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Global market Vs Rural Village

Hi Rohini / Medha,
                  It is nice to get your reply.
Thank you for taking interest on western region and participate its change. Please try to address or focus on following area.

“…………..thanks a lot for the links, they were very helpful. but one thing i still
would like to know is problems of a very local nature. most of the sites
we see on the net are often official govt. websites. so the stuff we see
there is still on a larger scale than it is possible for us to handle in
our present framework…”

Yes this true.. You can definitely judge following few things from above statement.
-        This is all are Official data, You might expect theoretical or not updated or formal information
-        See the villages are still on backward. There is no electricity till now so it is hard to expect the information on internet.
-        If you notice most of the official sites looks like not updated…Somewhere it was written 2002 now imagine this is 2006
-        I agree the stuffs are on larger scale or not more practical approach.

Solutions:
-        You need to collect the data physically or non officially for updated one
-        To find a source who has latest information. I believe NIC (National Informatics Center) would be the best one but not sure how will help you officially or non-officially .I folds my hand on this part.


“…we want to find some specific region which has
something special to share with the rest of the world-- tribal crafts,
handicrafts, sikki tradition crafts, or even some way of sustaining
themselves…”

Well, I believe Nabarangpur would be the best place to your reach work with following reason
1.    Nabarangpur is famous of CHAU works. To be frank I do not have any date on this area but I know some tradition people they works since long time and won several awards on state as well as national level. Even few days back I was thinking to learn something but could not dues to lack of time or communication. This is unique kind of work which you will not found any over the world but it is kind of hidden inside the village.
2.    There is some kind “WORK FOR FOOD” concept working on that area since last few years. I came to know it is doing well but how far it is not sure.
3.    Nabarangpur is kind of isolated but potential village where as industrial growth is concern it has a DuraDraft manufacturing factory (http://www.mangalamtimber.com/contact.html)
4.    You will have easily access to near by BONDO Tribal People (http://www.tourorissa.com/pictures/TRIBAL15.jpg)
5.    Local resource to gain the advantage


   
“... he is poor because he doen't have the
land or labour capital to go into cultivation on a scale that would allow
him to make a comfortable income on it's sale. he is also not connected to
markets and is usually cheated by middle-men in whatever sale he manages
to make….”

           This is correct but most of the time you will get all sympathetically data where as my personal experience is concern tribal are very what they are they will behave wired if you show the sympathy which people are had been doing this and making them fool. If possible we need to make a may to create empathy rather to show sympathy. They are well aware that people show sympathy and make them fool easily. So, The challenge is how smart we are to act on empathy J ..hope it make sense to you.


“…now we can enter the scene by providing information, which can be accessed
even by illiterates( use of graphics) , let him know of govt. schemes for
funding, co-op. farming, connecting him with paddy cultivations across the
country so that they can share their techniques and introduce better
strains or farming practices, come up with technology-wise simple products
which can alert them in case of impending natural disasters, and a
hundered other small simple things, which could help a lot without costing
way too much….”

I like the concept of Graphics, Yes we can do that something like that but it recalling the old Mouse and Cat story. Who is going to put the bell on cat neck? ;) never mind… I have no idea on this area need more brain and more storming … 


“..small villages not being connected at all, and the lack of employment. i was wondering if something
like a scheme whereby the govt. supplys the material (if possible locally sourced fly ash cement or bricks) and the people have to construct the roads themselves for a bare minimum kind of wages is in existance and if not, will it work out? ….””


          I don’t think so, this all are looks like more theory approach rather than the practical.
Who has spare time to do something at least for others until unless somebody has passion or willingness to help others?
I am bit less optimistic on this part. Excuse me please..!



“…..also a new generation of young oriyas, educated and yuppie-ised, who have
migrated to greener pastures , but still seem very concerned about the
state of their home towns seems have arisen. what concrete work, and i
speak in terms of results and changes, have they done to change the
situation back home? are there any individuals who are, say helping out
with the education of the poor in his village or connecting his local
artisan with a global market? because for some one in the i.t. stream or
in contact with a foreign market it would be really easy to maybe design a
webpage which could act as an international marketplace or something along
those lines ….”

