This document provides information on the Rural Technology Park (RTP) operated by the National Institute of Rural Development. The RTP aims to accelerate dissemination of appropriate technologies to rural communities to improve livelihoods and quality of life. It focuses on demonstration and sharing of technologies related to water, farming, fisheries, food processing, housing, energy and more. The RTP collaborates with various partners to promote selected technologies and provides training and support for their adoption. It also outlines criteria for selecting technologies and provides examples of specific technologies that have been promoted through the RTP.

1. National Institute of Rural Development
Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad - 500030

2. A Birds Eye View of RTP

3. Accelerate wide dissemination of
appropriate & affordable technologies to
the rural poor for increasing productivity
& enhancing quality of Life, thereby
enabling the community to move towards
sustainable development

4.  Provide functional exposure to replicable models to meet
location specific-cum-season specific-cum-social contextual
needs.
 Promote participative-cum-partnership network collaboration
between front line / forward demonstration teams, other official
and NGO institutions and uses by taking technology to users
doorstep directly.
 Lend technologies at the RTP to users to facilitate
practice/display of operational skills and produce high quality
products for sale on site;
 Link users, PRIs, NGOs, CBOs and institutions with technology
developers/suppliers; and
 Compile data bank and disseminate.

5.  To spread and transfer all successful technologies.
 Provide a platform for periodic exchange of ideas between CSIR and
ICAR, technology inventors, marketing agencies, financial institutions
other scientific establishments,
 To undertake technology transfer on ground, in selected villages
through action research and pilot projects.
 To provide a regular mechanism for appraisal of various technologies

6. To serve as a platform for demonstration of a variety of static,
simulated technology models in stalls and thematic pavilions. Taking
Successful and proven technology models to the villages, with active
involvement of primary stake holders, CBO’s, SHG’s, GP’s and
NGO’s.

7.  WaterWater
 Farm Technologies – Animal Husbandry, Biotech, Agro Forestry &Farm Technologies – Animal Husbandry, Biotech, Agro Forestry &
Herbal & AromaticsHerbal & Aromatics
 FisheriesFisheries
 Value Addition Food ProductsValue Addition Food Products
 LeatherLeather
 Non Farm TechnologiesNon Farm Technologies
 Housing & SanitationHousing & Sanitation
 EnergyEnergy
 Khadi & Village IndustriesKhadi & Village Industries
 Artisan Based TechnologiesArtisan Based Technologies
 Knowledge Village NetworkKnowledge Village Network

8. • AWARENESS
• ACCESSIBILITY
• AFFORDABILITY
• APPLICATION
• AUGUMENTATION
• AUDIT
Criteria for Selection of Technology Models

9.  Gandhi Hand Made Paper UnitGandhi Hand Made Paper Unit
 Dastakar Andhra (Natural Dyes)Dastakar Andhra (Natural Dyes)
 Uttam Industries (Home Based Products)Uttam Industries (Home Based Products)
 APNL-SDDPA (Bio-Tech)APNL-SDDPA (Bio-Tech)
 APNL-SAIRD (Bio-Tech)APNL-SAIRD (Bio-Tech)
 SWRC, Tilonia (Solar Energy)SWRC, Tilonia (Solar Energy)
 HABTECH (Rural Building Center)HABTECH (Rural Building Center)
 SAIRD, Gaddipalli (Herbal & Aromatics)SAIRD, Gaddipalli (Herbal & Aromatics)
 A.P Bee-Keepers AssociationA.P Bee-Keepers Association
 Coir BoardCoir Board
Technologies Promoted through Selected Partners

10. Gandhi Hand Made Paper Unit: 29 Apr 2004
Number of Persons Trained : 900+
Technology Transfer to Rural Areas: 5Units
Project Cost:
• Small Unit: 2.5 lakhs
• Large Unit: 6.5 lakhs
Concept
Recycling of waste raw materials
Use of agro wastes
Advantages
Reduces deforestation
Value addition through processing of all natural,
recyclable, renewable and bio-degradable
material
low cost and user friendly technology
Gender Friendly
eco-friendly and non-polluting process
Provides livelihood for rural poor
Elegant finish
Can be recycled eight times

