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Competency Development Programme

A. 2-week Programme on Competency Development in ICT and e-Governance Projects for Senior Officers (Case Studies on Projects and Programmes drawn from Government of India, State Governments, NGOs and Private Sectors, Educational and Research Institutions)

FIRST WEEK

Monday - Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Agricultural Production System Management
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Managing Supply and Value Chains – Case Study
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agricultural Knowledge Management : Information Resources, Information Retrieval and Technical Communication – Case Study
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Data Storage Technology Trends
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Convergence and e-Governance – An Evaluation Framework – IRMA Study
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Identification of Potential Collaborative Projects
Tuesday - Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Internet and Mobile Revolution – Enterprise Mobility: Opportunities for e-Governance / m-Governance
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: India’s e-Governance Plan and Programme – Digital India
1200 – 1300 Hrs: e-Africa Transform Report 2013 on ICT4Ag
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Marketing Information System – Case Study
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT Enabled Extension Services - Case Study
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Practical - Project Study Envisioning
Wednesday - Day 3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT Enabled Value Chain and Supply Chain – Case Study
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Cyber Security - Information System Security Built-in
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Cloud Computing Services – User’s Perspective
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Rich Internet Applications and Testing
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Agricultural Resources Information System
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Identification of Potential Collaborative Projects
Thursday-Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Convergence and e-Governance – An Evaluation Framework – IRMA Study
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Plant Health
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Animal Health – National Animal Disease Reporting System (NADRS)
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Soil Health
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT Enabled farm Health Management – Water Health
1630 – 1730 Hrs: SMART VILLAGE – Micro level Planning & Agricultural Development Plan
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Agri Business : e-Commerce and e-Certification
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: GIS and Remote Sensing Technology Applications
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Social Network and its applications
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Animal Production and Health Informatics Network – APHNET
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Fishery Informatics Network - FISHNET
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – How can we strengthen the formulation, implementation, evaluation of e-agriculture strategies in African Countries?
Saturday - Day 6 Visit to ICAR: Discussion on World Bank Funded NAIP
Sunday - Day 7 Visit to Taj Mahal, Agra

SECOND WEEK

Monday -
Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Agricultural Knowledge Management – Agripedia- IIT Kanpur
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Good Agricultural Practices – Standards Based Approach
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agricultural Inputs Network – SeedNet
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network - FertNet
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network - PPIN
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network – Agricultural Credit
Tuesday -
Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTs for spatial analysis and targeting of Programmes
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICTs and Financial Services
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICTs for Virtual aggregation of Small Farm Stakeholders
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Information and Service needs for the Crop Life Cycle (CLC)
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICTS for Livestock Identification and Traceability
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Challenges for implementing strategies - ICTs in African Food Production Programmes – FARM Software Tools
Wednesday-
Day3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTS for Agricultural Insurance Processes
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICTs for Agricultural Risk Management
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICTs for Climate Resilient Agricultural Development
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Informatics and e-Governance System
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICTs in Agricultural Business Management
1630 – 1730 Hrs: ICTs for Financial Inclusion
Thursday-
Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTs for Data Analytics and Decision Support System
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Infrastructure and Access in Participant’s Country
1200 – 1300 Hrs: e-Agriculture Tools and Applications – African Case Studies
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT Access Needs and Challenges for Agricultural stakeholders
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Enterprise Mobility Applications for Agriculture Stakeholders
1630 – 1730 Hrs: OpenData and OpenGov Applications
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Presentation by Group-1
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Presentation by Group-2
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Presentation by Group-3
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Presentation by Group-4
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Presentation by Group-5
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Valedictory Programme

B. 4-week Programme on Competency Development in ICT and e-Governance Projects for Middle level Officers

FIRST WEEK

Monday - Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Inauguration
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Skill Development Programme – Competence Development Approach
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT4Development and eGovernance Programmes - Learning from each other Country - Synthesis from World Bank Report, UN Report and UN-FAO Report etc
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Unlocking the Food Belts of Africa : A FICCI – PwG Study Report 2014
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT Developments in India – Its relevance to Africa
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Areas of Interest / Specialisation
Tuesday - Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: GOI-ITEC Programme – Pan African e-Network Project
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: India’s e-Governance Plan and Programme – Digital India
1200 – 1300 Hrs: e-Africa Transform Report 2013 on ICT4Ag
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Marketing Information System – Case Study
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: e-Governance Service Delivery and Digital Inclusion – “Right-To-Get” Approach: Public Information Facilitation Centres, Common Services Centres and Mobiles etc
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Practical - Project Study Envisioning
Wednesday - Day 3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Internet and Mobile Revolution – Enterprise Mobility : Opportunities for e-Governance / m-Governance
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Plan Formulation and Policy Initiatives - Strengthening Bottom-up Pyramid
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agri-Business – ICT enabled Value Chain : e-Trade, e-Commerce and Buyer-Seller e-Platform
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Trends in ICT Infrastructure and its contribution to ICT4D and E-Governance
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Agriculture (ICT4Ag) – A Digital Spring Board
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Practicals - Project Study Envisioning
Thursday-Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT Enabled Extension Services – Case Study
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Crop Life Cycle (CLC) – Information Needs and Services
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Social Media Networks - Web 2.0 Services : Apps Use
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Information Security: Why? and How?
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Agromet Advisory Services – Crops : Livestock : Fisheries
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Identification of Potential Collaborative Projects
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Information Access & End-User Computing methods
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Enabled Value Chain and Supply Chain – Case Study
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Trends in ICT Infrastructure and its contribution to ICT4D and E-Governance - Cloud Computing Services
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Resources Information System – Part 1
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Agricultural Resources Information System – Part 2
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Identification of Potential Collaborative Projects
Saturday - Day 6 Tour - Local Delhi Tour

