On 7th of May we conducted a RTI rally at Dharwad District's 5 villages. We went to Medikoppa, Ramapura, Siddapura, Veerapur and Kallapura To gave awareness on the Act. Early morning we visited the village and discussed with villagers about the rally. They agreed to support and they took initiative in all our program. First we did a street play on RTI Act 2005. In our group we were 15 fellows, each of us took initiative to get success in this activity. IN Kallapur village villagers were prepared food for all fellows.

Through this I learned that, we should prepare before conducting any activity. Without preparation we cannot get success in any activity.
At the end of the Rally we Filed 125 RTI cases in different government Offices.It gave me courage to conduct these type of Rally and activities.
While learning the RTI module Ajay taught us about advantages and disadvantages of RTI act,Through this we can seek information of any government office,project, officer and any organization which took help from government.

Suzanne madam taught us about health. Health means physical and mental and social well being. Then she taught us public health and global health. She showed one video about public health, it shows health is our beside environmental. Global health means public health.

Ravindra from Grama Shikshana Foundation, told about tobacco. How it effects on human health. With an example about Ghutka, he mixed Ghutka in water for 15 min it became reddish due to chemical in that Ghutka. He shared his experience about how he started his organization.

Today I learned about Ghutka and tobacco effects on human health. Majority of people are using different type of tobacco. He showed some affected picture by cancer. It was a very good presentation, this information was very important for us we can share this information with others too. We can organize an awareness campaign on tobacco because today most of the people have habit of Ghutka or tobacco.

Soon after this session, Mrs. Reena Madam told about Grama Mahila Abhivridhi Kendra. She shared about how she started this NGO. I learned form her to how to overcome form cancer. We can give awareness for the cancer patient in community. Most of the people fear about this disease and we can change their attitude. We can raise fund for the poor women. It was very good experience for me.

Then we attended a guest speaker session by Madura madam from Bhageerath NGO. She spoke about waste management. She explained about how to manage the waste in good way and how to reduce the plastic with a case study of Mysore.

At last she told that, whenever you through the waste think before, is it the right place to through. It may create problem to others, as much as possible we should avoid plastic bags and other plastic material. If we follow this in our entire life it will be a great gift to nature and society.

After noon we attended a special guest speaker about HIV/AIDS by Lakshmish from Bhoruka Charitable Trust. This NGO working on prevention of HIV/AIDS project in Karnataka and Northern states of India.

Through this session we learned about historical back ground of HIV, what is the difference between HIV and AIDS. We learnt about modes of transmission and precaution methods. Also I learned about the symptoms, treatment, and health condition of effected women and children. At last he said as an entrepreneur how you can think about this issue, everybody gave some different answer on this issue. I learned it has a huge opportunity to work on this issue, but only thing is we have to raise the fund for this project. Unless we cannot provide proper service for them.

Today we visited BAIF NGO. Here we learned about history of the NGO how it was started by Mr. Manibhai Desai. He was follower of Mahathma Gandhi, also a freedom fighter. They started this organization to upgrade the quality of living among villagers. The organization is working in 22 villages of Hubli. In all of these villages they are focusing on SHG and it has given a good result in these villages. Mr.Nagedrappa Bulla manager explained about the activities of the organization.
I learned about Organic farming, here villagers were using agriculture Waste as fertilizer to their field. It gives good yield to them and also helping to improve soil fertility and health. I learned about wormy compost, how to make it and how it will useful to farmers. It is also an income generation program for farmers. Through this farmers are getting more benefits, not only in income also in soil health improvement and yield.
In this village we met a villager called Basavanagouda patil, he is a successful farmer and he adopted all new agriculture systems which were taught by BAIF. Initially he was not ready to adopt those new systems, but after convinced by NGO staffs he agreed to adopt. After this he did well whit his only one acre of land now he is earning more than 40 to 50 thousand in a year.
In Kampli Koppa we met Mr. Mallappa he is also adopted the same system of agriculture and earning much money in a year. Also he adopted this system for his whole field with his own interest. He is doing animal husbandry as income generation activity.
After noon we came back to DCSE and attended the class taken by Agriculture module facilitators. We shared our field visit experiences and presented in front of all fellows. I learned new type of evaluating instructors with the help of graph. It will help us to know the overall performance of the facilitator. At the end they conducted a test to know how much we learned agriculture module and if we have any doubt in the subject.

