Mr.S.R.HIREMATH

"INDIA DEVELOPMENT SERVICE"

Mr.S.R. Hiremath is a founder of IDS (India Development Service). He has completed his bachelor degree in Hindi called Visharada from Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Dharwad. He got second rank in Visharada and went to United States for higher studies and continued his job career and stayed up to 10 years. He got inspired from books articles, such as freedom at midnight, lord mount batten, sarvagna’s triplates and Schumaker’s.
He started an organization called “India Development Service”. It is a non-profit organization working for social and economic development of India. These sectors organization covers – preventive health and health education, environmental awareness, joint forest planning, management wasteland development and sustainable agriculture etc.

Advocacy:

In Indian system Government has not provided any kind of proper approach for problems. For finding solution if social entrepreneurs are working in society they should have their own organized mechanisms for it. While working calculated risk should be managed by leaders.

“Be a change don’t think change outside”

The tool for change is advocacy, the method is ‘identifying problem which is related to particular community’ and make it as centric issue, aware that community. With the support of that community advocacy procedures should move further. While working with community Media involvement is necessary to reach the decided advocacy goal.
Gandhian and Einstein theories have introduced in advocacy. The Satyagraha tool is helpful to reach advocacy goal and it solves people problem.
Advocacy is a tool for social entrepreneurs for approaching social problem and peace fully using this tool is more effective and remarkable.

ABHAY KUMAR

Mr. Abhay belonged from Hyderabad, he perused his engineering degree in Electronics and after that he joined MNC in Banglore and worked for 5 years. He inspired by himself to work in social sector in Raichur, he started working on Devadasi system.

He created awareness about Devdasi system in Raichur district, 100 villages now they left this system. He formed an organization called “Navjeevan Mahila okkut”, this is a non registered organization.

Advocacy :

His organization is working on social problems which comes from people. He used Advocacy tool for fighting against social problems. While doing advocacy these twelve things we have to remember -
Ø Advocacy should be done by people who affected by the issue
Ø Understanding the issue theoretical and practical aspects both in local contents and in other parts of country and the world.
Ø Believe in the issue as belief in the strategy is important.
Ø Grass root level work on the issue, both activism and constructive involvement.
Ø To work along with the media and not use the media.
Ø Data collection and presentation should be human, not just statistics.
Ø To always have the goals broke down in to short term, medium term and long term demands.
Ø Understanding of the government administrative machinery and way of working is very important.
Ø Should have well wishes in all fields.
Ø Proper use of all forums available sensitive days of year and reacting to important events is very essential.
Ø Regular follow-ups is a very important.

Ø Attack the issue simultaneously from many fronts, also one is some required to take two steps back and then move ahead.

Ø Always fight for issue not people responsible. (Reference: Abhay)

MANIVANNAN

"LIFE IS SHORT TO ACHIEVE SO PLAN AND ACHIEVE"

          On 6^th of March we had Manivannan as a guest speaker who was former commissioner of Hubli-Dharwad. He spoke about life that death makes life more interesting. Short life span motivates us to do the things more enthusiastically and gives pleasure. If we had longer life then we will be lazy and postpone or neglect the work as we have still more time to do and think let’s take rest, will do afterwards etc. This made us idle and leads to low performance ultimately it affects on personality.

“God is jealous of man because he has no death as him”. Immortality doesn’t allow the god to do things in time. So as a human being we are enjoying like anything and leading family life. We have to think as if today only we live there is on life tomorrow. Then the things will happen and we will be capable to face any circumstances. It makes us fit to adjust with difficulties. He told now you decide how many years do you want to live? If we really passionate to do something then long term isn’t necessary we replied. Thus he encouraged us to have eagerness to wards work.

Mr. Ramji Raghavan

        Ramji is a founder of Agastya foundation. It is a science museum. Ramji believes learning happens by these methods by lecture(5%), Reading(10%), Observing and listening (50%),  discussion (70%), Experience(80%), Teaching(95%). Agastya follows these rules “train children to teach children”. Agastya has started its work with one mobile lab and today it has 32 mobile labs. It has got ten branches in north karnataka.

            To reach expected goal in business world, we should have three elements such as what to do? Whom to do? How to do? it means by using science, ecology, maths and art as tools for private schools, drop-outs, teachers and for rural children through mobile laboratories and science exhibition in schools. 

ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY

Miss. Usha from KHPT has conducted ADVOCACY session.

      “To reach the goal what are the ways we choose it calls ADVOCACY”

§  ADVOCACY is the process of people participating in decision making process which affect

 the lives.

STRATEGIES

§  Lobbing.

§  Social marketing

 information.

§  Education and community organizing.

§  Many other Tactics.

Steps in ADVOCACY

“Power of advocacy is found in the number of people supporting it” Below given

 steps are very helpful to conduct Advocacy activity in community -

ü Select advocacy objective.

ü Identifying advocacy audience.

ü Developing and delivering about massages.

ü Making persuasive presentation.

ü Fund rising.

ü Evaluating advocacy efforts.

First step in advocacy is selecting need based group. And with which group we want to work it should be interested in that matter. While delivering massages careful because the massage tie-up the audience.

There are two types of advocacy-

1.      Short term advocacy. (Fund is not needed)

2.      Long term advocacy. (Fund is needed)

ADVOCACY PRACTICE WITH GROUP

We were divided in three groups and discussed these topics-

Ø  Violence against women.

Ø  Sex- education in school.

            “Stigma and discrimination that is living with HIV/AIDS”

v OBJECTIVE-

ü Preventing by stigma discrimination.

ü To provide good condition in society. 

v  IDENTIFYING ADVOCACY AUDIENCE –

·         Family members, Nabors, community/Society people.

v  Developing and delivering advocacy massage-

·         Through positive networks.

·         Media.

·         Demonstration.

v  Making persuasive presentation’s –

·         Live examples.

·         Heart touching slogans.

·         Mela of positive people produced products.

v  Fund Rising –

·         National and International organization’s.

·         Health department.

·         Volunteers.

·         Sponsorships.

v  Evaluation procures –

·         Regular Follow-ups.

·         Feedback relating improvements.

·         Preparing successful case studies.

In our group we discussed about above topic in depth and came to this conclusion.

 Ms. VANI

                      She is working in SPAD at HUBLI. It works with HIV/AIDS people. And she explained her experience in ADVOCACY, how it exist in grass root and upper level.

Mr.GOPAL DABADE

                        He has explained about ADVOCACY through case studies, those were international level ADVOCACY CASES.

Water Literacy Foundation

Ayyappa masagi is an innovative thinker; basically he is from engineering background. His innovative ideas and his area of interest made him to left job in L and T Company and got involved in entrepreneurial world. He is a founder of “Water Literacy Foundation”, it is a reputed national and international level organization, which is working for conservation of water sources and promoting underground water levels. 

He has got Ashoka Fellowship also for his valuable contribution.
He is always exhibits simple living and high thinking. Water conservation is a basic requirement in now days, because if we won’t do it by 2020 getting water will be a big problem. To solve this problem masagi has invented few things like recharging underground water and there are some innovative ideas in low cost. Water conservation method should implement in all parts of our nation.

HOLY CELEBRATION

HAPPY HOLI...........HOLI HAI BHAI HOLI HAI.....

"MEET DESHPANDE FOUNDATION COLOURS"

   

"DESHPANDE FOUNDATION" FELLOWS WITH NAVEEN JHA.

"REACHING DIFFERENT KIND OF THE WORLD WITH COLOURS"

CHEER-UP GIRLS..........!

Miss. CHETNA GALA SINHA

Mandeshi-

Ms. Chetna Gala Sinha, Founder and Chairperson of Manndeshi. It was a session in which she shared her personal life, the way Manndeshi came into existence, the challenges she faced to build it etc. Initially get confidence from people is too difficult, and while working with people handling situations and getting work done by government officials was not easy, these all needs active involvement in work. She has put her efforts with 500 village women to facilitate through co-operative bank.

DR.J.K.HIREMATH (MANOVIKAS)

Manovikas

Manovlkas is an institution for rehabilitation center, especially for mentally challenged children.

Dr. J.K.Hiremath, founder of this organization says his daughter is the inspiration for starting this special school. She suffered from meningitis and died in the year 1994.

Dr. J.K.Hiremath, founder of Manovikas. It is an institution for rehabilitation especially for mentally retarded children. He has started the school In the memory of his daughter. He has worked in an American organization for few years and after that he resigned that job and came to India in 1994 and started a small day care center for mentally retarded children with two rooms it has grown into a residential school by 2003.

