENTED BY CIVIL SOYAM FOREST DIVISION, PAURI DURING 2009-10 Country: India Location within Country: Civil Soyam Forest Division, Pauri in 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- Nainital, Uttarakhand Start Date: 26 November 2012 Completion Date: 25 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 : 01 Staff Months of Assignment : 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

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Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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. 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 1st 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 Eco-development 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 ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING 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 (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) 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: 02 January 2013 Completion Date: 12 January 2013

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Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.65913 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 11 Days Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 11 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.65913 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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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ASSIGNMENT NAME: PREPARATION OF MICRO PLANS OF 40 VILLAGES AFFECTED BY SRINAGAR HYDRO-ELECTRIC 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: 01 May 2013 Completion Date: 30 June 2013 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.68 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 02 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.68 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 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 Plans of 40 villages affected by Srinagar Hydro-Electric Power Project under Srinagar Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan.

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Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Micro Plans 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING 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 (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) 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: 13 May 2013 Completion Date: 22 May 2013 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.11924 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 10 Days (05 Days to each District) Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 10 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.11924 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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

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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 Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Jamui 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) ASSIGNMENT NAME: PREPARATION OF PERSPECTIVE PLANS AND MICRO PLANS UNDER GREEN INDIA MISSION PROJECT OF UTTARAKHAND FOREST DEPARTMENT FOR 10 URBAN AND PERI URBAN CITIES IN UTTARAKHAND Country: India 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: 01 June 2013 Completion Date: 20 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 : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 20 Days to each Staff

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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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mr. D.K. Budakoti (M.A., M.Phil.)- Study Coordinator Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- 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/non- forest 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 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 sub-categories, like

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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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SFDA) PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY TEHRI DAM FOREST DIVISION- I, NEW TEHRI DURING THE YEAR 2010-11 Country: India Location within Country: Tehri Dam Forest Division- I, New Tehri in District Tehri 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- Nainital, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 October 2013 Completion Date: 30 November 2013 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.27 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 02 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.27 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 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.

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The focus of the institutional work would be towards regeneration and management of forest resources while strengthening the village level capacity for the same. 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 1st 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 Tehri Dam Forest Division- I, New Tehri during the year 2010-11 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 Eco-development 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 ASSIGNMENT NAME: INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SFDA) PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY SOIL CONSERVATION FOREST DIVISION, LANSDOWNE DURING THE YEAR 2010-11 Country: India Location within Country: Soil Conservation Forest Division, Lansdowne in 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- Nainital, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 December 2013 Completion Date: 31 January 2014 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.36 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 02 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 02 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.36 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: 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 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. 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 1st 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 Soil Conservation Forest Division, Lansdowne during the year 2010-11 under State Forest Development Agency (SFDA). Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Evaluation of 12 Van Panchayats, Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development 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 ASSIGNMENT NAME: PREPARATION OF MICRO PLANS AND DETAILED PROJECT REPORTS (DPRS) OF 13 VILLAGES AFFECTED BY VYASI HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT UNDER VYASI CATCHMENT AREA TREATMENT (CAT) PLAN Country: India 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

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Address: Kalsi, District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand Start Date: 25 October 2013 Completion Date: 04 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 : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., 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 Plans and Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 13 Villages affected by Vyasi Hydro-Electric Power Project under Vyasi Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) Plan. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Micro Plans 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING 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 (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) Country: India

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Location within Country: 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: Chitrakoot and Kaushambi Districts: 20 November 2013 Ajmer and Tonk Districts: 18 December 2013 Completion Date:

Chitrakoot and Kaushambi Districts: 01 December 2013 Ajmer and Tonk Districts: 29 December 2013 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 02.50703 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Days (06 Days to each District) Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 24 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 02.50703 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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.

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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) 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, Government of India Address: First Floor, Hotel Janpath, Janpath Road, New Delhi Start Date: 01 February 2014 Completion Date: 31 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mrs. Manoj Nakoti (B.A.)- Project Coordinator

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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, chili, 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.

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 whereas 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).

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Launching of training and capacity building programmes at center and off-center 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 and 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 center.