Rohini, you ask too much question I am loosing my patience to write or explain
(Just finishing one energy drink when and going for next ;)) Well I might be the wrong guy to answer
Just adding my 2 cents comments. Comparatively yes it is less change but good things are that it is changing.
There is lots of people who are getting involved or help to rural area even I too work with seedsnet ( www.SEEDENET.ORG)
The ratio looks to be less what I mean is solutions Vs problem. Governments also doing lots of work too but these are looks very slow which is almost invisible.
People did not see the computer in their life forget about the design of webpage which is unrealistic .As I told before it is not life of running paycheck to paycheck.
It is life of running daily basis where you act the instant situation. The whole philosophy might be inclined toward something like old Chinese probe.”If you give fish to a poor man he eat for a day but if you teach him how to fish he will eat or live whole life”


“…..i think that empowering can happen only when the information can reach
people and in a form that can process it and convert it into knowledge…”

True, but the information is not sufficient the challenge is adopting the information rather to defend it. We are getting hard time to adopt the change quickly.
If you able to teach somebody to adopt the change then rest of the work will be taken care…making sense J

You guys are doing pretty good work which something worth of investing time. Just keep on and keep dig the Well.

For any question call me on my cell…I am getting hard to write this long mail..:) Never mind it is my pain so thought to let you know.

Best of Luck.

Thanks and Regards,

Suresh Behera      




-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:26 AM
To: Suresh Behera
Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re:]

hi
thanks a lot for the links, they were very helpful. but one thing i still
would like to know is problems of a very local nature. most of the sites
we see on the net are often official govt. websites. so the stuff we see
there is still on a larger scale than it is possible for us to handle in
our present framework.
let me try to elucidate: we want to find some specific region which has
something special to share with the rest of the world-- tribal crafts,
handicrafts, sikki tradition crafts, or even some way of sustaining
themselves which is every-day and mundane to them but can be slightly
modified and utilized not only by that particular individual but others
too. for instance this farmer in orissa has been growing paddy , it is a
practice being followed for generations. he does not use pesticides, he
doesn't necessarily need fertilizer. he is poor because he doen't have the
land or labour capital to go into cultivation on a scale that would allow
him to make a comfortable income on it's sale. he is also not connected to
markets and is usually cheated by middle-men in whatever sale he manages
to make. he is aware of the options available to him.
now we can enter the scene by providing information, which can be accessed
even by illiterates( use of graphics) , let him know of govt. schemes for
funding, co-op. farming, connecting him with paddy cultivations across the
country so that they can share their techniques and introduce better
strains or farming practices, come up with technology-wise simple products
which can alert them in case of impending natural disasters, and a
hundered other small simple things, which could help a lot without costing
way too much.

some of the stuff i read on you page like small villages not being
connected at all, and the lack of employment. i was wondering if something
like a scheme whereby the govt. supplys the material (if possible locally
sourced fly ash cement or bricks) and the people have to construct the
roads themselves for a bare minimum kind of wages is in existance and if
not, will it work out?

also a new generation of young oriyas, educated and yuppie-ised, who have
migrated to greener pastures , but still seem very concerned about the
state of their home towns seems have arisen. what concrete work, and i
speak in terms of results and changes, have they done to change the
situation back home? are there any individuals who are, say helping out
with the education of the poor in his village or connecting his local
artisan with a global market? because for some one in the i.t. stream or
in contact with a foreign market it would be really easy to maybe design a
webpage which could act as an international marketplace or something along
those lines.

i think that empowering can happen only when the information can reach
people and in a form that can process it and convert it into knowledge.

i would really like to know your suggestions and if you know of any such
possible avenues, little bylanes of info, actually, and could share with
us i would be much obliged.

thanks for your time,
rohini

Bangalore Oriya Team...

From Bangalore Oriya Team...

We at Global Oriya have always tried to bring to you, the Global Citizen staying away from the home state, positive news about our dear state because we have felt that it’s easy to feel negative, pessimistic and resigned seeing, hearing and reading all the negative news from various sources which always put Orissa as the state of poor, malnourished and destitute people. It’s important to feel proud, positive and optimistic about a certain thing before we can get the enthusiasm to identify ourselves with that. However, it’s also equally important to know the challenges faced to feel the motivation, arouse the desire and derive the energy to fight for its cause and ultimately improve it. Let’s spare a thought on the things that could have gone the way we want, but haven’t.

