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Financial help available for students from poor financial background

If you have come across bright students coming from poor financial background who have finished their 10th standard this year (April 2010) and scored more than 80%, please ask them to contact the

NGO - Prerana (supported by Infosys foundation).

The NGO is conducting a written test and those who clear the test will be eligible for financial help for their further studies.

Please ask the students to contact the people mentioned below to get the form:
580, Shubhakar, 44th cross, 1st A main road, Jayanagar, 7th block, Bangalore.

Contact numbers:
1. Ms. Saraswati - 99009 06338
2. Mr. Shivkumar - 99866 30301
3. Ms. Bindu - 99645 34667

Even if you don't know anyone, please pass on this info, someone might be in need of this help.

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Regards,
Mukta Matta
PR Representative, Mumbai
Pankhudi Foundation
http://pankhudifoundation.org/
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Attention - Financial support/Technical mentoring to Entrepreneurs for pursuing innovative ideas


Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FIIT) – a unit of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, has been nurturing innovations and transfer of technology to industry and other end users. These include technology based projects, technopreneuer promotion through technology Business Incubator, training/workshops/ seminars, IPR management etc.

The Government has instituted a Technopreneur promotion Programme (Tepp) for supporting innovators.FITT has been chosen as the nodal unit in and around Delhi for implementing the programme in association with department of scientific and Industrial Research(DSIR) and technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Tepp is a novel support mechanism-designed to tap the innovative potential of entrepreneurial citizens of India. The objective is to promote individual innovators through support mechanism at various stages to become technology based entrepreneurs (Technopreneurs).Any innovative Indian say an Engineer,Scientist,Artesian ,etc. is eligible. The individual must have an innovative idea/project, which has the potential for commercial utility and/or societal absorption.

The Financial supports available at various stages of innovation value chain are:

·Technopreneurship support up toRs 75000/-.this is for micro budget innovation and is given as initial support to prepare the innovator to work out their initial ideas to the point where they can be considered for Tepp Project Fund(TPF)
·TPF support limited up to 15.00 lakh for each project. The applicant can be individual innovator or startup firms.
·SupplementaryTepp support to successful Tepp innovators up toRs 7.50 Lakh. The support is for Tepp innovator that have developed product/process at concept proving stage for facilitating technology transfer to entrepreneurs . Activities support are patent filing, testing/validation, building improved prototype/design, preparing technology transfer documents etc.
·Seamless scale up support up to Rs 45.00 lakh through technology business incubation exercise for selected products/process.

This apart ,theprogramme envisages the technical mentoring/evaluation and support by FITT through IIT DELHI ecosystem for enabling innovative ideas to fructify into realities.
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Toybank's 1st distribution event in Delhi/NCR on 3rd of July

Toybank Delhi kick-started it's activities with a toy collection drive in MPS - A Macmillan Company based in Gurgoan. MPS organized a week long drive in the organization and managed to collect and wrap around 100 toys!

Toybank volunteers and employee volunteers from MPS will distribute these toys to around 65 children who go to Mobile Creches at their Vipul World Construction Site in Gurgoan.

Venue: Vipul World Construction
Tatvam Village, Sector-48, Opp. Omaxe Gugaon Mall
Sohna Road, Gurgaon, Harayana.

Date and Time: 3rd July, 9 30 AM - 12 PM

If you are interested to volunteer for the event on 3rd of July, please confirm your presence by sending an email to delhi@toybank.org

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Thalassemia

Blood plays an important part in our lives. Especially for the persons who require blood for their survival! Apart from the people who met with accidents, undergone surgeries, or who is in ICU, there are some other people for whom blood is required for every certain time period! Otherwise, there is no hope of ordinary survival.

Even if they had blood transfusion for a number of times, once a failure in the blood availability can decrease their survival rate! The effects of the disease can be in 6 forms - Iron overload, Infections such as hepatitis, Bone deformities, Enlarged spleen, Slowed growth rate and Heart problems. This Genetic Blood Disorder is termed as Thalassemia. This description of the disease you can find in many web sites! But what is more important is the prevention, diagnosis, & cure.

Since it is a genetic disorder, hereditary, the only way of prevention of this disorder is the parents should decide of not giving birth to a child! That sounds alarming! But, to lead a peaceful life even after we know that our child will have a painful disorder for which there is no permanent cure, the decision should be wise! They can adopt a child! The hereditary occurrence will happen, in cases like, where both the parents are Thalassemia Minor carrying people. Then the chances are like - 25% of Thalassemia Major child, 50% of Thalassemia Minor child and 25% of a Normal child.

Next one is diagnosis - to find out that the person is a Thalassemia Major or Thalassemia Minor! Given its affects above, the only requirement for a successful diagnosis is to have their blood tested! In India, where a 4-15% of population are Thalassemia carriers, being one of the major carrier in the world, and a place where most of the people are very far from minimal medical facilities, except for those living in urban areas; it is predominantly essential that NGOs, charities, missionaries and other organizations, last but not least the Government, should take more and more consideration about the people living in rural areas.

Lastly, the cure for disease is blood transfusion for now. Which requires the people who are ready to donate their blood, which is purely voluntary.

Of-course, there are also some medical research progresses in dealing with this Thalassemia, but keeping-in-mind the rural people, there is still a lot to be done, apart from just inventing the cure and making business out of it!

My personal experience, when I was in Hyderabad, I used to donate blood for a baby child carrying this disorder! I did for three times, after every three months, and now she is no more. Because she is just a child and has very low medical facilities as they were not so financially strong. Her father used to give me one day meal taking me to a nice restaurant after the blood transfusion, even though they were not so good financially. I did not even see her face once, her name is Vaishnavi. There are so many similar cases, few in number, what it takes is just the knowledge of it, donating the blood and remembering the rural people!

Because, Thalassemia is just one such kind of disorders, where there are many others like Sickle Cell disorder and many more!

More details can be found at the links and at google.com

Thanks,

UVF,

Bangalore
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Behavioral Pattern of Income and Expense among Rural population

Project Description:

1. Describe the project that the intern will be helping you with.

In rural areas, people spend what they earn. Majority of their earning is spent on Food and other essentials. With the increase in consumerism, packaged products and other goods from cities have found their way in the rural market. There is general belief that there is a substantial gap between the production and consumption of Indian villages. Such a scenario has the potential of eroding the economic stability of these otherwise self-sustainable villages. We are initiating a primary
rural household survey to map the cash flows of a rural household. Every element of income and expense has to be mapped to understand the existing market demand and supply. This survey would lead to Drishtee's Rural production strategy for both products and services.

a. What is the status of the project?

The project has been conceptualized. Survey tools have to be formulated before the actual physical survey.

b. Who else is involved in the project?

One of the 3 promoters of Drishtee is leading the project.

c. Objectives of the project

1)To understand a household cash to every possible rupee and map the flow of demand and supply.
2)To understand the livelihood and lifestyle of rural population.

c. What are the intern’s deliverables?

1)To prepare the questionnaire for the survey
2)Data recording sheet
3)Completing the sample survey in the stated 5 geographies
4)To compile and enter the data into a software application
5)To do analysis of data
6)To prepare and submit the final report

d. What resources will the intern require to accomplish the role?

Human skills, relationship building and Managerial support

e. How will the intern’s work be used after he/she leaves Drishtee?

This survey would lead to Drishtee's Rural production strategy for both products and services.

f. How many hours per week will this position require?

Around 9 hours per day, Monday to Friday. On field the work gets extended to weekends and additional hours

3. Education Qualifications :
a. What qualifications are required for this position?
Preferably MBA graduates
b. Experience
Fresh minds
c. Skills & Interests
1)Mental Maturity
2)Good convincing power
3)Conversing in Hindi
4)Passion to contribute towards rural development

4. Value proposition for the intern/volunteer?
1)Excellent opportunity to experience rural India
2)Understand the rural market and be at the forefront of next economic revolution
3)Meeting wonderful people and sharing their moments of joy and sorrow.

5. How do you express gratitude for his/her contribution after successful completion of his term

Our gratitude is expressed through a strong implementation team. The joy of seeing in action a co-created activity has no parallel.

6. Expenses :
a)Is their a Stipend: NO
b)Will the accommodation & food be catered for by Drishtee: Accommodation to be provided
c)Travel Allowance: Yes

7. Who & How is the Feedback /Evaluation conducted.?
The management has its own committee to evaluate the project based upon the final report with a face to face interaction with the intern.

source from:ngopost.org