"The Solution Exchange CR has been an excellent resource for continuous internal training… We have a project on OVCs that includes providing children nutritional supplements, counselling and transport costs to collect ART. I used the CR on OVCs in my internal staff training to educate them on various issues related to them.”

“The document [CR on Registration of Sex Workers],… has significance not just for understanding sex work in India but a broader understanding of the larger debates around sex work. It was helpful in literature review on sex work scenario in Bangladesh, a project which my organisation was engaged in.”

“In our technical proposal, we were supposed to present in brief about our understanding of DSD, which we got from your Consolidated Reply. We were to talk about the North Eastern states and how the health professionals address the problem. Along with this, we managed to get some suggestions that could be picked up by them while designing their Radio and TV programs, as our client in this case is BBC World Service Trust.” 

Pragya Pranjali, Development and Research Services Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 

“It is really a joyous experience to receive a set of good suggestions on the three sub-sections of the query on reaching and empowering positive women…. Thanks to the AIDS Community it helps us to rededicate ourselves to the task unfinished.”

P. Kousalya, Positive Women Network (PWN+),Chennai

“I am really overwhelmed with the responses and valuable information furnished in the Consolidated Reply and other letters. In fact, almost all responses carry interesting information though I am not sure how effective they are if tried in our clinical practice. Researchers on alternate and traditional system of medicine need more technical data to substantiate their studies….”

Gopal Krishnan, SHELTER, Kerala

“Thank you for the inputs to the query. They are helping us to strengthen the training modules for service delivery by providers, improve institutional and NGO collaborations, enhance local content and design regional variations for the BCC campaign and embed indicators for monitoring and evaluation at all stages….”

Deepak Mehra, Rosetta Stone Media, Gurgaon

"The most human and interesting thread I liked on AIDS Community was the discussion on best practice models for a red light area and how people went about discussing the subject without value judgments and with clarity. It shows that we are slowly and steadily maturing as a civilized society... "

Ashok Row Kavi, Consultant on MSM and Transgender Issues, UNAIDS, New Delhi

“I thank you all for the overwhelming response and contributions made to the topic of "Sex Education in Schools". The replies posted, solutions suggested, guidance provided and experience shared will be of great help to me as well as to the members, I hope...”

R. Natarajan, Reliance Infocomm Limited, Punjab

“I appreciate the efforts you have put in producing such a fantastic, useful report. When I registered in the this e-community I really did not realize nor thought that this would be a kind of reference platform for sharing and learning from experience on diverse issues regarding HIV/AIDS sector.”

Chetan Pillay ,Catholic Relief Services, India Office , Hyderabad 

"I joined the Decentralization Community in early 2007…. from that time I became an active participant in the community’s interactions…. The most important feature of Decentralization Community is that it keeps equivalence among all its members, ignoring any difference of academic, intellectual or social stratification…..”

K. Rajasekharan, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur

“The Decentralization Community has grown into an active platform for experts and practitioners on decentralization to connect and share experiences and views on many important topics related to strengthening decentralized governance… I particularly like the concept of a Consolidated Reply, prepared as a tightly edited summary that concludes each discussion and captures its essentials...”

T. R. Raghunandan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Local Self Government), Government of India, New Delhi

“I think Solution Exchange for this very unique initiative and hope that the process would go on uninterrupted and sharing new experiences and challenges with development professionals.”

Anurag Mishra, AED, Lucknow

“We have benefited from the Decentralization Community of Solution Exchange… it helped us to share our learnings with similar activists from almost all the states of India. These linkages prompted development enthusiasts from some of these state to visit Kerala and our partner groups to learn more about our experiences."

Nirmala Sanu George, SDC-CapDecK, Trivandrum

“Our thanks to all, especially the contributing members, for valuable inputs to the Consolidated Reply on PAHELI.  It has come out very well and provides valuable feedback on the PAHELI tool, besides giving us expert advise on how to utilize the outcomes in the Report Card.”

Seeta Prabhu, UNDP, New Delhi; Rukmini Banerji, Pratham India, New Delhi;
and Shanti Jagannathan, PAHELI, New Delhi

“… the forum [Solution Exchange] has provided a platform for sharing experiences from the field and deliberating upon the issue.”

