Votebook is internet of hyper-local digital hubs, giving every constituency in every democracy a digital life of its own, where its citizens, leaders, governments & businesses interact, interface & connect.
Votebook Information: It is an aggregator of political and social information in any constituency.
Votebook Media: Plugs the constituency into the state, national and global grid with news, views and content from citizens and media partners across the globe.
Votebook Social Network: The hyper local social networks of voters in every constituency, having applications to collectively evaluate, compare, monitor & audit etc. to seek good governance by leveraging their collective votes in the constituency
Votebook Showcase: Advance Multi-Modal People Leader Engagement (AMPLE): Premium services that serve as a two-way communication channel for leaders, parties and stakeholders to showcase, communicate and promote themselves to constituents. Features include web streaming, webcast, a call center, alerts about the constituency, a multimedia website with links to all social networks, and an online payment gateway.
Votebook National Help Center (NHC): With one phone number for the call center, the NHC gives citizens a way to complain or give feedback to stakeholders of their constituency. The help center is language agnostic and helps sensitize stakeholders to the constituents’ concerns.
We have the prototype of the platform ready for India which was launched by the Ex Chief Election Commissioner of India, validating our platform as a perfect fit to a rigid neutrality regime so strictly adhered by the Election Commissions. In his inaugural speech he mentioned that platform like Votebook are necessary for people to evaluate which leader to elect for representation.
There were 9.8 million website hits within a period of 5 months in 2014 during the General Elections in India. At a time, there were almost Quarter million pages of our prototype indexed on Google. We have data-mined the information for digital hubs for all the 4664 constituencies of India and almost 50000 profiles of the leaders displayed in their constituencies. Votebook has also garnered about 18000 organic likes on Facebook and 10000 registered members on our portal. The CNRI (Confederation of NGOs of Rural India), a 6000 NGO strong federation entered into an arrangement with us for Votebook outreach program in rural India. CISCO WebEx and Nielsen are some of the service partners to our AMPLE (Advance Multi-Modal People-Leader Engagement) premium services we offer to the leaders & parties.
Commercial launch is expected in 2019

Traveling overseas for almost five months a year, I can say from my own experience that e-consigliere will serve a much-felt need of international travelers. It will take away the uncertainties and risk from tourism and business travel, which is worth a great deal to those who know what it is like to venture in unknown places. Once the traveler is confident that there is some one to look after his/her unforeseen needs, it will add a lot to the pleasure of travel."

Dr. G.P. Shukla
Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies, Duke University, Durham

Futuron Synergie’s foray in tourism is its 'Project e-consigliere’. It is your big brother in a strange land. It provides an e-companion to tourists anywhere globally. It is a business model in the Service Sector and is a mix of Tourism, Advertising, IT based services, Telecommunication, Hospitality, Global Trade and Finance

The psychological need to travel is the key for e-consigliere. E-consigliere doesn’t sell a destination, any airline or a hotel. It sells traveling. It sells comfort, assurance, warmth and security of a friend anywhere on the globe. So it does not address itself to only travelers but to all the 6+ billion people on the globe- the prospective travelers.

e-Consigliere answers the question as to how the technology and services may be blended so that seamless pan world information cum service base caters to the rising number of tourist globally.A real time, seamless delivery system of a bouquet of services to any traveler on the globe to enhance his sense of security, increase his pleasure quotient and remove his fear of unknown. Beyond languages, time zones and cultures.

The Basic Premise of E-consigliere is that every tourist should have one window for all his needs anywhere in the world. Information, services, security, pleasure and products to make him at home wherever he is on the globe.

Latest in e-consigliere

• Applied for US patent
• Design Stage
• Survey by ACNielsen-ORG-MARG, on the behavioural pattern of Tourist conducted - report submitted

Recently the social wing of the Group, under the Civil Society SRISHTI has done two very radical projects in two of the most difficult terrains of India where the defining parameters are diverse, utterly chaotic and defy sustainable and replicable solutions.

