On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
IIFT - Shailesh Kumar Nirala
1. My dream -- Udayanchal Information Centre
In a village named “Dhuska” where
Nearest cyber café is at least 15-20 kms. away in the Tehsil centre
Railway ticket booking centre is Mughal Sarai which is 50 kms away
Nearest book store is around 20 kms. away in Dildarnagar
Graduates, nearly 40-50 in number travel this distance on bicycles to
know about any government or job.
Children don’t know what computer or internet means.
Nearest Bank is 15 kms away in the Tehsil center
Where I, Shailesh, belong to and have spent half of my life
2. Purpose and objectives
Computer Information Online Banking,
Information
Weather forecasts Learning for about various online Railway
about govt. jobs
and learning village children, schemes of ticket booking &
and schemes to
productive farm Newspaper and NABARD and online
students and
techniques magazines for the G.O.I for rural reading/purchase
farmers
people India of books
Facilities provided at no cost
Newspapers will be available in English as Two computer as well as printers will
well as Hindi for the students and villagers. help villagers to get job information,
Agri Magazines will be available for Book railway tickets, do basic banking,
farmers to seek latest information. weather forecast, new agri related
learning
3. Ground Research
Acceptance Person Place
• Village • Mr. Santosh Teli • An ideally
panchayat has is a BCA and has located “pucca”
agreed to the happily agreed to room is available
proposal manage the for the purpose.
centre and train The owner has
• Village people with assured he
panchayat has basic computer would allow
also agreed to knowledge. He is people from all
manage the happy to get a castes to utilize
centre from 2nd chance to the place and its
year onwards. enhance his benefits.
skills while
earning for his
family.
4. 2 computers and 2printers Rs. 45,500/- (Chirag comp & HP
printer)
Broadband connection ( 1200 for 2 Rs.14,400/-
conn.)
Salary and rent ( 3500+800 pm) Rs.51,600/-
Newspaper-2, ( Hindi & English) annual Rs.4,000/-
Magazines-2 & Employment news Rs.2,800/-
Tables & Chairs(3+3) and 2 Fans Rs.7,600/-
Electricity, Cleaning & other misc Rs.21,000/-
TOTAL RS.1,46,900/-
5. Chain of Rural Development
Information
Centre
Development
Education
of Business of
and
Information
employment
centre
Growth of Agricultural
villages development
For this chain to go on I have to take an initiative which will fulfill
my dream of my ‘Advanced Village’……………..