11. Dastakar Andhra (Natural Dyes) 10 June 2004
Number of Persons Trained 500 persons
Technology Transfer to Rural Areas 3 Units
Project Cost:
• Small Unit: 2-5 lakhs
• Large Unit: > 5 lakhs
Objectives: To Produce at least six fully
standardized eco-friendly natural dyes
from potential herbal/natural resources.
Evaluation of natural colors for eco-
friendliness.
Standardization of processes for various
textile substrates. Large scale production
and development of other application to
use in cosmetics, food and
pharmaceuticals.

12. Home Based Enterprises:
Products Preparation: White Phenyl, Cleaning
powder Detergent Powder, Candles (Gel &
Wax), Pain-balm, Incense Sticks, Cosmetics
etc.
Advantages of the technology:
Economical
Higher returns and not seasonal
Easy to use
Cost effective
Uttam Industries (Domestic products)
25 Aug 2004
Number of Persons Trained 1500 Nos
Technology Transfer to Rural Areas - 10 Units
Project Cost:
Small Unit: 2-5 lakhs
Large Unit: > 5 lakhs

13. • Low-cost
• Sustainability in yields production
• More labor
• Better economics
• Safe environment
• More biodiversity
Products:
Nucleo Poly hydral Virus (NPV),
Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT),
Neam Products, Tricoderma
Cards
Biological PesticidesBiological Pesticides
BACILLUS THURINGIENSISBACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
Target specific, ecologically safe
and does not pollute environment.

14. A low cost and well tested
technology provides economic
and livelihood support to
farmers. It is eco-friendly and
promotes village lively hood.
VERMICOMPOST
Large unit
Family unit
A face floating fresh water fern,
which contains 30-35 % Protein,
all Amino Acids and many
vitamins like B12 etc.
High biomass
High Nutrient content
AzollaAzolla

15. •Safe
•Cost effective
•Culturally acceptable
•Accessible
•Natural
COMMON NAME : DATURA
BOTANICAL NAME : DATURA METAL
PART USED : WHOLE PLANT
USED IN : SKIN DISEASES, INSECT BITE
AND RHEOMATISM.

16. BEEKEEPINGBEEKEEPING
Equipments
Objectives
Establish and develop beekeeping
clusters.
Stock Multiplication
Quality implementing of Bee colonies
Capacity Building
Transfer advance technology

17. Solar Power House
The Solar Power House has
been established with 4 Bare
foot solar engineers who got
trained at SWRC, Tilonia and
are now able to train and
establish them selves. Solar House
Barefoot Approach
Training of illiterate & unskilled rural
women as master trainers and
engaged in fabrication, installation,
repair and maintenance of solar
systems.

18. Objectives
Textile Garments Fashion Designing,
Training cum Production Unit has been
established in the Rural Technology Park
with the objective to impart the Fashion
Industry Based self employment/job
oriented skill trainings for women / SHGs
The areas covered under the programme
are:
Dress Designing
& Tailoring
Fashion
Designing
Fabric Painting
Embroidery Aari & Zardosi Cone Painting
Tatting Tie & Dye Block Printing
Bag Making Mehandi Bathik
Number of Persons Trained : 80 persons Placement provided : 36 numbers

19. National Rural Building Center

20.
LIST OF TECHNOLOGIES
1. Mud Block Walling for inner
walls
2. Tile facing mud Blocks for
outer walls
3. Conical Tile Arch Roofing
4. Mud Plaster
5. Bamboo mat paneled Doors
and Windows
HIGHLIGHTS
• Mud Block Walling for inner walls : Cost saving due to blocks are made by locally available mud
at site.
• Conical Tile Arch Roofing : As an alternative to RCC roof save Steel and CC
• Mud Plaster : As an alternative to cement plaster
• Bamboo mat paneled Doors and Windows : Aesthetic appearance and long durability
• Plinth Area: 1452.00 sft Cost of Construction: Rs.270 - 300/sft
Adobe Mud Block House

