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For the agricultural development of hilly areas like Shivganga and Gunjwani valleys, watershed development is the best approach. JP volunteers help develop technical and social expertise to bring about such a developm ent through people's participation. In the Mangdari sub valley which comprises of 3 villages with 1500 hectares, a local water committee was formulated in Oct. 98 . An action plan was evolved along with the farmers and the document was submitted to 'CAPAR T, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, New Delhi. Village leaders visited Ralegan Siddhi and took training in January 2000. Under the Drought Prone Area Programme, 13 farm ponds were completed in Feb. 2000 in the villages Kusgaon, Khopi, Ranze, Kanjal e and Parawadi. A post project evaluation of work done at Sasewadi was conducted by CAPART and volunteers of Vanrai - Representative of DANIDA in September 99. The increasing agricultural production, the change in cropping pattern and removal of drinki ng water problem was the visible impact appreciated by this team.
Non - conventional energy Construction of Bio-gas plants was promoted in Velhe block of Pune district wherein additional 14 Bio-gas plants with attached toilets were built during the year 1999 . In Mangdari, Kolawadi, Chirmodi and Wajeghar, 9 Bio gas Plants and attached latrines are were constructed. A local entrepreneur was encouraged to cast the cement blocks required for this construction.
One project engineer attended training course in respect of
solar energy at Pondicherry in Dec.99. The follow up activity of
the established "solar energy demonstration park" is
going on regularly.
Cultivation of Medicinal Plants Quality Saplings were made
available to more than 20 farmers in Pune an d Raigad Districts.
Consultancy services were offered to a number of aspirants who
visited JP. The promotion of organic farming has been coupled
with this activity. The Govt. of India sanctioned a facility of
100% Income Tax Exemption to donors U/S 35 AC from April 98
onwards for 3 years.
Agro-Technical School, Shivapur - Since July 99, 25
students are undergoing various trade courses recognised by
Maharashtra State Technical Education Board. In order to provide
an on line work experience to students, ou tside job work is
being carried out. Computer section is also carrying out in house
as well as outside tasks. Various cultural activities , daily
prayers etc., is a routine for the students.
Velhe Centre - Vivekananda Sports Meet took place at
Ambavane. Each year, these Sports Competitions are held on Taluka
level. Six schools of Velhe Taluka participated in the event. Rs.
10,000/- were collected as donations for this purpose from the
villagers.
Sardar Natu Memorial Hall - Construction of this hall was
com pleted in this year. The construction was started with the
donation of Rs. 1,50,000/- given by Natu Foundation. Various
Meetings, Training Programmes, Meetings of the leaders of Self
Help Groups, Training Programmes of volunteers of JP, Camps and
various lectures are arranged in this hall.
Other Activities - JP has participated in Continuing
Education Programme in Kusgaon, Sanaswadi, Kondhanpur, Mangdari
and Vajeghar. Four-point paddy cultivation and plantation of teak
trees was also done in the last year.
In this project, JP works for eradication of Leprosy as well as rehabilitation of the patients. During the period of report total 177 villages were surveyed. Medical Checkups were done in 275 schools. Total population of 1,13 ,632 was surveyed. The number of new patients detected leprosy was 134. Apart from the routine work various activities for health awareness were planned and were implemented throughout the year. 13 slide shows, 13 exhibitions, 907 Group discussions, 5 Tr a ining Programmes, 10 village meetings were held throughout the year. 6000 hand bills were printed and distributed among the people, 400 posters were made. Exhibitions were presented at Kikwi, Nasarapur and Velhe. In Kondhanpur, Velhe and Baneshwar, exhibi tions were arranged at the time of festival. Slide shows were arranged in 11 schools.
Elevator Division - for the first time - installed a Goods Lift with a Machine Room on the Ground Floor next to the sha ft. So far, they have been installing Lifts with Machine Room on top of the Shaft. Yearly, about 8 passenger lifts are installed by this Division in various towns of Maharashtra.
An educational tour was organised for members of the Division. The following places of interest were included in the tour. Gliding Centre-Hadapsar, Datta Devasthan- Narayanpur and Boat Club-Sarole.
