Unnat Bharat AbhiyanINDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

Pradipta Banerji

16 October 2014

Strategies for Capacity Building

Technology for Rural 

Development

Research to Improve Life in Rural India

Societal Development 

Facilitate Rural 

Entrepreneurs

Roadmap to a Better India

Bageshwari Charkha which is widely used in hilly region of Uttarakhand for making thread from the locally produced Tibati wool

Modifications done:• Electric Motor introduced• Arrangement provided for uniformly filling of thread     bobbin. • Gear Box introduced and Electric motor replaced with low speed and higher kW rating motor• Belt Drive between Gear‐Box and main‐wheel replaced with Chain-Sprocket Drive

Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) IIT ROORKEE

Modify Existing Looms

Setup a Collaborative EcoSystem

• Looms have been modified using simple Technology

• Training has been imparted to users to enable them to use the improvised loom

• 6000 Families in Uttrakhand Using the Existing Loom

• Loom used by tribals of Munshyari, Dharachula & Dharamgarh

Increase in  Efficiency & Productivity

Impact…

Outputs

• Increase in Efficiencyand Productivity

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Bhangedi & Telliwala Villages

STARD

Rural Education 

Science & Technology Application for Rural Development (STARD)

Platform to develop original innovative ideas

Model Village

Adopted by NSS IIT Roorkee Computer Literacy at Telliwala village

Prerna cell facilitates admission of kids to JawaharNavodyaya Vidyalayas Adult Literacy Education Programs at villages

Pine Needles Biomass Briquetting

• Electrically operated• High initial cost• High maintenance cost• Heavy• Skilled operation is required in 

pyrolysis based as well as in big industrial machines

Features of proposed machine

• Light weight• Solar/hand operated (in this order)

• Easy maintenance and operation

• Low cost ( RS 10‐15000)• Heating chamber for briquettes (added benefit)

Advantages

From  Environmental point of view: No power is required, eco friendly.

From villagers’ point of view: Great employment opportunity for people

From governments’ point of view: Simple manufacturing is required. Will generate goodwill.

From manufacturer’s point of view: Can be easily manufactured, overall cost of machine is very less.

Hybrid Energy Generation – Power on Demand Energy system sourced from Intermittent Renewable Energy 

Sources Efficient water mill development, deployment and transfer of technology: over 10 Entrepreneurs in Uttrakhand, UP, West Bengal and J&K

Developed livelihood activities using decentralized small hydropower stations in hilly remote villages

Carried investigations, planning, report preparation, design, monitoring for 98 SHP projects to electrify Border villages of Andhra Pradesh

Capacity building for large number of man power at various levels for identification, planning, design and O&M of small hydropower plants in rural areas

An Energy-cum-rural technology complex at Brahampurvillage was established under joint sponsorship of UPCST & NEDA to demonstrate the suitability and adaptability of rural renewable energy technologies for the betterment of economically weaker section of the society

DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED WATERMILL

Multipurpose Power Unit-a horizontal shaft open cross flow turbine

upto 10 kW output

Improved Water mill for upgradation- a vertical shaft up to 3 kW mechanical output

Livelihood Activities in 10 villages in Bageshwar district

Remote Villages Surveyed after Field Visits for Electrification in Uttaranchal

Districts: Dehradun, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri, Udhamsingh Nagar, Almora, Bageshwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Champawat

Nos. of Remote Village (UREDA) : 1125

Additional village found unelectrified : 54

Villages Uninhabited : 14

Villages that could not be found : 107

Resource Identified

Solar 329

SHP 210

Biomass 20

Hybrid 8

Villages surveyed : 1072

Electrified Villages : 491

Unelectrified villages : 567

ELECTRIFICATION OF VILLAGES IN UTTARKHAND

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Students’ Initiative for Integrated Rural Development (SIIRD)…

Chharba Village

Village Identification

Stakeholders• Villagers• NGOs• Government

Agencies• Industry• Academia

Initiatives under SIIRD

• ICT • Health Initiative• Education• Sustainable

livelihood

Synergistic Framework : Healthcare at Chharba Village

Sustainable Initiatives and Capacity Buildingat Chharba Village

Proposed e-Health Care Network

Base Station Hub

Healthcare Portal

Earth Station

2 Mbps Lease line

4 Mbps

Distt. Hospitals

Super SpecialityHospitals

Medical Research Institutes

Mobile Health Units

Primary Health Centres

District Hospitals

Internet

Network

ISDNlines

VSATsVSATs

128/ 256 kbps

EARTHEN AIR COOLING SYSTEM

The project aims at developing an air conditioning system that utilises the evaporative cooling technique in order to generate cooling for various purposes. The system when developed is expected to replace the existing in‐efficient evaporative cooling systems and generate lower carbon footprint than the existing conventional air conditioning systems

PLASOFUELS

•The operating cost of prototype machine will be very low which will make it easily affordable by the rural people.•As we are using solar energy; minimum external energy source (the electricity required for running the pumps for mechanical compression, will be produced by burning the produced plastic nuggets in coal burner) is required. This makes the installation viable in remote areas.

Fuel from Waste Plastic using SOLAR ENERGY.Our prototype machine will channelize the solar energy to convert the waste plastic material into plastic nuggets.

IIT Roorkee & Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)

• INVOLVED WITH PMGSY SINCE THE CONCEPTION OF PMGSY IN YEAR 2000• FIRST IIT TO GIVE CONSENT TO WORK FOR PMGSY• IIT ROORKEE IS PRINCIPLE TECHNICAL AGENCY FOR PMGSY LOOKING AFTER 

UTTAR PRADESH, UTTARAKHAND AND BIHAR• STATE TECHNICAL AGENCY TO SCRUTINISE PMGSY ROAD DPRs FOR 

UTTARAKHAND AND WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH

• MEMBER OF NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL RURAL ROADS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NRRDA) 

• MEMBER OF PMGSY NATIONAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE • COMPLETED A RESEARCH PROJECT TO ASSESS PERFORMANCE OF PMGSY ROADS

IN UP AND UTTARAKHAND• ORGANISED ABOUT 40 TRAINING COURSES  FOR MORE THAN 1200 FIELD 

ENGINEERS MAKING PMGSY ROADS• MEMBER OF NATIONAL APPELLATE COMMITTEE OF PMGSY

DHAROHAR: Heritage Preservation in Uttarakhand through Art and Craft (HPUAC)

Documenting Heritage and Traditional Knowledge Systems

Capacity Building for Artisans and Craft persons

Establish Links between 

Indigenous Skills and Contemporary Design Innovations

Generate Livelihood

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Achievements & Strategies…

Achievements1 Strategies2

Chharba has been awarded best Gram Sabhaof Dehradun district

SIIRD has won the fourth spot worldwide in HCT-Wharton Tournament in Abu Dhabi.

Five projects of SIIRD were selected for Order of Merit awards at SkochSmart Governance Awards 2014

Leverage the Technical Expertise of IIT to develop rural India

Focus on Research that impacts Society

Facilitate Rural Entrepreneurs

Polish local skills to improve livelihood

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ASMITA: A Skill Management, Improvement and Training Academy: An IIT ROORKEE Social initiative

Railtel To facilitate ASMITA Village Centresin Haridwar Districts

Tailoring

Adult Literacy

Spice Making

Badi Making