1.      The much talked about IISc originally proposed to be established in Bhubaneswar has now shifted to Kolkata and Punjab.

2.      Government of India recently announced that the IA has no plans to connect Bangalore with Bhubaneswar. The state Govt has no time to contact and prevail upon private airlines for such facility.

3.      Barabati stadium was once praised by Clive Llyod as one of the finest stadiums in the country. But when has Cuttack last hosted a match? Places like Nagpur have hosted number of matches in a single year now.

4.      First time in several years not single player from Orissa finds a place in the Duleep trophy squad.

5.      There is no representation from Orissa at the centre except a solitary member .

6.      The Times of India did a survey on the potential tier 2 cities for call centre growth. While neighbouring Vishakhapatnam finds a place in it, Bhubaneswar does not. Even NASSCOM always gives pride of place to other destinations like Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Baroda, Indore as the potential IT growth centres. They never mention Bhubaneswar as one of such tier-2 centers.

Let’s all remember that nothing comes for free and we need to fight for our rights. We need to be vigilant and put our energy in right areas. With that sober thought, let’s enjoy a few good news on Orissa.

-          ORISSA AIIMS GETS CENTER’S NOD

-          ORISSA LEVERAGES BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER STATES

-          RUSSIAN STEEL MAJOR PLANS MEGA STEEL PLANT IN GOPALPUR

-          JAY PANDA RENOMINATED TO RAJYA SABHA

Read the details of all these news at our website http://www.globaloriya.com.

Regards,
Global Oriya Team

Vande Bharata Janani

The song 'Vande Utkal Janani' was first sung at
Utkal Sammilani Conference at Balasore in
1912, the song had its spell-bound effect on
the audience and surprised many dignitaries in
the dias, including Utkalmani Pandit
Gopabandhu Das, who was presiding over the
Session. He was so much delighted that after
he heard the entire song, he inquired about its
writer....

....'Vande Utkal Janani's each line
and stanza is important for us. These lines are
so symmetrically arranged that under no
circumstances the song can be shortened.
Orissa's eminent persons including Kantakavi's
younger son and freedom fighter Sri Gour
Chandra Mahapatra is not at all in favour of
the shorter version of the song.
More Reading...

The Story of Vande Utkal Janani The National Song of Orissa

Suresh Behera

Doctoral Summer School at Bhubaneswar

A Doctoral Summer School is being arranged at Bhubaneswar, India, for doctoral scholars in management and related disciplines, who may be enrolled at any university/institute. Research-minded colleagues from academic and other backgrounds are also welcome to participate. Proposed Topics: place of case studies in research, contexts of case research, case design, skills relevant to case-study research, case writing, case-based pedagogy, typical case studies, case-based thesis proposals, etc.....

Objectives
Overall: To reflect on case study as a method of research and explore its application in a research area of one's interest.
Supporting: (a) To become aware of the challenges of doing research in applied disciplines, such as management; (b) To explore the distinctive features of case-study research and the variety of approaches followed in different situations; (c) To practice the skills of doing case-study research.

Registration
Please send an e-mail to the Convenor introducing yourself and describing your interest in case-study research. After receiving the Convenor's comfirmation, please make a bank draft in favour of "Xavier Institute of Management" payable at Bhubaneswar, for the appropriate participation fee (INR 2,500 for students; INR 4,000 for those in employment; the fee includes registration, non-air-conditioned accommodation, and boarding; for a possible discount, write to the Convenor). Air-conditioned accommodation will be available for a higher price. Foreign participants are requested to contact the Convenor for separate registration details. Please send a covering letter (and the bank draft) to the address given at the end. For any payment-related queries, please contact Mr Kishore Pradhan, Accounts Officer (kishore<AT>ximb.ac.in).