During the report period, fifteen to sixteen hundred students completed their sho rt-term as well as long-term computer training programmes in various softwares as the syllabus is under continuous review and is updated. Our courses are popular in industrial field. Especially, courses like D.T.P., computerised financial accounting and Engineering drawing which give not only employment but self-employment also, are demanded very much. This routine work is carried on alongwith the other projects such as computer courses in jail.
Though the activity of this section is very small in volume, the printing division is satisfying its customers.
CaNaC Udyog (CU) CaNaC Udyog is an industrial unit of
Jnana Prabodhini Gramodyog Pratishthan, an affiliate trust of
Jnana Prabodhini; specially rejuvenated to hold and conduct
industrial ventures. CaNaC Udyog was formally started on 1 st May
'97 at Shivapur.
CaNaC Udyog maintained all of its orders and increased its market
share by achieving more than 40% growth continuously for first
three years. CU has ado pted a policy of horizontal expansion in
the niche products viz. Transmission shafts for washing machines
and Valve Rocker assemblies. Four more types of shafts were
developed for Godrej GE Appliances and two more types of Rocker
assemblies were added to the assembly section.
CU faced three surveillance Quality audits by the ISO auditing
agency and cleared all of the three with flying colours.
Representative of CU was invited, as a model vendor, to present
the quality systems, as practised at CU, bef ore the appraisal
committee of Ravi Kirloskar Quality Prize; visiting Kirloskar Oil
Engines Ltd.
In appreciation of the efforts put in by CU, resulting in
successful development of components of suspension systems for a
US based Firm, CU received an inv itation to visit US and
finalise work orders. The Chief Executive of CU visited this US
Firm and the machining of these export components is started at
CU.
PRAJNA MANAS SAMSHODHIKA (Institute of Psychology) Ph.D. Degree was conferred on following 3 students by Pune University for their theses on the topics listed below-
Doctoral Researches are in progress on topics such as -
Psychological testing was conducted for various industries, schools, institutes like HLL, Whirlpool, Thermax, Brintons, etc. More than 600 students availed the facility of computerised testing for aptitude, the first of its kind in India. The facility is entitled as I-AM, i.e. Intelligence and Aptitude Measurement.
AYURVED AUSHADHI SAMSHODHIKA (Institute of Ayurved
Medicines)
Projects Completed :
Projects in Process :
Services : Almost 1,500 patients availed the facility of ayurvedic OPD, in Pune and Shivapur. Seminars : Vaidya Shriprasad Bavadekar presented a paper on 'Study of Vaman Karma' in the International Seminar on Panchakarma.
SANSKRIT SANSKRITI SAMSHODHIKA : (Institute of Sanskrit and
Indology)
Projects Completed :
Projects in Process :
Services :
Publication :
Garud Puranokta Ayurvijnana, a book by Smt. Shubhangi Deore
was published with the help of Dr. P.V. Kane Trust. This is the
outcome of research work completed in Santrika during the last
three years.
The history of Sanskrit Literature - Part I 'Vedas and Vedangas'
has been published at the hands of Dr. Shrikant Bahulkar,
Director of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune.
Lectures / Seminars : Lectures were
organised on various themes like India's constitution and
secularism; Hinduism, Religion and Economics,Women Empowerment,
Concept of Bhakti (Devotion) by Indian Saints etc.
A get-together for the adults who had completed the priesthood
courses since 1989 to 1999 was held on 25th December 1999. Nearly
100 priests were present. Dr. Shrikant Bahulkar spoke to these
priests on the various rituals in different religions.
Visits : Prof. Rimmoghe, Director, The
Saranath Tibetian Teaching Centre. Shri Nanaji Deshmukh (2.9.99).
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES RESEARCH CENTRE :
Training : Workshops for school children on
the following topics were conducted in Pune and many other towns.
Extension Activities : Training was given to 50 teachers in Reading Skills, Self study skills, Vidyavrat Sanskara etc., in order to extend the activities of the centre in 25 schools in Maharashtra.
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING :
This period under review saw manifold growth in the activities
of JPMT and Sanjeevan Hospital managed by it. There was very good
progress in regard to occupancy, new projects and purchase of
medical equipment.
