INSEDA’S ANNUAL REPORTS OF SEVEN FINANCIAL YEARS
(Consolidated Annual Reports of 9 years, since formation of INSEDA till March 31, 04)
1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 & 2003-04

ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 1995-96

The Narrative Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 1995-96 (the Indian financial year is taken from the beginning of April of one year till the end of March 31 of the next year- i.e. in this case, it is April 1, 1995 to March 31, 1996) is summarized below:
I. FORMATION OF INSEDA
1. The INSEDA was formally established as a national association of the network of over 60 NGOs involved in the promotion and implementation of renewable energy technologies (RETs), with special focus on low cost household biogas plants for rural applications, as well as to some extent promotion of smokeless stoves in rural areas.
2. Historical background of INSEDA’s formation of is given in the subsequent paragraphs.
II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INSEDA’S FORMATION AS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NGOS
3. The constitution of INSEDA- Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development Association was approved by the members in October 1995 to form it as a National Body of the existing Network of Indian NGOs involved in the promotion of biogas technology for about two decades. The INSEDA was subsequently registered as a society in December 1995, under the Indian Societies’ Registration Act. However, the history of formation of INSEDA can be traced back to late 1970's and early 1980's, which laid the foundation for the formation of INSEDA.
4. The process leading to formation of INSEDA goes back to 1979-80 when an exclusively training for NGOs was organised on the first Indian design fixed dome (Janata Model) household biogas technology. 24 participants nominated by 20 grass roots Indian NGOs attended this training. After this training, the NGOs decided to systematically promote this appropriate technology along with other low cost renewable energy technologies in rural areas, e.g., smokeless Chulhas & efficient Wood Stoves.
5. In early 1980's action was initiated to organise these grass-roots NGOs into a viable informal Network for the promotion of low cost rural household biogas plants in a decentralised manner in their respective area of operations, under the National Project on Biogas Development (NPBD) of Department of Non-Conventional Sources of Energy (DNES), now a full-fledged Ministry of Non-Conventional Sources of Energy (MNES), Government of India.
6. By the middle of 1995, the number of NGOs in this network had grown to 70, operating 90 Biogas Extension Centres (BECs), operating throughout India. Till then (March 1995) these NGOs had built over 80,000 (till the reporting period i.e. March 31, 1997 over 100,000 BGPs) low cost fixed dome rural household biogas plants The members of this Network had seen and experienced the great strength of working together on one common technology promotion programme or theme or issue.
7. In the annual meeting of the members in 1992-93, the deck was finally cleared and the task was entrusted to some of the leaders of the network, representing the group to appropriately modify the MOA and R&R for registering this network into a formal national body. Even after this consensus decision, it took another three years to finalise the constitution for registering INSEDA into a formal body.
8. Finally, the leaders of this NGO network, which was hitherto operating more as an informal forum, took historical step in October 1995 by approving the constitution and deciding to register it as a formal National Body with legal entity by the name- Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological Development Association (INSEDA). The INSEDA was subsequently registered as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, in December 1995 with 50 members, and since then it has started working with its national secretariat based in Delhi.
III. ACTIVITIES OF INSEDA DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1995-96
9. Since the decision to establish INSEDA in to formal body by the group of designated members of the NGOs biogas network only in its meeting held on October 28, 1995, major part of the reporting period went towards organising it and completing formalities to register it as a non-profit national association of members under the societies registration act. This was followed by getting the consent of the representatives of the NGO network before formally enrolling them as members of INSEDA. Following are the summary of the activities during the reporting period:
a). First formal organizational meeting of the core members of the existing Biogas network was held on October 28, 1995 in Delhi in which it was decided to form this informal network in to a formal national organization by the name “INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION- IN SHORT INSEDA”. I the same meeting the members formed an interim Executive Body and elected the interim Office Bearers of INSEDA. It was decided to hold the second Executive Body and the General Body Meeting of the organization on October 31, 1995 to discuss the draft constitution / Statues (MOA and R & R) of INSEDA and to get it approved by the General Body.
b). The second meeting of the members was held on October 31, 1995. The draft Constitution (Memorandum of Association and the Rules and Regulations) of INSEDA was adopted by the General Body. After the approval of the constitution the first Executive Body and the Office Bearers of the INSEDA were elected unanimously. The members also authorized the General Secretary/Secretary General to initiate the process to submit the formal application to the Registrar of Societies to get INSEDA registered under the Indian Societies Registrations Act-XXI of 1860.
c). The INSEDA received its formal registration as Society on December 11, 1995.
d). During the next few months, till the close of the financial year, the time was spent in organizing the National Secretariat of INSEDA in Delhi, developing contacts with the members and getting their feedback for future course of action and contacting and organizing meeting with different departments and initiating action to develop projects to be submitted to funding agencies for support.
IV. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
10. By the close of the financial year 1995-96 (i.e. as on March 31, 1996), the INSEDA had 32 enrolled members, representing almost all the major states of India. The INSEDA National Secretariat started receiving good number of applications from NGOs for enrolling them as INSEDA Members. It was decided that all the new applications would be checked, scrutinized and endorsed by the Executive Body (EB) members operating in that particular region before taking final decision. Each EB member was also asked to suggest names of genuine NGOs for the consideration of INSEDA membership.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 1996-97

The Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 1996-97 (period from April 1, 1996 to March 31, 1997) is summarized below:
I. GENERAL
1. In the initial months, efforts were made to mainly establish INSEDA. As a result of this, the year 1996-97 was spent in informal consultations and development of common understanding about the future role of INSEDA so that it could effectively serve the members.
II. REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON RETS JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY INSEDA AND INFORSE SOUTH ASIAN REGIONAL SECRETARIAT
2. INSEDA organised a three days Regional Workshop-cum-meeting on the theme “Promotion of Renewable Energy through Non-formal Education” from May 29 to 31, 1996 at Lucknow, U. P. This workshop was sponsored by INforSE International Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark, and jointly conducted by INSEDA and INFORSE South Asian Region of which the Secretary General is the elected Regional Coordinator.
3. During the workshop, the participants also devoted considerable time discussing the five main drafts WSSP (World Solar Summit Process) Documents pertaining to different themes/issues as well as the draft INforSE Position Paper for WSSP, prepared and sent by INforSE International Secretariat. The objective of the WSSP was to prepare a final draft paper for the forthcoming World Solar Summit, which was planned to be held at Harare, Zimbabwe in September 1996. The inputs, including suggestions and recommendations on these documents, of the participants of the INSEDA/INforSE regional workshop, were faxed to INforSE International Secretariat, Denmark for on wards transmitting them to the World Solar Summit Secretariat in Paris, France for the forth coming meeting of the WSSP at WSSP Secretariat in Paris.
4. During this workshop a meeting of INSEDA Members was also organized on May 30, 1996. The objective was to brief them about the activities and action taken by the National Secretariat, during the last six months after INSEDA was formally registered as a National Association on December 11, 1995, under the Indian societies registration act- XXI of 1860; as well as to present an action plan to members so that they could discuss it threadbare and make appropriate recommendations to the national Secretariat as well as guidelines to provide services to its members.
5. After deliberations in the meeting, the members unanimously decided that INSEDA should concentrate on the following broad activities:
a). Capacity building of NGOs, facilitate, organize and conduct training programmes, workshops and seminars for the members, related to renewable energy and other environmental sound technologies.
b). Organize, coordinate and facilitate appropriate educational programmes for members.
c). Collect, compile and disseminate information on the renewable energy and other environmental sound technologies to members.
d). Assist the members in preparations of appropriate project proposal in RETs, Environment and ecological development in rural areas.
e). Liaise with the government and other agencies for facilitating support to activities and projects of members.
f). Network with other National NGOs and organizations for promotion of ideas and joint programmes, to create better impact at the national levels.
g). Assist the members in the transfer of RET and Ecological & Environmentally sound technology in rural areas of the country.
h). Promote Community oriented, sustainable Energy based Eco-Village Development (EVD) models, through its members and other sister/partner NGOs/VOs.
i). INSEDA would act as "APEX Body" as well as take-up the responsibility for joint-implementation, over all coordination & management of the Network package projects promoted by INSEDA by involving its members and other NGOs. In such network projects INSEDA would also look after the capacity building, monitoring and evaluation aspects, to realise the overall goal in an effective manner.
j). It was also decided to enhance the membership and invite some of the NGOs who were involved in RETs and Ecological and Environmental Development activities, projects or programmes, covering as many states of India as possible, to promote wider representation. Members were asked by the Secretary General to suggest genuine members to be enrolled as INSEDA members.
3. The Secretary General, INSEDA was unanimously re-elected as the Regional Coordinator of INFORSE South Asian Region (IN-SAR) for the next 5 years period by the Core Members of INFORSE. INSEDA was to host the Regional Secretariat of INFORSE for this five years period, starting from May 1997 till May 2002.
III. INSEDA’S PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD SOLAR SUMMIT
4. The Secretary General, INSEDA participated in the ‘WORLD SOLAR SUMMIT” at Harare, Zimbabwe in September 1996 as well as in the four days International Workshop on Renewable Energy organized by INforSE.
5. Just before the start of the ‘WORLD SOLAR SUMMIT’, the meeting of INforSE Coordinators from all the regions were also organized in which the Secretary General, INSEDA presented the Action Plan of INforSE South Asian Region (IN-SAR) Secretariat for the calendar year 1997, which was endorsed by the committee of INforSE Coordinators. The activities for the IN-SAR were to by carried-out and coordinated by INSEDA on behalf of this region.
IV. TECHNICAL GUIDANCE IN ORGANIZING CONSTRUCTION TRAINING IN A NEW MODEL OF LOW COST BIOGAS PLANT
6. During the period, at the request of one of the members (WAFD, New Delhi), the Secretary General, INSEDA conducted one construction-cum-demonstration training prgramme on a new low cost biogas technology in one of their project villages in the Bharatpur District (Rajasthan). During the training biogas supervisor and the master masons of this NGO were trained. This new model fabricated with bamboo reinforced cement mortar (BRCM) was designed and developed by the Secretary General himself.
V. PREPARATION OF COMPREHENSIVE MANUAL ON THE SHRAMIK BANDHU MODEL BIOGAS PLANT
7. The Secretary General-cum-Chief Executive INSEDA also finalized the preparation of “Comprehensive Manual on Grameen Bandhu Biogas Plant”, in January 1997.
VI. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
10. There were a total of 55 members (54 regular and 1 one co-opted member) as on March 31, 1997.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 1997- 98

The Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 1997-98 (period from April 1, 1997 to March 31, 1998) is summarized below:

I. NATIONAL NGO AWARENESS WORKSHOP ON RETS
1. The INSEDA organised a “National NGO Awareness Workshop on RETs for NGOs”, in the month of May 1997 at New Delhi. This workshop was sponsored by IREDA, which is a Government of India Enterprise. Indian Renewable energy Development Agency (IREDA), New Delhi, was started by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Sources (MNES), Government of India in 1987 for commercialisation of RETs. The Participants nominated by NGOs, mainly member organizations of INSEDA participated in the Workshop.
2. The Workshop was conducted mainly by the IREDA Officers. The Adviser & Head, Rural Energy, Ministry of Non-Conventional Sources (MNES), Government of India also participated as one of the Resource Persons. The participants were also shown video films on different mature RETs made by IREDA, which could be promoted and implemented by NGOs. The participants gave several recommendations for IREDA to effectively involve NGO community. The IREDA Officers promised to look in to all the recommendations. They also invited NGOs to submit appropriate proposal on RETs, which could be submitted, to IREDA for their consideration, for loaning support. The NGOs were especially asked to submit proposal for rural applications of RETs. The proceeding of the Workshop was sent to participants and all the INSEDA Members.
II. END USER’S CAMPS BY INSEDA MEMBERS AND SISTER/PARTNER NGOS
3. As a follow up of the National Workshop of NGOs, IREDA sanctioned 35 Camps on RETs to INSEDA, to be completed before September 1997, to mark the decade of Service of IREDA. Based on the request received INSEDA, in turn INSEDA allocated these Camps to INSEDA Members and partner NGO. The advance funds received for the camps were also sent as Camp organizing advance to NGOs. Due to shortage of time only 33 Camps could be organized during the period.
4. The NGOs participating in the Awareness Camps on RETs were also given free of cost a set of four Video on RETs by INSEDA, procured from IREDA. The Secretary General also participated in two of the camps as resource person. As per report received, these camps were well-organized and well-participated and created considerable interest about RETs amongst people. In response to the demand of local people, some of the NGOs also prepared proposals and send them directly to IREDA, for getting funds for providing loans to people for the purchase of simple RET gadgets.
5. The report of these camps received from NGOs were compiled by the Secretary General in to one Consolidated Report with photographs and sent to IREDA along with the audited Statement of Accounts. The balance of funds received from IREDA was reimbursed to NGOs who organized these Camps.

III. WORLD BANK STUDY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE POWER SECTOR
6. The World Bank had initiated a two-year Study in the "Environmental Issues in the Power Sector in India". This study had been carried out, assisted by funding from DFID, British Government, U. K. through the joint World Bank (WB)/ UNDP, Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP). Recognizing NGOs as one of the important stakeholders, the study also envisaged involving them, by keeping NGOs informed about the study as it progressed, as well as to get their views and feedback for incorporation in the study. The goal of the study was to reduce the adverse impact on the environment, of the Power Generation in India.
7. The Secretary General-cum-Chief Executive was involved in this two-year study on behalf of INSEDA from May 1997, which concluded in the first quarter of 1998.
IV. SERVICES PROVIDED THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT TO INSEDA MEMBERS
8. On the request of Members, the Secretary General and other Executive Body Members contacted some of the funding agencies based in Delhi to collect the information and format for submitting small projects individually by each member organization. The formats were photocopied by the secretariat and sent to members.
9. Some of the members while visiting Delhi met the Secretary General and asked them for guidance in the preparation of appropriate development projects.
10. The Secretary General also visited some of the funding agencies based in Delhi along with representative's of those member agencies who had either submitted proposals or wanted to get first hand information about the funding procedures.
V. MEETING WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
11. The Secretary General met and did follow-up with the various Ministry of the Government of India, viz., Ministry of Non-conventional Energy (MNES), CAPART, IREDA and other agencies having office in Delhi to get information about the various programmes and projects which could be taken up by the Member Agencies.
12. Some of the members got their project funded and few were either in initial stage or in pipelines.
13. As a follow-up of the IREDA workshop some of the NGOs were provided guidelines as well as assisted by the secretariat to prepare appropriate RET projects for getting loan. The Secretary General was also involved in doing -follow-up with these departments.
VI. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
14. There were a total of 85 members (84 regular 1 co-opted member) as on March 31, 1998. It was felt that INSEDA should review the membership as in the initial stage many members were made, however not all of them were actively involved in the energy and ecological & environmental development programme, and accordingly take appropriate action for restricting the membership to those NGOs whose main focus (energy, ecology and environment) was same as that of INSEDA.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 1998- 99

The Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 1998-99 (period from April 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999) is summarized below:
I. FOLLOW-UP OF AWARENESS CAMPS ON RETS FOR END USER’S BY INSEDA MEMBER NGOS
1. As a follow up of the 33 AWARENESS CAMPS ON RETS FOR END USER’S some of the member NGOs of INSEDA were provided guidelines as well as assisted by the secretariat to prepare appropriate RET projects for getting loan.
2. The Secretary General, INSEDA was also involved in doing follow-up with the appropriate officers in IREDA and also organized meetings of the representatives of NGOs (while they were visiting New Delhi) with the concerned IREDA officers regarding preparation of formal applications for loan for the installation/purchase of RET devices/gadgets.
II. ORGANIZATION OF A JOINT INSEDA-WORLD BANK NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE "ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE POWER SECTOR IN INDIA"
3 After the conclusion of the first phase of the study the INSEDA organized and coordinating a Joint INSEDA-World Bank National NGO Workshop in May 1998 at New Delhi. The main aim of the workshop was to share the key findings of the study and get the feedback and suggestions of the NGO Community, for incorporating in this report. This two-day workshop was attended by 40 participants. The INSEDA Secretariat compiled a detailed report of the workshop with important recommendations, which was sent to all the INSEDA members and the concerned organizations.
1. The Secretary General (SG), INSEDA was also associated in the second phase during which two state level workshops were being organized to share & dissemination the key findings of the study with the decision makers & other stake holders, including NGOs. The SG participated in both the workshops, one in Haryana and other in Orissa.
III. DISTANCE EDUCATION IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (DIERET)
5. During the year the Secretary General, INSEDA on behalf of the South Asian Region (RC, IN-SAR) was actively involved in developing the DIERET Programme. This concept (DIERET) was first presented jointly by Director, FEA, Slovakia (Mr. Emil Bedi), and Secretary General, INSEDA, India (Ray Myles) in the INFORSE Coordinators meeting held at Dakar, Senegal in January 1998 and endorsed by the Coordinators Committee. Subsequently a detailed proposal was prepared, jointly by FEA and INSEDA for funding under the North-South Cooperation.
6. The Distance Education Programme in RET (DIERET) would help the INSEDA members and other NGOs (NGDOs/VDOs) to develop and upgrade their capacities in the RET (more specifically in Solar, Biomass, Micro-Hydro & Wind Energy) so that they could effectively implement low and medium size Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in their respective areas of operations.
7. The majority of NGO Members with whom the Secretary General had talked and explained about this programme supported the idea of "DIERET", as this would provide excellent opportunity and means of capacity building of grassroots NGOs. However some of the Indian NGOs were of the view that to have wider reach the DIERET training material needs to be translated in to local languages, to start with in “Hindi” language so that it could be understood by functionaries of smaller grassroots NGOs.
8. The proposal jointly prepared by FEA (Slovakia) and INSEDA (India) was submitted to INFORSE International Secretariat/Forum for Energy and Development (FED), Copenhagen, Denmark, to support this programme under the North-South Cooperation Programme. The INFORSE International Secretariat/ Forum for Energy and Development (FED), Copenhagen, Denmark, initially sanctioned the Pilot Phase of this programme for the development of DIERET Material towards the later part of 1998. The Secretary General, INSEDA has started working on the preparation of the training material for the DIERET programme, jointly with the Director, FEA, Slovakia.
IV. SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSEDA MEMBERS
9. The following services were provided to INSEDA members during the reporting period:
a). On the request of Members, the Secretary General visited some of the members and provided them on the spot guidance as well as collected case studies of the successful projects.
b). The Secretary General also contacted some of the funding agencies based in Delhi to collect the information and format for submitting small projects individually by each member organization. The formats were photocopied by the secretariat and sent to members.
c). Some of the members while visiting Delhi met the Secretary General and asked them for guidance in the preparation of appropriate development projects.
d). The Secretary General also visited some of the funding agencies based in Delhi along with representative's of those member agencies who had either submitted proposals or wanted to get first hand information about the funding procedures.
V. MEETING AND FOLLOW-UP WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
10. The Secretary General (SG) arranged for meeting of some of the members (who visited Delhi) with various Ministries of the Government of India and other Agencies, for getting guidelines as well as information about funding for NGO project.
11. The Secretariat also did follow-up with the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy (MNES), CAPART, IREDA and other agencies having office in Delhi, e.g. UN Agencies who are having small grants related to RET and Environmental Development Projects, to get information about the various programmes/ projects which could be taken up by the Member Agencies.
12 As a result of these inputs and services provided by INSEDA, some of the members got their project funded and few were either in initial stage or in pipelines.
VI. PILOT STUDY-CUM-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON ENERGY FROM WASTES
13. The INSEDA in partnership with one of its member agency, Energy, Environmental and Development Group (EE&DG), Bhopal, MP, is in the process of developing a Pilot-cum Study Project on Energy from Wastes. It is proposed to initially take up such project at for location in four Zones of India to collect information for launching network projects. The proposal is being discussed with different funding agencies to make them interested in supporting this effort.
VII. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
14. The membership of INSEDA had further gone up during 1998-99. There were a total of 87 members (86 regular 1 co-opted member) as on March 31, 1999. Based on review it was discovered that about 30% of the members were not so actively involved in the programmes related to energy & ecological development. Therefore, in order to keep the main thrust of INSEDA more focused and manageable, it was decided to reduce the number of institutional members, restricting to those NGOs whose main focus was sustainable energy, ecology and environment development, during 1999-2000.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 1999- 2000

The Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 1999-2000 (period from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000) is summarized below:

I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL BACKGROUND
1. The Secretary General INSEDA is the elected Regional Coordinator (RC) of INFORSE South Asian Region (IN-SAR). On his recommendations most of the INSEDA members are either Core or Associate Members or are listed under the Contact list of INFORSE. They all receive the Sustainable Energy News (SEN) from Denmark free of cost. The Regional Secretariat of INFORSE South Asian Region (IN-SAR) is hosted by INSEDA. This consolidated narrated Report of the Secretary General INSEDA is given in the subsequent paragraphs:

II. SECRETARY GENERAL INSEDA’S INPUT TO THE INFORSE ANNUAL INTERNET MEETING
2. The year started with organization of Internet Meeting of the Coordinators in January 1999. The meeting was coordinated & facilitated by the INFORSE International Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark.
3. The Secretary General in his capacity as the Regional Coordinator, IN-SAR gave his inputs to the International INFORSE Secretariat during the course of the Internet interaction, which was shared with the coordinators from the other regions, to get their feedback on inputs and the various issues raised by the RC, IN-SAR.