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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME AT SHAMLI DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH UNDER THE SCHEME FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MINORITY WOMEN (NAI ROSHNI)- 1ST 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: 26 May 2014 Completion Date: 09 July 2014 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.58 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 42 Days Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 42 Days 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Mohd. Umar Saif (B.Sc. Life Science, Ph.D., P.G. Diploma in Ecology & Environment, Diploma in GIS,

Diploma in Mass Media)- State Coordinator Mr. Intazar Ali (B.Sc. Environmental Science)- Project Assistant

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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 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 sensitization

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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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: LIVELIHOOD EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN FIVE VILLAGES OF NARENDRA NAGAR BLOCK OF DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND BY 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 National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) Address: Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 01 July 2014 Completion Date: 30 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 : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ 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

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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 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 socio-economic 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 considered good for

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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.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING OF THE SCHEMES/PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES OF MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING IMPLEMENTED IN BILASPUR, HAMIRPUR, SOLAN AND SHIMLA DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) Country: India Location within Country: District Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Solan and Shimla in the State of Himachal Pradesh, India Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India Start Date: Bilaspur and Hamirpur Districts: 26 May 2014 Shimla and Solan Districts: 25 June 2014 Completion Date:

Bilaspur and Hamirpur Districts: 06 June 2014 Shimla and Solan Districts: 06 July 2014 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.02000 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 24 Days (06 Days to each District) Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 24 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03,02000 Lakhs 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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 Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla and Solan Districts in the State of Himachal Pradesh. 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) 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

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Name of Client: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Address: Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi Start Date: 01 July 2014 Completion Date: 30 June 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: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. B.P. Nautilyal (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.

Up-scaling small and marginal Tribal farmers for organic cultivation in open and poly house condition, post harvesting and value addition for better prices.

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.

Establish the seed bank and agro service centers in the project villages for providing agriculture inputs to the farmers.

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

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assistance for installing their own poly house/poly tunnel 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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME AT SHAMLI DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH UNDER THE SCHEME FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MINORITY WOMEN (NAI ROSHNI)- 2ND 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: 01 January 2015 Completion Date: 04 March 2015 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 06.44 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 63 Days Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 63 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 06.44 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Mohd. Umar Saif (B.Sc. Life Science, Ph.D., P.G. Diploma in Ecology & Environment, Diploma in GIS,

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'

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and are sidelined in decision making in the family, and usually cut off from full involvement in the workings 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 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.

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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. ASSIGNMENT NAME: MONITORING OF THE SCHEMES/PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES OF MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BEING IMPLEMENTED IN MADHUBANI, SUPAUL, MADHEPURA, ARARIA, PURNIA AND KISHANGANJ DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF BIHAR (NATIONAL LEVEL MONITORING- NLM) Country: India Location within Country: District Madhubani, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria, Purnia and Kishanganj in the State of Bihar, India Name of Client: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India Address: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India Start Date: 08 December 2014 Completion Date: 31 December 2014 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 03.34655 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Days (06 Days to each District) Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 36 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 03.34655 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mrs. Geeta Dobriyal (M.Sc., M.S.W.)- Project Coordinator 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 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 mid-course corrections. The implementation of various Rural Development Schemes especially the wage-employment, 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,

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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 Madhubani, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria, Purnia and Kishanganj 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) ASSIGNMENT NAME: THIRD PARTY ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF SERICULTURE PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED UNDER CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DURING 11TH PLAN IN THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Country: India Location within Country: District Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Director, Sericulture, Government of Uttarakhand Address: Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 January 2015 Completion Date: 30 April 2015 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.21 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 6 Month Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 6 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.21 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. R.K. Pant (M.Sc., Ph.D., MSW, P.G. Diploma in Sericulture)- Team Leader Mr. Anil Tyagi (MA Economics, P.G. Diploma in Agriculture Marketing)- Co- Team Leader Narrative Description of Project: In the year 2006-07, Directorate of Sericulture, Government of Uttarakhand entrusted the work of developing mulberry sericulturists in Gadarpur, Bajpur and Kashipur Blocks of District Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand to GEKVS a NGO. The programme was implemented under SSGSY programme of Government of India. To implement the project programme wise inputs were provided. The ultimate output/outcome desired was to popularise mulberry sericulture among poor families so that they are able to adopt mulberry sericulture as one of the income supplementing activities and are brought above poverty line. That the NGO has accomplished the task in the year 2011-12. It has been stated that at the end of project programme 600 beneficiaries have been developed and are involved in mulberry silk production. In the year 2008-09, Directorate of Sericulture, Government of Uttarakhand entrusted the work of promoting oak tasar and eri silk production to Appropriate Technology India (ATI) a NGO. ATI was asked to implement the programme in Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Tehri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand. ATI was asked to develop beneficiaries by providing them necessary inputs like technology, infrastructure, seed, finances, product development, market support etc. The ultimate requirement was to make the beneficiaries self-sustainable after project period. That the NGO has accomplished the task in the year 2011-12. It has been stated that at the end of project programme 1100 beneficiaries have been developed and are involved in silk production. To develop eri silk producers, Directorate of Sericulture, Government of Uttarakhand mobilized the services of GEKVS a NGO. The programme was implemented in Jaspur Block of Udham Singh Nagar. The programme was not only limited to cocoon production but it was proposed to be taken to product development. To develop eri silk producers input in the shape of technical knowhow, equipment, rearing are reported to be developed during the project period. The programme was accomplished by 2011-12. Objectives of the Project The objectives of the assignment is “third party assessment, evaluation and documentation of projects implemented under Catalytic Development Programme during XI Plan by Gramin Evam Krishi Vikas Samiti (GEKVS), Haldwani in Udham Singh Nagar and Appropriate Technology India (ATI) in Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Collection of Base line information

