Meeting with the DPC Ganjam, District to brief about implementation of the DE Program

A meeting was organised with Mr Sudam Charan Mandal, DPC, RTE-SSA, Ganjam District and Mr Pradeep Khatei, Programmer, DPO, SSA, Ganjam District on the 03rd of July 2013, to brief about the implementation of System Embedded Model of DE Program across the CAL schools. DPC emphasised on output indicators at school level and said he would visit the blocks of Ganjam District at least thrice a month to check the process and work progress.

The DE briefing meeting held with SSA Functionaries, Kendrapara District, Odisha

A meeting was organised to brief the SSA Functionaries about the system embedded model of DE Program at DPO, Kendrapara District, Odisha on the 01st of July 2013 including Mr Bishnu Prasad Satpathy, Programmer and Mr Amiya Ranjan Nayak, CAL Asst. The meeting was chaired by Mr Kailash chandra Das, DPC, RTE-SSA, Kendrapara and members of AIF team, DE Odisha. The focus of the meeting was to brief the SSA Functionaries regarding effective implementation of the CAL Program to bring about a shift from the BOOT Model to Home grown Model. 

The DE briefing meeting held with SSA Functionaries Cuttack District, Odisha

A meeting was organised to brief the SSA Functionaries about the system embedded model of DE Program at DPO, Cuttack District including Ms Hiramani Mohanty, Programmer and Ms Bagmi Das, CAL Asst. on the 29th of June 2013. The meeting was chaired by Mr Bijaya Kumar Ratha, DPC, RTE-SSA, Cuttack and members of AIF team, DE Odisha. The focus of the meeting was to brief the SSA Functionaries regarding effective implementation of the CAL Program to bring about a shift from BOOT Model to Home grown Model. 

The Review meeting held in Banglore

A five day Review meeting was organised in Banglore from 17th of June 2013 through 21st of June 2013 by AIF, presided by Mr Hemant Paul, Country Director, DE and Mr Sundar Krishnan, Director, DE, India. Mr Subrat Sarkar, Operations Director, DE Odisha, made a presentation on the scope for strategic collaboration with Corporates and PSUs for CSR activities in Odisha. This was followed by a presentation done by Mr Santanu Mishra and Ms Sangita Dash on the evolution of DE Program in Odisha so far and plans for future expansion. 

Sensitization workshop on CAL Program held in OPEPA

A two day meeting on the Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Program was organised in OPEPA(SSA), Bhubaneswar on the 21^st and 22^nd of May, 2013. The meeting was chaired by Mr Pravat Mishra, Asst. Director, MIS and Mr Subrat Sarkar, Operations Director, DE Odisha, AIF comprising members from DE team along with the 30 CAL Assistants from all the respective Districts of Odisha. The meeting commenced with a welcome note by Ms Juthika Acharya, Programmer (CAL), OPEPA. The Connectix team made a presentation on SUSE Linux operating system with specific focus on installation and trouble shooting. This was followed by a presentation on the genesis, evolution and impact of the DE program by Mr Subrat Sarkar, along with a video clip. The meeting basically focused on the implementation plan and strategy for the current academic year.

On the 22^nd, Mr S.K. Bhol, Technical Director from NIC (National Informatics Centre), Odisha, attended the meeting and discussed in details the base line study to be  undertaken by AIF for the current set of schools. He also highlighted the importance of research and evaluation, focusing on learning outcomes.

CSR Partnerships Training Workshop organized by PIC in KSRM Campus, Bhubaneswar

A two day training workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was organised by the PIC (Partner in change) team in the KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM) campus at Bhubaneswar from 22.05.2013 through 23.05.2013. Ms Laura Donovan and Mr Bhomik Shah from PIC along with Prof. L.K. Vaswani and Prof. Sumita sindhi from KSRM, addressed the participants from different NGOs.

The following points were discussed as part of the meeting:

1. CSR practices and SROI (Social return on investment) theory
2. CSR Business and stakeholders
3. The scope for NGOs in CSR partnerships
4. The evolving CSR ecosystem in India
5. DPE (Dept. for Public Enterprises) Guidelines
6. Business mapping for CSR partnerships
7. Concept note writing and Capability Statement

DE Review cum refresher residential workshop held in Gopalpur

A three day  review cum refresher workshop was held in Swosti palm resorts, Gopalpur from 23.03.13 through 25.03.13. The basic focus of the workshop was to design the implementation plan for future expansion of the DE program from 2013 on wads. Every body had a chance to learn the fundamental nuances of different kinds of Mindset while editing videos using software like Adobe premier element, Windows movie maker, Adobe photo shop etc. A fourteen members from the DE team participated in the meeting.