III. DIERET PROGRAMME
4. The INFORSE International Secretariat/ Forum for Energy and Development (FED), Copenhagen, Denmark, initially sanctioned the Pilot Phase of this programme for the development of DIERET Material.
9. The Secretary General (Raymond Myles) had already completed the two sections pertaining to the Biogas Technology Chapter. It was sent to the other coordinator (Emil Bedi, FEA, Slovakia) for getting comments and view etc., as well as incorporating them in the other DIERET material being developed by him. Subsequently, the entire training material for DIERET was finalized jointly by Messers. Emil Bedi & Raymond Myles through regular interaction over the Internet.
10. This final DIERET material was presented at the meeting of the INFORSE Coordinators in October 1999 at Denmark. The INFORSE Coordinators from other regions and some of the board members of FED, Denmark (which supports INFORSE annual budget), who participated in the meeting, appreciated the effort of both Emil Bedi and Raymond Myles, acting as resource persons involved in the development of DIERET training material and endorsed the pilot phase for implementing it on from the early/mid 2000.
11. It was agreed in the INFORSE Coordinators Meeting held in October 1999 at Denmark that the DIERET programme would be initially run as “International Pilot Programme”, for which the CERTIFICATE will be issued by INFORSE/FED, Denmark. The signatory to the certificate would be the two Course Directors (Emil Bedi, FEA and Ray Myles, INSEDA) and the Secretary General, FED. The programme in Europe and North America would be implemented through the INTERNET by FEA, Slovakia. Whereas, the programme in South Asian Countries would be implemented by INSEDA, India mainly through the mail (postal services) as not many organizations have Internet facilities in this part of the region, more so with the grassroots NGO members of INSEDA/INFORSE. As taking out photocopies of DIERET training material and mailing it, as well as other communication etc. would be very expensive, plus quality time of the Secretary General and INSEDA Secretariat would be required, therefore INSEDA is proposing to work out some registration charges/fees for enrolling the candidates for DIERET programme in this region, to partially meet the administrative cost etc. It was agreed in the INFORSE Coordinators Meeting held in October 1999 at Denmark that the DIERET programme would be initially run as “International Pilot Training Programme”, for which the certificate will be issued by INFORSE/FED, Denmark. The programme in Europe and North America would be implemented through the INTERNET by FEA, Slovakia. Whereas, the programme in South Asian Countries would be implemented by INSEDA, India mainly through the mail (postal services) as not many organizations have Internet facilities in this part of the region, more so with the grassroots NGO members of INSEDA/INFORSE. As taking out photocopies of DIERET training material and mailing it, as well as other communication etc. would be very expensive, plus quality time of the Secretary General and INSEDA Secretariat would be required, therefore INSEDA is proposing to work out some registration charges/fees for enrolling the candidates for DIERET programme in this region, to partially meet the administrative cost etc.
12. More over the delay in postal services would mean that the period for the completion of DIERET programmes in India and other countries in the region would be approximately double as compared to the European and North American Region, using Internet facilities.
13. The different Chapters of the DIERET Training Material were consolidated by the Director, FAE, Slovakia (Emil Bedi) and sent to Secretary General, INSEDA (Ray Myles) for final reading and comments etc. before it was jointly finalized in March 2000 for staring the PILOT PHASE of the programmes through Internet in April/May 2000.

IV. PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF INSEDA/INFORSE
14. Training and Promotion of Concentrated Parabolic Solar Cooker (SK-14) for Rural Applications in India
a). The INSEDA has prepared a concept paper for getting financial support for the promotion of a new design of Solar Cooker, designed by a non-profit, German NGO- At present several of this models have been successfully demonstrated in the South India, including Malanadu Development Society (MDS), which is one of the founder members of INSEDA as well as the core member of INFORSE.
b). After the successful of field trials and testing of this concentrated parabolic solar cooker model (SK-14), which gives 300 0C in the hot spot area, for about a year in South India over one year, the model was submitted to the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy (MNES) for approval. After the testing by the approved testing station, the MNES has approved this model (SK-14) for training-cum-demonstration. During 1999, MDS (one of the members of INSEDA/INFORSE) has conducted a few training programme on this model.
c). At present, one of the major constrained of this model is that the high quality aluminum reflector sheets, which are anodized and given a bright mirror finish, has to be imported from Germany, which is very expensive, apart from other related problems in importing it. The reflector is the most vital component of the cooker and its high quality properties are essential for the successful operation of SK-14. The stand of this cooker can be manufactured by local craftsmen with simple cutting, bending and drilling tools. The EG Solar e.V. is a non-profit NGO from Germany, which is promoting this cooker in more than 80 countries world-wide. The materials such as flat bar steel, round bar steel, nuts and bolts are available everywhere in India. At present the entire cost of fabricating it comes to around Rs. 5000.00, the major part of the cost goes towards the imported aluminum reflective sheet.
d). Meanwhile, MDS has also started using glass mirror as reflected surface, which is also giving the same efficiency as the German reflective sheet, but the only draw back of this mirror cooker is that it has got triple the weight of the aluminum reflective sheet. Therefore, efforts are being made to make it indigenous; however the some field trials done by using aluminum foils have not give the same efficiency.
15. PICO Hydroelectric Project
a). The PICO hydro power generation is a breakthrough for meeting electricity need of the poor and low income group for meeting their lighting needs in a decentralized manner at a considerable low cost. PICO is most suited to areas and regions that are likely to take decades to get connected to the power grid.
b). The present project is located at Mankulam, which is an isolated far-flung village in Kerala State in India. The nearest power grid connection is several kilometers. The MDS is proposing to install 30 Units of PICO hydropower generation units for 30 poor & low-income group families in the Mankulam Village, the complete installation cost of the each PICO unit would come to about Rs. 10,000.00 (US $ 250.00)- thus the entire cost of the 30 units would come to Rs. 300,000.00 (US $ 7,500.00). The beneficiaries have agreed to contribute small amount to the proposed PICO hydropower generation project.
c). Each set of PICO would generate 200 watts (0.2 kW) of electricity. It would require a head of 50 meter. The water requirement varies from 21 LPS to 10 LPS. A pipe of 50 mm diameter at low head and 25 mm dia. For high head would be installed. The water would be diverted from stream using simple devices. Thus a total of 60,000 watts (6 kW) would be generated from these 30 PICO Units. Apart from improving the quality of life, PICO project (30 Units) would have good economic as well as environmental impact, as it is estimated that of fossil fuel in the form of about 1,000 liters of kerosene would be saved annually after the implementation of the project. The entire project would be executed and commissioned in 2-3 months time by MDS.
d). Before deciding to take up this village (Mankulam) for installing 30 PICO units, the MDS had already installed two pilot units of 200 watts each, which are operating well for the last one year.
e). The MDS has the required infrastructure facilities and the expertise to implement (fabricate and install) PICO project and are at present looking for financial support as grant for the project.
f). The MDS, in partnership with INSEDA is also ready to train people for installation and operation of PICO in other parts of India, South Asia and other developing countries as a part of South-South or South-North-South Cooperation, through INFORSE Network.
16. Micro Hydro Project
a). Thulapally Micro Hydro Project, Pathanmathitta District, Kerala:
(i) Hydro Power is one of the best forms of renewable energy sources for tapping natural free-flowing energy for power generation. However constructions of small hydro Power projects may involve serious environmental and local population displacement problems etc., beside submergence of large agricultural & forestlands, long construction period and heavy capital cost. As against this the micro and mini hydropower projects could provide all the benefits with out of negative impact. More over, the micro and mini hydropower projects require comparatively lower level of expertise, less capital cost and much lesser time for completion, thus the benefit could reach the people very fast. Other advantage of micro hydropower is that they could be built in remote and far-flung areas by NGOs operating in the region and could be managed in a decentralized manner through the participation of local people and communities.
(ii) There are much larger potential for micro and mini hydropower plants in the country, which could be built using manpower available in the local area/region of the country, after appropriate training are provided to them to develop and upgrade their expertise. The Thulapally Micro Hydro Project, Pathanmathitta District, Kerala is one such in which Malanadu Development Society (MDS), an active member of INSEDA/INFORSE had been involved in the execution of this project.
(iii) Based on the feasibility report, this Micro hydro project was designed and implemented (in about 2 months time) to generate about 40 kW of electricity for 9 months continuously on full load at plant factor of 0.6. For 2 months the generator is estimated to work for about 5 hours a day at full load at the same plant factor. This would generate over 150,000 kWh in 11 months. During the peak summer months there wouldn't be sufficient water flow to operate micro hydro. Therefore to maintain the regular electricity to the villagers, a diesel generator of 50 KVA capacity is to be installed.
(iv) The location of this micro hydro project area (Thulapally) is an isolated area in the North-Eastern region of Pathanamthitta district; about 70% of the periphery of Thulapally is reserved forest. The reason for locating this project by the NGO (Malanadu Development Society-MDS) in this area was that the chances of electricity connection from the main grid of the State Electricity Board (SEB) at this location was very remote due to its remoteness and long distance from the existing supply mains.
(v) Out of the total population of 500 families, about 200 families would be supplied electricity for lighting etc. at an average of 500 W per household. Most of the households are below average income group and average distance between adjacent houses is 100 meters.
(vi) The villagers in the Thulapally Village had been using on an average of 7 liters of Kerosene per month per family. Based on this figure, it has been estimated that the switching over to electricity by 20 families would save about 15,000 liters of Kerosene per annum. The families have to travel at a distance to get kerosene leaving other work.
(vii) The cost of electricity per kWh (one Unit) from the Thulapally Micro Hydro Project has been worked out to be Rs. 2.16 or (approx. US $ 0.5 per unit), which is lower than the usual value. The current cost of Kerosene is Rs. 7.00 per liter, which comes to approx. Rs. 50.00 per month per family. As against this the cost of electricity from this project would cost them about Rs. 100.00 (@ 500 W or 0.5 kW for 3 hours in the night for 30 days x 2.16), which is reasonable for each family to pay. However, if very poor families decide to use half the amount of electricity, then the cost would come down to same as the cost of kerosene, but there would be lots to convenience to them.
(viii) The MDS is also proposing motivate the local people to start a community water scheme, as this would alleviate the drudgery of women and children who bring the water on their head from a distant place at present. In addition to this, village community could also operate, flourmill and oil mill etc. These could be easily powered from the power supply available during the daytime and Off-peak hours.
(ix) This Thulapally Micro Hydro Project was funded under the GEF/UNDP small Projects Grant for NGO through the Development Alternative (DA), New Delhi.
b). Munipara Micro Hydro Project, IDUKKI District, Kerala:
The MDS (through SDA, Kerala) has also submitted another Micro Hydro project of 4 kW to the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India for support.
17. Promotion of Ferro-cement Deenbandhu Model Biogas Plant (BGP)
a). The Deenbandhu Plant (DBP), which is a fixed roof BGP was developed in early 1980's by a national NGOs by the team of specialist of which the Secretary General, INSEDA (Ray Myles) was one of the members. This model is made of bricks and cement mortar, using local skills in the form of rural masons and labour. This model was approved by MNES (earlier known as DNES) approved it in 1986 to give subsidy under the National Project on Biogas development (NPBD). Since then it had been cheapest of all the Indian BG models, till date, contributing to over 80% of the entire rural household BGPs constructed in the country annually. Meanwhile, with the cost of building materials (bricks & cement) and labour going up considerably the construction cost of DBP had gone up substantially. In view of this, since about last 6- 7 year several organizations and individual had started working on either reducing the cost of the DBP or to develop another cheaper and sturdier BGP for rural areas. In this effort, the Malanadu Development Society (MDS)/ Sustainable Development Agency (SDA), both are members of INSEDA and INFORSE succeeded in building a ferro-cement DBP. After rigorous testing for about one year at their campus, they put up about 200 demonstration-plants in the villages in Kerala. After getting positive response from the farmers, MDS/ SDA are only constructing Ferro-cement DBP since the last 3 years and built over 4000 plants in Kerala. Now the MNES has approved this model for construction under NPBD in Kerala State.
b). As per the Secretary, MDS (Chairman, SDA) the cost of ferro-cement DBP is about 40% less than the DBP built from bricks. This is considered to be a major break-through in pushing this technology vigorously. It is heartening to say that two of the INSEDA's NGO members have been able to achieve these feet. INSEDA plans to collaborate with MDS/ SDA to construct a few demonstration-cum-training biogas plants in northern region of India in the first quarter of 2000. After operating it for a few months with some of the farmers, INSEDA along with MDS/ SDA would approach MNES to approve this ferro-cement Deenbandhu model for giving subsidy under its National Project on Biogas Development.
c). The MDS/ SDA/ INSEDA are now ready to conduct construction training programme and transfer of this technology in other developing countries through the Network of INFORSE members.
18. Promotion of Animate Energy Based Low cost Water Lifting Device for Irrigating Small Land holding
a). One of the INSEDA/INFORSE members (Joseph Institute for Rural Development- JIFORD), operating in eastern UP of India had been promoting low cost simple foot-operated, low cost irrigation pumping device, universally known as 'Treadle Pump'. In India this pump has been christened as "Krishak Bandhu", meaning, "Friend of the Farmer". This can easily lift water from a depth of 20-25 ft, but ideally suited to for places having ground water table levels of 20 feet and below, for better efficiency. As it can irrigate a cropped land of 0.5-1 acre, it has come as a boon for sub-marginal & marginal peasant, especially growing vegetables for their living.
b). The JIFORD has been promoting the Krishak Bandhu (KB) pump for almost 10 years in their area of operation and trained other grassroots NGOs and local technicians for wider promotion, installation and maintenance. The KB is becoming very popular in that part of the country, as the water table is very favourable. The present cost of installation of this unit with piping system comes to about Rs. 1,200.00 (US$ 30.00), which is affordable by the poor peasant. As per the feedback received from JIFORD, in majority of cases the poor vegetable growers could recover the installation cost of the pump in one year or two cropping seasons.
c). Apart from simple technology for installation, operation as well as maintenance & repairs, it is eco-friendly and environmentally benign, as apart from replacing the fossil fuel (diesel) it can only tap/draw ground water from a limited area, which unlike the power operated (diesel and electrical powered) irrigation devices have been mining and over-exploiting the preserved water resources for centuries and thus lowering the ground water table, resulting in periodic droughts.
d). The JIFORD in partnership with INSEDA is ready to train other NGOs and transfer this technology to other developing countries having low water tables, through south-south and south-north-south cooperation involving INFORSE members, if resources are made available.
19. Water Hyacinth (WH) based Power Generation
a). The Water Hyacinth (WH) is considered to be a problem waterweed and can create menace, as it clogs large water body and grows very fast. Regular removing of WH to clear the lakes and waterways can be very expensive proposition, apart from creating environmental problems. The same WH is an excellent feedstock for the generation of biogas for supply of energy for meeting house hold domestic needs as well as for the community purpose and in the process would convert the waste in to excellent organic manure for eco-farming. Wherever, large mass of WH are available it could be used for generation of Methane, using appropriate biogas technology for power generation for local use or connecting it to the local grid.
b). Based on a recent inquiry from one of the member organization (Energy, Environment and Development Group), from Bhopal, MP, INSEDA has given a proposal for Pilot Demonstration Project for generating 160 M3 of biogas per day from available WH, which could generate 160 kW of electricity per day by operating an appropriate size Dual Fuel Engine based Generator.
c). The proposal envisages installing a 20 kW Dual-fuel Electrical Power Generator (combination of diesel and biogas, replacing 80% of the diesel with biogas in the engine). This would generate 20 kWh of electricity for 8 hours every day.
d). Both EEDG and INSEDA are looking for appropriate funding agencies interested in supporting this pilot WH based power generated project.

