IT Networking of Agriclinic

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IT Networking of Agri-clinic Agri-Business
Centers Scheme

• K. Venkateshwar Rao

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Project Proposal
The Steps to be Undertaken

• Obtaining IT Infrastructure details from all the
  Training Institutes.
• Creating THREE (03) e-mail Groups with the
  existing operational e-mail ids.
• E-Messaging among the Institutes.
• To be filled the gaps of Hardware Software to
  enable institutes into IT Network.
• Making institutes with INTERNET linkage.
• Hosting Agri-Clinic WEBPAGE with total project
  inputs.
• Linking and Creating the WebPages of the
  Institutes.
• Training Curriculum material made available on
  WebPages.
• Hosting online MIS Software to monitor
  Agri-prenuers.

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Step 1 Obtaining IT Infrastructure details from
all the Training Institutes.

• The following details were obtained from Training
  
• Institutes
• Computer Systems availability.
• Computer Training Lab facility.
• INTERNET connection availability.
• Operation of e-mail facility.
• WebPages of the Institute exists or Not.
• IT in-charge official institute contact
  details.

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Step 2 The THREE (03) e-mail Groups under
Operation.

• Nodal Officers (Agri-clinics) Group.
• 25 Officers out of 49 has e-mail ids.
• IT in-charges Group.
• 30 Officers out of 40 has e-mail ids.
• Institute Official e-mail id Group.
• 41 Centers out of 49 has e-mail ids.
• Trail e-mail has sent to all to study operational
  ability.

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Step 3 E-Messaging among the Institutes.

• Just by a single e-mail can contact all Nodal
  Officers (Agri-clinics).
• Similarly IT In-charge officials and Head of the
  Institutes through Official e-mail id.
• Operational problems with existing e-mails
• Most of the Officials and Institutes e-mails are
  of commercials sites.
• Some of the e-mails are NOT operational.
• If the official changes e-mail ids will change.

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• Solution
• The Nodal Officer (Agri-clinic), IT in-charge
  Institute e-mail ids are to be of official ids.
• These e-mail ids (POP-3/IMAP type) are created on
  proposed Agri-clinic WEBPAGE.
• Three e-mail Groups will form with these ids.
• This eliminates the process of changing e-mail id
  by change of official.

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Step 4 5 IT Network H/W and S/W Gaps.

• The Training Institutes basic Hardware such as a
  PC, Printer, UPS and a Modem to be made
  available.
• The basic (legal) Software such as Windows, MS
  Office (with regional languages) and Anti-Virus
  are to be made available as per Training Center
  responsibility.
• Dial-up INTERNET connection through telephone to
  be made available where ever required .

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IT Infrastructure Availability

Data yet to get from 9 Institutes Agri.
Universities 03 Nos. ICAR Institutes 02
Nos. State Govt. Institutes 01 No. NGOs 01
No. KVKs 01 No. Private Firms 01 No.
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IT Infrastructure Availability(in )
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Step 6 7 Hosting Agri-clinic WEBPAGE.

• Exclusive Agri-clinic and Agri-Business WEBPAGE
  will be hosted as MANAGE WebPage hosted.
• WebPage by name www.agriclinic.net to be hosted
  at Mumbai Gateway.
• The Success Stories in the form of Text, Audio,
  Video etc to be placed on the WebPages.
• Creating Training Institutes WebPages who are NOT
  having linked to the Project WEBPAGE.

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Step 8 Training Curriculum material made
available on WebPages.

• The Electronic Study Material of the Training
  Curriculum formulated by MANAGE to be Hosted on
  the WEBPAGE .
• The Content Experts Training material will be
  placed on WebPage to be made available to all the
  students undergoing training.
• The Agri-clinic Publications in Digital format
  are to be hosted on the WebPage on regular basis.

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Step 9 Hosting online MIS Software on WEBPAGE to
monitor Agri-preneurs .

• Trainees monitoring system Software will be
  hosted on it.
• The stages of the trainees from training to
  sustained Agri-preneur stage will be monitored
  automatically.
• Customised reports will be available by click of
  a button to one and all by that instant of time.
• The information of trainees will be fed through
  pre-designed templates by IT Coordinators.

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CONCLUSIONS

• All the Training Institutes lagging behind in IT
  services, will get benefited with minimal
  infrastructure.
• Communication between Institutes will become a
  reality with speed and at NO excess cost.
• Every training institute will have a WebPage to
  talk about their Institute activities.
• Web enabled MIS application monitors all the
  trainees till they become Agri- preneurs.
• IT plays a KEY role for implementing the project
  overall.

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Welcoming critical suggestionsThank You!