More about this post..
http://www1.ximb.ac.in/users/web/fpm.nsf/pages/DSS2006

Suresh Behera

The Legend : Pranab Kishore Patnaik

             

Pranab Kishore Patnaik , one of the rare gems of oriya music industry who reigned over for 5 decades has uniqueness in his voice, which lies in the fluidity of his songs, which are not only delightful but an unrestrained creation which brings up a profusion of melodious sensitivity and tones with the jugglery of meaningful rhythm. The variation in his vocal rendering are quite wide and his unique style is incomparable. His GAYAKI is mounted on such a platform, which makes the listener realize the finest elements of the supreme creation. He has lent voice to various segments of music like Odishi, Folk, Devotional & Bhajans, Semi Classical, Traditional, Hindi Geet and Ghazal etc.

More reading at...
http://www.oriyamusic.com/ArtistProfile/Pranab/

hAri Bola...

Suresh Behera

Nuggets from Sachi Satapathy : Orissa Vision 2020

As we all are aware that we are experiencing the great momentum of changing the world including orissa.It is good to being participate rather watching from outside.
Here is a nice nuggets from Schi SatapathySachi Satapathy
A must read from Orissa People......

A Paper from recently published Orissa Vision 2020 Edited by me.
sachi



Technological Excellence and Human Resources Development: Twin Mantra of Orissa's Development.

Digambara Patra *


Digambara Patra- Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute For Biological Information Processing-1, Forschungszentrum, Wolfshovener strasse 102, D-52428, Juelich, Germany
The role of modern technology and its development in the economic progress of a nation is getting increasingly recognized. Firms are becoming more and more competitive and efforts are being made globally to develop technology strengths. In the present global scenario the developing nations especially are showing remarkable rise in the pace of economic growth. It has been realized that there would likely be a shift in economic power towards the third world nations in the present century. To achieve the economic power house, technology and economy need to be considered in an integrated manner rather than as separate entities. Opening up of Indian economy to the global market has altered domestic and global market, to a great extent, for which Indian industry has become globally more competitive since last one decade. However, Orissa as a federal state of India has achieved a little in this global competition compared to other industrially advanced Indian states. Poverty, regular natural calamities and lack of infrastructure have been a general issue of concern for Orissa's backwardness in modern industrialization. In contradiction, Orissa has advantages of mineral rich reserves, large coastlines, great tourism potential, and low cost skilled and unskilled work force. Therefore a clear vision of, what can be achieved and how best to achieve it, is required for the state. On the other hand, to realize the dream of developed India by 2020 poverty stricken Orissa must develop. Otherwise the dream will never be fulfilled. Keeping this in mind industries in Orissa will have to support the nation in acquiring economic leadership and progress by 2020. The foundation of this leadership will depend, to a great extent, on the technological excellence of the firms in Orissa.

Orissa has a large shortage of highly qualified human resources. Orissa has done some- what well in humanities but particularly in engineering, science and medicine I assume Orissa is still one of the lower number of graduate producing state compared to other Indian industrialized states like Maharastra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. A modern approach for infrastructure development in basic science and technology is still required for the state. Foundation for a strong higher and technical education as well as research must be built inside the state, during next five years. Few more new universities, research centers and technical colleges should be established in the state. Importance should be given to the backward region for higher infrastructure development. Few universities and technical colleges in south-western Orissa are required keeping its present backwardness. Bhawanipatna, Balangir, Koraput, Keonjhargarh and Phulbani could be developed as centers of excellence in higher education and research oriented infrastructure development, which will not only boost the local economy when people from other parts of Orissa will come to this place for work but also encourage local residents to pursue higher education and research by creating a healthy atmosphere in this backward region. Some of the colleges in the state should be promoted to deem status and the position of the professor could be non-transferable in these deem colleges so that he/she can establish his/her own laboratory in long run to carry out good research work. Although more than 70 % of Orissa's population depends on agriculture, agriculture alone can not make the state prosper. Along with it we need to focus on industrialization and modern technology. As technology changes with time, it needs a strong investment in research and development. Orissa should target for outsourcing in global research and development centers in next 5 years. Orissa is one of the states where research and developmental progress is poor. Today India has few good international research laboratories like GE in Bangalore, mainly because of research done in National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In fact GE was planning to set up its Laboratory in Pune, but it could not do so due to some political problem. Orissa should improve domestic infrastructure by doing good research in universities, national laboratories, and major colleges present inside the state, so that global companies will feel confident to invest in R & D in Orissa. For achieving progress in R & D every independent university, research organization and college should submit a 15 years research plan, their goal, and how they can generate their own expenses through research and consultancy. Apart from fundamental research, research work should be also entertained in applied aspects of advanced sectors, food processing, chemical processing industries, civil aviation, food & agriculture, electric power, electronics & communications, engineering industries, health care, materials & processing, life sciences & biotechnology, road transportation, services, strategic industries, telecommunications, and waterways. Progress in technological and research excellence will encourage modern and knowledge based industries to invest in the state.