V. PROMOTION OF ECO AGRICULTURE THROUGH INSEDA/INFORSE MEMBERS
20. The INSEDA is also gearing itself to promote Eco Agriculture through members- for this purpose it has developed several formats. To start with it is collaborating with one of its member agency, which has been involved in the Eco Agriculture for the last 3 years. There are 36 farmers in the Bharatpur District of Rajasthan are associated in this project- some of them are using biogas slurry and other compost for crop production.
21. INSEDA is looking at Eco Agriculture in more comprehensive manner, from training, production and marketing, so that in the long run all the stakeholders involved in this become self-supporting and sustainable. Once enough experience is gained from this pilot project and all the formats, training needs, capacity building aspects, database and marketing channels etc., are developed, then other NGO members could also be involved.

VI. FOLLOW UP OF WORLD BANK STUDY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE POWER SECTOR
22. As a follow-up of the "Joint INSEDA-WB NGO National Workshop on the Environmental Issues in the Power sector in India", organized by INSEDA in which over 40 delegates participated, during the period 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 the proceedings of the NGO workshop were sent by INSEDA Secretariat to over 150 NGOs and others including all the INSEDA/INFORSE Members.
23. As a follow-up of the study on the “Environmental Issues in the Power Sector in India”, the World Bank had initiated the second phase of dissemination the key findings of the reports at the sate level. In this process two, state level workshops- one for Haryana (at Chandigarh) and the second one for Orissa (at Bhubneshwar) was organized in January and February 1999- the Secretary General (SG), INSEDA had participated in these two workshops in which. Similar workshops were also organized in the states of U.P. and Karnataka during 1999-2000. The INSEDA Secretariat sent the names of NGOs from these two states to participate in these workshops.

VII. NEW STRATEGY PAPER OF WB ON ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR ENERGY SECTOR
24. In early 1999, the Secretary General, INSEDA had a meeting in Delhi with Dr. Robin Bates, Principal Economist, World Bank, Washington D.C. with whom he had been associated with a project during 1997-98- Study on "Environmental Issues in the Power Sector in India". Dr. Robin Bates handed to the Secretary General, a copy of the World Bank Draft "STRATEGY PAPER ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR", prepared in October 1998. During this reporting period (1999- 2000), this paper was sent to INSEDA members, a large number of NGOs and other environmental related groups in India and to a few in this INFORSE Region, as well as the INFORSE International Secretariat and Editor, SEN, Denmark by E-Mail to share it with other Coordinators and NGOs, with a request to send their views, comments directly to World Bank, Washington DC, USA.

VIII. PARTICIPATION IN THE ADVISORY PANEL ON WORLD ENERGY ASSESSMENT (WEA)
25. On the invitation of the UNDP-DESA, the Secretary General, INSEDA participated as one of the members in the Advisory Panel Meeting (APM) in 1999.
26. The Secretary General, INSEDA had recorded some of his comments on the World Energy Assessment (WEA) document prior to the participation in the Advisory Panel Meeting (APM) held at Geneva, Switzerland on July 12 & 13, 1999, which could not be sent earlier due to shortage of time. The balance of comments had been included by him after participation in the APM at Geneva and hearing the various lead authors in the Plenary Sessions and in the different Working Groups, during which the Secretary General (Ray Myles), INSEDA had also given his inputs.
27. The Secretary General, INSEDA had sent his written views on the various issues on the following three chapters of the WEA document:
a). Chapter 2: Energy and Social Issues,
b). Chapter 7: Renewable Energy Technologies; and
c). Chapter 10: Rural Energy

IX. CAPACITY BUILDING OF NGOS IN RETS
28. A proposal had been sent by the Secretary General, INSEDA for the capacity building of INSEDA Members /INFORSE Members from India, to INFORSE International Secretariat, Copenhagen, DENMARK for funding, in 1998. Based on follow-up during 1999, the Secretary General, INSEDA in his capacity as the elected Regional Coordinator, IN-SAR got a favourable response from the INFORSE International Secretariat for supporting this project. It was hoped that this project would be sanctioned towards the later part of 1999 but some how could not be done. Later on, based on the discussions with the INFORSE International Secretariat, in the light of new strategy discussed during the Coordinators meeting at Denmark, this proposal has been slightly modified and included as a part of the 'Action Plan' of the INFORSE South Asian Region (IN-SAR) for the year 2000, which would be implemented by INSEDA.

X. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
29. During the year the number of members was reduced by 30%. Thus, there were a total of 61 members (60 regular 1 co-opted member) as on March 31, 2000. These members were involved in promotion, extension, education & awareness and implementation of activities related to energy and ecological & environmental development programmes.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 2000- 2001

The Narrative Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 2000-2001 (period from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001) is given in the subsequent paragraphs.

I. INTRODUCTION
1. The INSEDA was involved in facilitating training, demonstration and implementation of appropriate renewable energy technology by its member organizations. In addition, based on the positive response of promotion of organic agriculture, the INSEDA in partnership with one of its grassroots members, WAFD (Women’s Action For Development) also initiated survey of a few villages in 4 blocks of Bharatpur district of Rajasthan to develop a programme for undertaking community oriented, sustainable energy based Eco-Village development programme. INSEDA also acted as resource agency to conduct a few training programmes from for one of its grassroots NGO members, to up-grade their skill and knowledge for planning and implementation of people centered development programme.

II. IMPLEMENTATION OF DIERET PROGRAMME THROUGH INTERNET
2. The DIERET (Distance Education in Renewable Energy Technology) provides a very good opportunity for up grading knowledge of NGO functionaries in spare time, at their convenience at very less cost. INSEDA visualizes DIERET as an excellent programme for up-grading knowledge and building capacity of its grassroots members for the effective promotion of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in rural arrears of the country.
3. This final DIERET material (training document) of approximately 200 pages was finalised and compiled in book-form in late 1999, which had the following chapters:
a). WHY DO WE NEED RENEWABLES?
b). SOLAR ENERG
c). BIOMASS
d). WIND ENERGY
e). HYDRO POWER
4. The pilot phase of DIERET was launched in the middle of 2000. The programme was jointly run by FAE, Slovakia and INAEDA, India through the Internet. About 20 people enrolled and registered in the pilot DIERET programme and completed this International programme. At the end of the programmes, the knowledge acquired by the trainees were evaluated jointly by the two Course Directors (Emil Bedi, FAE and Raymond Myles, INSEDA) by their response of the questions sent to them about their knowledge. The successful trainees were awarded the appropriate Certificate.
5. The DIERET programme would be evaluated in 2001-2002 and appropriate modifications etc. would be made before launching in a systematic manner for larger groups.
6. Subsequently, based on the feedback received from INSEDA members that majority of they don’t Internet facilities, the Secretary General, INSEDA also started working on the regular mail based Whereas, the programme in South Asian Countries would be implemented by INSEDA, mainly through the mail (postal services) as not many organizations have Internet facilities in this part of the region, more so with the grassroots NGO members of INSEDA. As taking out photocopies of DIERET training material and mailing it, as well as other communication etc. would be very expensive, plus quality time of the Secretary General and INSEDA Secretariat would be required, therefore INSEDA is proposing to work out some registration charges/fees for enrolling the candidates for DIERET programme in India and the South Asian Region, to partially meet the administrative cost etc.