Rishu Garg, ARAVALI, Jaipur

“I have found the postings a very rich resource to become/remain aware of the issues and nuances of the sector. Thanks for this initiative, and the effort that goes into moderating the communities.”

Madhukar Shukla, XLRI, Jamshedpur

“I thank members for timely support and good references relating to social audit… the Consolidated Reply is also a great document which I feel is very useful. Great work and keep going!”

Janakiraman N., DHAN Foundation, Madurai

“The Solution Exchange has really picked up and the level of discussion is at a very high pitch. Keep it up!  I have used the material generated in the discussions in my work.”

Bidyut Mohanty, Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), New Delhi

“The queries are interesting but it would help if you can provide some reading resources with the query.  We can then focus on the relevant issues while responding.”

Abey George, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissu

“Thanks for sending the Consolidated Replies.  I find them very useful.  I have become an addict of SE mails and can’t work without them!!”

Vibha, Independent Consultant, New Delhi

“I am on a day to day basis following the discourse in the decentralization community.”

George Mathew, Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), New Delhi

“I am happy to see the change in the type of queries to more practical issues relating to Panchayati Raj –particularly the one on West Bengal Accounts Rules….”

Pradeep Sharma, United Nations Development Programme, East Timor

“The Decentralization Discussion Forum', an open and informal platform anchored in Trivandrum formed as an off shoot of the Decentralization Community, discussed the 'Draft Road Map for West Bengal Panchayats' on 5 May 2007… We are happy to participate in such fruitful interactions.”

Joy Elamon, SDC-CapDecK, Thiruvananthapuram

“Thank you very much for posting the query on de-fluoridation, and for preparing the Consolidated Reply, which has given me enough material to work on with a few good contacts of people who are already working in this field.”

Venkatrao Ghorpade, SHIRDI Foundation, Bangalore

“I and my organization Debate have been associated with Solution Exchange from the beginning…. [my] association with the community has helped in our work with state governments…”

Amitabh Singh, Debate, Bhopal

“…. [when the Decentralization] Community provided extensive feedback on draft guidelines for decentralized district planning in Madhya Pradesh it really helped our work…. Overall, it has been a wonderful experience.”

Leena Singh, Debate, Bhopal

“…It is a very positive trend, and has formed the base for a closer interaction and, hopefully, some very productive action emerging from it during the next big disaster we face. The Disaster Management sector is always in the need for ICT inputs during emergencies, but almost always there is no time – or knowledge resource – easily available...”

Anshu Sharma, SEEDS, New Delhi

“…The way mails are responded are so quickly was one thing which facilitated efficient exchange of information between us. It shows the unique approach of Solution Exchange and the seriousness with which postings are received and circulated.”

Chaman Pincha, Independent Researcher, Chennai

“I am feeling good to have associated myself to this group. It shapes my understanding and further sharpens my active participation towards any type of circumstances leading to devastation.”

A. Sebastian Jayaraj, NGO Coordination and Resource Centre, Madurai

“The situation report prepared by your community is very informative and good. Its an appreciable effort on part of UNDP.”

H. R. Hatwar, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi

“Messages at Disaster Management Community are very useful; particularly the Delhi Declaration is very useful!”

K. M. Parivelan, Tamil Nadu Tsunami Resource Centre, Chennai 

“Thanks, I look forward to engaging in the community. Excellent effort, by the way...”

Bhupinder Tomar, Disaster Policy and Preparedness Department, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva

“…This platform would, certainly, help me to broaden my understanding and vision about the disaster management issues...”

Hidayat Ullah Khan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Islamabad 

“Solution Exchange [Education] is pretty useful in facilitating interaction among a diverse range of people on different educational issues. Presently, this is the only forum that enables members from Government, Universities, NGOs, Private organisations and community to articulate their concerns, issues, experiences and ideas to explore solutions through a democratic consultation over a period of time…”

Binay Pattanayak, National Technical Support Group (SSA), New Delhi

“It is heartening that many of the postings are from those in Government and this creates a good exchange of views between Government and Non-Government members…”

Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore

“I think Solution Exchange has emerged as a useful platform for exchange of views and information in education. One can only hope that there will be a more vigorous effort by the contributors to link practice with policy that might provide viable solutions…”

Vinod Raina, BGVS, New Delhi

“For the first time, I received such valuable suggestions and feedback from community members… Certainly Solution Exchange is a noble initiative…”

Pradeep Maharana, Social Mobilisation Project, Orissa

“The Education Community of Solution Exchange is really doing very well and generating a lot of discussion. Increasingly, it is becoming extremely useful.”

