student.niwasi.in

Practice and Learn Collectiveness - Milen Kuchh Karen.

Our mission –

Everyone - Youth, Student or Grown-up contributes in their local community where they live.

This is an extension of http://niwasi.in

Why ‘student’ extension of niwasi.in ? –

We as residents need to participate in collective initiatives in our community where we physically live, and participation in such collective actions can be learned. This student.niwasi.in is an extension of niwasi.in that facilitates this learning.

Our young residents ie children learn various life skills at their early age both in schools, as well as in family and community. Some of those life skills are related to their participation in community level actions.

We observe that collectiveness is on decrease among youths as well as elders as far as implementation of projects on development agenda, is concerned. Specifically, they feel that this is primarily a government responsibility. Our study also brings this forward. <report is attached> But this thought can be reversed to a certain extent, through small project activities. It could be demonstrated that participation from the residents can have direct impact on the development agenda.

This student extension is developed to facilitate practice-based learning for undertaking collective initiatives. We offer activity based small projects to learners on student.niwasi.in. These projects are both for the children as well as for youths and elders.

In above background, the student.niwasi.in provides ‘activity-based projects’ to learners in all age groups that relate to some direct contributions to their physical world community.

Learning project could be offered by following groups of entities. –

1. A School
2. A Community
3. An NGO - Partner
4. A Sub group

A few examples of activity-projects –

Example 1: Swachh Aaas Pados project.

Sunai enlists school who participate –> school gets an access –> Sunai enters student data / scan of project submitted / score of student –> school and student see their reports.

Example 2: Talash organises Sambaad –> Schools get registered –> Schools enter recommended children –> judge select participants one by one –> judge enters score –> judge enters winner name –> student upload their submissions –> student and school see their scores

Example 3: Community Swachh Aaspados –> Ethical foundation offers project to any one interested –> A person show interest and enroll –> Facilitator educate the person –> the person upload the project –> facilitator and evaluator scores –> it can be open for pear review –> Sunai offers Goal 4: Ethical Project Learner.

Example 4: Mera Panchayat Mera Vichar (through school) –> Ethical foundation does partner with a school –> School agree then Ethical foundation register the school on student –> Children participate in the project –> Ethical register the child –> child get login-password –> school gets an access –> Ethical enters student data / scan of project submitted / score of student –> Child can also enter their projects –> school and student see their reports.

Example 5: Mera Panchayat Mera Vichar (through school> anyone interested –> A person show interest and enroll –> Facilitator educate the person –> the person upload the project –> facilitator and evaluator scores –> it can be open for pear review –> Sunai offers

Example 6: Facilitate a Niwasi Sabha –> Ethical foundation offers project on ongoing basis to anyone interested –> A person show interest and enroll –> Facilitator educate the person –> Two choices — a) without Niwasi App or b) with Niwasi App –> a) without Niwasi sabha –> upload agenda forms and their notes; b) with Niwasi App –> get access to the Niwasi sabha for which project is done –> learner upload their note (learner can see everything related to his/her Niwasi Sabha) –> facilitator and evaluator scores –> it can be open for pear review –> Sunai offers

Example 7: Adopt a tree –> Community offers the project to its resident to plant one tree each –> Update its status progress on website –> win incentivize scheme and help in their education or in some other motivations

Example 8: Plastic free Panchayat –> we upload project on student –> Schools get registered in student –> we map [GP, Ward, Village, Habitation, tola] –> child get registered as part of the school (all the children get a login access), children also give [GP, Ward, Father, Mother, Select Tola/village] (separate survey team 3 minutes per child. Login is first 4 letter and running 4-digit serial number) –> we issue login password to parents also and they can test their children –> our trainer get registered in partner –> they get access to schools and community –> trainer reports –>

Who has developed this system ? –

It is a service product of Sunai Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. and jointly developed by Sunai Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. and its IT partners Triline Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Implementation eco system –

• –  Self functioning application
• –  Basic functionality - no ongoing support required
• –  One contact point with toll free number would be helpful for the users of this application.

The software technology –

• The software is being developed on PHP, Laravel framework and React. Other key IT components are mysql for database, html, CSS,
• The app prototype is first build on Adobe Xd/ppt/MsWord. This helps all the team members to give its comments before actual coding.
• Process team draft interacts with real community, and bullet the requirements with all practical details.
• This is converted into prototype on Xd. Which get converted into web version of the software.
• Once it is settled, application for IOS and Android will be developed.
• Pace and actual developed now depends upon the resource availability.

About the team –

Concept team

Pranav Kr. Chaudhary : Studied civil engineering (B. Tech.) at IIT Mumbai. 20 years of experience of working on project that has direct or indirect intervention in communities.

Vikas Kr. Chaudhary : Engineering in Electronics and Communication with 12 years of development work (Triline).

Mitesh Thakkar : MBA from INSEAD. Gives consultancy to various development organisations like UN bodies, the World Bank, Pratham and others.

Need assessment and grassroot test team

Nirbhay Kumar : Masters in social science with 5 years of experience of grassroot implementation, process drafting.

Pradeep Rai : Long experience of field execution and implemented Niwasi Sabha concept on ground for a long period.

Development team

Vidyaram Tyagi : Information Technology graduate and has about 4 years of experience in software development.

Mohtasim : Prime responsibility is testing and has long experience with educational background in MCA.

Team of 5 developers is working on the project.

Organisation

Niwasi App is jointly developed by : Sunai Consultancy, and Trilline Infotech (IT Partner).

About Sunai Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. –

Sunai Consultancy is registered as a private limited company in Patna, Bihar (India). Sunai was founded in 2005 with the mission to provide monitoring, evaluation, and capacity building support in the development sector. One founding member of Sunai is an IITian and has been active volunteer for communities. The founding members has worked at Pratham Education Initiative in the past.

About Trilline Infotech (IT Partner) –

Triline Infotech provided much needed software development facilities and ecosystem, which is identifying and training of code writer, providing software development ecosystem, office space and the technology know-how.