Abstract
In India, about 65% of the population resides in rural areas and have minimal access to employment opportunities. This pose uphill barriers for effectual rural development. With 33 million Indians unemployed, coupled with about 14% of rural women unemployed (as of 2019), livelihood options for rural women are a matter of grave concern. Similar is the situation faced by women residing in Indpur, a rural village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As part of the Live-in-Labs® program, a study was conducted following the principles of Human Centered Design (HCD), for the appraisal of challenges to livelihood opportunities, supervening the Indpur community. The HCD concept is further exploited to propose a sustainable technological proposition in the form of Aqueous Enzymatic Extraction of oil from Moringa seeds.
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This research was funded by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Live-in-Labs® program and the field implementation was funded by the UN-recognized NGO, MA Math. The study was conducted as part of the UNESCO Chair for Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development. The authors express their immense gratitude to Sri. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, who has inspired them in performing selfless service to society. The authors would also like to express their sincere appreciation to Mr. Gopalaiengar Sheshadri for his extensive support in enhancing the quality of the paper within the limited time frame. The authors also thank the faculty, staff, and students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, the government authorities of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, and also the Amrita SeRVe program staff.
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Prasad, A. et al. (2022). Sustainable Technologies for Improved Income Generation: A Case Study of Women Villagers in Himachal Pradesh. In: Senjyu, T., Mahalle, P.N., Perumal, T., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT with Intelligent Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 248. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4177-0_65
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