rural technology park promotes indigenous technologies - solar street light cost

Not many people know about the National Institute for Rural Development (NIRD)
Hyderabad has a well-established Rural Science and Technology Park (RTP).
There are several related users here.
Friendly technologies conducive to improving rural livelihoods were demonstrated.
Skills upgrading training for interested emerging entrepreneursgradation.
After the training, they also get help so they can start their business.
The institute has adopted more than 100 villages across the country that implement innovative ideas.
"We are also focusing on the theme of" Made in India.
The idea is to identify key gaps and address them by improving the quality and suitability of products that focus on market demand.
"Since the Indian market itself is so huge, rural producers can take advantage of it and create huge value for their businesses in the process.
This is a very important step, especially in creating opportunities for rural youth across the country and solving the current unemployment problem . "M. V.
Director Rao NIRD.
For example, the institute is promoting the concept of using solar energy on a large scale.
Solar street lamps are very popular in all the villages used by the Institute.
With the participation of the community, lights were installed in all these villages.
"Earlier, the cost of solar street lights exceeded Rs.
20,000, but now the cost is reduced to less than Rs due to innovative designs.
4,000 and several of these lights have been installed in remote villages in central Madhya Pradesh, chatitigal and Maharashtra, "said Dr. Rao.
Preserving tee Wave, the institute's technical partner, is working on the concept to preserve vegetables, fruits and fish.
Unlike traditional high-power motors and appliances, these appliances operate on very low-power DC motors.
Therefore, these are very useful in remote areas where the power problem is serious.
For crops such as soybeans, Saraswathi Mahila Gruha Udyog is a self-help group that is producing many products such as soy milk, papad and soy flour.
People who are interested in bee feeding can visit the honey house and learn how to set up the hive, honey extraction and value-added.
NIRD has trained hundreds of entrepreneurs in bee
Collection and preservation of honey.
Another component is the biotechnology training programme.
Fertilizers and creaturespesticides.
This quickly became popular among farmers in several states.
The focus is on how to make bio inputs, as purchasing inputs are a big problem for growers.
The institute is based on neem and vermi-
Because these are ecological compost.
Friendly, is the first choice for organic agriculture.
Cooking gas is not easy to get in the village.
Rural women need to go to the nearby forest area to pick up firewood and Cook.
The institute has developed a variety of cooking models and efficient technologies.
These include models developed by science and rural centres (CSV)
Wardha and appropriate Rural Technology Institute, Maharashtra.
Stostovenird has worked with both organizations to promote these stoves and various innovative models to improve cooking efficiency.
In these models, as a-
Coal burning products are also produced.
This is fuel again.
"We invite farmers, rural youth, women's self-help groups and non-governmental organizations from all over the country to visit our science park so that they can better understand how to help them," said Dr. Rao.
The success of the science park encouraged the Indian government to commit to establishing such parks in five African countries, including Malawi and Zimbabwe, as part of India --
Partnership for Africa.
Interested readers can contact Dr. M. V.
Rao, director of the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Email: mvraoforindia @ gmail.
Mobile communication: 09703440004.