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President
World Development Foundation, India
Dr. H. O. Srivastava, former Addl. Director General & Head of AIR Resources of All India Radio and Doordarshan (Level of Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of India), is the President and CEO of World Development Foundation providing turn key solutions for use of ICT and mass media for removing poverty in India, Asia and Africa. He worked for expansion of broadcast network in India for past 50 years in various capacities. He was involved in policy formulation and implementation of Govt. & private broadcasting in India; both commercial and community (Community Radio Act). He established Indian Education Channel, a number of commercial stations & Community Radio Stations, Agriculture Chanel of Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India. He worked as Commonwealth and ITU expert in Malaysia. He is adjunct Professor, Consultant to Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) New York, VisasQ Japan, and has received several National and seven International awards and has written six books and about 150 research papers.
Birla Institute of Technology: Pilani, Rajasthan, IN1996 to 1999 | Doctor of Philosophy
Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University Department of Chemistry: Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN 1994 to 1996 | Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)
Information System, Digital storage, Multimedia Broadcasting and Broadcast application for enrichment of life of poor and marginalized, Expansion of Community Radio and other means of new media for education, Knowledge Agriculture, SDG2030, Education technology
Scopus Publications
Broadcast technology—past, present and future: A review (2022-01-11)
Broadcasting in 2020: A prediction (2022-01-11)
Broadcasting in the cyberspace (2022-01-11)
Broadcasting in the new millennium: A prediction (2022-01-11)
Broadcasting to netcasting (2022-01-11)
Changing face of radio (2022-01-11)
Direct-to-home (DTH) radio: Technology and prospects (2022-01-11)
Golden jubilee year of independence: Roadmap of broadcasting in India (2022-01-11)
On-line broadcast archives for interactive video (2022-01-11)
System architecture for on-line broadcast archives (2022-01-11)
Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Six Community Radio Stations in Ethiopia, Ministry of Communication and IT, Federal Republic of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)2015-06 to 2015-09|Contract
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Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System, Bihar Agricultural University (Bhagalpur)2010-06 to 2011-09|Contract
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Research and Innovation of new modes of use of Radio media with ICT for improving the livelihood of poor and underprivileged .Media Lab Asia, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India (New Delhi)2007-05 to 2009-10|Grant
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1. MOU with Bihar Agricultural University to implement a state wide Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System. The scheme consisted of establishing knowledge centers around Bihar, their connectivity through Broadband, development of content and dissemination.
2. Consultant for all Community Radio Stations to be implemented in the state of Bihar and U.P.(India)
3. Consultant and technical advisor for Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa and Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha.
1. Project: Development of Cost Effective Solution for Community Radio Station and its Deployment for Education & Livelihood Generation in cooperation of MCIT, Govt. of India
Output: Improving health, education and living standard of poor and marginalized people in five States of India.
2. Project: Agriculture Knowledge Dissemination System in cooperation of Bihar Govt.
Output: Poor and marginalized farming communities in State of Bihar had improved agriculture, health and livelihood generation.
3. Project: Establishment of seven radio stations in cooperation of MCIT, Federal republic of Ethiopia (Africa)
Output: Improved health and hygiene, education and empowering the people in Ethiopia
4. Project: Implementing Education Channel in India (Gyanvani and Gyandarshan)
Output: Improving higher education in India
5. Project: Implementing Agriculture Chanel (Kisanvani Channel)
Output: Improving agriculture in India
6. Project: Proposal for 'Computer Based Class Room and CAI Facilities' for Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, Kuala Lumpur
Output: Improving education in Asia- Pacific region
7. Project: Policy formulation of Community Radio Stations (CRSs) in country
Output: Helping masses, NGOs, SHGs, Universities etc.
8. Project: Establishing about 25 community radio stations in different parts of India
Output: Enriching life of poor and backward people in India
9. Project: Establishment of BECIL/ AIR Resources
Output: Public / Private company as profit center