1. Home Page/Mission Statement Odisha Gateway #1

2. 2 A Telescopic View: The purpose of the OdishaGateway.org is to build a research database, a repository of facts for encouraging awareness among our population which in turn can empower them to form a telescopic vision of where we want to be in short and long term. To achieve that goal we will pull together all available facts about a few selected areas and gradually expand the horizon. The outcome will be published through a limited review, on this web site and paper media. The plan here is to provide fundamentals to support an idea. We only provide data in a consistent and organized manner for the society builders to use these data and perhaps use us for further research to support what they want to achieve. We present ourselves as an independent research organization to provide research materials to support the state and society builders, who in our view are the government, educational institutions, and industries. We have access to world class Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) if that is what our society builders need to engage with to further the issues. Idea

3. AREA/DepartmentPROJECTS Details Project 1Project 2Project 3Project 4 Tourism Sustainable Roadmap Development Publication Support Funding Implement Plan Consumerism General Awareness Publications Publication Standards Laboratories Government Policy Support Product EvaluationKitchen Gas ExplosionAmul Milk Consumer Report Publication Educational Institution Rating Medical Equipment Evaluation Doctors Rating Hospital Rating Health & Nutrition Health AewarenessGout Medicine NutritionDaily Balanced Meals Pesticide CleaningUse of Baking Soda Healthy RecipesMousi Chutney (US)Cheese Sandwich (O)Snacks (US)Publication Renewable Energy Smart Cooking Awareness Training Initial Projects Odisha Gateway #3

4. Progress made so far Odisha Gateway #4 A draft is already made for awareness on Odisha kitchen gas tank explosions A draft is already made for Goutn awareness (health related) Contact in Odisha is made to develop a sustainable Tourism Roadmap

5. Other Suggested Projects Odisha Gateway #5 IntentSubjectDescriptionAreaReference 1Odisha Population Trend and Impact Countries like France, Japan, USA, and even China have projected negative demographic impact of limiting population growth based merely on numbers. Odisha's population is larger than those of some countries' (like Canada). There are sufficient data available to build scenarios for Odisha by extrapolating these available data. We hope to then get grant(s) from Odisha government probably to build up a Modeling and Simulation Tool that the government can maintain and keep updating as future data are collected and fed into the system. We can even be a partner with the government for this continuing task and look for grants from other sources. Sustainable Society data available with us for Japan and China 2Odisha government unspent money for poor people housing Odisha gets $4,000. crores/year from the center to build these houses. Even last year Odisha could only spend $1,000. returning the rest to the center. This year the central government has told Odisha there can even be more money this year if they spend it all. Can we quickly research and find causes of this and recommend government, perhaps partner with them by bringing in automation from US or other parts of India, and/even contract with them to solve this problem? We still have 8 months to spend this money. Offering SMEs to actually supporting the government to execute this important program. The Samaja May 5, 2012 3Definition of poorThere has been a big fight between India government and Opposition forces in agreeing to a definition of "poor" in India. Ultimately they published the outcome of a research done by a government survey according to which a person (I am not clear if it is a family of 4 or per person but I believe it is person because I had taken some survey, informal and was told a family can survive for Rs. 1,000.00 per month) can survive with Rs. 27.33 per day or Rs. 1,054.00 per month. Can we verify the fact from a mathematical model plugging in market price of stuff one uses everyday or even during your stay in Odisha try to extrapolate your food/house/other expenses stuff to either confirm or negate this fact? Publish as a Consumer Report article supporting/neg ating the government survey. The Samaja May 3, 2012

6. Conclusion Odisha Gateway #6 Need input from our folks Invite people from Odisha to participate in this Develop a milestone/Roadmap Develop a performance measure plan for achievement Need to develop a sustainable plan Search for grants Search for distributions of research results (papers) specifically health related results to clinics for health awareness Some thoughts: Look for writers to translate publications in Odia Look for qualified reviewers Publish regularly on Odishagateway.org and in Odia newspapers Plan to develop payments in OdishaGateway (OG) currency later to convert into real currency as funds become available