Collection of secondary information

Collection of primary data

Analysis of project beneficiaries. The sample size would be 20% of total beneficiaries.

Collect field information from beneficiaries, NGO personnel, Directorate of Sericulture and Central Silk Board

staff.

Collect information relating to women SHGs.

Performance report of each NGO.

Status of plantations, seed intake, cocoon production, infrastructure both pre and post cocoon sector. Market linkages developed.

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ASSIGNMENT NAME: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SERVICES FOR FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES BY COMMUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATORY WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT UNDER INTEGRATED LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT PROJECT (ILSP), UTTARAKHAND WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT UNIT (UWDU) Country: India Location within Country: District Pauri, Nainital and Champawat of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Watershed Management Directorate, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun & International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) Address: Indira Nagar Forest Colony, P.O.- New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 March 2015 Completion Date: 28 February 2019 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 07.95 Crores Duration of Assignment (Months): 48 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 46 Staff Months of Assignment : 48 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 07.95 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mr. Anil Tyagi (MA Economics, P.G. Diploma in Agriculture Marketing)- Convener Ms. Geeta Rana (MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Mrs. Sheela Tiwari (MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Mrs. Pragyeeka Heet (MA, MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Narrative Description of Project: Uttarakhand is a hill state in the north-west of India, covering 54,483 km2 with a population of about 8.5 million (2001 census). Nine of its 13 districts are classed as hill districts, covering 77% of the area of the state, but with only 44% of the population. There is need to provide income generating activities for the sustenance for inhabitants of hilly areas. Keeping this in view ILSP has been launched by the Government of Uttarakhand and is being implemented by the Watershed Management Directorate (WMD). The broader objective of ILSP is to stop the deterioration of the productive infrastructure, make farm labour more productive and farming more remunerative, and hence provide incentives for people to invest their time and resources in agriculture as agriculture and animal husbandry is the main occupation for sustenance.

Despite the disadvantages that agriculture faces in the hill areas, Uttarakhand does have the advantage of cooler temperatures at higher altitudes, allowing production of out of season vegetables and temperate fruits. The horticultural sector is less developed than in the other hill states, so there is considerable potential for growth, as there is in other niche products such as spices, medicinal and aromatic plants, and nuts.

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Another area with growth potential is tourism. However, more efforts need to be done to ensure that local people fully participate in, and benefit from, this sector. The population is well educated, but the level of youth unemployment is relatively high. Better vocational training could help such people find good quality employment in the growth sectors of the country. Objectives of the Project The project objective envisages improvement of productive potential of natural resources and enhancement of rural incomes through socially inclusive and institutionally and environmentally sustainable approaches.

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the improvement of the general living conditions and quality of life of the hilly rural poor population and to enable rural households to take up sustainable livelihood opportunities integrated with wider economy in the Project region with a special focus on the poorest villages.

Development of participatory approach for livelihood support activities and conservation and regeneration

of local natural resources with PGs, VPGs, in Gram Panchayat of 3 project districts.

Identification and facilitation of PGs, vulnerable groups in VPGs in Gram Panchayat of 3 project districts.

Increased access to and sustainable utilization of social and economic infrastructure by the population of the Project region in 3 project districts.

Increased employment and income opportunities, especially for the poor and strengthening of the local civil society and enhanced participation of the population in the decision making process.

Capacity building and networking of local institutions for developing institutional mechanism in Gram Panchayats in 3 project districts.

Preparation and designing of livelihood improvement, food security and agribusiness up- scaling plan Micro credit, Micro Enterprises development and bank linkages of Gram Panchayat 3 districts.

