Need for Center for Microfinance in Uttar Pradesh

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we have come up with a proposal to establish Center for Microfinance in Uttar Pradesh and do research and development role to find the various microfnance model which can help in the real empowerment of women and rural villages since it is felt since very long that there should be an Independent agency which should do research and development work in Microfinance and create varous livelihood financing models which could be replicated by varous agencies including government of Uttar Pradesh and Govt. of India and other private microfinance institutions.

We request from every body to please help us in raising funds for this noble cause and please contact me at ravinder.lakshya@gmail.com or Mobile: +919452787868

Center For Microfinance, Uttar Pradesh

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LAKSHYA for Sustainable Development
(Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development)
LAKSHYA for Sustainable development is a society registered under the registration of Societies Act 1860, India. Dated 31 August 2005

Mission: "fighting poverty with technology"

Aim: To empower the rural community through capacity building and training in micro-enterprise development, micro-finance, renewable energy development and self sustainable business models in information and communication technology and other Technological inputs for supporting rural entrepreneurship. Thereby providing links to the weakest beneficiary and open employment avenues in rural areas.

Objective: To make a network of organisation in India and world who have technology and resources, Knowledge which can be utilized to remove the perennial problem of poverty from the backward parts of India.

Thrust Areas.
Education
Health
Livelihood

LAKSHYA

The purpose

Lakshya will try to achieve the objective of making this world a better place to live in. The age in which we live is information age and knowledge is power with right information at right time and at right place can change the face of rural India therefore LAKSHYA will help rural people to obtain information which will help them in improving the quality of life. Lakshya will provide them every tools of technology, which help them in taking correct decision and reduce corruption by introduction of transparency in the system.

Lakshya will learn from grassroots people by understanding their demand and priority and will fulfill them with making necessary changes in technology where innovation and invention will be given first priority in any technology implementation.
Following five centers of development of Lakshya will work hard to achieve the India Vision 2020: A Developed Nation which is dream of its billion populations and of our Honorable President of India H.E. Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

CENTER FOR MICROFINANCE
Center for Microfinance is an institution which is acting as the nodal agency where we can do R&D activities to strenthen the microfinance activities in Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand and also an advocacy agency to support the best model of Microfinance to policy makers and governement agencies and MFIs in India and World.

CENTER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: The main objective of this center is to work towards creating energy sustainable village by utilising the potential of renewable energy resources which can be utilised at village level it self. The objective is to utilize the local resources and immense potential of renewable energy to gain energy self sufficiency at village level which will pay way for improving the quality of life village family.

CENTER FOR AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS DEVELOPMENT. The Indian wisdom about the use of aromatic and medicinal plants is very old and has its genesis from since thousands of years from the time of oldest scripture of Rig Veda. This center will work in action research orientation and provide training to small and marginal farmer and provide backward and forward linkages including marketing and sales facility. So that an average land of the farmer can be best utilised and his income enhanced to improve the quality of life in village family.

CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The main aim of this center is to harness the information and communication technology for rural development purposes. This center will achieve the Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Center which is a dream project of our eminent scientist Prof.M.S.Swaminathan and Lakshya is committed to achieve this project in Uttar Pradesh.

CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT. Watershed development and watershed management is the key for Sustainable rural development and here at Lakshya we will help in community mobilization and ensure people participation in Bottom up approach in planning watershed program and there by helping in making participatory watershed development and management approach a reality at village level. Lakshya will utilise the various technological tool such as GIS geographical information system and GPS global positioning system in delineation of watershed areas.

CENTER FOR MICRO CREDIT AND MICRO ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT.
The main aim of this center is to develop the entrepreneurship among the rural youth and women’s and creating sustainable employment potential in rural India. Lakshya is working as a micro finance institution to fulfill the micro credit needs of rural India especially involving rural and semi-urban poor women groups know as Self help group SHG. We will form the self-help groups and then do capacity building training's and marketing of their produce for converting these SHG's into successful micro enterprises.

Thrust Areas

EDUCATION
Lakshya aims to strengthen the primary education with capacity building of teachers imparting education in village primary schools and computer education for children in every village. The minds of children are impressionable i.e. any good habit taught at this stage have life long retention power therefore providing the right and truthful education at this stage have sustainable effects. Our aim is to tap them young by teaching them the importance of science and lesson of morality at every primary school with the help of development of software, which teach them along with play. Thereby inculcating in them the spirit of good citizenship and understanding them duties and rights in Indian constitution.

HEALTH
Lakshya aims to provide every technology which support and fulfills the object of health i.e. providing treatment for betterment of rural people in Physical, Mental and Psychological well being of rural population. We will try to solve the long standing need of rural India by providing them health care and prevention technique right at the door step of village and thereby making reverse migration a reality in rural areas Tele-medicine and e-health will be the thrust area on which we will concentrate our efforts. Deal with any obstruction that comes our way.

LIVELIHOOD
The problems of unemployment have increased disproportionately in rural a area, which is becoming a major cause of migration and concentration of urban slums. The objective of Lakshya is to empower the rural community through the concept of self-help groups. We want to create such groups then teach them the saving habits and concepts of micro finance and gradually lead them into viable micro-enterprise units. LAKSHYA will support these groups in capacity building and training and help in marketing their produce. LAKSHYA will empower the rural community in finding the employment potentiality in rural areas itself and provide girls and boys with various vocational training there by increasing their employment potential. Our concern will be to provide appropriate and hi-tech equipment in rural areas to provide them training and employment which includes providing private and government extension services to marginal farmers.

