Division of Computer Applications INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (I.C.A.R.)

1. Project Information and Management Network System PIMSNET Division of Computer Applications INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (I.C.A.R.) LIBRARY AVENUE, NEW DELHI 110 012

2. NATP Project: Organisation and Management Sub Project: Institutionalization of Research Priority Setting, Monitoring and Evaluation and Networking of Social Scientists Partners: NCAP, IASRI, NAARM

3. PME • Priority Setting, Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism would assess • research efforts against well-defined targets • avoid duplication of research efforts • provide feedback to research planning process • establish link between performance evaluation and incentive mechanism. • This PME activity has been implemented by integral efforts of IASRI, NCAP and NAARM.

4. PME Component at IASRI The main activities under this component were : • Development of monitoring mechanism. • Development of monitoring indicators at different operative levels. • Development of Project Information and Management System (PIMSNET) and linking it with Internet. • Training workshops on monitoring and PIMSNET. • Establishing network of agricultural statisticians and economists.

5. NATP System This module Includes information on: • Objectives & Priorities • AES Research • Specific Development Objectives • Priorities for PSR • Mode of Research • PSR • MM • TOE • TAR through IVLP

6. NATP System • Organization of Research • Identification of Research Program • Sponsored research program • Competitive grants program • Identification of AES’s • Thematic Areas • Commonalties of Research in AES’s

7. NATP System • Management System • National Steering Committee(NSC) • Research Program Committee(RPC) • Scientific Advisory Panel(SAP) • Project Implementation Unit(PIU) • Project Management Committee(PMC) • Technology Dissemination Management Committee(TDMC) • Working Groups • Program Implementers • Program Facilitators & Site Committees • Program Implementers • Program Facilitators and Site Committee

8. Monitoring System • Monitoring mechanism • Monitoring indicators

9. 2. Project Data Management This module Includes: • Project Data Entry • Updating Existing Projects Information • Browsing Project Data

10. Project Data Entry • Project Basic data • Technical Details • Project’s abstract • Rationale • Review of literature • Methodologies • Work Program • Budget • Project Experts

11. Project Data Entry • Project Component details • Equipments, • Consultancy Services • Training requirements • Work Shops, Civil work • Operational Services • Revenue Generation

12. 3. Projects Processing • Generation of Sanction Order • Expenditure Management • Budget Sanctioned • Budget Utilised under various Heads

13. 4. Monitoring and Concurrent Evaluation This module lay emphasis on monitoring • Half yearly and • Annual progress in terms of the appointments, equipment's procurement, publications, project crop conditions etc. • Site/PI level • Agro-Ecosystem level • PIU level • PS level

14. 5. Reports and Queries • Report by Selection • General Reports

15. Report by selection This module provides facility to create customized reports by specifying search criteria for • AES • PSR • Thematic Areas • Project Details • Budget and • other components

16. General Reports • Report containing email, fax, phone, and address of all institutes/regional centers/SAU. • Reports on list of all projects in different agro-ecosystems, production systems, research modes and thematic area in one or more production systems/agro-ecosystems. • Investment in different thematic areas, production systems, agro-ecosystems. • List of all projects matching with a particular keywords in its title / objectives. • List of all institutes/regional centers/SAUs where investment is made.

17. General Reports • Total no. of projects running in a particular institute/regional center/SAU. • List of all projects sanctioned or going to complete in a particular year. • List of all projects under which a particular person is engaged. • List of all PI s with general information. • List of all the workshops in a particular year/quarter. • List of scientists deputed for short/ medium/ long term training.

18. PIMSNET Project Information & Management System on INTERNET

19. Development of PIMSNET • Project Information & Management System Network (PIMSNET) is an on-line web enabled system and has been implemented on the Web and is available athttp://www.pimsnet.gen.in • It facilitates information on general guidelines for operation, management and monitoring of the projects; project details; expenditure management; and reports and queries. • It provides online monitoring and concurrent evaluation of 845 NATP sub projects.

20. Guidelines for Monitoring and Concurrent Evaluation of projects under NATP were framed • Monitoring hierarchy – for each research mode • Monitoring indicators – physical, technical and financial • Monitoring period – Half yearly and annual • Scheme for Quantification of Monitoring Indicators and Scoring for Performance- self, PIMSNET performance rating, PRT • PIMSNET has the module on M & CE based on these guidelines to track the progress of projects • to see the inputs, work schedules, other required actions, outputs are proceeding as per plan • feed back to initiate timely actions for correctingdeficiencies in the implementation process

21. PIMSNET Technology used • User Interface Layer: • HTML, JAVA Script and VB Script, • Business Logic Layer: • ASP, VB Script, ADO and MTS, • Database Layer: • SQL Server 7.0

22. PIMSNET Development Team • Dr.S.D. Sharma • Dr.P.K. Malhotra • Dr.R.C. Goyal • Dr. Ashok Kumar • Sh.Sudeep • Ms. Alka Arora • Sh.V.H. Gupta

23. Acknowledgements: • World Bank • NATP • IAC, the Netherlands • PIU, New Delhi • PME Associates • All Centers under NATP • All others directly & indirectly associated