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    Save Rivers : An interactive website for Betwa Utthan organization in Vidisha (M.P)
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2022) Agarwal, Anusha; Mazumdar, Madhumita
    In our present time the river pollution is one of the biggest problems in our world. It�s mainly because of illegal dumping, industrialization and agriculture. Moreover, the people don�t know how to treat their sewage waste and dispose of it in a safe way. Almost all rivers nowadays start to suffer from this problem. Differences between the past, right now and the future may be big. If we compared our mind now with that of forty years ago we would see that they were more different than they are now. This is because urbanization and spreading of civilization has enabled us to obtain facilities which were not present in the past. Though these facilities have made life easier for us, there are some changes which are not positive because they have caused problems to our environment. It has been a problem for decades, but it has become more common as more people move closer to river sources. Water pollution occurs when harmful chemicals or substances such as oil, bacteria, or radiation enter water. If these contaminants are not removed from the water supply, they can cause serious health problems. The main reason why we are polluting our rivers is lack of awareness. Our society is so much dependent on our rivers that they have become a part of our lifestyle, but we aren't aware of the fact that we need to take proper care and attention of these precious resources. There are many solutions to this problem such as educating people about this matter, setting up more recycling centers around big cities or nearrivers etc. These solutions may change people�s attitudes towards water pollution if implemented well enough. The Betwa river in Madhya Pradesh, India is one of the major tributaries of the Yamuna .The river was once clean and pure but it is no more so. The problem is that using the river in this manner has had a huge impact on the health of the river because instead of objects made largely of mud and stone, today we use ceramic, plaster of paris, and plastic which do not break down as easily in the river.
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    Agrim : An Interactive Application For Farmer's Assistance to Avail Government schemes.
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2022) Kadegia, Ajay; Mazumdar, Madhumita; Pandya, Vishvajit
    Agriculture is a vital industry for the Indian economy, it's not only a way of earning but so has been a way of living since ancient times.Saurashtra, Gujarat is one such region, dominated by Agriculture. Here, I am focusing on Sindhpur village, taluka Kutiyana, and District Porbandar as a Subject area of my Project. Farmers of this village still practice traditional seasonal farming; though they have adopted modern equipment like tractors, harvesters, hybrid seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. Benefits from Government schemes have been a part of their support structure and economy. But to apply for any government scheme it's a very difficult and time-consuming task. The farming community often struggles with this as it may need understanding regarding pre-requisites, Eligibility, documents, or digital competence to apply for it. Even some basic information can make a huge difference. It can save time, farmers can plan as well as be prepared ahead. The government has made an online web-based portal for farmers named I - Khedut portal, it is aimed to get information. And apply to the open schemes. But farmers rarely use it, Because it�s complex, hard to navigate, requires multiple inputs, as well as the information given, is very legal and formal. It makes this whole experience discouraging for farmers. As a result, there is a void of information which creates a communication gap between the government and farmers. To address this communication gap, we need to provide information in a manner that farmers can understand it. On a medium that is familiar, widely acceptable, and which can be repeatedly approached for future use. Also, it should be able to host a large amount of information. The proposed solution is a smartphone-based application in the native language. Many different medium was explored and discussed before finalizing the application. As it is the best way possible in the current scenario.
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    ANGADITHERUV - E-Agri Marketing portal
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2018) K, Sarath; Mazumdar, Madhumita; Kehtan, Lokesh
    The project 'AGADITHERUV E-Agri Marketing Portal' is the study of agricultural scenarios in Kannur district of Kerala and to develop a better agricultural marketing platform. The project will address the crisis and to try and find solutions through design and technology. For better communication, a portal is devised to list Sellers in advance, which will help them to find more Buyers which can help them to reduce the exploitations by middlemen. The portal also gives users access to modern farming techniques to increase their productivity and improve the quality of their produce. Through working together induce a feeling of positivity and motivate the farmers to produce more and sell all. This led to collaborative action with producers and buyers to try and create a more just system, where trade is not just to make the profit but is an exchange with a human face.
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    Dhanu Kaad ki nayi Katha
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2017) Jain, Ashita; Dey, Shalini & Mazumdar, Madhumita
    This communication design project highlights that for the upliftment of tribes Sports can be used as the medium. To get players at the national and International level, grassroots plans should be generated. Talent identification should be done right from school level and provide education to them. Students don’t consider sports as a lucrative career option so, to make them conscious of possible opportunities. Chhattisgarh being a populated tribal area may have potential players who have high physical fitness and can reach national and international levels, but their talent is not being recognized because of the communication rift between Sports Authority and the players.The players are not aware of particular sports and its importance. To support the above problem, this project deals with only with Kamar tribe children and particularly one sport, i.e., Archery. The case study of children of Kamar tribe is evidence that Sports Authority is not identifying their talent. Kamar tribe is among one of the Schedule tribes of Chhattisgarh.They are using self-made traditional bow and arrow for hunting, and food gathering. Every kamar children know hunting right from the age of 8, and they see bow and arrow as an extension of cultural beliefs that contain information regarding far more than the simple functions of artifacts. This project makes an effort to encourage and convince Kamar children to learn modern ways of archery and can be the medium for the upliftment of Kamar children by showcasing them the other dimensions of sports like job opportunities and career option.
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    Precision agriculture using wireless sensor network
    (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Joshi, Nikita Rajeshbhai; Shrivastava, Sanjay
    Farming practices should evolve with the rapid increase in population. Recent growth in wireless sensor network (WSN) has the capability to meet this objective. Better quality in crop production can be achieved using real-time data collected through WSN. Also, greenhouse allows farming in a controlled environment. Hence, a combination of WSN and greenhouse gives better quality crop yield. Greenhouse requires climate control and fertigation management. Fertigation is a combination of irrigation and fertilization. Existing architectures for greenhouse management collect data of various parameters using sensor nodes and control values of parameters using actuators. These architectures have very limited capability to handle faults in sensors and actuators. Deployment of sensor nodes in these architectures is crop dependent. Therefore, while changing crops, modifications in the location of sensor node is needed and details of this modification should be entered manually in the database. Thus, they are not flexible architectures. In our work, a WSN based architecture for controlled environment like greenhouse is designed. This architecture provides for actuator control using crop requirements stored in the database. The architecture provides for deployment strategies for sensor nodes and actuators using the details about bed size, crop requirements etc. Localization algorithm is used to find the exact location of the sensor node. The architecture is flexible such that whenever location of sensors nodes needs to be changed, location of sensor nodes will be automatically detected using the localization algorithm. We have designed an algorithm to detect faults in sensor nodes and actuators. These faults are isolated or reported to the user. The architecture provides for network management strategies to control energy consumption of sensor nodes which eventually helps in increasing network lifetime. WSN algorithms for sleep scheduling and localization are used to support these features.We designed a system for a specific group of crops namely tomato, capsicum and cucumber using the architecture. This system is simulated in NS2 and it is verified that system is working as expected.