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Dr Anurag is Principal Research Scientist in Media Lab Asia. He has more than 15years of experience in working with various Community Based Organisations, Academia and Government Institutions in various capacities. He earned his Ph.D in Rural Planning’s in 2004.His main area of Interest is in design & deployment of ICT models for information dissemination and capacity building of rural communities.He has delivered several talks / presentations in national and international forums on ICT4D. He has managed various R&D projects in the area of ICT for Livelihood Enhancement & Agriculture and closely worked with rural communities in various states in India. He has experience in handling:

• Project Management:  Planning, Formulation and Implementation of ICT projects in the area of Livelihood Enhancement and Agriculture
• Training on ‘Social Audit & RTI’ to Gram Sabha Functionaries 
• Training on “National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”  for Community Based Organisations
• Training to ‘Tribal Youths’ on management of small enterprises, rural marketing and entrepreneurship development.
• Capacity Building of small NGOs on needs assessment and project management.

Mr Singh has 30 years of experience and have been associated with grassroot level community development projects e.g. maternal and child health, Reproduction and child health, adolescent development, artisan empowerment, thrift and credit activities, women mobilisation, SHG formation, research cum action projects, research study, technology transfer etc.He had lead the projects fruitfully, co-ordinated, developed team spirit with orchestrarian approach,well versed in MIS,monitoring, seeking gaps or shortcomings and skill to combat hurdles in achieving goals and objectives of projects, extension of Microfinance, livelihood enhancement, marketing linkages, liaisoning with banks, Govt./pvt. agencies, rural development, entrepreneurship development, climate change, global warming, GHG emission, water contamination, sustainability and replication, evaluation, analysis of data, feedback on analysed data and report preparation, presentation of reports. He had evaluated and facilitated more than 45 projects of CAPART’s funded projects of Micro finance, SHG formation ,women empowerment, livelihood training, rural development, technology transfer etc. since 2004.

He has more than 10 years of experience in information and communication technologies (ICT). He holds a master degree in information technology and bachelor degree in electronics & communication engineering. He has also done a PG diploma in embedded systems & design. He is holding post of Sr. Research Scientist in Media Lab Asia, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India since December 2011.He has experience in implementing the projects with the objective of application of technologies for education and empowerment of persons with disabilities in collaboration with premier R&D and academic institutions and NGOs. He has worked on projects viz. Text to Speech Engines, Speech Recognizers, Screen Reading Software, Text-to-Braille / Braille-to-Text Converters, Pictorial / Icon based Communication Software, Daily Living Aids, Assessment Tool for Children with Disabilities, Web Portal in Disability field etc. He has participated in various National & International seminars & conferences and presented technologies in disability field.rural development, entrepreneurship development, climate change, global warming, GHG emission, water contamination, sustainability and replication, evaluation, analysis of data, feedback on analysed data and report preparation, presentation of reports.He had evaluated and facilitated more than 45 projects of CAPART’s funded projects of Micro finance, SHG formation ,women empowerment, livelihood training, rural development, technology transfer etc. since 2004.

Mr Anshul is having 9+ years of experience in IT sector. He has been working with Media Lab Asia as Principal Software Developer since last 8 years in development and deployment ofICT based technologies and solutions and managing different projects. He has also worked with IIM Ahmedabad as a Research Associate under the Guidance of Prof Sanjay Verma and Prof Anil Gupta and with National Institute of Design

as Assistant Engineer for the development and deployment of Web based software/solutions. He has been involved in development of MLAsia project ‘Interactive Information Dissemination  System (IIDS)’ for requirement analysis, design and Implementation and customization of the project in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana& Meghalaya.

Ms Moumita is having more than 10 years of experience in web designing, 2D animation, graphic designing and other multimedia work. She has been intensively involved in various deployment & training on CHIC Software in various clusters viz Varanasi, ShahpurJat - Delhi, Farukabad - UP, Moradabad – UP etc. She is the lead designer in MLAsia working on designing of MLAsia, project websites,brochures,New Letter etc.She has been involved in various activities for customization of the CHIC CAD software for Phoolkari & Kantha craft. She has been working in projects like IIDS, m4agriNEI, Lallapura Craft Cluster, Varanasi, etc.

Mr Pradeep is having more than 14 years of experience in different organizations. He holds a master degree in computer applications and bachelor degree in Information Technology. He is looking after the web designing updation activities in Media Lab Asia. He has been intensively involved in various deployment & training on CHIC Software in various clusters viz Varanasi, ShahpurJat - Delhi, Farukabad - UP, . He has been involved in various activities for customization of the CHIC CAD software for Phoolkari.

Ms. Poonam Prasad, is working as Software Developer at Media Lab Asia since 4 years. She has experience in core php, Joomla MVC, Yii Framework, Mysql, javascript, css & jquery. She has contributed towards the web development of various projects like:

• Bithoorshakti web portal
• Vishvesvaraya PHD scheme for Electronics and IT.
• Bunai web portal for the project open source CAD Tool for weaving of Varanasi saree
• Lallapura web portal
• Contributed for IIDS
• Village Information system

Mr. Ashwani, is working as a Jr. Web Developer at Media Lab Asia since 2.5 years. He is involved in development of IIDS (a platform used as a push and pull based Interactive Information Dissemination System for farmers currently deployed as 1917iTEAMS in Meghalaya and AKPS in Andrapradesh and Telengana). He is also involved in API’s development for AKPS and 1917iTEAMS (m4agrinei) mobile applications under UMANG platform. He has worked as Web Developer for C-DAC(Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) for more than 2 years. He had also worked as Jr Software Engineer at IIT Bombay and involved in various projects like National Mission on Education through ICT. He has experience in PHP, MYSQL, MVC framework Yii, Javascript, jquery, css. He has done B.Tech in Information Technology and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

Mrs. Ranjana Mishra,is working as a Technical Trainee at Media Lab Asia since 4 years. She has experience in Joomla MVC, YiiFramework, javascript, css & jquery ,Animation, brochures, NewsLetter. She has contributed towards the web Designing & development of various projects like:

• Punarjjani(Game Development)
• Bunai web portal
• Bithoorshakti web portal
• Lallapura web portal
• IIDS web portal
• cHRV Web Portal

She has also Worked as System Support in Tata Consultancy Servics(TCS)Private Limited for around 1.3 years.

Mr Shashank, is working as a Project Coordinator at Digital India Corporation (Formerly Media Lab Asia) Ministry of Electronic & Information Technology Government of India, New Delhi since Nov 2017. He has worked as Administrative Officer for 3 years in Different institutes and Companies. He also carries the Vast Experience of Conducting Events and Seminar and worked as Event Manager and Project manager for more than 5 Years. He is very much familiar with the leadership Responsibilities associated with this profession. The experience gained by working with clients, Vendors, and investors, has improved his skills for coordinating and carrying out multiple Projects, and enhanced his ability to work fast, while maintaining a professional, friendly mind-Set. Being as a Social Activist by passion he also worked for youth and Farmer empowerment in different projects and currently working for Women Empowerment and livelihood Enhancement in the Society