III. IMPLEMENTATION OF ONGOING KEY PROJECTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY BY SOME OF THE MEMBERS WITH INSEDA SUPPORT
7. Training and promotion of Concentrated Parabolic Solar Cooker (SK-14) for Rural Applications in India
a). INSEDA collaborated with Malanadu Development Society (MDS) and Sustainable Development Agency (SDA), who are two of its members, for the demonstration and promotion of as new design of Solar Cooker (SK-14), designed by a non-profit, German NGO- At present several of this models have been successfully demonstrated in the South India.
b). After the successful of field trials, testing and demonstration of this concentrated parabolic solar cooker model (SK-14), which gives 300 0C for about a year in South India, the model was submitted to the for approval. After testing, the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy (MNES) approved this model (SK-14) for training-cum-demonstration. During 2000, INSEDA in partnership of SDA (one of the members of INSEDA) conducted training for NGO functionaries with technical aptitude, on the assembling aspects of SK-14 in North India.
c). In order to promote this parabolic solar cooker model (SK-14) with grassroots NGOs in North India, and reduce the cost, INSEDA facilitated building/assembling this model by its member, named, SDA (Sustainable Development Association). At present the entire cost of fabricating it comes to around Rs. 5,000.00, the major part of the cost goes towards the imported aluminum reflective sheet, imported by SDA from Germany. Therefore, an effort was also made to identify and encourage some of the Indian manufacturers to make standard quality aluminum reflected sheets in India.
8. PICO Hydroelectric Project
a). The PICO hydro power generation is a breakthrough for meeting electricity need of the poor and low income group for meeting their lighting needs in a decentralized manner at a considerable low cost. PICO is most suited to areas and regions that are likely to take decades to get connected to the power grid.
b). Each set of PICO generates 100-200 watts (0.1-0.2 kW) of electricity. The entire project would be executed and commissioned in 2-3 months time by one of INSEDA members, namely MDS.
c). MDS/SDA (INSEDA members) had already installed 30 pilot demonstration PICO units of 100-200 watts each, in one of the remote villages, where the power supply can’t be reached- these are now operating well for the two years.
d). The MDS/SDA in partnership with INSEDA also under took training people on the operational aspects of PICO.
e). After the successful operation of this project for 2-4 years, it is proposed to encourage other NGO members of INSEDA in hilly region, to solve the lighting problems in hilly regions of India.
f). The INSEDA, in partnership with SDA is also ready to train people for installation and operation of PICO in other parts of India.
9. Micro Hydro Project (Thulapally, Pathanmathitta District, Kerala)
a). Based on the feasibility report, this Micro hydro project was designed and implemented (in about 2 months time) to generate about 40 kW of electricity for 9 months continuously on full load at plant factor of 0.6. For 2 months the generator is estimated to work for about 5 hours a day at full load at the same plant factor. This would generate over 150,000 kWh in 11 months.
b). To maintain the regular electricity to the villagers, during the peak summer months when there isn't sufficient water flow to operate micro hydro, a diesel generator of 50 KVA capacity is also installed.
c). The location of this micro hydro project area (Thulapally) is an isolated area in the Northeastern region of Pathanamthitta district; about 70% of the periphery of Thulapally is reserved forest. The reason for locating this project by INSEDA member (Malanadu Development Society-MDS)/ (Sustainable Development Agency-SDA) in this area was that the chances of electricity connection from the main grid of the State Electricity Board (SEB) at this location was very remote due to its remoteness and long distance from the existing supply mains.
d). Out of the total population of 500 families, about 200 families are at present supplied electricity for lighting etc. at an average of 500 Watt per household. Most of the households are below average income group and average distance between adjacent houses is 100 meters.
e). The cost of electricity per kWh (one Unit) from the Thulapally Micro Hydro project has been worked out to be Rs. 2.16, which is lower than the usual value. The current cost of Kerosene is Rs. 7.00 per liter, which comes to approx. Rs. 50.00 per month per family. As against this the cost of electricity from this project would cost them about Rs. 100.00 (@ 500 W or 0.5 kW for 3 hours in the night for 30 days x 2.16), which is reasonable for each family to pay. However, if very poor families decide to use half the amount of electricity, then the cost would come down to same as the cost of kerosene, but there would be lots to convenience to them.
f). The cost of electricity per kWh (one Unit) from the Thulapally Micro Hydro Project has been worked out to be Rs. 2.16 per unit, which is lower than the usual value and comes to Rs. 50.00 per month per family. However, there is a flexibility for the very poor families who could decide to use half the amount of electricity, then the cost would come down to the same as the present cost of kerosene purchased by them, but they find electricity from the Micro Hydro project as more convenient.

10. Munipara Micro Hydro Project, IDUKKI District, Kerala:
One of the INSEDA members, SDA (Sustainable Development Agency) has also prepared and submitted a Micro Hydro project of 4 kW to the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India for support.

11. Promotion of Ferro-cement Deenbandhu Model Biogas Plant (BGP)
b). Based on getting positive After rigorous testing for about one year at their campus, MDS/SDA put up 200 demonstration ferro-cement DB-biogas plant in the villages in South India. After getting positive response from the farmers, MDS is now only constructing Ferro-cement DBP since the last 3 years and built over 4000 plants in South India with other members of INSEDA. The MNES has now approved this model (ferro-cement DBP) for construction under NPBD.
b). The cost of building a ferro-cement DBP is about 40% less than the DBP built from bricks. This model has been approved by MNES to promote it under the National Project of Biogas development (NPBD) for is heartening to say that one of the INSEDA's members and others.
c). During the year, INSEDA along with two of its members built a few ferro-cement DBP in Delhi and trained a 2 master masons sponsored by a one of its members in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan state.
d). INSEDA plans to collaborate with MDS/SDA to construct a few demonstration-cum-training biogas plants in northern region of India in the next financial year.
12. Promotion of animate energy based low cost water lifting device for small holdings
a). The INSEDA in association with one of the members, JIFORD continued to promote the Krishak Bandhu (KB) in the eastern district of Uttar Pradesh. Some of other grassroots NGOs and local technicians were trained for wider promotion, installation and maintenance of KB irrigation pump. In majority of cases the poor vegetable growers could recover the installation cost of the pump in one year or two cropping seasons.
b). Apart from simple technology for installation, operation as well as maintenance & repairs, it is eco-friendly and environmentally benign, as apart from replacing the fossil fuel (diesel) it can only tap/draw ground water from a limited area, which unlike the power operated (diesel and electrical powered) irrigation devices have been mining and over-exploiting the preserved water resources for centuries and thus lowering the ground water table, resulting in periodic droughts.

IV. GRAMEEN BANDHU BIOGAS PLANT
13. The Grameen Bandhu (Friend of the rural people) model biogas plant is a recent innovation and is expected to gain popularity, provided it is promoted systematically by extension organizations, as it uses local skills and low cost locally available building materials. The Grameen Bandhu Plant (GBP) was designed by the Secretary General, INSEDA, which is fabricated using bamboo and cement mortar, replacing bricks completely with environmental-friendly bamboo, which can be easily grown by farmers in rural areas. Grameen Bandhu Plant (GBP) is 10-15% cheaper than the current most popular biogas design, the Deenbandhu Plant (DBP), and equally sturdy as DBP. Since the bamboo is the major building material for its construction, it can be easily built in villages by local artisans, after appropriate training. Even though, the GRAMEEN BANDHU model is comparatively cheaper, sturdier and would require less care and maintenance as compared to the previous two popular Indian fixed dome models, namely, JANATA and DEENBANDHU, however, it is important that right in the initial stages, cautious approach was followed by INSEDA, before systematic promotion and transfer of this model on the lines of the other two Indian fixed models.
14. In view of the above, after rigorously testing GBP for initial two years it was decided to build a few demonstration plants with farmers to get it evaluated under field conditions. Accordingly, the Secretary General, in collaboration with one of INSEDA’s grassroots member NGO, built three training-cum-demonstration plants in one of the villages in Bharatpur in 1996. The operational and other aspects were monitored closely by INSEDA and WAFD during these years period, as well as getting feedback of the farmers, which has been very positive.
15. The Secretary General, INSEDA also started work on the up-dating of the “Comprehensive Manual on Grameen Bandhu Biogas Plant”, based on the practical lessons learnt from the field during this year.

V. PROMOTION OF ECO AGRICULTURE THROUGH INSEDA MEMBERS
16. INSEDA in collaborating with one of its member agency, namely WAFD (Women’s Action For Development) has been involved in the promotion of organic farming for the last 3 years. There are 36 farmers in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan state who are associated in this project- some of them are using biogas slurry and other compost for crop production.
17. INSEDA is now looking at organic farming in a more comprehensive manner for promoting long-term Eco Agriculture, which would include appropriate training in crop production, as well as developing and strengthening MLPIs (Micro Level Peoples Institutions) in the target villages. In addition, INSEDA would also facilitate networking with other agencies for developing marketing channels. This would enable the villagers to get better prices for their organically grown produce, as well as in the long run all the stakeholders involved in such activities become self-supporting, making the programme sustainable. Once enough experience is gained from this pilot project and the training needs, capacity building aspects, database, marketing channels etc are developed, and then other NGO members could also be motivated to get involved. Towards this end, INSEDA under took to develop several formats for collection of data and information from the farmers, with a view to systematically promote Eco Agriculture through its other members.

VI. SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSEDA MEMBERS
18. The following services were provided to INSEDA members during the reporting period:
a). On the request of members, the Secretary General visited some of the members and provided them on the spot guidance well as collected case studies of the successful projects.
b). The Secretary General also contacted some of the funding agencies based in Delhi to collect the information and format for submitting small projects individually by each member organization. The formats were photocopied by the secretariat and sent to members.
c). Some of the members while visiting Delhi met the Secretary General and asked them for guidance in the preparation of appropriate development projects.
d). The Secretary General also visited some of the funding agencies based in Delhi along with representative's of those member agencies who had either submitted proposals or wanted to get first hand information about the funding procedures.

VII. CAPACITY BUILDING OF NGOS IN RETS
19. The Secretary General initiated capacity building of field functionaries of some of the INSEDA members based on their requests.

