Summer Training Report
2011
Shukla Kaustubh Maharshibhai
B.E. (CIVIL-I.W.M)
M.S. University-Baroda
Mobile No.:9974450213
Index
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Contents
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Page NO.
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About VIKSAT
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3
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2.
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Interview Question & Answer
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7
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Sabarkantha: A Snapshot
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13
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The Backwardness Scenario of Banaskantha district:
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15
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Project Summary
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17
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6.
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Case Study
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23
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Work done under placement
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24
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8.
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Suggestion
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24
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VIKSAT
(Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction)
Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction (VIKSAT) was set up in the year 1977 as an activity of the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) to take proactive steps to conserve the environment. VIKSAT felt that lack of interactions is a major bottleneck in involving individuals and organizations in environment protection. Hence, VIKSAT articulates its mission as promoting and strengthening people's institutions through interactions, for an equitable, gender sensitive, sustainable development and management of natural resources.
VIKSAT Management Council Chairman: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
About Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist, born August 7, 1925, in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu. He was the second of four sons of a doctor. He is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India", for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder and Chairman of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. His stated vision is to rid the world of hunger and poverty. Dr. Swaminathan is an advocate of moving India to sustainable development, especially using environmentally sustainable agriculture, sustainable food security and the preservation of biodiversity, which he calls an "evergreen revolution" In 1999, Time magazine placed him in the Time 20 list of most influential Asian people of the 20th century.
VIKSAT Affiliated Institutions:
VASCSC (Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre)
CHETNA (Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness)
CEE (Centre for Environment Education)
KHAMIR (Centre for Kachchh Heritage, Arts, Music and Information Resources)
Operational Area:
Field Area No Of Village
Bhiloda Taluka Sabarkantha District : 75
Santalpur Taluka Patan District : 25
Satlasana Taluka Mehsana District : 41
Khedbrahma Taluka Sabarkantha District : 15
Bhuj Taluka Kutch District : 100
Dungarpur Rajasthan State : 15
Total No of village : 271
VIKSAT’s Strength
No of staff : Programme: staff (40)
: Support staff (12)
Expertise- : Social Scientist
: Agriculturalist
: Forestry Expert
: Civil Engineer
: Accounts
: Business Management
: Economist
: Geohydrologist
: MIS & GIS Experts
: Trainers
Field of Expertise
Afforestation
Forest Management
Watershed Development
Joint Forest Management and Participating Development
Tree Improvement, seed Technology, Forestry Research and
Development
Forest Ecology
Participatory Rural Appraisal, Micro-Planning and Area
Planning
Evaluation
Survey and sampling
Social Development for Natural Resource Management
Poverty and Vulnerability Analyses
Gender Analysis
Agro-forestry and Farm Forestry
Agriculture
Rural Development
Drought Proofing Programme
Biodiversity conservation
Water & Sanitation
Appreciation
Participation in World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002. The case of Malekpur Village, Bhiloda taluka, Sabarkantha District, Gujarat, a model village developed under JFM programme by VIKSAT
VIKSAT received a Prestigious National Award Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Puraskar in 1997 from Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi in the Voluntary Agencies categories. The Awards is in recognition of exceptional contributions in the field of afforestation and wastelands development.
VIKSAT Promoted Shree Janjharmata TGCs, Malekpur. received a Prestigious National Award Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Puraskar in 2002 from Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi in the Village Level Institutions categories. The Awards is in recognition of exceptional contributions in the field of afforestation and wastelands development
VIKSAT promoted Shree Ashapura TGGs , Nana Kothasana got Gram Sanghthan Paritoshik 2005 from Development Support Centre, Ahmedabad
Organization Activities:
Awareness programme/Campaign
Project implementation
Training programme
Document and Dissemination
Policy Advocacy
Developing Education and Training material
Networking
Research
Income Generation Act
Demonstration
People’s Institution (Village, Taluka & State level)
Micro Finance & Micro Enterprise
Technical Consultancy in Water Resource Management
Collaboration
International
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National
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State
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Others
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Ford foundation
UNICEF
DFID
UNESCO
ICSDC
UNDP
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Ministry of Environment and Forests
NABARD
World Food Programme (WFP)
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WASMO
State Forest Department
DRDA
CAPART
Department of Water resources
Agricultural Universities
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Inter Corporation, CARE
OXFAM
MSSRF
Sir Dhorabji Tata Trust (SDTT)
Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT)
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