Monitoring and evaluation, social audit and environmental monitoring of the progress of programme. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Survey, data collection and identification of beneficiaries

Integrated watershed development

PRA tools, awareness building and community mobilization

Local institution building

Capacity building of local institutions

Communication skills

Gender issues

Sustainability of Institutions

Micro credits, micro enterprise development and bank linkages

Networking and market linkages

Process documentation and report writing ASSIGNMENT NAME: RAPID ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS AND GAP IDENTIFICATION IN CATCHMENT AREA TREATMENT (CAT) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UNDER CATCHMENT AREA OF CONCERNED HYDRO POWER PROJECTS IN UTTARAKHAND

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Country: India Location within Country: Five Hydro-Electric Power Projects Situated in Narendra Nagar, Rudra Prayag, Nanda Devi, Alaknanda, Badrinath, Garhwal Forest Division and Kedarnath Wildlife Forest Division and Pauri Civil & Soyam Forest Division in the State of Uttarakhand, India Name of Client: Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Projects), Department of Forest, Government of Uttarakhand Address: 123, Phase- I, Vasant Vihar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Start Date: 17 June 2015 Completion Date: 16 December 2015 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 15.50 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 6 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 8 Staff Months of Assignment : 6 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 15.50 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Coordinator Dr. Sanjay Verma (Ph.D. Statistics, M.Sc. Statistics)- Team Leader & Statistics Expert Dr. B.S. Burfal (Retd. IFS, PCCF- HOFF) (Ph.D., M.Sc. Environmental Forestry, M.Sc. Chemistry, Diploma in

Forestry)- Economist Dr. M.C. Nautiyal (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Agriculture & Horticulture Expert Dr. G.P. Juyal (B.Tech Agril. Engg., M.E. Hydrology, Ph.D.) Dr. Suneet Naithani (M.Sc., Ph.D., P.G. Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS)- Remote Sensing & GIS Expert Mr. D.C. Khanduri ()- Environment Expert Mr. Shakti Vardhan Dharni (M.S.W.)- Social Scientist Narrative Description of Project: The study of the CAT Plans would cover both macro and micro level assessment of the resource base, systems and institutions, etc. This would be done with the help of interview and personal interaction or as suggested by the Client. The study will focus on collection of all relevant details/data about the quantity and quality aspects that could be useful in generating sound database and suggestions/modifications for the project in the State. The baseline study would consist of macro level (MWS) assessment and survey based micro (household) level assessment. The unit of data collection will be households, as well as MWS, community organizations, people’s representatives/office bearer, officials from concerned line Departments, NGO etc. While the data for the baseline will be collected, the major focus would be given on physical infrastructure and socio-economic parameters/ variables directly related to project objectives. Greater emphasis would be given to capture quality data and at the same time also ensuring coverage of desired sample size. Therefore, it would be ensured that qualified professionals to be hired to administer the study and interview schedules. Field survey would be supervised by key professionals and experts. To conduct the study, it is suggested to undertake face-to-face interviews of the targeted households and to conduct survey for generating required information and data. Secondary sources would also be explored for collection of the information/ data from project area. Two types of research/study tools would be used to collect desired information.

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Objectives of the Project To assess the goal oriented impacts of CAT Plan implementation on natural resources (eg. Land, forest, drain-lines, etc.) and socio-economic and cultural aspects. Also, identify gap and suggest measures which may define appropriate/additional treatments of such resources. Further, to frame adaptive, strategic prioritized proposal to enable to make decision over future development under second phase of the project, improved capacity to address cumulative impacts at the landscape level and flexible timeframes for consideration of potential environmental issues. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Under the assignment, five CAT Plans i.e. Srinagar CAT Plan, Tapovan-Vishnugad CAT Plan, Singoli-Bhatwari CAT Plan, Lata-Tapovan CAT Plan and Phata-Bhyung CAT Plan of five Hydro-Electric Power Projects Situated in Narendra Nagar Forest Division, Rudra Prayag Forest Division, Nanda Devi Forest Division, Alaknanda Forest Division, Badrinath Forest Division, Garhwal Forest Division, Kedarnath Wildlife Forest Division and Pauri Civil & Soyam Forest Division in the State of Uttarakhand are evaluated to assess the impact of the projects implemented and gaps in implementation are identified. ASSIGNMENT NAME: INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SFDA) PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY LANSDOWNE FOREST DIVISION, KOTDWAR DURING THE YEAR 2011-12 AND 2012-13 Country: India Location within Country: Lansdowne Forest Division, Kotdwar in 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- Nainital, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 July 2015 Completion Date: 31 July 2015 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.45 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Month Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 01 Staff Months of Assignment : 01 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.45 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director Mr. Vijay Bhatt (M.Sc., D.B.M.)- Project Director Narrative Description of Project: The Operational Guidelines of the National Afforestation Programme (NAP) are being issued to further

