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The International Conference was held in the campus of the well-known
Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy HRD institute at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad from 10th to
12th November,2005. The subjects discussed in the event are
How close are we in reaching the Millennium Development Goals?
Policy proposals for Human Resources Development.
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment.
Reaching the Unreached: Public Services
Rural Food Security: Unresolved Issues and Emerging Challenges.
Small and Medium Enterprises and Self-Sustaining Development.
Rural Governance and Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Issues in Disaster Management and Prevention.
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development.
Mainstreaming ICT for Fostering Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction
and Sustainable Resource Use to usher Rural Prosperity.
Bridging the Digital Divide: Information Kiosks in Rural India –
Challenges and Opportunities
The deliberations took place in 14 Plenary and Technical Sessions,
besides the Inaugural Session on the 10th November 05 and the
Valedictory Session on the 12th November 05. More than 250 delegates
participated in the 3 days deliberations. Prof. I. V. Murali Krishna,
President of the Local Chapter of Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation welcomed
the gathering.
The conference was inaugurated on 10th November 2005 by Shri N
Raghuveera Reddy, Minister for Agricilture, Government of Andhra
Pradesh, who also released the Souvenir. This was followd by two Plenary
PowerPoint presentations, on “Transforming Village Clusters into
Territorial Production Complexes” by the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation and
the other presentation was by the Skoch consultancy services on “WADI –
a Success Story”. This session was chaired by Prof. C.H. Hanumantha Rao,
Former Member, Planning Commission and currently Advisor, CESS,
Hyderabad. This was followed by two technical sessions on the themes
“MDGs and Targets: Vision and Action” and the second one on “Grassroots
Level Governance and Panchayati Raj Institutions”. Representatives of
UNDP and DFID also participated in the discussions.
The deliberations on the second day i.e. 11th November 05, was mainly
focused on the State of Andhra Pradesh with particular reference to the
progress achieved on the Millennium Development Goals. It consisted of
four technical sessions viz. “Food Security and Hunger”, “Health
Issues”, “Gender”, and “Creation of Adasha Villages”. This was preceded
by a Plenary Lecture on “Poverty free, Healthy and Educated Rural Andhra
Pradesh – where will Andhra Pradesh be in 2015 - by Dr. S. Mahendra Dev,
Director CESS, Hyderabad”.
The deliberations on 12th November 2005 took place in four technical
sessions and five Plenary Lecture Sessions. The Foundation Day Lecture,
was delivered by Prof. Amarnath Kshatriya, President SERVIS (British
Columbia, Canada). This was followed by Four plenary lectures delivered
by Dr. R.B. Singh (Member, National Commission on Farmers) Prof. G.K.
Chadha, (Former V.C. J.N.U. and Member Economic Advisory Council), Shri
J.N.L Srivatsava, I.A.S. (R) (Former Secretary, Agriculture, GOI) and
Dr. T. Karunakaran, (V.C., Ggandhigram Deemed University, Tamil Nadu) –
The Themes covered in these plenary lectures were various development
issues relevant to “RURAL INDIA” viz. Population issues, Poverty
reduction, Employment, Access to services, Small Farmers Problems in the
context of globalization, and Planning for Biovillages. The Plenary
session was chaired by Dr. M V Rajasekharan, Hon’ble Minister for State
for Planning, Planning Commission, Government of India.
The Valedictory Session was chaired by Hon’ble Shri Ponnala Lakshmaiah,
Minister for Major Irrigation, Govt. of A.P, with Dr. K Rajagopal, Vice
Chancellor, JNTU, as the Chief Guest. After the addresses by the Chief
Guests, the Bhoovigyan Sammans were presented to 12 distinguished
professionals in different disciplines, besides two posthumous awards to
late Prof. (Dr.) D M Nanjundappa (Member, Governing Board of BVF) and
Late Dr. K Venkatasubramaniyam (formerly Member Education, Planning
Commission).
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