SVM Monthly Newsletter- January 2022

In This Issue

SVM launched its 4th Farmer Development Center | SVM Team at San Francisco Vibrant Gujarat Roadshow | CM of Meghalaya Mr. Conrad Sangma Met SVM Team to Discuss Project Updates and Impact | UC Berkeley Students Complete SVM Projects in Business Innovation and Analytics Program | Monthly Blog: Explore Meghalaya – A Nature Escape to the Indian North-East

The Most Important and Beautiful Gift One Human Can Give Another Is,

In Some Way, To Make Life a Litle Better To Live

-E.B.Scripps

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year!

Thank you for your support throughout 2021 and wish you a successful and healthy 2022. It is not easy what we have set out to do, but the impact made in just one year tells us this is the right path. Open-Innovation and collaboration are our core values, and they have brought us many wonderful partnerships and opportunities to help uplift rural communities. SVM has the potential to help millions of underserved villagers around the world, together we can help empower them with self-reliance and access to things we take for granted.
Thank you, as always, for being with us! The impact of your support is truly beyond measure.

I’ve always believed in numbers. So it is with much pride that my team and I share the impact of our efforts in Meghalaya in the past year.

SVM’s Meghalaya pilot program saw three Farmer Development Centers launched in the state, Our 4th FDC, The Madankynsaw Farmer Development Centre at Mowkyndeng, West Jaintia Hills was inaugurated on 7th December 2021 by Minister I/c Agriculture & Farmer Welfare Shri. Banteidor Lyngdoh. Smart Village Movement Team and Self Help Group members of the village organized a successful inauguration program. The Farmer Development Centers (FDC) under our Agriculture Vertical is a joint initiative by SVM in alliance with Berkeley-Haas and e-Fresh, supported by the Government of Meghalaya. Madan Kynsaw Farmer Development Centre at Mowkyndeng, West Jaintia Hills will be a Model FDC and will act as an anchor to the other 3 FDCs. Read more . . .

Smart Village Movement team was invited to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Roadshow held in San Francisco. The team met with Honorable Consul General Dr. Nagendra Prasad and esteemed Gujarat State Officials. Our Executive Chairman Dr. Anil V. Shah was honored by Mr. J.P Gupta, Principal Finance Secretary of Gujarat for his efforts to uplift the rural underserved. Dr. Shah also presented all the projects and impacts of Smart Village Movement to delegates and talked about SVM’s vision for rural India. With a successful pilot launched in Meghalaya and now in the scaling phase, Smart Village Movement is ready to explore new state partnerships.⠀

Smart Village Movement Team in India along with Prof. Solomon Darwin of UC Berkeley- Haas School of Business met with the Honorable Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Mr. Conrad K. Sangma last month. It was a rewarding day for the team to meet the CM and share all the project updates and impact in detail with Mr. Sampath Kumar (I.A.S, Principal Secretary-Dept of Health & Family Welfare) and Mr. Ram Kumar (I.A.S, Nodal Officer-Smart Village Movement). CM Sangma appreciated the efforts of SVM on his social media handles and invited SVM to collaborate on existing projects in Meghalaya. With a visionary leader like him supporting SVM, Meghalaya is clearly showing the path to sustainable socio-economic development.

Berkeley Haas is not just our Knowledge Partner but also plays a key role in leveraging a network of companies and technologies. The Business School comes with qualified resources in research and students who help SVM co-innovate solutions through resourceful educational programs like Business Innovation and Analytics Program. This particular program helps students build skills in innovation, entrepreneurship, and data science through lectures and by completing a self-directed project. This involves proposing a solution based on the Grand Challenges drafted by the ground team of SVM. The program this cycle produced 25 business model solutions that will be further assessed for the next 6 months by SVM to determine the projects’ feasibility and scalability. ⠀ Read More about the Program and Visit the platform to learn more about the projects. Continue Reading. . .

The rural communities in Meghalaya have limited access to good healthcare. The physical terrain and remote villages make access to advanced healthcare facilities even more difficult. Positive Population Healthcare Management (PPHM) is a Smart Village Movement Project in collaboration with the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Meghalaya. The mission of this project is to take 40 Positive Health Parameters chosen for the state of Meghalaya and bring them to World Health Organization standards in the district of Ri Bhoi, an aspirational district in Meghalaya, over the next 7 years. We aim to bring easy healthcare access to the rural populations through the help of digital solution partners like Maya MD which uses Artificial Intelligence along with the medical expertise of physicians to deliver the best access to healthcare. This project will help reduce disease management expenditure and increase longevity. The project is now in the pilot phase, where the team has begun collecting field data for the need-based assessments.

As we work hard towards building Smart Villages to empower rural communities in Meghalaya, we’d like to honor the beauty of the land, natural environment, and people we seek to enrich. 2021 comes to a close with yet another holiday season shadowed by the pandemic. So in our “new normal” we’ll keep our travel options simple and explore the great outdoors away from the crowds.
Meghalaya is one of the states in Northeast India where natural beauty can be found in every corner. And this blog will tell you about the 8 most sought-after beautiful scenic destinations you must visit. Read Blog

20 more Education labs to be set up in Meghalaya

After the success of Salesforce Trailblazer Lab in Sohrarim and a new lab set up in Nongwah just last month. Smart Village Movement with the Government of Meghalaya is gearing up to introduce 20 more Education Labs that will impact students in different parts of Meghalaya.

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Every small or big contribution will help us bring crucial development to the rural world that alleviates poverty and connects them to the global economy.

Learn more about our projects and please consider donating. We are so glad you are part of our community and engaged in helping build a better tomorrow!

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Please sign up and access our platform engage with our movement and help us with creative & innovative solutions. Together we are all ‘smarter’.

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