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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. 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 1st 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 Lansdowne Forest Division, Kotdwar during the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 under State Forest Development Agency (SFDA). Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Evaluation of 15 Van Panchayats, Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) and Eco-development 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 ASSIGNMENT NAME: EXPERIENCE SHARING ON APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLID & PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN UTTARAKHAND Country: India Location within Country: Mussoorie Name of Client: Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Uttarakhand Address: Vigyan Dham, Jhajra, Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 8th January 2016 Completion Date: 8th January 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.50 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): One Day

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Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : One Day 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Vipin Kumar (M.A. Mathematical Economics)- Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator Mr. Pankaj Rayal (M.Com., P.G.D.B.A., D.F.A., D.C.A.)- Programme Organizer Narrative Description of Project: The workshop on SWM and plastic waste management was held to understand the impact of such waste on the environment and the community as a whole. The various ULBs who had initiated the campaign were enrolled to share their experiences so that the conclusions of the workshop are understood and replicated by other Municipalities. The misconception regarding recycling of plastic bags was to be understood through the facilitator of the Plastic recycling Plant at Kathgodam. The managerial aspect of the programme was to be shared by the representative form IIT Roorkee. Objectives of the Project: The objective of the project was to emulate the best practices in SWM by the Municipalities by adopting holistic approach to address the various issues that confront the Nagar panchayats and the Nagar Palikas on a day to day basis. The idea of only taking of plastic bags and the waste as a whole was to be highlighted during the course of the work shop so that the E.Os circulating IEC pamphlets just do not talk about plastic bags but waste as a whole. Composting and bio-gas generation were to be addressed as a priority areas for the Executive Officers. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: The project envisaged experience sharing of various executive officers of the ULBs who had initiated a comprehensive SWM programme in their municipalities. The commercial model of Compactor operation at Joshimath, Chamoli, Gauchar, Srinagar etc. were an eye opener in the field of plastic waste management. The recycling plant at Kathgodam and its visual presentation highlighted that how plastic bags are recycled into HDPE pipes thereby eliminating such waste from the waste stream once for all. The SWM success stories of Lalkuan, Muni-ki-Reti, Doiwala etc. were also shared by the respective Executive officers with the participants. Experience sharing of Joshimath and Chamoli Compactor operation, the recycling plant at Kathgodam and selection of appropriate technologies to handle waste were the highlights of the workshop. ASSIGNMENT NAME: GARHWALI 3D LED FUSION CONCERT (CULTURAL PROGRAMME) Country: India Location within Country: Dehradun, Uttarakhand Name of Client: Directorate of Culture, Government of Uttarakhand State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Ltd. (SIIDCUL), Government of

Uttarakhand Address: MDDA Colony, Chander Road, Dalanwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 29, IIE (IT Park), Sahastradhara Road, Dehradun- 248001, Uttarakhand, India

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Start Date: 09 January 2016 Completion Date: 09 January 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 04.25 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Day Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 01 Day to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 04.25 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Subhas Rawat ()- Project Coordinator Narrative Description of Project: Objectives of the Project: Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: ASSIGNMENT NAME: BIO-METHANATION OF FOOD WASTE AT SAHSTRADHARA TOURIST DESTINATION BY HIGH RATE MODULAR DIGESTER IN COLLABORATION OF SAHSTRADHARA DESTINATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (SDMC) Country: India Location within Country: Sahastradhara Tourist Destination in District Dehradun Name of Client: G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) Address: Kosi-Katarmal, District- Almora, Uttarakhand Start Date: 15 April 2016 Completion Date: 14 April 2019 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 14.74 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 36 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 01 Staff Months of Assignment : 36 Months to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 14.74 Lakhs 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Vipin Kumar (M.A. Mathematical Economics)- Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator Narrative Description of Project: Sahastradhara is an exotic picnic spot in Dehradun. The name Sahastradhara literally means 'the thousand fold spring' that flow down the beautiful green hills in the valley. The Baldi river and its springs attracts thousands of visitors not only from India but around the world. Sahastradhara is situated about 11 kms. from the main Dehradun city and around 6 kms. from the Rajpur road via the Mussoorie by pass road. One of the truly amazing spot to visit in Sahastradhara is the natural Sulphur water spring that has great medicinal properties curing the worst skin diseases. People from all over India and foreigners visit this place to find the cure of a variety of skin ailments. One can also drink the sulphur water which can cure a large number of stomach diseases. The increased inflow of tourists round the year leads to generation of a huge quantum of solid waste which at present is dumped on the Dehradun Garbage dumping site. This unscientific disposal of waste leads to emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) like the Methane and Carbon–di-oxide.