Shabnam Sinha, NCERT, New Delhi

“The Education Community is doing quite well and the interest shown by very reputed people is impressive. The debates are also very enriching.”

Somesh Kumar, Aide et Action, Chennai

“I used the CR summarizing members’ comments on the draft inclusive education policy of Karnataka during a workshop held by the State government to finalize the draft policy…”

Ruma Banerjee, Sewa in Action Bangalore

“The Education network has helped me get in touch with people working in elementary education and has been an excellent sounding board for ideas. I have also been able to access unpublished reports/papers through the network.”

Vimala Ramachandran, Educational Resource Unit, New Delhi

“I was very pleased to see a draft policy on inclusive education developed by Karnataka Government being thrown open to the forum for discussion and improvement…”

Asadullah, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), New Delhi

“It’s a very useful exchange of ideas.....also very useful for information and to learn what is happening…”

Preet Verma, International Labour Organization (ILO), New Delhi

“I must say it is a very good platform where people from diverse fields share their problems and get their SOLUTIONS from the best of the fields.”

Abha Jha, Government of India (GoI)- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New Delhi

“…I know the model that the UN has provided me, in the CRs I read have been useful here in Minnesota. I only wish that I had as organized and dedicated a group to work on affordable housing solutions for some of the poorest people in America as you have in India…”  

Tim Figge, River Valley Appraisals, Minnesota, USA

“The two CRs on organic farming have been particularly useful in learning about vermiculture, and I have been able to successfully integrate it into my work in Jammu.”

B. L. Kaul, SPS, Jammu

“There has been a quite active discussion of issues around agricultural diversification and marketing in this group.”

“The group has played a key role in encouraging discussion between agricultural experts and nutritionists to address the issues of food security and agricultural diversification.”

David Radcliffe, DFID, New Delhi

“It is indeed heartening to note the progress Solution Exchange is making. The queries, discussions and suggestions on different aspects by the experienced members of SE have really been very informative and encouraging.”

V. R. Jani, Panchmahal Dairy, Godhra

“This is one of the most active networks I have seen and also very useful.”

Neela Mukherjee, Development Tracks RTC, New Delhi

“I would rate the Consolidated Replies (CR) as excellent. I find them extremely helpful in learning about grassroots experiences as also for desk research...”

Nira Ramachnadran, Consultant, UNICEF, New Delhi

“…Subjects have been increasingly interesting and absorbing, be it promoting organic farming, increasing cultivation, nuts and fruits, sea food , feeding infants and then at top of that is your consolidated reply, which is a gist and cream of valuable points given by different participants…Your efforts are producing par excellent participation...”

Ravinder Nath Goswami, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi

“We would like to thank Solution Exchange for accepting and taking up our query on Biofuel plantation through Food and Nutrition Security and Water Communities. We have been able to develop better understanding of the stakes and issues involved…”

Rishu Garg, ARAVALI, Jaipur

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the discussions on 'Trans Fat' and other food and health related issues as part of the Food and Nutrition Security Community. My heartfelt congratulations to the team for carrying it forward.”

Ruchika Chugh Sachdeva, Wockhardt Ltd, Gurgaon

“The Solution Exchange is of great help to me as its content is very fresh, latest and timely, and related to agricultural sciences and technology. It provides an excellent platform to express one’s views and interact on the subject. I find it very useful and informative in enriching my knowledge base.”

Soumitra Das, Agribusiness, Reliance Retail Ltd., Gurgaon

“The summary on Agricultural Extension Systems was phenomenal!!  ADB has just signed a project that will deal with integrated irrigation and agriculture development in Chhattisgarh, and has some more in the pipeline.“

Jaya Chatterji, Asian Development Bank (ADB), New Delhi

“This perhaps is the best instance so far of the KM initiative directly helping one of our projects in FAO…”

Daniel J. Gustafson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Washington, D.C., USA

“My congratulations for the wonderful coordination work you have done so far and will continue to do so in future also...”