Of course, without primary education there can't be higher education. The present proposal to establish primary education in every village, higher secondary education in every panchayat, and bachelor degree education to every block is encouraging. The bachelor education in science should get preference over humanities. A bird's eye view of our present education systems indicates that most of the colleges present in rural and semi-urban regions have only arts (humanities) stream and very few have science stream. In general, developed countries have higher number of scientists and engineers than humanities. We should have more science than arts colleges to promote science as well as to compete with present global scenario. Number of input should be increased in science, technology and medicine and that of seats in humanities should be decreased. As English is very important for globalization, good education in English and Oriya languages along with special emphasis in spoken English should be given importance at the basic level.

Although Orissa started quite early in IT investment, due to lack of government and public awareness it could not make up to the national level in last 10 years. Even recently late starters like West Bengal and Kerala have performed better than Orissa in IT. This is the greatest failure of our government in last 10 years. Orissa should have a very aggressive plan and public leaders should personally meet industrialists for such growth. Personal relation between industrialists and politicians makes a greater deal in bringing IT companies home. For instance the recent success of West Bengal in IT can be attributed more to the personal relation developed by Mr. Budhadeb Bhattacharya with Mr. Premji. Orissa as such needs a dynamic leader for such activities. A friendly fast track single window system should be created for new investments in the state. Beside IT related industries, Orissa should also target on industries related to biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, herbal & aurvedic and nanotechnology , where other states of India still have to play major roles. Large forest resources and presence of traditional herbal trees in the state (for example rare herbal trees can be found in undivided Kalahandi, Balangir, Koraput and Phulbani districts) could bring more investment in herbal research and development. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack could be developed as a single metropolitan city and this city should be used as a gate way to invest in other regions of the state. Along with Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Berhampur, and Sambalpur, other regional towns like Bhawanipatna, Balesore, Jeypore, Keojhargarh, Balangir, Baripada, Phulbani and Dhenkanal (considering the geographical need) could be encouraged for IT, biotechnology, nanotechnology and agro based parks development so that every corner of the state will be equally benefited and regular exchange of people from all parts of Orissa will generate a friendly and brotherly atmosphere reducing regional imbalance. Backward sections of the people should be highly encouraged for higher studies to avoid use of these people by anti-social elements. As suggested in a news website discussion, it would be nice to select one of the towns that is geographically center to whole backward south western Orissa districts (as suggested, Bhawanipatna could be potent center to whole south western Orissa districts), and give all modern infrastructure for industrialization along with a few regional administratative offices ( like Siligudi in West Bengal) keeping this region's inaccessible long distance and poor transportation facilities to state capital Bhubaneswar in mind.

Orissa's rich potential in steel, aluminium and mines should be properly and timely exploited for proper utilization of long coastlines. As proposed by the government, two special economic zones (SEZs) and small port development will benefit the state a lot. Particularly places where making steel, aluminium and mines based industries and ports are remote should be encouraged for other industries like IT, BT etc. Orissa has a great potential in agro & food processing, leather, jewelry, garments and textile based industries. Expertise in Kataka tarakashi work and available gem stones inside the state should be properly exploited for bringing jewelry industries. We have the advantage of cost, skillful workers and raw materials. Many Oriya people are working in textile, jewelry and other industries out side the state. These people will definitely prefer to come back to Orissa when proper infrastructure would be provided to them. An aggressive five year plan should be made to attract investment in these sectors. As recognized by the state government, tourism has one of the great potent of generating employment, but Orissa needs to do better publicity and provide better security and strengthen law and order situation. Particularly, security for foreign tourists should be given preference. More friendly behavior with tourist by the local people than the government will encourage more foreign tourists in the state. Citizen in the state should realize ( as in the case of Thailand or even in the case of Kerala) that friendly attitude to a tourist would encourage more tourists to visit the place lifting the local economy upwardly. Along with normal tourism, tourist in aurvedic and medical care should be facilitated in the state.