The project envisages a sustainable strategy in association with the Sahastradhara Destination Management Committee (SDMC) under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate., through community participation in terms of waste segregation and paying a user fee for sustaining the collection system. The food waste shall be recycled into Bio-gas and Bio-manure as a scientific end use disposal system. The waste pickers who eke out their livelihood through the sales of recyclable dry waste shall be integrated in the system for collection and end use disposal of dry waste through waste dealers of Dehradun. The proposed system conforms to the norms of SWM rule 2000 and Plastic Waste Management and Handling Rules 2011. Objectives of the Project: To evolve an efficient waste collection system

To promote source separation for resource generation.

To link sweeping with the beat system for making the destination waste free.

To treat food and other biodegradable waste scientifically through Bio-methanation.

To integrate waste pickers in the system.

To evolve a social immersion innovation programme through developing entrepreneurship in waste

management system.

To implement the SWM rules 2000 in letter and spirit. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Preliminary study with waste quantification and desiccation.

Identification of land in association with the Sahastradhara Destination Management Committee under the

Chairman ship of the District Magistrate.

Training and capacity building of waste collectors.

Segregation of waste at source system

Construction of platform for installation of High rate Modular Digester

Procurement of the equipment.

Creating a committed staff for process operation on a day to day basis.

Integrating waste pickers for handling and managing dry waste.

Creating a closed loop in waste management for replication at other destinations.

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ASSIGNMENT NAME: CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION OF DETAILED PROJECT REPORTS (DPR) FOR BACKWARD PANCHAYATS AND REVENUE DEFICIENT MUNICIPALITIES IN KERALA” UNDER KERALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY PROJECT (KLGSDP) (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROJECT) Country: India Location within Country: Veeyapuram Grama Panchayat in Alapuzha District, Peruvanthanam Grama Panchayat in Idukki District and Mavelikkara Municipality in Alapuzha District in the State of Kerala Name of Client: Kerala Local Government Service Delivery Project (KLGSDP), Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (World Bank Assisted Project) Address: KLGSDP, Fourth Floor, Trans Towers, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram- 695 014, Kerala Start Date: 07 June 2016 Completion Date: 07 November 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 20.00 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 05 Month Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 09 Staff Months of Assignment : 05 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 20.00 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Sunil George Kurian (M.A. Sociology)- Team Leader- 1 Mr. Joji Abraham (M.S.W., M.A. Philosophy)- Team Leader- 2 Ms. Rajani. A. (M.S.W., M.Phil., SET in Social Work)- Team Leader- 3 Mr. C.K. Sukumaran (Diploma in Civil Engineering & Electrical Engineer, Draughts Man, Civil)- Civil

Engineer- 1 Mr. Sajeevan. N. (Diploma in Civil Engineering)- Civil Engineer- 2 Mr. Devarajan. S. (Diploma in Civil Engineering)- Civil Engineer- 3 Ms. Jayachitra.. S. (M.A. Economics)- Project Economist- 1 Ms. Jayalakshmy. S. (M.Com. Finance)- Project Economist- 2 Mr. Justin Thomas (M.Com.)- Project Economist- 3 Narrative Description of Project: Government of Kerala has entered into agreement with the World Bank for implementing Kerala Local Government Service Delivery Project (KLGSDP) for providing financial assistance to raise the level of service deliveries by LGs using modern tools of planning, development, project implementation and transparency in administration to ensure increase in revenues and enhance utilization of finance resources, thereby improving the quality of lives of the people. As per the proposal, 40 backward Panchayats, 10 tribal Panchayats and 10

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revenue deficient municipalities would be supported financially @ Rs. 4.00 crore each for creation of physical infrastructure assets. In order to plan the utilization of funds that will be allotted to backward GPs, Tribal GPs and revenue deficit Municipalities, NGOs with relevant experience of working with Local Governments are selected for conducting needs assessments and preparing the Detailed Project Reports for selected projects. Objectives of the Project: Conduct a study to ascertain the infrastructure development needs of the Backward Panchayats, Tribal

Panchayats and revenue deficient Municipalities in the State and prepare proposals for financing suitable projects to fulfil the identified needs in such LGs out of the funds available under KLGSDP.