SECOND WEEK

Monday - Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Agricultural Production System Management
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Managing Supply and Value Chains – Case Study
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agricultural Knowledge Management : Information Resources, Information Retrieval and Technical Communication – Case Study
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Data Storage Technology Trends
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Convergence and e-Governance – An Evaluation Framework – IRMA Study
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Identification of Potential Collaborative Projects
Tuesday - Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Agricultural Bio-Informatics
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Plant Health
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Animal Health – National Animal Disease Reporting System (NADRS)
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT Enabled Farm Health Management – Soil Health
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT Enabled farm Health Management – Water Health
1630 – 1730 Hrs: SMART VILLAGE – Micro level Planning & Agricultural Development Plan
Wednesday - Day 3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Agri Business : e-Commerce and e-Certification
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: GIS and Remote Sensing Technology Applications
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Social Network and its applications
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Animal Production and Health Informatics Network – APHNET
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Fishery Informatics Network - FISHNET
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – How can we strengthen the formulation, implementation, evaluation of e-agriculture strategies in African Countries?
Thursday-Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Agricultural Knowledge Management – Agripedia- IIT Kanpur
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Good Agricultural Practices – Standards Based Approach
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agricultural Inputs Network – SeedNet
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network - FertNet
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network - FertNet
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Agricultural Input Network – Agricultural Credit
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTs for spatial analysis and targeting of Programmes
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICTs and Financial Services
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICTs for Virtual aggregation of Small Farm Stakeholders – Networking of FPOs
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Agro-Climatic Regional Planning
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICTS for Livestock Identification and Traceability
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Challenges for implementing strategies - ICTs in African Food Production Programmes – FARM Software Tools
Saturday - Day 6 Visit to NAIP (ICAR) Tour to Agra

THIRD WEEK

Monday - Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTS for Agricultural Insurance Processes
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICTs for Agricultural Risk Management
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Agriculture Mission Mode Project – Case Study
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Agricultural Informatics and e-Governance System
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Rainfed Agricultural System
1630 – 1730 Hrs: ICTs for Financial Inclusion
Tuesday - Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Rural Computing and Social Auditing
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Empowerment of Farm Women
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICTs for Climate Resilient Agricultural Development
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Irrigated Agricultural System
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICTs in Agricultural Business Management
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Language Technologies – Localisation (L10N) and Internationalisation (L18N)
Wednesday - Day 3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICTs for Data Analytics and Decision Support System
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT Infrastructure and Access in Participant’s Country
1200 – 1300 Hrs: e-Agriculture Tools and Applications – African Case Studies
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT Access Needs and Challenges for Agricultural stakeholders
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Enterprise Mobility Applications for Agriculture Stakeholders
1630 – 1730 Hrs: OpenData and OpenGov Applications
Thursday-Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT Projects – Database Technology and database Management in real-time applications
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: e-Governance Projects : Process Re-Engineering, Change Management and ICT Infrastructure sizing
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Software Development Platform Technologies
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery ICT Infrastructures for 24*7 operations
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Digital Preservation and Standards
1630 – 1730 Hrs: ICT4Ag: DSS and Advisory Services
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP) for Agricultural Development
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Agricultural Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes – To facilitate Agricultural Vocational Competency Building among YOUTHs
1200 – 1300 Hrs: M.Tech in Agricultural Informatics Programme for Agricultural Graduates of African Countries
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: MBA in Agriculture Management in Agricultural Graduates of African Countries
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: International Collaboration and Cooperation for ICT4Ag and e-Governance programmes
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Group Discussion – Project Formulation
Saturday - Day 6 Tour to Jaipur

FOURTH WEEK

Monday - Day 1
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: National Strategy for IT in Agriculture – Establishment of Centre for IT in Agriculture in African Countries
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Scale up Strategies of ICT4D : ICT4Ag Applications and Services
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Ways to achieve Total Factor Productivity in Agricultural Sector
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Brain Storming and Panel Discussion – Strategy Formulation
Tuesday - Day 2
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Precision Farming and Farm Mechanisation
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Soil and Water Conservation – Watershed Development Programme
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Livestock lifecycle – Information needs and Services
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Fishery Lifecycle – Information needs and Service
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag: Agri-Inputs Life Cycle -Information needs and Service
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Brain Storming and Panel discussion - Strategy Formulation
Wednesday - Day 3
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Portal Development and w3c Standards : Web Designing, Web services, Web GIS and Internet Applications
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: OpenData and OpenGov Platform
1200 – 1300 Hrs: ICT4Ag : AgriClinics and AgriBusiness Management
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Dairy Farming
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag : Farming Solutions
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Project Discussion
Thursday-Day 4
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Magnetic in Agriculture – Technology for Agricultural Productivity
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: ICT4D: Agricultural and Food Processing Technologies 1200
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Food Safety System Certification Standards (FSSC 22000 : 2010) , HACCP, BRC certifications
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Hi-tech Farming Solutions for New Age Farmers
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: ICT4Ag: “Engineering e-Governance Research Programme for Innovative Solutions” in Agricultural and Engineering Educational institutions
1630 – 1730 Hrs: ICT enabled Business Models at Farm Level - Opportunities for YOUTHs
Friday-Day 5
0900 - 0930 Hrs: Registration
0930 - 1030 Hrs: Presentation by Group-1
1030 - 1100 Hrs: Tea Break
1100 – 1200 Hrs: Presentation by Group-2
1200 – 1300 Hrs: Presentation by Group-3
1300 - 1400 Hrs: Lunch
1400 – 1500 Hrs: Presentation by Group-4
1500 – 1530 Hrs: Tea Break
1530 – 1630 Hrs: Presentation by Group-5
1630 – 1730 Hrs: Valedictory Programme and Wrap up