He spoke about reasons, causes of mental retardation and its impact on family and children. Manovikas is one of the organizations which are dealing with mental retired children’s special education and rehabilation.

·       Contact:

              Ph-9243281756

              e-mail:manovikasa@yahoo.com

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

Right to Information Act 2005

            RTI (Right to Information Act) is a weapon to fight against corruption and maintain transparency; this act has come into existence on 12 oct. 2005 and it has 22 articles these cover’s whole act. This act has covered all the states apart from Jammu and Kashmir, because this state has its own laws and those consist it. “Right to information” means the right to information accessible under this act which is held by or under the control of any public authority.

Getting Information procures:

INFORMATION: It includes documents, records, e-mails, memos, circulars, log books, modules, samples, data material, papers, contracts, opinions.

PUBLIC AUTHORITY (WHERE WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION?):-

The Organization establish :-

·        Under constitution.

·        Law made by parliament.

·        Law made by state Legislature.

And any private organization received project by govt.

WHOM TO CONTACT:-

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO), If he was not available contact

Asst, Public Information Officer.

There are two methods for applying RTI:-

1.     SUO-MOTU:- This comes under section 4(1) (b), and it covers 17 points those related to that particular organization. Example :- functions and duties of particular organization, Powers and duties of officers and employees etc.

                This SUO-MOTU should cover all points but in the case of not applicable no need to mention.

2.    PARTICULAR INFORMATION :- This comes under section 6(1) and it is a particular topic related information. Postal order of Rupee 10 must be needed.

 Example:- account related, budget, expenditure, beneficiaries etc.

 WHAT ARE THE POINTS APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDES:-

            Our residential address, Phone number, If possible E-mail ID, Authority address, Subject, Needed information (mention it clearly), If particular information – POSTAL ORDER No.

These all should covered our application.

DURATION:-

From applied date to till 30 days we shall get our information, and if it was not available in that office within 40 days they have to provide that information under 7(1) act.

If any emergency occurs within 48 hours the authority has to provide the information.

FAILURE:-

If they fail to give the information within 30 days the concerned authority is responsible for that and it has to provide information free of cost.

REJECTION OF APPLICATION:-

If application is effect on the control and integrity of the nation, and includes these security, Intellectual property, foreign confidence, investigation, cabinet meeting, than it rejected.

COMPLAINTS:-

1.  Karnataka State Information Commissioner

Room No. 302, 3^rd floor,

Vidhan Soudha,

Bengaluru- 560001.

2. Central Information Commissioner,

Club Building,

Old JNV Campus,

New Delhi- 110067.

MR. VIVEK PAVAR

Mr. Vivek powar

           Mr. Vivek Pawar is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sankalp Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.

He shared his valuable experience and life history he shared with COHORT II fellows. Mr. Vivek powar considered tucks as turning point of his life and he learnt by those tucks. When he was a student in school he was not a rank student always he scores 55%-60% average but in his family his brother and sister were state level rank students. Their success and family expectation made him to study eagerly and score 87% percentage in P.U.C. and got engineering seat. While getting the seat his sports qualification’s also considered, he was good in sports he

 won many trophies in his school and college days. He likes to play judo, foot ball ect.

Engineering first semester however he completed but in second semester mathematics was very tuff for him and Electrical was easier subject. He completed his exams and got result. It was first time when he failed (Electrical subject) in studies subject. This was one of the tuck in his life and it made him to think differently because till now he had been trying to pass in exam but he realized that how family and society conceder when a person get failure, he took as a

 challenge and went further.

He has scored well in Engineering and after completing his course he joined to TEXAS. In the year 2005 he left that company. Now he is CEO of SANKALP.

                His real experience sharing and his some words impacted on me –

• Competate myself and break last record.
• Take tucks as learning’s.
• Failure is a step towards success.
• You shall do what you cannot do.
• Don’t do good to people because somebody do good to you but, Do good because you are good.

I need to improve these skills in me.

VILLAGE STUDY WITH SPECIFIED PROBLEM - II

Kambarganive

                Monday early morning our journey has started again for

 village study 

with our topics. While going we discussed where we have to 

stay at that time and what are our

 topics and how should we collect information? Form villagers. Should we go alone? 