VIII. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR TRANSFER OF INDIAN BIOGAS PLANTS TO MALI, WEST AFRICA
20. The Secretary General, INSEDA visited Mali as one of the team members for conducting a feasibility study for transfer of Indian biogas technology over their. The feasibility report was submitted to the Danish NGO who sponsored this trip to Mali, for taking necessary action.

IX. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
21. There were a total of 60 members as on March 31, 2001. These members were involved in promotion, extension, education & awareness and implementation of activities related to energy and ecological & environmental development programmes.

ANNUAL REPORT OF INSEDA FOR 2001- 2002

The Narrative Report of the activities of the INSEDA for the financial year 2001-2002 (period from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002) is given in the subsequent paragraphs.

I. INTRODUCTION
1. The INSEDA was involved in facilitating training, demonstration and implementation of appropriate renewable energy technology by its member organizations. In addition, INSEDA in partnership with one of its grassroots members, WAFD (Women’s Action For Development) developed a proposal to establish demonstration units to initiate long-term programme for undertaking community oriented, sustainable energy based Eco-Villages development Model in a few selected villages in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. INSEDA also acted as resource agency to conduct a few training programmes for one of its grassroots NGO members, to up-grade the knowledge and skills of field functionaries, in micro level rural development planning, project formulation and monitoring.

II. IMPLEMENTATION OF DIERET PROGRAMME OF INSEDA & INFORSE THROUGH INTERNET
2. The pilot phase of DIERET (Distant Education in Renewable Energy Technology) launched through the Internet, jointly by FAE, Slovakia and INSEDA, India was successfully completed in the last quarter of 2000. The successful trainees were awarded given certificate of ‘International Training in DIERET’.
3. The evaluation of the DIERET programme was done in the current year (i.e. 2001-2002), which was really liked by the participants. Therefore, a proposal was prepared and submitted to a funding agency for sponsoring the next phase of the DIERET programme. Meanwhile, work was also taken up jointly by FAE and INSEDA to upgrade the DIERET training materials.
4. Subsequently, based on the feedback received from INSEDA members that majority of them don’t have the Internet facilities, the Secretary General, INSEDA also started working on the regular mail based DIERET. This programme would be implemented by INSEDA in South Asian Countries, mainly through the mail (postal services) as not many grassroots organizations in this part of the region have Internet facilities. As taking out photocopies of DIERET training material and mailing it, as well as other communication etc. would be expensive, plus quality time of the General Secretary and INSEDA Secretariat would be required, therefore INSEDA is proposing to work out some registration charges/fees for enrolling the candidates for DIERET programme in India and the South Asian Region, to partially meet the administrative cost etc.

III. GRAMEEN BANDHU BIOGAS PLANT
5. The Secretary General, INSEDA thoroughly revised and up-dated the “Comprehensive Manual on Grameen Bandhu Biogas Plant”, based on the practical experience gained from the field during the previous and this year.
6. A proposal was prepared by the Secretary General, INSEDA to secure funds for giving practical training to rural people for constructing the Grameen Bandhu Plant (GBP) as well as building a few demonstration Grameen Bandhu Biogas Plants.

IV. INSEDA’S INVOLVEMENT IN NEW ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
7. Training and demonstration for making biomass briquetting
a). INSEDA organized a special training programme on ‘Biomass Briquetting’, for the functionaries of one of its members NGOs in Delhi. During the programme the trainees were given exposure and practical training on all the aspects of briquette making locally available waste biomass at the household level. The briquettes are made using small drums for charring the biomass under partial air and then the charred materials are mixed with certain amount of clay and then giving it desired shape by using appropriate moulds.
b). These briquettes are an excellent smoke-free convenient fuel for cooking. For efficient cooking, specially designed simple stoves are used, in which each briquette can burn for about 1½ hours, with blue coloured flames. After the training the NGO was provided three sets of biomass briquetting drums with mould and cooking stove for using briquettes for cooking.
c). During the training of NGO functionaries, video recording of the entire programme was done by INSEDA so that these trainees could use them for giving further training to villagers in their target villages.
d). After the training of NGO staff, another training-cum-demonstration was organized by INSEDA in a few villages in Bharatpur district.
e). The cost of entire household briquetting unit (briquetting drum, mould and stove) would be approximately Rs. 2,500.00.
8. Solar Cooker training and demonstration
a). INSEDA organized training for the people in 3 villages of one of its member NGO. The training was mainly on the correct cooking methods on SK-14 model concentrator type Solar Cookers. The women in these villages were also given practical tips on adjustment of these cookers to get maximum efficiency, daily care and maintenance of the cookers, and the best time during the day for cooking their meals. They were also explained about how to clean and maintain the cookers to get best possible cooking efficiency from this gadget.
b). The three cookers given to the NGOs under the special scheme of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources of Energy (MNES) have been kept at their three village centers, where the rural women wishing to come and cook their meals can do free of cost.
9. Solar PV Lantern demonstration
a). During the year INSEDA arranged to get 10 solar PV (photovoltaic) Lanterns for one of its NGO members, under a special scheme of the MNES of the Government India.
b). These solar PV lamps would be used for the demonstration purposes in the adopted villages of this member NGO.
10. Feasibility Report on urban renewable project-Delhi Racecourse Slum Settlement
a). The INSEDA prepared a detail feasibility report on the request of one Delhi based NGO, Deepalaya, which is working in the slums and semi-urban villages in Delhi. Some of the information about the proposed project is given as under:
(i) Project Site : Slum settlement near Race Course
(ii) Partners : TIFAC, NDMC, Deepalaya and Community
(iii) Beneficiary : Community people and Race Course club
(iv) Technical Support by: : INSEDA, New Delhi
b). Objectives of the feasibility study:
To work towards the up-gradation of physical and social conditions through application of appropriate technologies for the re-cycling of solid and liquid waste as well as energy conserving with active involvement and participation of the Delhi Racecourse club (DRC) and the community living in the DRC JJ Cluster/Colony for providing an improved living conditions for the inhabitants of the slum settlement. Following major aspects were covered in the feasibility report prepared by INSEDA, based on field investigation along with Deepalaya.
? Sanitation
? Drainage
? Solid waste management
? Water
? Generation of energy from human and animal excreta
c). After the submission of feasibility reports, the Secretary General, INSEDA along with Deepalaya participated in meetings with NDMC and other associated with sanctioning of the proposed project.
d). Based on the meetings and feedback, INSEDA prepared the final feasibility report with details sketches and costs etc and handed over to Deepalaya for submission to the appropriate funding agencies. The decision about the funding was awaited till the close of the reporting period.
11. Pre-feasibility study for urban renewable in Pillanji village
a). On the request of a Delhi based NGO Deepalaya, which is working in the slums and semi-urban villages in Delhi, the INSEDA got associated with them to work out details and drawing up broad aspects for giving preliminary proposal for the field study and preparation of detail feasibility report. Some of the information about the proposed project is given in as under:
(i) Project Site : Pillanji village
(ii) Partners : TIFAC, NDMC, Deepalaya and Community
(iii) Beneficiary : Community people in the Pillanji village
(iv) Technical Support by : INSEDA, New Delhi

b). Demographic profile:
? Population of the village: 25,000 approximately
? Family size: 6-7 persons per family
? Landlords: 20% of the population i.e. 250-300 households belonging to Gujjar and Jat community
? Tenants: 80% of the population is tenants migrated from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Nepal.
c). Socio-Economic profile:
? Landlords belong to the prosperous community with high income from rentals. Each landlord rents out 40-50 rooms with rent of each room ranging from Rs.1000-Rs.2000 per month. 50% of the landlords own cattle, which are either kept inside their houses or on the roads.
? Tenants are mostly migrant population belonging to the semi-skilled or unskilled category of labour. Average income per family is as low as Rs.2000-Rs.4000 per month. Each room is shared by 2-3 single men or by a family of 5-6 members.
? Due to the increase in commercial value of properties to fulfill needs of the surrounding residential colonies, the fringe of the village has developed into an unplanned commercial centre.
? In spite of good education 50% of the youth are unemployed.
d). Objectives of the feasibility study:
The objectives of the feasibility study was to prepare a workable plan for achieving overall improvement in the village through urban renewal, the main components of the proposed project would be:
? Cattle Management process in the village.
? Waste water management through connecting and renovating all open drains in the village.
? Implementing a solid waste disposal system, which is run and maintained by the community itself, involving appropriate technologies.
? Up-gradation of existing sewage disposal system using appropriate technologies and system.
? Widening the roads with uniform width all over the village
12. Joint project of WAFD-INSEDA-JYY on Renewal Energy and Environmental Education and technology demonstration 10 villages in four blocks of Bharatpur district, Rajasthan
a). This is a joint project of WAFD-INSEDA-JYY with the objective of increased awareness of the rural population, especially in the target villages to influence the local environment and motivate them to participate in the long-term programmes in sustainable energy based eco-village development. In addition, initiate training programmes for the development of appropriate skills in RE and other environmental related low cost technologies with a view to generate potential for enhanced income to local artisans and selected rural youth through self-employment with in their surrounding areas thus endeavouring to check migration to urban and semi-urban centres in search for employment.
b). The main output of the proposed pilot project is to train a group of barefoot environmental promoters and barefoot eco-technological technicians, consisting of inhabitants of the target area. The key areas of the training would be small-scale, local technologies of renewable energy, prevention of erosion and methods for restoring the environment, roof water harvesting, organic farming and secondary production, as well as possibilities for fair-trade, by promoting and establishing “Producer-cum-Consumer Cooperative” in the project villages, with external linkages for marketing.
c). The Pilot Project of two-year duration, which was submitted to funding agency in September 2001 was sanctioned in March 2002. The implementation of project would be launched on April 1, 2002. The project would have four phases of six-month duration each, as summarized below.
d). In the first phase (i.e. first six month of the pilot project), based on the survey of 20 villages, 10 target villages would be identified in 4 blocks of Bharatpur district, for the proposed project, plan the training, and choosing the group to participate in the project. The group will be chosen in the village meetings from amongst the 10 target villages. The second phase (i.e. second half of the first year of the proposed project) would be to carry out the training in renewable energy and environmental related technology demonstration in these 10 selected villages of Bharatpur. During the third phase (i.e. first half of the second year of the proposed project), the trained group would be utilized barefoot environmental promoters and technicians for undertaking practical work. They would also be involved in doing detail survey of the 10 target villages for preparing a comprehensive long-term programme for promoting and implementing community oriented, sustainable energy based eco-village development (EVD) model. During the fourth phase (i.e. second half of the second year of the proposed project) the results of the past 1½ year of the pilot project would be consolidated and the evaluation done to analyze the project outputs, gains and the lessons learnt, which would be used for finalizing the long-term programme of EVD as well as preparation of project completion report for the donor agency.
V. CAPACITY BUILDING OF NGOS IN RETS
13. The Secretary General initiated capacity building programme of the field functionaries of some of the INSEDA members based on their requests.

