Business Management Clinic ,CABM

Business Management Clinic

Centre on Business Management Clinic (BMC) addresses the problems of businesses and its various sectors through Contract Research and Consultancy. Basically the Centre for Business Management Clinic was started with the following objectives in mind:

Interaction with the managers of business houses and technical/ management experts.
Diagnosis of technical and management problems of business enterprises.
Evaluation of projects pertaining to different aspects of technologies, raw material and products of business houses.
Prescribing solutions to problems of Agribusiness firms through contract research and/or consultancy.

To develop linkages with industry, the BMC has designed a well-planned strategic system

The following consultancy projects/research projects have recently been completed by / awarded to CABM. CABM has also signed MoUs with various national and international organizations.

Type of Project	Sponsoring Organization	Project Title
*Consultancy*	Uttaranchal Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation, Pantnagar	Strategic Planning of Uttaranchal Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation, Pantnagar
*Consultancy*	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, France	Policy Evaluation Framework in India
*Consultancy*	National Thermal Power Corporation	Socio-economic Survey (SES) for Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project (LPHPP), Uttarkashi
*Consultancy*	Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India	Evaluation of Central sector Scheme of Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN)
*Consultancy*	Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India	Market-led extension activities-Videography of selected commodities
*Research*	National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur	Marketing Infrastructure: Potential for Cleaning and Grading Inclusive of Drying, Packaging and Weighing for Wheat, Rice and Pulses
*Research*	International Rice Research Institute, Philippines	Constraints to Increasing Rice Production in Irrigated Systems in India- A Study of Farmers' Perception in Western Uttar Pradesh
Research	Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo	Agricultural Policy Studies in Member Countries
*Consultancy*	Directorate of Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi	Preparing Video Graphic Material for Horticulture Marketing Extension Techniques
*Consultancy*	Tennessee State University, USA- Funded by USDA	Internationalizing Agricultural Programme and Promoting Indian Trade in Value Added Products
*Consultancy*	District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand	District Agriculture Plan
*Consultancy*	ACME Cold Chain Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon	Storage Stability during Post Harvest Management
*Consultancy*	NAARM, Hyderabad	ICTs Use in Value Chains in consortia-based research

Memorandum of Understanding

Organization	Purpose
Agri-Export Development Unit, Uttaranchal	Research and Capacity Building
Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority	Research and Capacity Building
Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, Lucknow.	Project Evalutaion
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), France	Research on Policy Evaluation Framework
Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium, New Delhi	Preparation of Detailed Project Reports
University of New South Wales, Sydney	To execute the strategies for the potential World Bank Project on Higher Agriculture Education Reform in India
Yes Bank	Establishing Hightech Agribusiness Farm

ONGOING PROJECTS - Coordinated by Dean & Prof. B.K. Sikka

Internationalizing Agricultural Programme and Promoting Indian Trade in Value Added Products in collaboration with Tennessee State University, USA- Funded by USDA (3 years duration)
Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan for District Pithoragarh, of Uttarakhand
Storage Stability during Post Harvest Management Protocols using ACME’s own and other Technologies of ACME Cold Chain Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
ICTs Use in Value Chains in consortia-based research in collaboration with NAARM, Hyderabad

The following consultancy projects/ research projects (In details ) have recently been awarded to CABM. CABM also signed MoUs with various national and international organizations.

Dr. B.K. Sikka completed consultancy project on Preparing Video Graphic Material for Horticulture Marketing Extension Techniques sponsored sponsored by Directorate of Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi
Dr. V.P.S. Arora conducted a contract research project, sponsored by IRRI, on “Constraints to Increasing Rice Production in Irrigated Systems in India- A Study of Farmers’ Perception in Western Uttar Pradesh”

Drs V P S Arora and Anil Kumar completed a project sponsored by National Institute of Agricultural Marketing on “Marketing Infrastructure: Potential for Cleaning and Grading Inclusive of Drying, Packaging and Weighing for Wheat, Rice and Pulses”

Drs V P S Arora, Devendra Kumar and Raka Saxena completed a consultancy project sponsored by UASTDC on “Strategic Planning of Uttaranchal Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation, Pantnagar”

Drs V P S Arora and Raka Saxena completed a consultancy project on “Policy Evaluation Framework in India” by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, France.

Dr V P S Arora completed a project on “Agricultural Policy Studies in Member Countries” by the Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo.

MoU was signed with Agri-Export Development Unit, Govt. of Uttaranchal on April 13, 2005.

Dr. B.S. Bisht, Professor, HRPM and Dr. M.L. Sharma Associate Professor, Finance completed A consultancy project entitled, 'Socio-economic Survey (SES) for Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project (LPHPP), Uttarkashi' by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) - A Govt. of India Enterprise, through MoU signed by both parties on Feb. 8, 2005.

Dr. V.P.S. Arora, Professor and Dean, CABM and, Mr. Saurabh Singh, Asstt. Prof. Finance completed a consultancy project project entitled 'Evaluation of Central Sector Scheme of Marketing Research and Information Network' (MRIN) awarded the Department of Marketing and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India on June 20, 2005.

CABM has signed MoUs with the following Organisations /Institutions

IDFC and Rabo Bank
New South Wales University ,Sydney
Agri-Export Development Unit ,Uttarakhand
Yes Bank
University of Illinois ,USA
MCX
Pantaloon India Ltd.