I agree totally and fully with Dilip-da. I, too congratulate Dr. Das and all involved with the project. My information is based on the recent posts and newspaper reports only, of course.
Now the million dollar question is: Is my or any one else's personal recognition here good enough or all involved needs to get world recognition and accolades? If there is any wrongs, these need to be corrected now as the date for the award is approaching fast. -A. Sarangapani Houston, Texas. Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Dilip Deka <[email protected]> wrote: > Very well stated, Mr. Saleh. > A good project takes many dedicated team members to make it happen. If > someone's name was left out of the recognition list, I suggest that the team > make the amends now. > Dilip Deka > Houston > > > > ________________________________ > From: Wahid.Saleh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; 'Amarendra > Kumar Das' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'Buljit > Buragohain' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2011 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Assam] [NorthEastIndia] AFNA : Rickshaw Bank receives > prestigious international economic development award > > Congratulations to Dr. Amarendra Kumar Das and IITG for the original design, > > Congratulations to CRD and Pradip for the improvement implemented to the > original design and for making 5,000 plus rickshaw pullers happy and most > important making them independent entrepreneurs. They will be now able to > contribute directly and indirectly for the improvement of the society in > their own small way. They don't have to pay back to the loan sharks. > > Congratulations to AFNA particularly Ankur and his group for all the > administrative work done and extra hours spent in submitting the proposal to > Tech Museum for the Tech award. > > > > John M. Richardson Jr. said "When it comes to the future, there are three > kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and > those who wonder what happened." To me you all belong to the group who let > it happen. > > Congratulations once again for bringing this honour to Assam and the North > East. > > > > Wahid da > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Buljit Buragohain > Sent: 09 October 2011 16:52 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; Amarendra > Kumar Das > Subject: [NorthEastIndia] AFNA : Rickshaw Bank receives prestigious > international economic development award > > > > > > > CANTON, MICHIGAN, USA, Oct 8 2011 - Rickshaw Bank, a project of the Centre > for Rural Development (CRD), has been named as a laureate of the Flextronics > Economic Development Award this year. The award will be presented later this > month in Santa Clara, California, USA. > > The Flextronics Economic Development Award is a part of the Tech Awards, > named after the prestigious Tech Museum in Silicon Valley, California. The > awards are in five categories - Environment, Economic Development, > Education, Equality, and Health. Each category has multiple laureates and > one laureate in each category will receive a cash award of $50,000, to be > announced during the awards ceremony on October 20, 2011. > > Rickshaw Bank was named a laureate for its social development impact to > improve the lives of thousands of marginalized rickshaw pullers with > below-poverty-line incomes. Starting in 2004 with 80 rickshaw pullers in > Guwahati, the program has scaled to 5,000 pullers all over Assam. > > The project provides an asset-based loan to the puller to purchase a > technologically superior rickshaw, known as the Dip Bahan, originally > designed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, and > manufactured by CRD. Pullers are able to pay off the loan to CRD agents in > convenient daily installments over a period of 18 months, after which they > can keep all their daily earnings as owners. CRD also provides the following > services to the pullers: > > - Licences/training on rules and regulations > > - Uniforms to help identify drivers > > - Property, casualty insurance > > - Cooking gas connections for families > > - Cash loans, after full on-time repayment of rickshaw loan > > - Low cost health care services for the family > > Dr. Amarendra Kumar Das, Head of the Department of Design, led the team in > IIT Guwahati that originally designed the Dip Bahan. Based on active field > testing in partnership with CRD and other organizations, the Dip Bahan has > made over 30 improvements to the traditional rickshaw design, including: > > - Lowered rickshaw weight to 75 kg from 95-105 kg to reduce strain on the > puller > > - Lowered footrest to 17 inches from 21.5 inches to help women, children, > and elderly people in getting on and off > > - Changed the brake and lighting systems to make it safer > > - Added better covering from sun and rain for both puller and passengers > > - Used tubular iron pipe instead of wood for body parts to increase > functioning life > > - Added more luggage space for passengers > > Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA), a volunteer-based non-profit > organization registered in USA, that has served charitable interests of > Assam and the USA since 1982, submitted the application for this award. As > part of the application process, AFNA submitted detailed information about > the contributions of all stakeholders in the Rickshaw Bank project, > including those of CRD and IIT Guwahati. 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