G. V. Ranganatham, Consultant- Food Security, Bangalore

“I really appreciate the timely release of Consolidated Replies. They are very thoughtfully done and served as a compact and ready reference to links and bibliography on Food and Nutrition Security.”

Bonani Dhar, United Nations, New Delhi

“…The community has also helped me to link up with other scientists, widen my network and improve the scope of collaboration.”

Subhada Kanani, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara

“I have read your consolidated reply on agricultural diversification and other comments, which seem very relevant for this important topic, on which more than 70% of the population living in rural area is involved.”

Rashid A Khan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),  (Retd), Gurgaon

“I want to congratulate you on the vibrant activity of Solution Exchange - Food and Nutrition Security Community. I receive at least three emails per days, with very deep contribution. It's amazing!”

Huyen Tran, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

“…It is heartening to see so many experts coming together to share their experiences and offer guidance..."

Priya Naik, Poverty Action Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

“My query on Impact of Bt Cotton has been a great success and I only have to thank you and your team for it… "

Debdatta Sengupta, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA

“The volume of traffic on this list has just become too great. I still find some of the emails quite helpful.”

Tim Hanstad, Rural Development Institute, Seattle, USA

“…I learned a lot from the Indian participants on many different topics and feel close to all at the same time a good feeling…”

Wim Polman, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

"Lot of sincere effort has gone into the preparation of this document [Consolidated Reply]. Everybody involved deserves to be complimented..."

Prasanta Tripathy, ekjut, Jharkhand

“The exchange of knowledge through this medium has been very interesting and useful throughout. Hope we can contribute our bit to solve some problems in our society…”

Madhu Suri, Department of Education, New Delhi

“Involving so many people with different specializations paves the way for healthy discussion on delicate issues. It’s a wonderful experience being a part of this community"

Srabani Das, UNDP-Project, Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar

“Collectively, it is wonderful to exchange experiences and knowledge and meet others in the visioning workshops. The effort of the community is commendable in taking up the issue of monitoring indicators for effective implementation of PWDVA.”

Aleyamma Vijayan, Sakhi, Trivandrum

“I work for the elderly and it was Bonani, the Gender Community Moderator, who introduced the Community of Practice. The issue of elderly women and women in disaster management had been very interesting. I would want to take up the cause of elderly women with the community.”

Indrani Rajadurai, Helpage India, Chennai

“The E-Discussion on the Domestic Violence Act implementation had been extremely rich with a large number of responses from members. We had jointly studied them from Delhi University and University of Warwick, UK, and have included a section under Implications for development under PWDVA on page 13 of the study on Strategies to operationalize Legislation on Domestic Violence Act Implementation.”

Manjeet Bhatia, University of Delhi, New Delhi

“The Gender Community has taken up burning issues including sexual harassment at workplace. We have been fascinated by the qualitative output…”

Julie Thekuddan, PRIA, New Delhi

“Working on legal issues on women is complex and we get tremendous support in building up our knowledge base through consultations on the Community. I find it an extremely efficient way of managing knowledge...”

Tenzing Choesang, Lawyers Collective, New Delhi

“It was my decision to join an on-line network [of development practioners], Solution Exchange [Gender Community]… has opened a wide world in front of me…Being a member of Gender Community has exposed me to a wide range of grassroots level experiences…”

Rahul Banerjee, Amity Humanity Foundation

“I raised a query and led the break away group during the Gender Visioning Workshop [November 30, 2006] and then a highly participatory e-discussion on sexual harassment at the workplace. On the basis of the recommendations, my Action Group is now involved in creating training modules for the Government of Maharashtra on eliminating sexual harassment and sensitizing on gender equality.”

Anagha Sarpotdar, India Centre for Human Rights and Law, Mumbai

“I am proud to be associated with the Gender Community. The dialogue has highlighted the effort in different parts of the country to empower women, identify issues and solutions adopted by different communities, studies conducted and the results of those studies. It is helping build a Virtual Resource Centre for practitioners in gender and social development processes.”

Sarala Gopalan, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, New Delhi

“Your initiative [Solution Exchange Gender Community] has helped in furthering gender goals in India by spreading awareness on gender-just practices and initiatives. As a member of the Delhi Commission for Women, Government of NCT of Delhi, I feel proud to be associated with the Gender Community of Practice.”