VI. SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSEDA MEMBERS
14. The following services were provided to INSEDA members during the reporting period:
a). On the request of members, the Secretary General visited some of the members and provided them on the spot guidance.
b). The Secretary General also contacted some of the funding agencies based in Delhi to collect the information and format for submitting small projects individually by each member organization.
c). Some of the members while visiting Delhi met the Secretary General and asked them for guidance in the preparation of appropriate development projects.

VI. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
15. The Secretary General, INSEDA participated in the following international conference and presented papers.
a). The Secretary General was invited to the International Impulse Conference for the Creation of an International Agency for Renewable Energies (IRENA), organized by the EUROSOLAR at the International Conference Center (ICC), Berlin, Germany from June 8 to 10, 2001. He also presented a paper entitled, “Capacity Building for the Effective Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Areas- Experience of Indian NGOs in Capacity Building for the Effective Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Areas.
b). The Secretary General was invited to the VODO International Symposium on Sustainable Development and Globalization: RIO + 10: Is Europe willing to listen to the South, held on November 19-21, 2001 at Antwerp, Belgium, sponsored by Belgian Government, the Flemish Federation of Third-World Organizations and VODO ((Vlaams Overleg Duurzame Ontwikkeling Flemish Network on Sustainable Development), Belgium. He also presented a paper entitled “NORTH-SOUTH CLIMATE POLICY: MORE THAN TRANSFERRING CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES- Experience in implementation of biogas plant by NGOs in India, lessons learnt & future strategy for promotion of RET based people centered sustainable village development”.

VII. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
16. There were a total of 50 members as on March 31, 2002. These members were involved in promotion, extension, education & awareness and implementation of activities related to energy and ecological & environmental development programmes.

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ANNUAL REPORTS OF INSEDA FROM 2002 TO 2004
(Summarized Consolidated Annual Report for three years)

The Summary of the consolidated narrative Annual Reports of the activities of the INSEDA for the last 2 years period- financial years 2002-03 to 2003-04 (i.e. from April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003 and April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004) is given in the subsequent paragraphs.

I. Promotion & establishment of community oriented renewable energy based Eco-village development (EVD) programmes in 12 villages in two blocks of Bharatpur district, Rajasthan state

1. This EVD project is a joint partnership project of INSEDA with one of its grassroots member NGOs, for the establishment of Eco-village development (EVD) models in 12 existing villages in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan state, which is approx 200 KM from Delhi. In this project, INSEDA as the socio-technical partner, has been providing services to the grassroots NGO, for the survey, promotion, training, capacity building, monitoring, regular guidance (either based on the visit to the project site or through other means or both), and appropriate linkages with other NGOs and agencies, as well as providing assistance in the analysis of out come etc., and in the preparation of reports.
2. Following process was followed for the selection of 12 target villages for developing them in to model Eco-villages:
a). Reconnaissance survey in 30 villages from 4 blocks of Bharatpur dist.
b). Based on the analysis of secondary data from the published reports of the government, short listed 20 villages in 4 blocks for pre-selections of 15 target villages for EVD project.
c). Initiated regular dialogue with villages in these 15 villages to make them aware of the project and observe the level of their interest in the long-term participation in this community oriented project. Finally, 12 target villages in 2 blocks were selected for implementing EVD project.
d). Selected 4 village volunteers (2 male and 2 female) from each of the 12 villages in consultation with the village (in Gram Sabha). Thus, a total 48 volunteers (24 male and 24 females). These volunteers as a group are known as REEVOCs (Rural Energy and Ecological Volunteers Corps).
3. Following activities were taken in the 12 villages under the EVD project, during the last 3 years:
a). Organized and conducted different types of practical training programmes for REEVOCs (Rural Energy and Ecological Volunteers Corps). Some of them are given asunder.
(i) Brick-by-brick training on the construction of Deenbandhu model biogas plants. During the training some of the selected local village masons were also trained, so that they could independently take up building of these plants on request from the villages.
(ii) Step-by-step training on the construction of Grameen Bandhu model biogas plants. This plant is made from bamboo reinforced cement mortar and has the potential of generating of employment and self-employment for landless labourers (especially women) and rural artisans. !0-12 local rural women were trained (approximately 3-4 weeks duration each training programme, depending on the level of skills of the trainee) in the weaving of bamboo structures. During the training some of the selected local village masons were also trained, so that they could independently take up building of Grameen Bandhu biogas plant using these women bamboo structures.
(iii) Training Programme of REEVOCs, Rural Artisans & local people in some of the following aspects & rural oriented technology:
• Roof water harvesting structure (RWHS)
• Making of house hold level Briquettes from biomass for using as fuel for cooking;
• Parabolic Solar Cookers for cooking using sun energy;
• Household level Vermi-composting;
• NADEP Compost,
• Organic Farming and certifications;
• Solar Photo Voltaic Home Lighting System,
• Improved Smokeless Chulha (Stove);
• Small-scale forestry and Nursery raising;
• Low cost sanitation and latrines;
• Micro Credit/ Micro-financing;
• Village level Income generation activities; and
• Repair of failed and defunct biogas plant;
• Repair of failed and defunct roof harvesting structure.
b). Building of demonstration rural oriented units in the target EVD Villages: Some of them are given asunder.
(i) Construction of demonstration Deenbandhu model biogas plants in EVD villages.
(ii) Construction of demonstration Grameen Bandhu model biogas plants in EVD villages.
(iii) Construction of demonstration NADEP Compost in EVD villages.
(iv) Construction of demonstration Vermi-composting Units in EVD villages.
(v) Construction of demonstration Roof Water Harvesting Structure (RWHS) Units in EVD villages.
(vi) Demonstration of biomass briquetting making in EVD villages.
(vii) Construction of demonstration improved Smokeless Chullhas in EVD villages.
(viii) Repair of failed and defunct biogas plant and roof harvesting structure.
(ix) Building of biomass plant for field level experimental for utilization of Mustard Husk waste for the generation of biogas.

II. CAPACITY BUILDING OF NGOS IN RETS

4. The Secretary General initiated capacity building programme of the field functionaries of some of the INSEDA members based on their requests.

III. SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSEDA MEMBERS

5. Following services were provided to INSEDA members during the period:
a). On the request of members, the Secretary General visited some of the members and provided them on the spot guidance.
b). The Secretary General also contacted some of the funding agencies based in Delhi to collect the information and format for submitting small projects individually by each member organization.
c). Some of the representatives of the member NGOs of INSEDA while visiting Delhi met the Secretary General and asked them for guidance in the preparation of appropriate development projects.

VI. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS/ SEMINARS
15. The Secretary General, INSEDA participated in the following international conference and presented papers.
a). The Secretary General participated in the WSSD (World Summit on Sustainable Development) in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August/ September 2004.
b). The Secretary General was invited to the International Conference on Renewable Energy (RE) promotion in Denmark in September 2003.
c). The Secretary General also participated in the PAN European INFORSE () conference in October 2003 in Wales, UK.

VII. INSEDA MEMBERSHIP
17. There were a total of 48 members as on March 31, 2004. These members were involved in promotion, extension, education & awareness and implementation of activities related to energy and ecological & environmental development programmes.

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NAME AND ADRESSES OF INSEDA MEMBERS
(For the Financial Year 2004- 2005- Updated on March 31, 2005)

1. FR. MATHEW VADAKKEMURIYIL
Chairman
Sustainable Development Agency (SDA),
Parathode, Kanjirapally-686507,
KERALA
Tel: (04828)-270546; (04828)-270646
(04828)-271446 & (04828)-271546
Fax: (091)-(48280)-3356
E-Mail: infarm@rediffmail.com

2. MR. RAYMOND M. MYLES
Secretary General-cum-Chief Executive,
Integrated Sustainable Energy and Ecological
Development Association (INSEDA),
3rd. Floor, St. Soldier's Tower,
Vikas Puri,
NEW DELHI-110018
Tel: (011)-2551-0344 & 2554-4905
Fax: (091)-(11)-2552-9646
Mobile: 09350558992
E-Mail: raymyles@bol.net.in, inseda_inforse@vsnl.com and ray_myles05@yahoo.co.in

3. Mr. I. B. C. Din
Director,
Rural Service Centre (RSC),
Piraman Road, Ankleshwar-393001,
District-Bharuch,
GUJARAT
Tel: (02646)-57972 & (02646)-58970
E-Mail: din_rural@hotmail.com

4. Director,
West Utkal Agricultural Centre (WUAC),
At & P. O. Diptipur, District-Bargarh-768035,
ORISSA
Tel (O): (06683)-8750
Tel (R): (06683)-8715

5. MR. SUSHIL I. PARMAR
Director,
Joseph Institute for Rural Development (JIFORD),
Bhatpar Rani-274702,
District-Deoria,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (Bhatpar Rani): (05566)-7113
Tel: (Delhi Office): (011)-2373-4377

6. MR. U. L. BANGERWAL
General Secretary,
Emmanuel Social Association (ESA),
Muyal's House, 28/2, Laxmi Road,
Dalanwala, Dehradun-248001,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (0135)-675-209 & (0135)-670-239
Fax: (091)-(135)-675-209

7. MS. ZAREEN MYLES
Executive Director,
Women's Action for Development (WAFD),
3rd. Floor, St. Soldier's Tower,
Vikas Puri, Near Sonia Cinema,
NEW DELHI-110018
Tel: (011)-2552-6521 & 2551-0344
Fax: (091)-(11)-2552-9646
E-Mail: zareenwafd@w3c.com

8. DR. T. K. MOULIK
Advisor (Former CEO),
Environmental Resource Management (ERM) India,
3, Palam Marg, Vasant Vihar,
NEW DELHI-110057
Tel: (011)-2615-4549; (011)-2615-4550; (011)-2615-4551;
(011)-2615-4552 & (011)-2615-4553
Fax: (091)-(11)-2615-4548
E-Mail: tkm@ermindia.com

9. MS. K. SATHIA JOTHI
President,
Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Development (NERD),
78 A, Chitthi, Vinayakar Colony,
VADAVALLI, Coimbatore-641041,
TAMIL NADU
Tel: (....)-422689 & (....)-422568

10. DR. J. L. FERNANDES
Executive Director,
Mass Based Association For Social
Service and Rural Development (MASSARD),
1201/B, Mittal Tower, M. G. Road,
Bangalore-560001,
KARNATAKA
Tel: (080)-558-5467
Fax: (91)-(80)-559-7481

11. DR. V. K. DUBEY
Secretary,
National Council For Development Communication (NCDC),
B-33/14-22, Koshlesh Colony, Nariya,
Varanasi-221005,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (0542)-311-974

12. MR. NIRANJAN SHARMA
Director,
Social Action for Human Resource Development (SOHARD),
Village Anandpur, P. O. Mandan,
District-Alwar-301704,
RAJASTHAN
Tel: (....)- ........