Orissa does have higher percentage of poor unskilled/semi-skilled people. Employment to these people could be a problem in high technology industries. For increasing their employment potential, small and medium enterprises could be established. Special vocational training with little basic education should be given to these people aged between 15 and 50 years to promote them from unskilled to semi-skilled labourers. Farmers should be encouraged for export oriented and quality farming. However, infrastructure is the greatest hurdle in Orissa and a strong investment in basic infrastructure can generate more employment for these people. Area wise Orissa is the fifth largest in the nation, but when one looks at the railway connections and air connectivity it is too poorly built. In such a case obviously road construction should get high importance in Orissa. As recognized by the state government all weather road links to every village and state high way road to every block should be made in the next 3 to 5 years. District head quarters should be linked with national high way. Road accidents are alarming in the state. To reduce accidents roads should be properly constructed and maintained. Similar to developed countries, a strict law should be brought to counter such bad practices. Of course, a good traffic control and bringing order to every street of a city and town will solve this problem to a larger extent. Construction of four lane highways is necessary for most of the busy roads in the state , for example: one along the coastlines, one in the western border line, and one in the heart line of Orissa. Simultaneously, government should give special attention to build new railway infrastructure in the state. West Bengal which is quite small as compared to Orissa in area has a very long railway net work. In my opinion, three new major railway links in the following route must be made in the state.

Malkangiri-Jeypore-Koraput-Nabrangpur-Ampani-Dharamgarh-Sinapali-Nuapada-Padampur-Bargarh-Jharsuguda-Deogarh-Keonjhargarh-Bhadrak,
Balangir-Boudh-Phulbani-Angul-Kenojhargarh-Baripada-Balesore, and
Dharamgarh-Lanjigarhroad-Phulbani-Nayagarh-Khurda-Puri-Paradip-Dhamara
In air connectivity, Bhubaneswar airport should be directly linked internationally and to all major Indian cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Lukhnow etc. New domestic airports at Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Bhawanipatna, Jeypore, Berhampur, and Balesore should be encouraged keeping distance in mind. Cleanliness of the environment, recycling and proper disposal of waste products, good quality drinking water to every family, piped water supply to every village and towns, and self-sufficiency in energy are other social parameters to be taken care of. In short, irrigation facilities, food, employment, education, health and nutrition, improvements in quality of governance, domestic stability, population growth, transport, communication, energy self-sufficiency, water conservation, air quality, trade investment, peace, security, e-governance, rural development, poverty, fiscal deficit and loan burden should be properly addressed by Orissa government and its people. Orissa has generated a bad track record that many of the proposals on new project and investment in the state either do not pick up in right time. Corruption free aggressive governance is required to properly execute the projects at right time. After all, self-confidence and self-reliance citizens keeping Indianness and respect to human kind intact are required to make Orissa a peaceful and lovely state.

Suresh Behera

Orissa : PGDIT from IIT Kharagpur

The main campus of the Institute is situated about 120 km to the west of Kolkata (about 5 km south of Kharagpur railway station on the South Eastern Railway) and is spread over 2000 acres of land. IIT Kharagpur has two mini-campuses - one at Salt Lake, Kolkata, and another at Bhubaneswar, Orissa, imparting Information Technology (IT) and management related education besides serving as city based nodal centres of IIT Kharagpur for interaction with R&D organisations and industries.

PGDIT from IIT Kharagpur

Suresh Behera

Israel to help Orissa in agriculture- The Economic Times

This looks great..Orissa is Moing ahead..

Link: Israel to help Orissa in agriculture- The Economic Times.
Israel is keen to cooperate with Orissa in agriculture and water management, Israel's Ambassador in New Delhi, David Danieli said on Tuesday.

"We are willing to share our technology with the state in these fields", Danieli, who had a discussion with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the state secretariat here, told reporters.

He said there was a conducive atmosphere for development of agriculture and water management in Orissa.

"Israel would depute its agricultural experts to study the possibilities and areas of cooperation", Danieli said
For more ..

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1385318.cms