Reny Jacob, Delhi Commission for Women, New Delhi

“I am a new member and I am fascinated by the vast knowledgebase generated on the community’s platform. I raised the issue of financing problems in Girls’ higher education. On the basis of the responses, I approached the Policy makers, MPs and Banking sector professionals...”

Joy Banerjee, Sudarshan Overseas Ltd., New Delhi

“Membership of the Gender Community has increased my knowledge and understanding of problems facing women and the different approaches used to tackle them, the resources available. The debates between practitioners, analysts, and experts also suggest further measures that could be taken to help women…”

Anita Inder Singh, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi

“I have been associated with the Gender Community for more than a year… I would want to create gender inclusive knowledge modules and perfect them with the Community’s consultation so that they are available for the training programmes.”

Areti Krishna Kumari, Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussorrie

“It has been extremely useful as one gets to know about the issue at hand – both what approaches have been used earlier to address the issue, what is being used now and the kind of resources that are available. This saves time and enables me to understand the various contexts and the specific approaches since there is no single recipe to address all issues. One meets both experts and grassroots practitioners and what is most useful; one is also able to respond and gives one's one perspective. I am indeed grateful and feel privileged to be part of this community of practice because it discusses real issues.”

Benita Sharma, Legal Consultant, New Delhi

“It had been a very fulfilling and fascinating experience for me to be a part of the community, which is generating so much knowledge crucial for increasing development effectiveness.”

Bhartendu K. Bartaria, Goodrich Management Consultants, Indore

“I see the tremendous utility of the Gender Community as a knowledge management initiative for furthering gender goals in India as we find this as a platform for virtual networking with people totally unknown as well as having made special contributions to the field of gender development and empowerment…”

Meenakshi Kathel, Gender Analyst, UNDP, New Delhi

“I am initiating an Action Group on Policy Change for creating more visibility of women in the cooperative sector with the help of the Gender Community. This will help us to take the issue and action to other countries in South Asia.”

Savitri Singh, Gender Programme, International Co-operative Alliance, Regional Office for Asia & The Pacific, New Delhi

“I work with the Bahai House of Worship in Delhi. We have been extremely benefited in building up knowledge through extensive consultation. This has been a very innovative and efficient way of understanding various issues affecting development of women.”

Nalina Jiwnani, Baha’I Office for the Advancement of Women, New Delhi

“The issue of thee girl child and mindset transformation have been discussed on the Gender Community. We took initiatives and organized a School Principal’s meet with Gender Community in our school on 8 September 2006. Members from UNIFEM and UNICEF contributed to the deliberations of the workshop.”

Nishi Mishra, Vidya Devi Jindal Girls Residential School, Hisar

“I have been a Guest Moderator to one of the most popular e-discussions on the Gender Community platform on the Domestic Violence Act. To take the recommendations of the members, we have taken up an Action Project with support from Gender Community and UNIFEM on Building up a Delhi Based Model to implement the Act effectively. It has been a very fascinating experience and I congratulate the moderation team for its efficiency and accuracy.”

Gauri Chowdhary, Action India, New Delhi

“I am the Gender Advisor for the Government of Andhra Pradesh on issues of Rural Poverty. I found a very high degree of perfection and professionalism in the Gender Community’s approach in knowledge management service delivery. I have consulted the community and held several meetings with the Moderator to find solutions to my satisfaction.”

P. Jamuna, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

“The beauty of Solution Exchange is that it addresses a real need (practitioners who want to find out about how others are doing things), uses existing technology and content (e-mail and project information) and involves very little change for its members. Very simple, very slick. Try to apply the same design principles for local online services.”

Billy McGilvray, Knowledge Management Consultant, Scotland

“The ICT forum I believe has become the largest think tank of ICT experts across the country facilitated by Solution Exchange. It brings together the best brains online. It has truly helped us get the best feedback and expert opinions in formulating the "Secondbyte" plan of action.”

Rajen Varada, Bytesforall, Bangalore

“The quality of ideas being shared at the ICTD Community has a potential to drive policies, social businesses, and amazing scale of research and analyses. At Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) we have been hugely benefited through this network in terms of its reach, content and contributions…”

Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation, New Delhi

“I am a regular reader of Solution Exchange. Unlike other discussion forums what I like the most about the exchange is the final compilation of work which is done by the moderators. This acts as knowledge repository which can be accessed anytime we feel like.”