Or with group? For collecting information. These all answers we got and it was good for

 better learning the things. My 

thinking was if we would have divided and sent alone to study a village is it possible for us? And at that situation some how we faced real challenge about village 

study.

     

       We got down by bus at 10:30a.m. and from Alnavar 

cross by walk we went to Kambarganive it was 3 kilometers path. In between that there was a 

huge amount of trees jungle. Forest is having 60% trees (Bamboo, tamarind) and formers land was there and they grow crops in that land totally it is a forest 

aria and one

 forest office was there to protect it.

            First we entered into 

school and met to the class teacher, and spent some time with

 children in recreational 

activities. We found many hidden talents in them. We visited

 few

 houses for collecting data. After that we went to that home where we stayed last time. We had our dinner with those family 

members. It was like while my mummy cooking I had meals.

            In night we discussed about topic related 

information. Next two days we collected information and spent some hours with children in school.

Sweet Mempory

Problem

“Literate and Illiterate women”

                  In Kambarganive more than 90% women’s w

ere illiterate. There are many causes behind women illiteracy Gender discrimination, early marriage, Transportation.

                  This study focus on comparison of literate and illiterate women life. Here we comparing between 10 literate and 10 illiterate women.  This data analysis makes our views better understanding about problem –

Problem

“Literate and Illiterate women”

                  In Kambarganive more than 90% women’s were illiterate. There are many causes behind women illiteracy Gender discrimination, early marriage, Transportation.

                  This study focus on comparison of literate and illiterate women life. Here we comparing between 10 literate and 10 illiterate women.  This data analysis makes our views better understanding about problem –

Marital age :

Age Group	Literate	illiterate
11-14	0	6
15-19	7	3
20-23	3	1

 These data’s are showing more illiterate women’s married early rather than  literate, if she doesn’t go to school parents always use to think after maturity as soon as they have to marry her. 

This table says in the age group of 11-14 year married illitarate women 60% and no one is literate.

and in the age group 15-19, Literate-70% and Illiterate 30%.

lastly in the age gruop of 20-23, Literate-30% and Illiterate 10%.

Number of Children living:

Number	Literate	Illiterate
1	3	3
2	2	1
3	3	3
4	2	0
5	0	0
6	0	2
7	0	1

 This is difference between literate and   Illiterate women, in 3 cases I found huge number of children in family. Behind it their expectation about boy child and blind beliefs ane main.

Child Mortality cases :

Number of cases	Literate	Illiterate
1	1	1
2	0	1
3	0	1

 

Child mortality 30% cases are found in Illiterate women.

Children Schooling:

Literate	Illiterate
10	10

 According to data table 100% literate and Illiterates send their children to school. But, in realty absenteeism cases more in illiterate women children cases.

Children Health:

Health condition	Literate	Illiterate
Good	4	1
Normal	6	6
Not good	0	3

In cases children health there is no hygiene related precautions taken by mother and they work in land nobody takes care those children. According table the health conditions of literate child Good and normal is 40% and 60%, In illiterate Good-10%, Normal-60%, Not good-30%.

Women Health:

Health condition	Literate	Illiterate
Good	4	1
Normal	6	5
Not good	0	4

literate women health condition is better than illiterate women, because in most of the cases literates are in rich family. According to table Literate health cases 40%(Good), 60%(Normal), but in illiterate 10%(Good), 50%(Normal), 40%(Not good).

Family planning:

F.P.	Literate	Illiterate
Adopted	6	4
Not adopted	4	6

Both literate and illiterate have  adopted family planning but in some illiterate women cases till the age of 28 they haven’t adopted family planning. 

60% of the cases literates adopted family planning but in the cases of illiterate 40%-Adopted and 60% they didn't adopted and they don't want to adopt it.

Learnings...

• Before maturity marriage cases are 30% in Illiterate women.
  
• In literate after maturity and before 19 age 35% cases found.
  
• There is no much more difference in children numbers but in 15% families has more number of children.
  
• Child mortality cases founded 15% in Illiterate women and workload and hygiene are main causes for it.
  
• Two(10%) abnormal child cases found in illiterate women’s children.
  
• Literate and Illiterate both send their children to school but most of the illiterate women children absenteeism cases found.