21. Traditional Mud House
TECHNOLOGIES
1. R R Stone Masonry Foundation
2. Up to Sill level RR Stone masonry
3. Above sill level with mud walls.
4. Mangalore tile roofing.
5. Non – eroedable Mud plaster.
6. Shabaad stone flooring
HIGHLIGHTS
• R.R. Stone Mas. in Foundation & up to : Reduce the cost by using locally available materials
• Above sill with Mud Walls. : Cost effective as local earth can be used mixed with
straw and cow dung.
• Non erodabloe mud plaster : Mud with 20 – 25 % of Bitumen and Kerosene oil mixed with the mud and
applying to the walls. These walls can resist the damage due to water etc.
• Mangalore tile roofing. : These can be available locally. Fiber glass tiles fixed to get lighting through the
roof.

22.
Stone Patti House
TECHNOLOGIES
♦ Stone patties and joists are
used to make the roof flat or
sloping on stone masonry
walls.
♦ Provision of a central country
yard with three walls on one
side and the dwelling place on
the other sides is the traditional
design to meet the functional
needs.
♦ The desert conditions make it
necessary to enclose the
central courtyard with high
walls and small wind apertures
to allow air circulation as well
as preventing dust blowing
during sand storms
Highlights:
•Stone Patti flat and slopping roof – no steel and
centering
and shuttering.
•Reconstituted cement concrete blocks masonry used for
walling.
•Spacious courtyard.
•Oxide cement flooring.
•Window openings are small to prevent the sever heat
from outside.
•No usage of steel or concrete for the lintels or slabs.

23. TECHNOLOGIES
1. Columns are made up of
Bamboo
2. Walls made by 25 mm thick
Bamboo mat with cement /
mud plaster
3. Bamboo mat Roofing
4. Bamboo mat paneled Doors
and Windows
HIGHLIGHTS
1. Columns are made up of Bamboo : Reduce the cost due to use locally available materials
2. Walls made by 25 mm thick Bamboo mat with cement / mud plaster : An alternative walling
3. Bamboo mat Roofing : An alternative to RCC roofing
4. Bamboo mat paneled Doors and Windows : Aesthetic appearance and long durability
5. Plinth Area: 699.40 sft Cost of Construction: Rs.300-375 / sft
Bamboo House

24. Stone Masonry House
TECHNOLOGIES
• Stone masonry is a traditional
building technology in the rural
areas of Uttranchal and Himachal
Pradesh.
• Using normal un-coursed rubble
masonry.
• At plinth level one RCC plinth band
has been provided along with
vertical reinforcements to counteract
earthquakes.
Main Features:
• RR stone masonry walling (Ground Floor).
• Cement Concrete Block walling (First Floor).
• Micro Concrete Block walling (First Floor).
• Horizontal bands at plinth, window sill, lintel and roof level and vertical bands.
• Pre-cast RCC panels over pre-cast RCC joists.
• Lime plaster finishing to the walls inside the house.
Cost of construction Rs. 320-375 /sft.

25. Filler Slab House
TECHNOLOGIES
•Filler slab is Laurie Baker’s cost
effective technology.
•Un – coursed random rubbel masonry
with boulder murrum filling is used to
prepare the base for the structure.
Main Features:
•It can be constructed in all types of soil
conditions
•As there is no use of wood or steel, it
is
maintenance free.
Cost of construction Rs.230-280 / sft.

26. Ferro Cement Channel House
TECHNOLOGIES
•Use of un-coursed random rubble
stone masonry.
•At plinth level, 100 mm thick RCC
damp proof course is provided to
absorb earthquake shocks.
Main Features:
•Use of un-coursed rubble masonry
in
foundation.
•Cement concrete blocks masonry in
walling.
•Provision of RCC plinth band.
•Roofing with Ferro Cement
channels.
•No plastering.
•Normal locally available hard wood
for shutters and door frames.
Cost of construction Rs.250-275 /sft.