Varun Rattan Singh, Community Friendly Movement, New Delhi

“It has been encouraging to see combined queries across the ICTD and DRM communities of late… The Disaster Management sector is always in the need for ICT inputs during emergencies, but almost always there is no time – or knowledge resource – easily available. Looking forward to better informed disaster management in the future, and wishing you the best for the great work you all are doing.”

Anshu Sharma, SEEDS, New Delhi

“I think the Solution Exchange is a great space because of the creative energies of people like you. We never stop admiring how a simple idea has grown so steadily and meaningfully.”

Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change, Bangalore

“Solution Exchange is definitely one of its own kind to discuss some of the most critical issues related to ICT4D.”

Kadambari, Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) New Delhi

“We are deeply indebted to the excellent support you provided on the ICTD Community of Solution Exchange, by posting the query on CopyLeft/Open Publishing and then compiling the responses in such an organised fashion. We at CACIM feel that it is really a wonderful initiative which will help many of the practitioners of ICT and add to the existing knowledge pool and increase its application in many areas.”

K. Madhuresh, Critical Action: Centre in Movement (CACIM), New Delhi

“I followed the contributions to my query on ICT-based Distance Learning for Youth with great interest and hope that our colleagues in UNDP Azerbaijan will benefit from them. I must say that the Solution Exchange network works really very well and generates a lot of helpful advice and important ideas, strategically and practically. I am also glad to see that many solutions generated by this open network have a huge inter-operability potential for other regions.”

Yuri Misnikov, UNDP, Bratislava, Slovakia

“Excellent work of consolidation and collection of views across the globe through Solution Exchange.”

M. Moni, NIC, New Delhi

“Solution exchange is a very useful platform for sharing of learning practices among the community of practitioners from civil society organizations, government agencies, academia and industry backed by professionals from UNESCO for consolidating the responses. During my one year of participation and reading of the content from the community, I have benefited a lot from the rich experience of the members. I also wrote the country report on "Digital Literacy Initiatives in India" for which inputs from the members of the community have been of great value.”

Vikas Kanungo, The Society for Promotion of e-Governance, New Delhi

“Solution Exchange is a really brilliant knowledge exchange. I really consider what Solution Exchange is doing as 'best practice' and a model to emulate.”

Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand

“We have found UN- Solution Exchange a wonderful opportunity to exchange views, ideas and experiences of ICT4D programmes. The group has helped us in communicating and connecting with community members with similar interest which has helped us to further our collaboration to take our ICT4D agenda forward. We have enriched with the forum exposure and we congratulate the UN Solution Exchange groups for this very stimulating experience."

Rufina Fernandes, NASSCOM Foundation, New Delhi

“A useful project indeed. If only it could be scaled up much, much, much more. It's needed!” 

Frederick Noronha, Bytesforall, Goa

“The postings have been very informative from all related areas like program, clinical as well as grassroots level issues”

Piyali Acharya, SHRC, New Delhi

“This is an excellent Programme. The discussions, thoughts, field experiences definitely will be useful to the improvement of the health of the society, particularly, illiterate women”

V. M. Sarode, Mulund College of Commerce, Mumbai

“Through your responses I am getting to know about organizations and individuals who have worked in this area and are enthusiastic to share their wisdom and learning. This is helping me in forming my expert groups for evidence review process and in short listing examples/models for further information.”

Vibha Singh, Intrahealth, New Delhi

“Thanks for sharing this information on final recommendation on PNDT action plan of Delhi. I will be circulating it to all concerned in my state.”

Manmeet Kaur, Health Department Haryana, Chandigarh

“Very good and excellent way of presenting the issue that I want to raise."

N. Subramonia Iyer, UNICEF, Chennai

“Thanks for your informative message on Nutritional Requirement in Pregnancy for Women Living with HIV”

Vijay Shankar Narayan Singh, Jharkhand Health Service, Jharkhand

“Until I joined this team I could never imagine that such a simple educational and idea-exchange platform is even practical. I enjoy being enriched by each issue.”

A. K. Debdas, Nari Research Kendra, Jamshedpur

“I have been going through the discussion on the issue of improving motivation level of district health officials, district hospital staff and others. Nice to know that such a critical issue is being discussed in this forum.”

