The Rural Resource Informatics Centre (RRIC) at NCRI, is a Knowledge Management Centre to Rural Institutes with an objective of providing systematic and scientific decision support on rural higher education.
Rural Resource Informatics Centre established under National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI) , is a knowledge platform, developing an integrated rural resource information base serving as a focal point to Rural Institutes for the development of rural education through networking of existing databases. RRIC will also provide other allied value-added services with area specificity as per the needs of Rural Institutes for sustainable rural livelihoods and to improve the quality of rural lives in India.The role of RRIC is crucial in creating social capital and knowledge capital in developing the Rural Institutes into Rural Universities.
RRIC Vision
To evolve Rural Institutes into knowledge platform centres with resource information support for social advancement and economic sustenance of rural poor.
RRIC Mission
To build systematic and scientific decision support Resource Information System on Rural Education, and Micro Planning.
RRIC Objectives
- To build a repository and dissemination window on rural informatics and act as a catalyst to enable information availability to its stakeholders.
- Guide research & development in rural higher education programmes to create the techno managerial cadre.
- To provide systematic and scientific decision support to all the existing and potential Rural Institutes to meet their needs concerned to functional areas.
- To conduct need based training programmes on Rural Informatics.
- To identify the information gaps, missing linkages and fill in the gaps.
RRIC Functional Areas
The following are identified functional areas for developing information resource.
- Rural Education
- Micro Planning
- Agriculture
- Health
- Rural Industries
- Co-operatives and Rural Enterprises
- Natural Resource Management
- Geo Info-system
RRIC Services
- Advisory/Consultancy services.
- Need- based information services such as Skill development, Vocational training, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Marketing of Rural products, etc;
- Value added services in various functional areas of relevance.
- Conducting need based training programmes for stakeholders.
RRIC Stakeholders
- Rural Institutes (existing & potential)
- Nai Talim Institutions
- NGOs associated with micro planning, rural education & capacity building
- Gandhian Institutions
- Universities/ Institutions associated with rural development
RRIC Organisational Structure
RRIC structure was designed befitting its objectives with regular manpower and infrastructure to support computer networking system for fast delivery of information needs of stakeholders. It will have access to consultants in specified areas and power to outsource certain functions if need arises. The following are the functional groups :
Database Group
- Data acquiring division.
- Data processing division.
Network Group
- System administration division.
- Network Division.
IT Group
- Web designing Division.
- Content Development Division.
Contact RRIC
Prof. C . Krishna Gopal
Co-ordinator
National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI)
(Ministry of HRD, Government of India)
Shakar Bhavan, Ground Floor
Fateh Maidan Road, Hyderabad-500 004, INDIA
Landline : 040-23422110
E-mail : crric@ncri.in
Smt. Sita Devi, P.Ch
Project Officer
Landline : 040-23422108
E-mail : aposd@ncri.in
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