Training Areas
Bio-Fuels
Para Vets
Para Medics
Agronomists
Agri-Entrepreneurs

Our aim is to train these people and utilize their potential in serving rural population with the help of information and communication technology.

We will create an environment which will help every other NGO, Government and other organisation which help in improving the rural livelihood and quality of life in rural areas with people being first before any process and project.

Every village will have a knowledge center
Following will be the possible Operation which will be run through knowledge centers which will operate from Village and will be equipped with information and communication technology. Computers equipped with Internet connection having following guiding principal.

Guiding Principles
Three points are very important to start Rural Knowledge Centres, based on our experience:

First, it is a people-centered programme based on community ownership. The community as a whole must endorse it.

Second, it must take into account the local context and the information needs of the local people. Only then it can provide useful demand-driven services. Although we may use a variety of technologies in gathering and reaching the information, the programme is not meant to demonstrate the power of technology. Usefulness is more important than the use of latest technology.

Third, the programme should be inclusive and not be associated with one group or caste; it should allow everyone to take part. The ICT enabled Knowledge centre should be located in a public space, say in a village school or panchayat building, to ensure social inclusion in access.
The principles of social inclusion, gender equity, reaching remote areas and remedying regional imbalances should be built in the design of the RKCs.

Target Areas

Lakshya will work within the territory of India Main target area will be Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttaranchal which is considers being the backward region in India in Infrastructure development in rural areas. We will start our project from Rural Areas of Allahabad Region.

LAKSHYA is an alliance partner in Mission 2007 now Grameen Gyan Abhiyaan : Every village Knowledge centers a vision of Prof.M.S.Swaminathan to serve every village by utilizing the information and communication technology ICT

Organisation: MSSRF, www.mission2007.org
One World South Asia, www.oneworldsouthasia.net
Organisation: Social sectors Organisation.

Cor dect system of Midas Communication technology developed by Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras Tenet group and n-Louge Model.

G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. www.gbpssi.nic.in

Global Village Energy Partnership, GVEP, www.gvep.org

Members Board of Advisory Council of LAKSHYA for Sustainable Development

1. Dr.Punjab Singh, Vice-Chancellor Banaras Hindu University
Dr. Panjab Singh did his M.Sc.(Agronomy) in 1964 in First divisionwith distinction of having First position in the University merit; Ph.D. (Water Management in 1969 from Indian Institute of technology (IIT), Kharagpur (with course and field work also at the University of California, Davis, U.S.A.), 1969.
Dr. Singh started his career as Assistant Professor (Agronomy) and rose to the position of Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE), GOI and Director General, ICAR. He has held many responsible positions such a Head of the Division, Assistant Director General, NARP, ( ICAR; director, IGFRI, Jhansi; Joint Director(res.), IARI; Vice-chancellor, JNKVV, Jabalpur; and Director IARI, New Delhi. Dr. Singh also served as regional Plant Production and Protection Officer in FAO Regional Office in Bangkok (Thailand).
Governing board members of LAKSHYA for Sustainable Development, LSD

1. Shailendra Kumar Dubey
Chairman & Founder Member
MBA - Rural Development
Alumni G.B.Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad www.gbpssi.nic.in
Email: shailendra.lakshya@gmail.com
Telephone: 0532-2645333, Cell: 09415359169

2. Ravinder Singh
Vice - Chairman & Founder Member
MBA-Rural Development
Alumni G.B.Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad www.gbpssi.nic.in
Email: ravinder.lakshya@gmail.com
Telephone: 0532-2618510, Cell: +919452787868

3. Manoj Kumar
Secretary & Founder Member
MBA-Rural Development
Email: manoj.lakshya@gmail.com

4. Dr.Sunit Singh
Faculty member of Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad
Director of LAKSHYA
Email: sunitsingh@rediffmail.com
Telephone Resi: 0532-2641950, Cell: 09415493820

5. Dr.S.C.Pathak
Former Chief General Manager, NABARD
Founder Member of LAKSHYA

6. Shri. G.S. Shukla
Former General Manager. Retd, Indian Telephone Industries, Banglore
Founder Member of LAKSHYA
Email: shuklags@rediffmail.com
Cell: 09415235276

7.Dr.V.K.Mittal, Retd. Professor Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana
Director and Founder of LAKSHYA
Email: vijaykrmittal@gmail.com
Telephone: 0532-2440992, Cell: 09335112615

8. Shri. Sujeet Kumar
Advocate and Human right activist, and connected with ASHA for education an effort of NRI group.
Director of LAKSHYA
Cell: 09415267248

9. Mr. Piyush Kumar Mishra
In charge Instrumentation department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad
Director of LAKSHYA
Cell: 09415289216

Contact Person
Ravinder Singh
Founder Member
LAKSHYA for Sustainable Development
99- A/1 Benigunj, Near ADC Law Branch
Allahabad-211016
Uttar Pradesh, India
Ph: +91-532-2618510
Mobile: +91-9452787868
Email: ravinder.lakshya@gmail.com