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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Re: [MTC Global] [Big Weekend-Big Debate-III] Make in India Vs Make for India

Dear Sirs,

Collaborative efforts would get better success rate; here is the latest and wonderful case on paving the way for Smart Agriculture for Next Green Revolution:

Hyderabad, India, 29 Dec 2014  : The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has announced the commercial launch of a customized low-cost combination phone and tablet computer called 'Green Phablet' for smallholder farmers.

  • The gadget, priced at $299, will help the small farmers purchase inputs at lower price, get better price for their produce and link them to markets.
  • The gadget, developed in collaboration with NUNC Systems using the Green SIM developed in collaboration with Airtel, helps farmers receive free messages pertaining to weather and pest problems, apart from competitive agricultural input and crop prices, said an Icrisat statement.
  • Green SIM is an initiative, launched during August2014, by Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO), Bharati Airtel and International Crops Research Institute for the Semiarid Tropics (ICRISAT) to provide information on agriculture to farmers. The venture consists of low-cost mobile phones that are distributed through IFFCO centres bundled with Airtel SIM cards.  These "Green SIM cards" entitle farmers to receive from IFFCO everyday on issues such as mandi prices, farming techniques, weather forecasts, diary farming, animal husbandry, rural health initiatives and fertiliser availability.
  • Hyderabad based NUNC Systems is one of the best Mobile App Development,Web Design and Software Development organization. http://www.nuncsys.com/aboutus.html
  •  Icrisat said the devise acts like a mobile village knowledge centre that enables farmers to benefit from contemporary information sharing among the farmers and researchers to help improve crop productivity.
  • The gadget, aimed at delivering personalised information to framers to saving crops and raising incomes, has features that include water resistant, dust and shatter proof and readable under bright sunlight and operates from -20 centigrade to 60 centigrade.
  • Icrisat release said trail operations were conducted for six months with 40,000 rural subscribers in 171 villages spread across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, helping farmers with better prices for agricultural crops and inputs and weather forecast voice messages.
  • The annual report (2013) of ICRISAT mentions that this service is a variant of an android application they developed called the Krisihi Gyan Sagar, which provides customized information to farmers based on their GPS location. http://www.icrisat.org/what-we-do/publications/annual-reports/AnnualReport2013_Fgs.indd.pdf 

Thanks and regards,

G.S.Autee

From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com <join_mtc@googlegroups.com> on behalf of 'thanikachalam vedhathiri' via Management Teachers Consortium, Global <join_mtc@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2015 6:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] [Big Weekend-Big Debate-III] Make in India Vs Make for India
 
Efforts required for Indian design  and  manufacture innovative products:
Every American knows about "Bleeding Madras" , an innovative dyeing which changes the color at every wash. Now denim cloth invades the American market but the cloths are manufactured in many developing countries.All our day to day requirements are produced by MNCs in India. Tooth paste, tooth brush (Colgate), soaps ...Even though we produce coffee, the instant coffee, Nestle, comes from Switzerland,
We need critical thinking and problem solving abilities to Make in India.
Thanikachalam,V

From: Kuldeep Nagi <kuldeepn@hotmail.com>
To: "join_mtc@googlegroups.com" <join_mtc@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2014 9:30 PM
Subject: RE: [MTC Global] [Big Weekend-Big Debate-III] Make in India Vs Make for India

Here is an example of how American entrepreneurship works. Cheers.

https://seattle.tie.org/

  Kuldeep Nagi, PhD
Bangkok, Thailand
66-846374466


Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:15:05 +0000
From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] [Big Weekend-Big Debate-III] Make in India Vs Make for India



Please consider the following facts:
We need to evaluate all programs against the needs of Indian economy and improve them to meet the challenges. Expand the capacity of the universities and improve the curricula, modernize the resources, develop the faculty and train the students to solve problems creatively.
This is one of the actions to be undertaken in 2015 by the states and the central government.
Thanikachalam.V

From: Ashok <ashkaps@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, 23 December 2014 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] [Big Weekend-Big Debate-III] Make in India Vs Make for India

There is no particular time to experiment anything. If it can't work for India now, then when it is??? The idea is to bring foreign manufacturers/developers to India, encourage them to manufacture in their stuffs in India and then export to wherever they want. India may not need those items, but India is going to benefit by way of employment. If China and other Asian countries can do this and benefit, why can't India?

For all these we need to have a positive thinking.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:
 "Make in India," but also "Make for India." The export-led growth model may not work for India at this point of time, even though China and other Asian economies may have hugely benefited from this model.

What is your view?

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