Aaple Prashna Aaple Vidnyan : Case-Study Based Professional Work and Research for College Students

An exiciting experience of working on real-life problem awaits you. As you know, drinking water is a very important basic amenity. As you also know, it is predicted by IMD that this may be a monsoon-deficit year for India. The Govt. of India has launched a program of Source Strengthening by Order, which involves the following key steps:

  • Visiting villages and wadis (or hamlets) and ascertaining the current drinking water status.
  • Within wadis, locating all drinking water wells, recording their current status and the water conservation structures nearby.
  • Preparing a map marking all the above data and a detailed report.

    The report is to help the district administration understand the current status of access to drinking water, sources, typically wells, and structures which need strengthening and repairs. Eventually, it will help them design better water supply schemes for the village.

    Relevant Documents

  • The Standard Format for Source Assessment, as presecribed by GoI. pdf
  • Its conversion into a methodology and proposal made by IITB-UMA to Ratnagiri District. pdf
  • Two Sample Village Reports:
  • The work order. pdf

    Are you interested?

    The actual assessment of the 20 villages will begin by May 1. Each village will take about 4-5 days of field-work and 2-3 days of report-writing. A team consists of 2 people who will stay in the village or nearby and complete the work. Food and staying arrangements will be made by UMA. Travel to and from village will also be arranged. Within the village, a local liaison person work will be assigned. If you are interested, please write to harshadtulpule AT gmail DOT com. Mention "RWS Ratnagiri" as the subject. Send your degree discipline, CV, your current status (student? graduated?), and the name of your institution. Also mention you gender, your current location and if you can speak marathi .

    Training.

    All teams will receive 2 days of training. Day 1 will be held in IIT or Ratnagiri and will include training about field work and reporting. Day 2 will be about GIS and its use. Here is the link for the GIS data source:
  • UMA-GISE-IITB GIS repository link

    After this ...What

    If your report is found satisfactory, you will get a reasonable honorarium and certificate from IIT Bombay. Your report will be submitted to the District administration. You may also be enlsited for other projects of UMA-IITB.

    What is UMA

    UMA is the shortform for of the Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan, a program of the Higher and Technical Education Department of Govt. of Maharashtra. Its objective is to provide opportunities for students, faculty members and colleges to work on live developmental problems of Maharashtra. See UMA GRs link