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Locus Research & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is an independent agency promoted and managed by experienced professionals. Locus has capability to provide the services broadly in the areas of Social Research and Consultancy, Social Market Research, Opinion Poll and Electoral Analysis, Organizing Workshops and Seminars, Data analysis (for large clients only), Development project implementation, Project support and management, Market Research for products and services, etc. Since its inception of this company on January 4, 2000 we have conducted a large number of evaluation and impact assessment studies in the areas of forestry, rural development, education and health for the ministry of Environment & Forests and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India along with several state governments such as Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Kerala, etc. Locus believes in delivering quality services in all the assignments undertaken
Different types of development research services that Locus offers are as follows: Baseline studies/ Benchmark surveys, Concurrent evaluation studies, Programme evaluation studies, Performance monitoring studies, Knowledge, Attitude & Practices (KAP) studies, Beneficiary needs assessment studies, Resettlement and rehabilitation studies, Opinion Surveys & Media Research, Image Assessment studies etc.
The multi-disciplinary nature of Locus professionals and consultants enable it to undertake projects in the following development sectors namely Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment studies of forestry programs, Poverty Alleviation, Education & Literacy, Urban Development, Integrated Rural Development, Agriculture, Public Health, Food Security, Family Welfare and Reproductive Health, Women’s Development, HIV/ AIDS, Tribal Welfare, Nutrition, Handloom and Handicrafts, Child Labour, Women empowerment, etc.
LOCUS OPERATIONS
Locus has three wings - Research Unit, Field Unit and Data Analysis & Management Unit working in close co-ordination with one another. Locus also has a panel of consultants/ technical experts who work on project basis. This arrangement gives Locus the strength to undertake research in a large number of areas.
Locus has its Head office in
ANALYSIS INFRASTRUCTURE
Locus has latest software support along with other modern communication equipments for undertaking analysis of research projects. The software computing tools available at the Locus office includes MATLAB, STATPRO, AMPL, standard word processing packages, and other sophisticated statistical and software analysis packages for handling advanced analysis. For simple and commonly used analysis, Locus professionals use the statistical software like MS Office based software (spreadsheet-MS Excel, database software-MS Access, word processor-MS Word, presentation software-MS Power Point).
LOCUS PROFESSIONALS
Locus has a multi-disciplinary team of research professionals with many years of experience in research and consultancy services. Locus professionals have research experience in the areas of Forestry, Population Studies, Agriculture, Media & opinion research, Audience Research, Education, Health (Public health, Mother & Childcare, Reproductive Health, Immunization etc.) and Child Labour. This diverse pool of human resources enables Locus to undertake research and consulting assignments in a variety of areas.
Profile of LOCUS Professionals & Panel of Consultants
Dinesh K. Singh holds his Masters Degree in Regional Development and M. Phil in Population Studies from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
Prior to joining Locus, he worked with several prominent social research organizations based in
Gopal Joshi holds his Bachelors Degree in Industrial and Production Engineering from IIT,
His keen interest and understanding of the issues related to social sectors attracted him to work with a number of research projects on evaluation and impact assessment studies of development programs especially forestry programs. He has been working with Locus since August 2009 and has conducted four concurrent evaluations of FDAs namely FDA Central Chanda in Maharastra, Daltonganj (FDA Core and FDA Buffer Area) in Jharkhand and FDA Kaithal in Haryana. Besides this he also conducted evaluation of one year old plantation of Twenty Point Programme in the districts of Coochbehar and Dakshin Dinajpur of
Sudhir Kumar holds Masters Degree in Labour and Social Welfare and has seven years of experience in the areas of primary and secondary level data collection, conducting interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), project designing, schedules preparation and office management. He is also well versed in data analysis and computer related works. At Locus he takes care of field level activities and data analysis.
PROJECTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
ö Impact Assessment Studies of all Rural Development Programmes in Solan & Sirmaur districts of Himachal Pradesh for Ministry of Rural Development, GOI,
ö Concurrent Evaluation of Swaranjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana for Ministry of Rural Development, GOI in the state of Orissa and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands (2001-2002)
ö Government Affirmative Actions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra & West Bengal (Delhi Policy Group, Delhi).
ö Socio-Economic Development Status in Selected States of
ö Assessment of DSMS Scheme in
ö Cost of Water Supply unreliability in
ENVIRONMENT & FORESTRY:
ö First Concurrent evaluation of Projects under National Afforestation Program (NAP) being implemented through Forest Development agencies (FDAs). Name of FDAs with state and Year has been as under:-
● Zunheboto in Nagaland (2004-05)
● Kohima-Jhum in Nagaland (2004-05)
● Karouli in Rajasthan (2005-06)
● Umaria in M.P. (2005-06)
● Tehri Garwal in Uttaranchal (2006-07)
● Kalsi in Uttaranchal (2006-07)
● Sirohi in Rajasthan (2007-08)
● Gurdaspur in
● Junagarh in
● Valsad North in
● Saranda in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Porahat in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● South division, Chaibasa in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Kolhan in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Giridih (T) in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Giridih Afforestation in Jharkhand (2008-09)
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● Chatra (North) in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Chatra (South) in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Harzibagh (East) in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Haribagh (West) in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Ramgarh in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Bokaro in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Jamtara in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Deogarh in Jharkhand (2008-09)
● Chatra (South) in Jharkhand (2009-10)
● Chatra (North) in Jharkhand (2009-10)
● Daltonganj T Reserve (Core) in Jharkhand (2009-10)
● Daltonganj T Reserve (Buffer) in Jharkhand (2009-10)
● Lather in Jharkhand (2009-10)
ö Evaluation of National Bamboo Mission (NBM) plantation programs for a number of forest divisions in the state of Jharkhand. Till date we have covered more than seven evaluation projects for individual forest divisions as well as a group of forest divisions. These are as follows:
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted of Garhwa South, Garhwa North and Daltonganj Forest Divisions (2009-10).
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Buffer Area and Project Tiger Reserve Core Area, Daltonganj (2010).
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for eight forest divisions namely: Hazaribagh East, Hazaribagh West, Chatra South, Chatra North (
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Latehar Forest Division (2010).
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Core Area, Daltonganj (2011).
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Buffer Area, Daltonganj (2011).
Ø Evaluation of survival rate of Afforestation and tree planting activities through sample check in selected districts of the country. These studies were awarded by National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India,
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted of Garhwa South, Garhwa North and Daltonganj Forest Divisions (2009-10).
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Buffer Area and Project Tiger Reserve Core Area, Daltonganj (2010).
● A consolidated evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for eight forest divisions namely: Hazaribagh East, Hazaribagh West, Chatra South, Chatra North (
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Latehar Forest Division (2010).
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Core Area, Daltonganj (2011).
● Evaluation report of NBM program was submitted for Project Tiger Reserve, Buffer Area, Daltonganj (2011).
Ü Final Evaluation of Area Oriented Fuel Wood and Fodder Project Scheme (AOFFPS) in Himachal Pradesh for the period of 1997-2002. This study was sponsored by NAEB, MoEF, GOI in 2004.
Ü First Evaluation of Projects sanctioned during IX Plan under Integrated Afforestation & Eco-Development Project Scheme in Guna district of M.P. for the period of 2000-2001. The study was sponsored by NAEB in 2002.
Ü First Concurrent Evaluation of Grants-in-Aid to NGOs for plantation, Afforestation and eco-development work in degraded micro-catchments at Jaipur and