Abraham George, CARE India, Jaipur

“The e-discussion is helping me a lot in teaching undergraduate/postgraduate students, preparing seminar and creating a sense of togetherness and involvement in the field of public health.”

Sadhu Charan Panda, VSS Medical College, Burla

“I framed a few questions using the postings/resources from different communities of Solution Exchange. I've already started putting these questions to MPs. I am also framing some matters for motions of public importance etc... “

Vinod Bhanu, Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy (CLRA), New Delhi

"It was a fantastic time for me to interact with professionals and see what voluntary organizations are doing in India and Bangladesh"

Rajeev Prasad Bijalwan, Consultant, Dehradun

“I find the discussions very thought provoking and the consolidated reports are damn good and very useful.”

Bulbul Sood, CEDPA, New Delhi

“The Solution exchange group of WHO's initiative is an good opportunity for the public health  experts to learn and understand the newer challenges in applied  community medicine and  new issues  of  public health importance.”

Sankhe Lalit R., Grant Medical College, Mumbai

“I am so infrequent in communicating but enjoy reading the discussion and I am really impressed the way solution exchange has progressed and discussion is really very useful... Keep it up!”

Shaila Macwan, S. S. G. Hospital, Vadodara

“I express my sincere thanks and gratitude for raising my query on health needs of out of school children in MCH Community… All the links that I got have really helped me in work of my study and enlightened me on the subject…. The compilation of all responses in the form of Consolidated Reply was outstanding as it has enumerated all the links there"

Anil Kumar, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi

“I have been an active member of the MCH community of Solution Exchange for over 3 months. I appreciate the usefulness of the solution exchange in engaging on the debate over important issues.”

Chittaranjan Mishra, CMS Social, New Delhi

“I am overwhelmed with the range of responses and practical suggestions put forward by the members regarding immunization in Kishanganj”

Yuman Hussain, Azad India Foundation, Kishanganj

“I framed a few questions using the postings/resources from different Communities of Solution Exchange. I've already started putting these questions through MPs (Members of Parliament]…. I find there are lot more questions or other parliamentary measures like urgent motions/special mentions, half-an-hour discussion, calling attention, private members bill etc. can be generated and it will have effective impact in the policy decision making process….”

Kajali Paintal, PATH India, New Delhi

“I would like to pay my heartiest thanks to members of MF community for providing me excellent inputs regarding my business development services query.”

Vikash Kumar, Grameen Koota, Bangalore

“I have been an active member of the Work and Employment and Microfinance Communities… I consider your Consolidated Reply and Update as the most useful info and store it for reference…”

N. Jeyaseelan, Formerly with Indian Bank, Madurai

“Let me congratulate you for creating such a wonderful platform ‘Solution Exchange’. This is a great network of idea sharing and information gathering.”

Piyush Kumar, Tata AIG Insurance Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

“This UN initiative is indeed a great experience sharing platform. Looking at wide participation and the quality of debate, it is apparent that the entire microfinance community in the country is benefiting from your painstaking work especially the summing up done at the end of each debate.”

Brij Mohan, ACCESS Development Services, New Delhi

“…To me the most important benefit is the timely update on latest developments related to various programmes like NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), RTI (Right to Information), Microfinance, etc. The exchange seems to convert a lot of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge…”

C. S. Reddy, APMAS, Hyderabad

“The Consolidated Reply on Designing Credit Risk Assessment Tools to Reach the Poor is an excellent document. In fact, the responses from members and the consolidation will greatly help me in taking forward my research in field…”

Rohit Raina, ICICI Bank, Mumbai

“The query on savings services was particularly relevant and very timely too. Thanks for the excellent consolidation.”  

Smita Premchander, Sampark, Bangalore

“…thank you for the important and excellent job you have done of bringing together thinking and experience… 'Sector reform' should mean exactly what your respondents have suggested…”

Ashoke Chatterjee, WATSAN RC, Ahmedabad

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Steven Forth, Opn Design Inc., Vancouver, Canada

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Ashoke Chatterjee, WATSAN RC, Ahmedabad

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Chicu Lokgariwar, Gomukh Environmental Trust, Pune

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Ashoke Chatterjee, WATSAN RC, Ahmedabad

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Nidhi Prabha Tewari, Coordinator-Resource Center for Legislators, Sanket Information and Research Agency, New Delhi

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