Today we had a guest speaker session by Mr. Sandeep Hegde, Founder of Dot Cord Company. He is a one of the youngest entrepreneur. He started his company when he was in college and pursuing his computer engineering second semester. He told about his organization and how it was started and what are the challenges he faced while starting his own venture.

According to him society is the big problem for everybody because we can convince our family, but we cannot convince the society. In his business they are providing IT solution in Belgaum. One more important thing he said that, if you want get success in your business you must do the thing in which you are passionate. Entrepreneurs should not follow the money; once you get success in your business the money will follow you automatically.

He started his venture in the year 2007 with a small investment of 10 thousand. So he told that, investment doesn’t matter if your idea is good and you have a strong planning then you will defiantly get succeed. As he said entrepreneurs are the futures of India. So everybody should find out the way of success. To get success in your business we have find an initial customer who can buy and promote our product.

There are two types in business, none is Service basis another one is Product basis. His business is service basis, where he is providing service to the customer. At the end he gave four basic rules to be followed to get success in your business.

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Firm on quality.
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Praise is not a matter.
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Self upgrade in your field is must.
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Keep good relation with your customer.


Today Mr. Chinna Babu Sir told about planning is most important in our all work. If you plan to win then you must do the proper strategies otherwise you will fail. So he said we should always “plan to win not fail.” He said, in village study we must identify the opportunity not problems.

Through his session I learned, always we have to be aware about what we are doing. In DFP we must learn as much as possible because here we have only less time to learn. Whatever new things we learn they will be help us in our future.

I learned the importance of team work. In team work individual effort is not works; also in team work some one wants to dominate we have to handle that person. Through this I learned about, we have to focus on major issue and I learned that, miscommunication will destroy everything.

ONLINE IDENTITY
Today I learned how to create privacy in twitter, face book and all other online identity.we have to maintain privacy we can lock and unlock our profile in business email I learned about professional mailing like how to write subject. The mail should be short and professional. If we are not responding with in 24 hours we have to inform them about delay.
To forward mail we have to take permission to forward the mail. If we attach any file we have to inform them.

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT:
In conflict management I learned golden rules like conflict is inevitable, in conflict resolution we have to maintain neutral language, listening.
In golden rule I learned should maintain professional in working areas. From beginning to end we have to understanding in nature. If we done any mistake, we ask apologize and respect them.
In conflict management we have to offer solution and also suggest solution instead of trying blaming. I learned new concept called back stabling means if it is conflict between two people and one person spreading rumors on other person.
I learned communication build healthy relationship and Miscommunication leads to create conflict.
At last I learned about LEAD registration and submission of LEAD activity proposal. Through this we will get approval to conduct activities and getting funds from LEAD.

Today we learned about effective communication by Caitlin. In this we learned about what is effective communication, the act of conveying information is called as effective communication. In this what are the criteria to be follow and when we follow we learned.
Listening and hearing both are different. Active listening will help us to improve our knowledge, to understand the topic, to give respect to the speaker also we should follow these rules.
Pay attention; - Look directly, distracting thoughts mentally prepare, avoid distracting.
Show that you are listening; - nod accordingly, enhance to speak, verbal communication like ‘Yes, or No’.
Provide Feedback;-paraphrases, Ask questions, summarize periodically.
Be genuine;-Don’t give fake attention.
Listen between the lines;-listen to more than just what is being said.
Non verbal communication has four major factors;-

* Eye contact
* Facial expression
* Gestures
* Posture and body orientation
* Paralinguistic


At the end we discussed about listening in group through this I learned listening is most important. We got assignment for tomorrow is to discuss with our group about a topic and find out the solution for the problem and create questions on the topic.