27.
Brick Dome House
TECHNOLOGIES
•This typology is a low cost community
structure designed to function as
panchayat house.
•The plan consists of a hexagonal
central hall and a corridor around it.
•The circular lobby provides functional
space for a variety of office functions.
Main Features:
Foundation is based on stone arches – a
variation from normal type
•No steel is used in dome construction –
major saving
•Rat – trap bond walling saves bricks and
other building materials
•No plastering on walls – saving on cement
and sand
•Bamboo Jallie windows based on brick
arches – give good light and air circulation. Cost of construction Rs. 320 – 350 /sft.

28.
Wattle & Daub House
TECHNOLOGIES
The traditional techniques of making low cost
walls based on bamboo’s splits plastered
with mud is known as 'Wattle & Daub
walling'
•DAUB is a mix of clay cow dung and
bhusa in the ration of 10:3:3.
•Sand can also be added to improve
the clay content of the soil.
•This mix is kept for one day prior to
use a mix of coal tar is added to the
above
mix serves as a water proofing agent.
•Apply the DAUB mixture on both sides of bamboo mat simultaneously.
•Stabilized Rammed Earth Technology – is cheaper, faster and stronger.
•No cement is used in the foundation – it is based on stilts and random rubble
•Low cost walling – bamboo walls plastered with wattle and daub
•CGI sheet roofing over space frame truss instead of wood.
Cost of construction Rs. 320-375 /sft.
Main Features:

29. Coir Compost House
Coir Composite House
• Manufacturing process gives it a natural,
smooth, glossy finish on both sides and
can be used without surface treatment.
• It has both vertical and horizontal load
bearing strengths which is the best
among phenol bonded boards.
• High degrees of surface abrasion
resistance which does not flake off dust
as in ordinary particle boards and
asbestos.
• It resists the contraction and expansion
due to temperature variations and does
not absorb water or moisture.
• It is termite/insect resistant and also high
fire retardant properties.
• The standard sizes of the boards are
2.40m x 1.20m with thickness of 4mm,
6mm, 8mm, 12mm, 18mm and 19mm.
• It is a carpenter friendly and having good
nail and screw holding properties.

30. As a part of Rural Sanitation, 23
different models have been
developed
THE SANITATION PARK.
Important Features
• Cost Effective
• Hygienic
• Reduction of health hazards
• Utilization of waste
• Eco-friendly

31. Promotion of Rural Product Marketing
As part of NIRD foundation day celebrations, RTP organises an annual Rural Crafts Mela
inviting nearly 150 artisans to demonstrate and sale the unique products of rural areas
where large number of states participate in the event. This is an opportunity for the rural
entrepreneurs to demonstrate their skills as well as promote the marketing of rural
products

32. Water Harvesting Technologies

33. Food Industries
Fashion Designing & Readymade Garments
Soap making unit. Uttam Industries
Terracotta pottery CARVE, Kumariguda.
Leaf cup making
Leather Artisans Welfare Association, Warangal.
Hosiery Products
Fisheries Gangaputra Sangam
Technology Demonstration Corridor – Seghel Foundation
Micro Boil Compost
Weather Forecasting Station
Projects in Pipeline

34. Technology Transfer Through Action Research
• Anganwadi Centre Balkampet Hyderabad- Vimala Charitrablu Trust
• Projects Under Implementation - Amarchinta Village (Mahaboo Nagar Dist)
1. Mass Rural Sanitation
2. Artisans Center
3. School Building
4. Farmers House
• Projects Under Implementation – Chilver Village (Medak Dist)
1. Health Center
2. Knowledge Center
3. Technology Stalls
4. Yoga Center
5. Sanitation
• Projects Under Implementation – Nalgonda (Nalgonda Dist)
1. Technology Demonstration Center