User talk:Ashiqbhai

TIDE ( Technology Informatics Design Endeavour)
Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE) is an organization devoted to sustainable development through technological interventions. It is a registered not-for-profit society set up in 1993 and registered under the Societies Registration Act. We envisage development as a process that meets the needs of the neediest, is in harmony with the environment, permits grass root participation, uses local resources and builds local capacity.

Vision

To be consistently successful in addressing developmental concerns of the needy communities through technological interventions

Mission

To identify suitable technological interventions, effect improvements needed for field deployment and undertake various measures to promote the spread of these technologies.

The direction of work of TIDE is as follows

TIDE identifies technologies generated at research institutions in the country and abroad.It then evaluates them for their suitability of the environment for which they were intended.It involves itself in developmental work (which is more often than not required) to make the technology suitable to the milieu that it was conceived.The technology is then demonstrated and disseminated to the society through field workers.This would result in income generation at local level, reduction in drudgery, efficiency of operation, reduction in wastage and empowerment of the disadvantaged.TIDE has completed more than 100 projects and has about 10 on going projects at any given point of time. TIDE has been funded by Government at the district, state and central government levels and by international and bilateral funding agencies. It is registered under the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) and has income tax exemption under section 80G of the IT Act.

TIDE is an organization with a strong focus on technology and has very competent technical teams in each of its areas of work. The technical teams comprise of qualified management professionals, engineers, scientists, social scientists and journalists. In addition, many consultants who are experts in their chosen area of work are associated with TIDE. It also has a competent field team to work on its technology dissemination projects.

Some of the areas of work that TIDE is currently engaged in are

*Renewable Energy Technologies *Technologies for informal process industries *Water and environmental management *Women and livelihoods *Building local entrepreneurship

TIDE is governed by a five member Council of Management that is elected by the members of the general body.