Occupancy - Occupancy of the hospital was
consistently high. The average varied from 85% to 90 % throughout
the period. Considering the acute shortage of rooms, construction
work for additional rooms was take n in hand. Two floors have
been added recently to the Sanjeevan Hospital. With this, 8 more
special rooms, 16 semi-private rooms and 20 beds in General Ward
have become available.
Training - In addition to continuous
training of paramedical staff and do ctors a new chapter was
opened- i.e. training of nurses in specialized institutions- one
nurse Miss Marne was trained at Tata Cancer Research Institute.
On 28 March 2000, Ms. Sudha Tadphale, Matron of the hospital and
Ms. Vaishali Dangrikar left by AERO FLOT to Bremen, Germany for a
five week training in Sankt Jurgen Hospital. This exchange
training programme is a part of Pune-Bremen Sister City
Co-operation and Agenda 21 programme.
Health Camps, Symposia and Conferences
Sterlization Camps - Female sterilization camps were
arranged throughout 1998-99-2000. 52 free operations were carried
out during this period.
School health checkup - During this period, two camps were
conducted by our doctors at concessional rates to medically
examine school children o f New English School, Pune. In 1998,
1800 children in one camp, and 396 children in the other, were
examined between 13th and 18th December 99.
Hepatitis B immunization - A mass immunization programme
against Hepatitis B was organized with the help of L ion's Club
Pune Mega City from November 98 to November 99, which received
great response. Three doses of Hepatitis B were given to more
than 3000 persons at intervals of one month and six months.
On 25 November 1998, an eye camp was organized jointly with
Dhondumama Sathe Homoeopathic College. 220 patients were
benefitted from the camp.
'Umed Pariwar' - An organization dedicated to mentally retarded
children has close links with our Hospital. We carry out medical
examination and lab tests at very concesi onal rates for their
members. In the camp held between 24 and 28 February 1999, 86
members were medically examined while in the camp held on 29th
and 30th January 2000, 64 members were medically examined.
As many as 34 eye camps were conducted. More than 2000 patients
were examined and total number of 525 cataract operations carried
out at JPMT's Kamala Mehta Eye Hospital, Shirval. Sanjeevan
Hospital and Shalom Club, Pune, jointly organised a seminar and
workshop for `Breast Feeding and Lactation Manage ment', which
was conducted by Dr. Armeda Fernandis and her team from Mumbai.
The workshop was attended by 53 nurses and 35 paediatricians from
various Paediatric units in Pune.
On 1st August 1998, Dr. Dhananjay Kelkar was awarded 'Dr.
Wardekar Award' for social services in Scientific Field,
instituted by Kesari-Maratha Trust.
On 6 th Sept. 1999, Pune Heart Brigade, a project sponsored by
Rotary Club (Pune South) was inaugurated. A fully equipped
ambulance manned by a team of doctor, nurse and attend ant will
be available for any call of heart patients from Pune, totally
free. The first ambulance has been donated by Shri Raghunathrao
Chitale. Since its inauguration, nearly 100 patients have taken
advantage of this facility. Second fully equipped ambul ance was
donated to the Pune Heart Brigade by Shri Arun Kudale on 5th
November 1999. With this, Sanjeevan Hospital is capable of
handling heart patients for their immediate need.
A new project to build a 450-bed hospital (Phase I) in
collaboration with La ta Mangeshkar Medical Foundation has
started. To apprise Indian Community regarding this project and
to collect donations for the same, a team consisting of Dr.
Dhananjay Kelkar, Dr. Girish Godbole and Col. J. C. Pendse
(Retd.), VSM., toured USA in June 1999 for one month.
They met a large number of donors and also visited well-known
hospitals to study their functioning and layout.
The Bhoomi Poojan of the new hospital in collaboration with Lata
Mangeshkar Medical Foundation was carried out at the hands of
Swami Bhaumananda on 29 December 1999. The contract for
construction is given to Shapoorji Pallanji, one of the leading
builders in Maharashtra. The construction is likely to be
completed in 15 months.
Purchase of Medical Equipment During this period, following important medical equipment was added to the inventory of the hospital - 1) Neonatal Ventilator (2) Two Dialysis Machines (3) Blood Gas Analyzer (4) Cell Counter (5) Opthalmic Laser (6) Phaco Machine (7) Adult Ventilator (8) Computers.