To learn Venn diagram, we divided into two groups and did this activity. Through this we can identify the problems in the particular village. Also we can try to find the solution and planning for developmental program. It is also known as chapatti diagram.

Venn diagram helps to how many villagers utilizes local properties I mean that government sources .because In villages people are not using sources fully because they don’t know the resources .that sources very important to people and to use properly. In village we can make this program by local people because we want participates villagers that’s our another program aim. In diagram we use local resources.

In village we doesn’t talk the sensitive matters and don’t over come because it is a very danger and also we learned what are thing keep in our mind.

Seasonality diagram;-

The seasonality diagram shows the month is the best way of the work. We ask the people .and they will draw this diagram with discuss the group and here we implementing our ideas also we ask some question for villagers.

Also we learned about Transects walk, wealth ranking and Matrix method.

After PRA class we learned about entrepreneurship activity. All fellows should conduct an entrepreneurial activity and leader ship activity every month. While marketing we shouldn’t hesitate to do.

Mr. Ravindra.Has took the module Participatory Rural Appraisal, It is a step to planning the activity which we are going to do in future. The module started with our introduction then we separated into five groups. We did a group activity on village mapping and find out whether this module is necessary in villages or not.
After noon, sir told about five W and H, means, what, why, when, who, where and how? We should do The PRA. Before conducting PRA we must follow some rules like, we should go through the reality in the villages, build rapport with villagers and attend in gramsaba to discuss about the problems.
To conduct PRA we should follow these steps like, Multi-disciplinary team should go to the field. Before going to the village we must collect secondary datas from other organizations. Then visit to the village to arrange the gram sabha. On which date, time and venue decided by villagers we must agree for that date. Arrange all the materials. One day before we should inform the villagers. After all this steps we can organize PRA in that particular village. Evening all groups did this activity with performing a skit. It gave us brief idea about preparation for PRA.
Today we learned about what are the things to be followed before and during the PRA, Principles and tools of PRA.
Before PRA we should follow these,

* Meet people with open and frank mind.
* Greet them when you meet them.
* Tell them who you are and why you are come here.
* Build up personal rapport with the villagers.
* Identify villagers who are veiling to share their experience.
* Select suitable place for interview.


During PRA

* Listen carefully, show empathy be patient and don’t lecture.
* Try to understand villager’s ways of reasoning.
* Polite
* Flexible and innovative
* Adjust the villager convenience
* Respect the villagers
* Accept the hospitality
* To give the chance for participating
* Don’t ask sensitive matters.


Principles of PRA,

* The right attitude.
* Right behavior.
* Flexibility and innovation.
* Triangulation.
* Optimal ignorance.
* Appropriate imprecision.


Tools of PRA,

* Mapping.
* Venn diagram.
* Timelines.
* Seasonality studies.
* Matrix ranking.
* Interviewing.
* Trend analysis.
* Transects.



At the end of the day all of us divided into two groups and conducted a social map activity, through this we learned about planning, problem analyzing, finding solution, and involving villagers to the activity.

All fellows prepared about a case study on Aravind Eye care hospital, we did a group discussion about the case study. Mr.Naveen Jha had taken class on successful business Modules. In this he thought us about

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Nonprofit ventures.
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Hybrid ventures.
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Social business.
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Venture philanthropy.

In non profit venture all NGOs will come, they are only depending on fund and funder. Here sustainability is not possible. In hybrid venture the profit ratios is high and sustainability possible because here they will generate the funds from haves and provide services to have not.

In social business they will get profit but getting profit is not their motto. They will rend the service; most of the social businesses are focusing on one issue. They will not concentrate on all issue which can applicable for the customers.

In Venture philanthropy investor will invest a capital for a long period of time. Once the venture becomes sustained it can involve other investors and continue with the same. At that point of time initial investor can slowly exit from the organization here profit margins will be higher.

At the end we learned about a case study of Aravinda eye care hospital, it’s a hybrid venture. Mr. G. Venkataswamy founder of this venture started in 1976. It is a successful venture and it has a huge mission for future. The organization provides Services for poor and rich equally.