13. MR. BASUDEB GIRI
Secretary & Chief functionary,
Akshyanagar Pallisri Shangha (APS),
Akshyanagar, Block-Kakdwip,
South 24 Paraganas-743347,
WEST BENGAL
Tel: (03210)-55184

14. MR. PETER THATTAYIL
The ANDHYODAYA,
T.B. Road (Opp. Government Hospital),
Angamaly-683572,
District-Ernakulam,
KERALA
Tel: (0484)-453-548

15. MR. TIKENDERJIT SINGH
Chief Organizer,
Youth Volunteers' Union (YVU),
Indo Burma Road,
Thoubal Wangmataba, Thoubal-795138,
Manipur
Tel: (038537)-32224 & (038537)-32514

16. FR. EUGENE H. PEREIA
Secretary,
Tiruvanthapuram Social Service Society (TSSS),
Samanwaya, Bishop House Compound,
P. B. -828, Vellayanbalan,
Tiruvanthapuram-695003,
KERALA
Tel: (0471)-62326
Fax: (91)-(471)-60367

17. MR. M. I. KHIMLA
Director,
New Life Centre (NLC),
Village Banjali, Sailana Road,
Ratlam-457001,
MADHYA PRADESH
Tel: (....)-35207 & (....)-40216

18. MR. A. K. MAITY
General Secretary and Director,
Village Welfare Society (VWS),
F-3, Gitangali Park, 1813-A,
Kumud Goshal Road,
Calcutta-700057,
WEST BENGAL
Tel: (033)-553-6545
Fax: (091)-(33)-553-6545

19. MR. RAM CHANDRA PRASAD
Director,
M. P. Gramin Vikas Mandal (MPGVM),
At & Post: Khurmundi,
District-Balaghat-481111,
MADHYA PRADESH
Tel (O): (07632)-70056
Tel (R): (07632)-70738

20. MR. RAJENDRA KUMAR BEHERA
Secretary,
PRAGATI,
Maheshidihi, District-Sundergarh-770001,
ORISSA
Tel: (06622)-3160

21. MR. C. M. KETKAR
Secretary,
Rural Agricultural Institute Narayangaon (RAIN),
Narayangaon-410504, District-Pune,
MAHARASHTRA
Tel: (0212)-450-385 & (0212)-459-7532

22. MR. G. D. SHARMA
Secretary,
Shiva Gramodyog Mandal (SGM),
Kalibari,
District-Kathera,
JAMMU & KASHMIR
Tel: (019)-222-327

23. MR. HAOKHOLET KIPGEN
Secretary,
Foundation for Environment and Economic Development (FEED),
NJL Building, Chahsad Avenue,
Imphal-795001,
MANIPUR
Tel: (....)-................

24. MS. MAMAN KIPGEN
Secretary,
The Patners in Community Development (PINCOD),
GILGAL,
Dewlahland
Imphal-795001,
MANIPUR
Tel: (....)-................

25. FR. SEBASTIAN THATTIL
Secretary,
People's Service Society Palakkad (PSSP),
Pastoral Centre, Chakkanthara,
Palakkad-678006,
KERALA
Tel: (....)-520-395

26. MR. MAHAVIR PRASAD BHARDWAJ
Director,
Dehat Vikas Kendra (DVK),
Village & P.O. Dongra Ahir,
Block-Kanina, District-Mohindergarh-123021,
HARYANA
Tel: (01285)-6719

27. MR. A. ASEERVATHAM
Chief Executive,
Rural Energy Development Agency (REDA),
No. 2, 11th East Main Road,
Gandhi Nagar, Vellore-632006,
North Arocat (N. A.) District
TAMIL NADU
Tel: (0416)-42759

28. FR. VARGHESE KATTUPARAMPIL
Secretary,
Welfare Services Ernakulam (WSE)
Ponnurunni,
P.O. Vyttila, Kochi-682019,
KERALA
Tel: (0484)-344-243 & (0484)-347-829
Fax: (091)-(484)-347-829

29. FR. GREGORY ONAMKULAM
Director,
Changanacherry Social Service Society (CSSS),
Archbishop's House,
Changanacherry-686101,
KERALA
Tel: (0481)-420-345; (0481)-420-040; (0481)-420-379;
(0481)-420-614; (0481)-421-162
Fax: (091)-(481)-422-540

30. MR. RAM AWTAR SHARMA
Secretary,
Samaj Vikas Prayatan Kendra (SVPK),
Sohansara Block,
District-Bhiwani-123201,
HARYANA
Tel: (....)-..........

31. MR. V. C. JOSEPH
Director,
Institute For Youth and Development (IYD),
97, 17th B Main, 5th. Block,
Koramangala,
Bangalore-560095,
KARNATAKA
Tel: (080)-5530597 & (080)-5533989
Fax: (091)-(80)-5530682

32. FR. JOHN KALAIRIPARAMBIL
Director,
Centre For Overall Development (COD),
Alphonsa Bhavan, Diocesan Centre,
P. B. No: 1, P. O. Thamarassery-673573,
KERALA
Tel: (....)-3022

33. MS. NONIBALA DEVI
Chief Organizer,
Integrated Rural Development Service Organization (IRDSO),
Wangjing,
MANIPUR
Tel: (....)-................

34. MR. A. B. SINGH
Project Officer,
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust (LBSNMT),
Sarvangeen Vikas Yojana (SVY),
S-5/44 H, Pandey Colony, Orderly Bazar,
Varanasi,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (0542)-45667

35. MR. VIJAY KUMAR RAI
Secretary,
Rashtriya Gramudyog Sewa Sansthan (RGSS),
Manpur Patwadhkautuk,
District-Azamgarh,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (0542)-35819 (Varanasi Cantt. Office)

36. MR. SURESH SINGH
Secretary,
Bansgaon Vikas Parishad (BVP),
Village Chaturbanduari, Post Bhatwali,
Via- Unwal, District-Gorakhpur,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (....)- ..........

37. MR. AJIT SAXENA
Director,
Energy, Environmental, Development and Group (EEDG),
SH- 19, Sarswati Nagar,
Jawahar Chowk,
Bhopal,
MADHYA PRADESH
Tel: (0755)-768- 554 (Office) and (0755)-220- 838 (Res.)
E-Mail: aksaxena@bom6.vsnl.net.in

38. MR. C. P. KUSHWAHA
General Secretary and Director,
Gramudyog Rachnatmak Vikas Sansthan,
Chariaonkhas, Gauri Baazar,
District-Deoria,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: ( )-...........

39. MR. MUMAI PHEIJA
Secretary (Development Project),
Rogmei Naga Baptist Association (RNBA),
LANGOL-TARUNG,
P. O. LAMPHEL, Imphal-795004,
MANIPUR
Tel: (....)-................

40. MR. KUNJBIHARI SINGH
General Secretary,
Village Development Organization (VDO),
Top Awang Khewa Bazar,
B. P. O. M. Kampu, P. O. Lamlong,
Imphal,
MANIPUR
Tel: (....)-................

41. MR. SHIVANAND BHAI
Chief Functionary,
Gram Bharati (GB),
Simultala-811316
District-Jamui,
BIHAR
Tel: (....)- 2261 (pp) Jhajha & (.....)- 234

42. MR. R. SUNEET KUMAR
Executive Secretary,
Social Activities for Rural Development Society (SARDS),
Jana Chaitanya Nilayam,
Tangutur-523274,
Prakasham District,
ANDHARA PRADESH
Tel: ( ) ...........

43. MR. PETER PAUL
President,
The Bharath Abhyudaya Seva Samithi (BASS),
7th. Line, Srinivasarao Thota,
P.O. Box-336,
Guntur-522004,
ANDHARA PRADESH
Tel: ( ) ...........

44. MR. BABLA SARKAR
General Secretary,
Ichapur Janakalyan Parshad (IJP),
Anandamath "a" Block,
Ichapur- Nawabganj,
North 24 Parganas-743144,
WEST BENGAL
Tel: (033)-5602345
Fax: (091)-(33)-5601930

45 MR. SARJU PRASAD
Chief Functionary,
Bihar Udyog Mandal (BUMAL),
Ranchi Road, Deep Nagar-80311,
Bihar Sharif, S. Nalanda,
BIHAR
Tel: (06112)-76501 & (06112)-76502
Fax: (091)-(6112)-22989

46 DR. B. KHARE
Secretary,
Yuwa Avam Bal Vikas Samiti (YABS),
Saket, Deoria,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (….)-…………….

47 MR. ANUPAM YUNAS
Jt. Secretary,
AVASAR,
396-B, House of Blessings,
Medical College Road,
Basharatpur,
Gorakhpur-273004,
UTTAR PRADESH
Tel: (0551)-313-799

48. MR. NAND KUMAR
Hon. Coordinator,
Indian Farmer Association (INFARM),
Delhi Office Address:
204 A, GGI,
Vikas Puri,
NEW DELHI-110018
Tel: (011)-25612678
Mobile: (0)-9810665076

NAMES OF ZONAL AND JOINT ZONAL COORDINATORS OF INSEDA FOR NINE DIFFERENT REGIONS/ZONES/CONSTITUENCIES
[For Contact Address Refer Membership List]

SL. No. ZONES ZONAL REPRESENTATIVES COORDINATORS REGIONS/ ZONES/ CONSTITUENCIES
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
GENERAL CONSTITUENCY FOR ALL ORGANIZATIONS
1. ZONE-I* Mr. I. B. C. Din ZONAL COORDINATOR Gujarat, Maharashtra and Dadar & Nagar Haveli
Mr. Ajit Saxena JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
2. ZONE-II* Mr. U. L. Bangerwal ZONAL COORDINATOR Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar
Mr. Shivanand Bhai JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
3. ZONE-III* Mr. Basudeb Giri ZONAL COORDINATOR Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar
To be decided JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
4. ZONE-IV* Mr. Niranjan Sharma ZONAL COORDINATOR Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh
Mr. G. D. Sharma JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
5. ZONE-V* Mr. Tikenderjit Singh ZONAL COORDINATOR Assam, Manipur, Tripura Mizoram Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
Mr. Haokholet Kipgen JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
6. ZONE-VI* Mr. Peter Thattayil ZONAL COORDINATOR Kerala, Tamilnadu, Pondicherry and Lakshadeep
Fr. Gregory Onamkulam JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
7. ZONE-VII* Dr. J. L. Fernandes ZONAL COORDINATOR Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Goa
Mr. V. C. Joseph JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
EXCLUSIVE CONSTITUENCY FOR WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
8. ZONE-VIII# Ms. Nonibala Devi ZONAL COORDINATOR Women's Organizations from the Northern Regions/Zones, comprising (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) Zones
To be decided JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR
9. ZONE-IX# Ms. K. Sathia Jothi ZONAL COORDINATOR Women's Organizations from the Southern Regions/Zones comprising (6) and (7) Zones
To be decided JT. ZONAL COORDINATOR

NOTE: - * General Constituency for all the Organizations, including options for Women’s NGOs.
# Exclusive Constituency for Women's Organizations only