Preparation of the Detailed Project Report for each project identified and approved by KLGSDP for each local body.

Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Identification of needs of Local Body selected for funding in order to fill the gaps in infrastructure/ assets

creation of which will incrementally contribute in addressing the identified causes for backwardness.

Identification of needs and suitable projects for improving revenue mobilization and preparation of action plans for increasing revenue for the revenue deficient Municipalities.

Holistic assessment of the intensity of backwardness in different sectors/areas like drinking water, health services, education, energy and communication, road, other infrastructure etc. in the local body.

The needs assessment exercise will focus on identifying top 4-5 priorities of the LGs which will most importantly be implementable in 8-9 months’ time and preferably will also help the economic development in the respective LGs to enhance the revenue inflow, ultimately bringing this LGs out of backwardness. The needs assessment should also include a basic readiness assessment of the identified projects such as land and other conditions relevant in the context.

Detailed documentation of the projects identified for each local body as a result of the above steps and submission to KLGSDP after obtaining the approval of the local body.

Preparation of Detailed Project Reports: The DPRs shall include feasibility study, detailed cost estimates, BOQ, designs and drawings as required for the proposed project. The DPR shall screen the project based on the requirements of Environmental Safeguard Management Framework (ESMF) as applicable to KLGSDP projects and shall also suggest mitigation process and costing and design for mitigation measures. Requirements of Vulnerable Group Development Framework (VGDF) etc. shall also be examined and documented.

Arrange submission of the sub projects for each LSG to the Grama Sabha (or ward sabha as the case may be), different committees etc. for approval and modify the DPRs as per directions of the LSGs if so required, until final approval by the LSGs concerned in principle. This should be submitted to PMU. The requirements of ESMF, VGDF etc. as applicable to KLGSDP projects shall also be documented and satisfied in this context.

The whole process should be completed in a participatory manner in consultation with the local government. The assessment of the intensity of backwardness should be done in a scientific manner with relevant application of techniques like survey, PRA, RRA etc. The identification of projects and its location should be done in consultation with different clientele groups.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: COM. KAMLA RAM NAUTIYAL SMRITI SAMMAN SAMAROH (CULTURAL PROGRAMME) Country: India Location within Country: Dehradun District of Uttarakhand Name of Client: Directorate of Culture, Government of Uttarakhand

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Address: MDDA Colony, Chander Road, Dalanwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 05 July 2016 Completion Date: 05 July 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 00.70 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 01 Day Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 01 Day to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 00.70 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Ashish Thapliyal (M.Sc., Ph.D.)- Organizer Narrative Description of Project: Objectives of the Project: Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: ASSIGNMENT NAME: DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR UTTARAKHAND WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION PROJECT FOR PERI-URBAN AREAS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROJECT) Country: India Location within Country: Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar Districts of Uttarakhand. Name of Client: State Water & Sanitation Mission (SWSM), Uttarakhand, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun (World Bank Assisted Project) Address: First Floor, The Institution of Engineers (India) Building, Opposite ISBT, Saharanpur Road, Majra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Start Date: 01 October 2016 Completion Date: 15 December 2016 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Ecorys Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 12.00 Lakhs

