A finalist in 'The Manthan Award, 2013', in the category 'Social commerce', eNGO: K-Link. This works to bring in power of ICT in rural development.

1. A Journey of…
K-Link Foundation
Information & Communication Technology
For
Development & Empowerment

2. Kachchh (A Land of Diversity)

3. Vision & Mission….
To provide a live platform to bring in the
power of ICT in Rural Development and
Integrate ICT with Rural development and
Empowerment.
Bridge the technology & Information gaps
between urban “haves” and Rural “havenots”.
Enable organizations to grasp the
potential of ICT as a tool for development
by demonstrating.

5. ICT for Disaster Mitigation
Creation and management
of Data bank of 380 villages
of Kutch District
– Implementation of SIMS
(Setu Information
Management System) in 2002
– Household and Village level
Data Bank.
– Data bank accessed by more
then 300 GOs., NGOs and
Local Panchayat for various
Developmental work

6. ICT for Self-Governance
Project “Mahiti-Mitra”
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Set up of 17 Mahiti-Mitra Centers
Technical Interventions
Software Applications Developed
Connectivity established.
– Access to information and service as
Right.
– Since 2005, more the 2 lakh rural
people are benefited.
– Computer Education, Multimedia
Education, G2C services, Support to
Panchayat,

7. ICT based Advisory Services
Project “VRC”
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Set up of 5 VRC Centers
15 Sessions / Month
Lecture Series and interactive
advisory service.
– 4 expert centers (Apollo Hospital,
Anand Krushi Uni., K-Link, SAC)
– More then 12,000 rural people are
benefited with tele-Medicine, TeleEducation and Agri-advisory
service.

8. ICT for Livelihood (Fisher folk)
Project “EDB”
– 5 Electronic Display Board along the
costal area of Kachchh District.
– Advisories on Potential Fishing
Zones (PFZs) using satellite data.
Direction
Angle bearing
Distance to the fish aggregation zones
Depth of shoal at that location.
– Data related to weather, navigation,
surface temperature…
– Early Warning System for Tsunami
Disaster Alerts.

9. ICT for Livelihood (Fisher folks)
Project “PDSS”
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GIS based DSS
2400 Ponds spread in 2 district of MP
(Bundelkhand Region) mapped.
– Total 94,000 Household and almost 6
lakh In land fisher folks benefited
through the intervention.
– The application is used to facilitate
collective marketing and
strengthening of fisher folk
community.

10. ICT for Health
Project “Blood Link”
– Mobile (SMS) based
information dissemination
– Access to Blood Donors
database through SMS
– A life saving application
– More then 600 volunteer Bllod
donors

11. ICT for Disaster Mitigation
Project “DRRP”
– GIS based Disaster Risk
Reduction Program
– Mapping of flood vulnerability
of PURI District of Orissa.
– Application Accessed by
Panchayat of Puri District,
Local NGOs and GOs for
Risk Reduction.

12. ICT for Governance
Project “LGSS”
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Open source web GIS application
Planning and Budgeting tool for PRI
60 Village / Hamlets are online and
42 Villages are under pipeline.
– Household and village level
Information (Institutes &
Infrastructure) are mapped.
– Citizen Planning, Social Justice,
Decentralization, Community
Empowerment, Self governance,
Local Leadership.

13. ICT for Livelihood (Agriculture)
Project “SHARP”
– Online Recommendation Application
for Farmers.
– According to Soil Type & Crop
Selection, fertilizer recommendation
– Bilingual Application is used by
farmers of the District.
– Benefits for Soil and Water
Conservation by avoiding access
use of fertilizer.

14. ICT for Governance
Project “Yojanakiya Darshan”
– Online Portal for G2C services.
– More then 33 Govt. Dept. are
digitized and accessible.
– Govt. Schemes, Eligibility Criteria,
Supporting Documents and Govt.
Job Title Hierarchy are available
online.
– The portal is very useful to facilitate
entitlements are used district wide.

15. ICT for Livelihood (Cattle Breeders)
Central Hub for Data
Management for Mother
Dairy (NDDB)
– Nodal point for
Management of Milk
Procurement Data.
– Almost 10,000 Milk
Producers benefited.
– 4 crore Rs. of Payment to
Producers every month

16. ICT for Environment
Project “Grassland Mapping”
– Mapping of Potential Grassland
of 19 Panchayats
– Grassland and bio-diversity
conservation
– Breed Conservation