Leadership activity. In our group four members were there, Mahesh Patil, Mahesh Katale, Harini And I. Before move to field we planned made a list of activities and prioritize the activities. Today we conducted Four activities around Vidyanagar, one is about Proper disposing of wastage, Dust bins to be kept near provision stores, proper utilization of hotel waste and a shelter for taking lunch at DCSE (Planned ).
In this activity all four will act like a leader and follower of each fellow. While conducting this event I learned about taking initiative will give opportunity to become a good leader, communicator and self motivator. While following Mahesh Patil I learned about communicating with hotel owners is different. Communicating and motivating Livelihood person is different. Both were highly experienced in their respected field, initially it was difficult to ask about waste materials in hotel, but when we decided and heard about reuse can be done and it will helpful for the person who is doing livelihood.
Evening we met Mr.Durgappa and all six hotel owners, Municipal leader Mr.Lakshman Uppar, NadaJoshi They all supported us and promised to help in future also. Through this leader activity we can build our confidence to handle these type of activity and also we can build our social network with all types of people.

Session from professor Thikot, he shared his experience in education sector and discussed about Higher education and its dimensions. Also he said about the opportunities available in education field.
In higher education mainly divided in to three parts
History; - Ancient –gurukul/limited access/skills/family based
Medieval;-Same/language
Post Independence;-No significant changes/expectations IIT/IIM/IISC ETC
Education v/s cram/English/skill sets/private sector/1992-NEP-LPG/development of education instruction and university-autonomous /cast and higher education
After noon we attend a session by Mr. Ramachandra rao, he told that compare to previous education today’s education is very good.
1.primary (1st std to 5th std) 2.high primary (5th std to 7th std) 3 .secondary (8th std to 10th std)
But today education system is changed according to government rules 1st std to 8th std is elementary education. In elementary education we can see three parts in primary education.
1. Enrolment
2. Attitude
3. Achievement

Kunal shah is one of the managing directors of Hubli optical. His grand father started in 1953 and they started opthithmic manufacture unit in 1955.The branches are in Goa,Karnataka,Maharastra.1965 entire unit lost and after 15 years they come up again .He studied BS in Pilani university and sankata netraloya .They have centre in Hubli and 3 in Belagum. They have key are as artificial eye fighting and contact lens and specialized contact lens.
The population is the market for them not a problem. Key secret of business is spending more time on business and treat customer like friend and one more important is to love and enjoy job. Good rapport building with purchaser and direct contact with owner and customer .
The other important key success of business is staff satisfaction. They not only have single banner to advertise they have customer with trust. The other important is good collection of product. Workforce, the management of shop is managed by staff, and they provide excellent facilities in order to retain employee for long time. He added if product is good no need have market. If the area is new then there is a compulsory of marketing. For every small business marketing is big challenge. Compete with price in business cannot survive.
From guest speaker session I came to know small business need marketing and customer satisfaction is very important.

Mr. Prameshppa taken a session on Nali-Kali a project by Karnataka government to improve primary education. In the year 2009 Ajim Premaji Foundation is working with Karnataka government effectively to provide good education for rural students all over the state. This project was started at Heggada Devana Kote in Mysore; this project was inspired by Rishi Valley Schools in Andhra Pradesh.
The Nali-Kali project is helps to analyze the knowledge level among the students. This project was really good for children, through this project children learn with joy and fun. Most the teachers were really interested to teach their students by using this method. It gives more work to teachers but teachers get satisfaction and students learn effectively.
Effective methods of the project:
1) Probably supported by teachers.
2) Full support given by teachers.
3) Probably support taken by co students.
4) Full support given by co students.
5) Self Learning.
These are the things helpful to students and teachers; teachers can find out slow learning students and give more attention to them.
Nali-Kali project has some important criteria in it which gives good learning for the students.
Nali-Kali class room, Black board, Plates, Card bags, Study materials, Annual action plan, Project plans, Logos.
These are helping teachers to give effective education to rural children.

Through this session I learned basic education will give a strong foundation to students to learn well in their future.