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Duration of Assignment (Months): 03 Month Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 03 Staff Months of Assignment : 03 Month to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 12.00 Lakhs No. of Professional Staff-Months Provided by Associated Consultants: 03 Months Name of Senior Professional Staff of Your Firm Involved and Functions Performed (Indicate Most Significant Profiles such as Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Ajay B. Patel (M.A. Planning & Development, BBA)- Team Leader Mr. Devraj Bhatt (M.A. Sociology, LLB, B.Ed. B.Sc.)- Social Development Specialist Mr. Dinesh Godiyal (M.Sc., Anthropology, Social Sciences, B.Sc.)- Social Marketing Specialist Narrative Description of Project: The State of Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh and established in November 2000 as 27th state of Union of India. The state is predominantly mountainous and covers a total area of 53483 sq. km. out of which almost 63% is under forest cover. The state comprises 13 administrative districts viz Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar in Kumaon division and Chamoli, Pauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Haridwar, Dehradun and Rudraprayag in Garhwal division. As per the 2011 census, the state has a population of 10.01 million and 7.30 million i.e. 70 percent live in the rural areas, spread over the 7,657 Gram Panchayats (GPs), in 16,793 villages and 39,309 habitations. The proposed Follow-on- project will be implemented on the approach of ‘Program for Results’ (PforR) for the peri-urban areas in 07 districts out of 13 districts of the state. This requires a paradigm shift from the existing delivery systems, thus, it demands huge proactive efforts to create the interest and capacity in all key stakeholders. Therefore, as a part of Project preparation the SWSM intends to conduct a study on developing the communication strategy for the proposed Water Supply and Sanitation Program to be implemented in peri-urban areas of the targeted districts of the state. Objectives of the Project: The study aims at developing a communication plan and strategy for (i) creating awareness among the different stakeholders especially ground level functionaries, (ii) sharing project information (scope and progress) with decision makers, responsible agencies, ground level functionaries, consultants and contractors; (iii) explain the project and resolve concerns raised by affected persons/beneficiaries (iv) involve beneficiaries in field-level monitoring activities. The study also aims to draw an effective framework featuring the responsible agency, resource requirements/ resource mapping for implementing the plan and strategy, means and forms of communication as well as timeline. The study shall be beneficial to indicate the tools of communication so as create an inclusive environment among the different stakeholders for informed decision making. Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: Understand current communication strategy, tools and activities at each stakeholders level for various

concurrent water and sanitation (WatSan) projects

Determine the communication strategy for each stakeholders level during different program milestones

Develop effective communication strategy for each level and type of stakeholders’ in a way that it suggests the adequate activity corresponding to each of the program component and milestones.

ASSIGNMENT NAME: TRAINING OF THREE TIER PANCHAYATI RAJ REPRESENTATIVES AND PANCHAYAT FUNCTIONARIES UNDER RAJIV GANDHI PANCHAYAT SASHAKTIKARAN ABHIYAN Country: India

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Location within Country: Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand Name of Client: Directorate, Panchayati Raj, Government of Uttarakhand Address: Near I.T. Park, Danda Lakhound, Sahastradhara Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: Completion Date: Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): Day Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 04 Staff Months of Assignment : 01 Day to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer Mr. Surendra Datt Semwal (M.A., B.Ed.)- Assistant Programme Officer Narrative Description of Project: Objectives of the Project: Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: ASSIGNMENT NAME: DESIGN WORKSHOP TRAINING PROGRAMME (DWTP) ON WOOLEN CRAFT FOR SKILL UPGRADATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF TRIBAL BENEFICIARIES Country: India Location within Country: Dehradun District of Uttarakhand Name of Client: Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India Address: Silk Park, Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Start Date: 20 January 2017 Completion Date: 09 February 2017

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Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.33500 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 20 Days Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment: Total No. of Staff : 02 Staff Months of Assignment : 20 Days to each Staff Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.33500 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Ms. Jharna Joshi (Master of Design from NIFT)- Designer Narrative Description of Project: Objectives of the Project: Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: ASSIGNMENT NAME: FINAL EVALUATION OF INTEGRATED WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IWDP) 2ND BATCH AND DRAUGHT PRONE AREA PROGRAMME (DPAP) 5TH BATCH IN DISTRICT PITHORAGARH OF UTTARAKHAND Country: India Location within Country: Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand Name of Client: Uttarakhand Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (UIRD&PR), Government of Uttarakhand Address: UIRDPR Campus, Delhi Road, Rudrapur, District- Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand India Start Date: 15 December 2016 Completion Date: 31 March 2017 Name of Associated Consultants, If Any: Not Applicable Approximate Value of the Contract: Rs. 01.01568 Lakhs Duration of Assignment (Months): 3.5 Months Total No. of Staff-Months of the Assignment:

Total No. of Staff : 06 Staff Months of Assignment : 3.5 Months to each Staff

Approximate Value of Services Provided by Your Firm under the Contract: Rs. 01.01568 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 Project Director/Team Leader/Coordinator/ Experts: Dr. Kamal Bahuguna (B.Sc., P.G.D.S.W., M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.)- Executive Director/Team Leader Mr. Chandra Prakash (M.A.)- Programme Officer Ms. Geeta Rana (MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Mrs. Sheela Tiwari (MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Mrs. Pragyeeka Heet (MA, MSW)- Divisional Coordinator Mrs. Babita Sanwal (MSW)- Assistant Programme Officer Narrative Description of Project: Objectives of the Project: Description of Actual Services Provided by Your Staff with in the Assignment: