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Item Metadata only Changes in the Bardic traditions of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2019) Kadegia, Bhavik; Pandya, Vishvajit; Mazumdar, MadhumitaThis project is to understand the importance of bards in culture, Specifically in culturally rich Saurashtra of Gujarat. Here, one can witness the solidness of the belief and pride in their heritage, which is becoming obsolete in the rapid and blind modernizing word of today. Bardic Communities like Barots and Charans have played an important role in this. Because their way of living heavily depends on the traditions which carry the culture as well as their inherited folk literature, which is a regional industry itself which has imbibe the new technology of the present day.There has to be a path that these communities passed through to reach their current status. There was a socio-political system in the past that depended on these communities. I took Charans and Barots initially as they are the most influential of all the bardic communities in Gujarat as well as most well-known also. Today what we see them as a result of their journey, this project is to uncover the narrative of their story and co-relate the different node in past to translate the history into a logical analysis, employing ethnographic methods, with historical and social literature.Item Metadata only Patola: the ikat of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2014) Shah, Namita; Mazumdar, Madhumita; Raje, NitinAny discussion of Ikat weaving in Gujarat begins and ends in the Patan Patola. The Patan Patola is indeed the finest representation of the ikat in Gujarat and also the most expensive in the market but, the Ikat of Rajkot and Surendranagar also stand at the same level in terms of quality and aesthetics. In recent times the Patan Patola has also received the Geographical Indication (GI) certification to protect its distinctive identity and ensure its survival. This is indeed a matter of pride for the Ikat weavers of Patan. But other weavers of Ikat located in Rajkot and Surendranagar have felt threatened by the new distinction conferred on Patan and have complained that the market for their Ikat could be impacted. After consultations with specialists at ATIRA and after doing extensive ethnographic research among consumers and the Ikat producers of Gujarat at the Garvi Gujarat annual exhibition, I felt that one way addressing the concerns of the Ikat weavers of Surendranagar and Rajkot would be to promote their products on a platform that would showcase Ikat weaving traditions in Gujarat as a whole. Hence, I chose the platform of an interactive multimedia kiosk because I thought in could reach out to wide range of consumers at an exhibition site that brought together both weavers and consumers at a single location. The interactive kiosk could be situated easily at the ground of the Garvi Gujarat exhibition as well as other similar exhibition sites where audio-visual promotional material on textiles mainly films were. Already being used to educate consumers. After looking at the response to these films that were being shown at the exhibition ground, I realized that consumers visiting the exhibition grounds had little time to sit through an entire film. They had time constraints and wanted to do a quick check on the product they were buying. In there circumstance is was better to develop a communication strategy that would provide them with the relevant information and give them the choice to seek out whatever they wanted. A film did not gave them that choice. The multimedia interactive framework would bring together the story of Ikat in Gujarat, that is bring out the distinctiveness of each of its weaving centres and allow the consumers to make an informed choice about the product they would wish to buy. This interactive multimedia kiosk, at the heart of textile exhibitions, besides communicating the story of Ikat of Gujarat to the consumers, would also brand Patoda a s’Ikat of Gujarat’ and not separately as Patan, Rajkot or Surendranagar Patola as well as encourage tourist to visit Rajkot and Surendranagar along with Patan to see and understand Ikat of Gujarat. This will also help weavers from these two regions to sustain themselves and establish their identity as equal contributors as protectors of Ikat tradition of Gujarat along with Salvis of Patan.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Western region in Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Nirala, Hariom; Hiremath, B. N.; Sinha, VikashHunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. It is collective impact is reflected in human development index. It is in this backdrop that Government of Gujarat (GoG) had introduced Mid Day Meal scheme. The considerable portion of children studying in primary education come from low socio-economic society and suffer economic hardship, as a result they drop out from schools at early age, which hampers their overall development Poor enrolment and high dropout rate are the result of poverty of parents, child labor prevalent in the society and lack of awareness. In the event of the funds not reaching on time, the Sanchalak or the teachers as the case may be have to pay from their own pockets. Usually this has been the most vocal complaint from the sanchalak and the teachers. Most principals suggested that they be relieved from this arrangement. Arrangement of water is a tremendous problem in some talukas the water has fluorine content which is causing a lot of physical harm to the children. In banaskatha the source of water is often far away from the school. So the supply is quite rationed. Arrangenenr of fuel is also problematic since the allocationis quite less, the cooks are asked to collect fuel on their own. There was one school in which roti saag was not being prepared for some time because of the lack of fuel. Infrastructure is also a problem. There are no pucca kitchens in place where the Mid Day Meal is cooked within the school premises, it distracts the students’ attention Also there is no provision for plates in the school. The children get them from their homes and where they do not they tear paper from their textbooks and notebooks also. The collateral benefits of MDM were expected to reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society GoG started MDM scheme in 1984 this study has been commissioned to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements.Item Metadata only Video documentation of success story of watershed development project, Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Abhay Kumar; Prasad, Manoj Kumar; Sharan, Girja; Menon, Binoy; Rout, SuvenduWatershed development programme is a flagship programme started by Government of India to increase the crop production by arresting soil erosion and ensure irrigation facility to farmers. In Gujarat, Ministry of Rural Development had started DDP, IWDP and DPAP in all districts of the state to increase crops production. Under the programme the main focus were given for providing irrigation by arresting run off with checkdam and ensuring irrigation faculty to farmers. This programme has brought changes on the economic status of he farmers and their quality of life as income from agriculture has increased. Before the programme farmers were taking just one crop in a year but now due to the watershed programme farmers taking two crops in a year without fall. For the present study four villages were taken viz Gandhigramme. Anadara and Vasiaya in the districts Kutch, bharuch, Rajjot and Vadodara respectively. It has been observed that the productivity of crops has increased for animals. Due to the watershed programme the employment opportunity has doubled. Indeed the programme has achieved the objectives for what it meant for. By collating the information about the impact of the programme, a video documentary on the success story was envisaged.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Junagadh region of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Shyam, Wanjari Kunal; Sinha, Vikash; Hiremath, B. N.Hunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. Its collective impact is reflected in human development index. It is in this backdrop that Government of Gujarat had introduced MDM aimed to achieve an increase in enrolment rate and reduce dropout rates. The benefits of MDM were expected to reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society. GoG started MDM scheme in 1984. This study is undertaken to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements. The objective / scope of this study is to assess effectiveness of MDM scheme in the context of impact indicators like student enrolment, dropout and attendance. The study covers critical components of MDM that include regularity, quality, physical infrastructure, hygiene, comparative analysis of rural v/s urban centres, stakeholder participation and favorable and unfavorable factors affecting the above components. The methodology includes review of relevant and available documents for secondary information, field visits to collect primary data from a wide range of stakeholders at various levels. The stakeholders include relevant government officials, school principal, teachers, parents, sanchalaks and head cooks and also members of Mother Teacher Association (MTA). The sample-size was 106 centres (at the rate of 20 percent of total centres) spread over 4 talukas in Junagadh district of Western Gujarat. The total sample size of respondents was 2014. structured questionnaires and FGD were used to capture required information. The data collected was found for interpretation which resulted in certain major findings as discussed below: Students belonging to poor and disadvantaged socio-economic households take MDM regularity. It was also noticed that some children also brought their tiffin and ate it with MDM. Some students residing in nearby school preferred to take MDM to their homes. Students and parents realized the importance of education, which is reflected by the fact that 94 percent of the students go to school irrespective of MDM and 96 percent of parents confessed that they will continue to send their children to school even if MDM is withdrawn. It is found that there are about 91 percent of schools meeting the norm of at least 200 MDM days in a year. It is observed that 82 percent of school has MDM days in the range of 200 to 210 days. Similarity, there were 211-220 number of MDM days served in around 16 percent of schools surveyed. Although the MDM scheme is being incomplete in the study area effectively, however, some areas of improvement have been identified like infrastructure, hygiene, and storage, quality of grains and satisfaction of level of beneficiaries. Details can be found in relevant section. There were 47 schools in Junagadh district having stock for less than 1 week, out of which 27 schools were having inadequate stocks and 20 schools were having sufficient stocks. Number of schools having stock for 1-2 weeks were 35, with 30 schools having sufficient stock and 5 schools having inadequate stock. Similarity schools having stocks for 2-4 weeks were 17, with 15 schools having inadequate stock and 2 schools with sufficient stock. It was observed that about 30 percent of schools surveyed had the sanchalaks keeping stock at home, despite having the storage facility at the centre. There were also some schools where MDM was cooked at sanchalak’s home despite having kitchen shed facility. Comparison of urban and rural MDM profile was undertaken in the context of percentage of beneficiaries with respect to total enrolments. Increase in enrolment rate, quantity served, food taste, storage system and disruption in regularity of MDM. The urban centres fared better on enrolment rates, storage system and disruption in MDM regularity. Taking into account the successful management of MDM at the grass roots by NGOs it is recommended to scale up the model under MDM scheme. Partnership with women SHG and Sakhi Mandals can also be considered for MDM. Principals, teachers and particularly MTA should be sensitized to play proactive role to ensure effective and transparent implementation of MDM through community-based monitoring mechanism. In order to overcome the issue of delayed payment to cooks, the school management may frame a process of bill submission and verification online through its website.Item Metadata only Existing cropping system of small and marginal farmers in watershed project area of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Galav, Sudhakar; Jat, Giriraj Prasad; Menon, Binoy; Hiremath, B. N.Gujarat with the area of about 1.96 lakh square kilometers is the 7th largest state of India. Only 52 percent of the total geographical area of Gujarat is used for agriculture purposes. More than 23 percent of the land is wasteland. The average land holding size is continuously decreasing due to fragmentation of land natural resources has been continuously degrading over the years. It is noteworthy that about 60 percent area in Gujarat is under rain fed cultivation. GSWMA is implementing the watershed programmes in rainfed areas of Gujarat state to improve the agriculture status in these areas as well as the livelihood of people. Previously many programmes such as DDP, DDAP, and IWDP have been launched by the government in watershed project areas. New programme named IWMP is more scientific and accountable in approach. People’s participation is the main ingredient of it. However, only watershed development does not nsure more farm income or more earnings for livelihood. Several other factors may responsible for it. This study was done to find out the effect of varios factors on cropping of small and marginal farmers in rainfed areas. Three variables named production, market and vulnerability were identified and analysis was done on the basis of their indicators. Two regions of Gujarat named South region and Saurashtra region were selected. Three districts in each region were selected and in each district three different watershed project areas were selected in three different taluka. Samples were collected using multistage random sampling. The variables analysis revealed the real situation of cropping system. Crop fsilure is the main problem in these areas due to frequent drought and adverse soil conditions. Farmers do not get adequate and timely credit and they face undue delays in dispensation of credit due to awareness. Most of the farmers are not getting benefits of innovation made at research stations/ agricultural Universities due to lack of information and proper extension services. There is lack of information about prices in nearby market yards and connectivity is also poor. There is a huge difference in the retail price and farm gate price and the same should be plugged through appropriate market information and channel. There is a scope of improving cropping conditions using proper information dissemination system. Watershed cluster office can be used as a resource center. This resource center would act as an information hub which will provide vital information such as market (backward and forward), weather government schemes, credit information, and complete package of practice of crops at cluster level. Human resource requirement will be fulfilled through watershed development team (WDT) which is comprised of agriculture expert, community mobilizer, system analyst and an engineer. This resource center would provide effective and timely solutions using ICT as dissemination system.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Western and North-East regions of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Chand, Naveen; Sinha, Vikash; Hiremath, B. N.Hunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. Its collective impact is reflected in human development index. To address these issues Government of Gujarat (GoG) had introduced MDM scheme aimed to achieve an increase an enrollment rate and reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society. GoG started MDM scheme in 1984. This study has been commissioned to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements. The objectives of this study are to assess effectiveness of MDM scheme in the context of impact indicators that include student enrollment, dropout and attendance. The study covers critical components of MDM that include regularity, quantity, quality, cooking infrastructure adequacy, hygiene, rural v/s urban and also stakeholder participation. The study has factored in favorable and unfavorable elements affecting the above components. The methodology includes review of relevant and available documents for secondary data, field visits to collect primary data from a wide range of stakeholders at various levels. The stakeholders include relevant government officials, school principal, teachers, parents, sanchalaks and head cooks and members of Mother Teacher Association (MTA). The sample-size was 42 centers spread over 11 talukas of 5 disticts. Structured questionnaires and FGDs were used to capture required information. The data collected was analyzed and triangulated for interpretation. A short summary of findings is given below, for details, please refer to relevant chapters.