In first project Futuron Synergie designed a holistic plan for Bundelkhand on Strategic Management of Livestock and Fallen Carcass keeping in view the two major component in social development namely Natural Resource management (NRM) and Livelihood. This is a multidimensional and interdisciplinary platform to provide a number of livelihood opportunities, optimum utilization of resources, protection from environmental degradation, augmentation of natural resources, technology transfer, skill development and training, etc.

Bundelkhand is one of the poorest regions in terms of socio-economic indicators.It is drought prone region with low agricultural and animal productivity, soil erosion, fodder crisis, high rate of mortality among cattle, non-sustainable sources of livelihoods etc. The region has highest cattle-to-human ratio and a high proportion of workers depend on livestock resources for their sustenance. Since agricultural activities are limited, in absence of sustained, cohesive and holistic effort to resolve the problems of livestock resources, the poor suffer endlessly. The region demands project intervention in the fields of natural resource management, development of livestock resources and full utilization of fallen carcass.

All efforts till date have been in isolation and piecemeal approach has completely lost every benefit, which could have been garnered if they could have been fine-tuned together to result in the prosperity of the people.

The Touchstones of the project designed by Futuron Synergie

• The project has to be market oriented.
• It has to be a start-to-finish concept, with linkages, technology and market.
• It has to be based on resource available in the area.
• It cannot be group specific.
• It should be self sustaining and replicable.
• It should be based on conservation and augmentation of resources, waste utilization & grass-root technology.
• In its holistic nature it should comprise of several component projects.
• Crux is in fine tuning and dovetailing the activities in time/resource dimension.
• Technology, Quality, Branding, Trade, Credit, Information, Transportation and Self Help Groups are key areas.
• The HAND-HOLDING exercise with the beneficiary should be not more than four years with all systems in place and running smoothly.
• After the first and the most difficult phase the project should find willing receptors in all the areas where the program is to be replicated.

The SHGs involved in producing primary inputs like water, fodder, energy; manure/fertilizers would have a ready market among them selves. The secondary tier of production would end up in bulk sales for distribution networks. They include milk, milk-products, produce from agro forestry, fuel plantations, surplus energy, hide and skins and bye products from total carcass utilization.

The high points of the project are

• Augmentation, Better utilization, Creation of resources – by introducing technology, sharing information, synchronizing all efforts and dovetailing them towards a unified economic activity.
• Technology, marketing, quality, small credit schemes are important tools for the desired results.
• Activities in Non farm sector will provide a stability in unpredictable and rough climatic conditions of the area.
• The Hub of the activity would not only provide a meeting point for all the SHGs, but would also be a center for commerce, technology, finance, veterinary medical care, Training and Monitoring

Latest in Live Stock Management

Based on the design provided by Futuron Synergie, SRISHTI – the social arm of the Futuron Group conducted a study funded by the Department for International Development, (DFID) Government of United Kingdom for the poverty alleviation in Bundelkhand, India. The study report is available at www.srishti.org.in. The report forms the basis for an extensive project, which is under preparation and several global organizations are being approached for possible collaboration.

Executive Summary

The AIDS epidemic, unprecedented in its scale and impact, is both an immediate emergency as well as an evolving long-term threat. In the present scenario, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment is a strategic issue for social stability, economic development and national prosperity and security. Several studies have shown that commercial sex workers (CSWs), men who have sex with men (MSMs), truckers, migratory population, injection drug users (IDUs) and street children are some of the vulnerable groups which are comparatively more at risk of being infected by HIV. Due to their legal status or the nature of their jobs, these vulnerable groups often come in contact with Police system. Apart from its adversities, this contact also presents a unique opportunity for the Police personnel to play a facilitators’ role in the prevention and care of HIV/AIDS.

Uttar Pradesh has the distinction of having one of the largest Police forces in the world; comprising approximately 170,000 personnel serving a population of about 180,000,000, spread over 70 districts. Similar to other places, these Police personnel is are always the first contact point within the government system for marginalized communities such as CSWs, IDUs, MSMs, migrants, and victims of trafficking.There is a need for capacity building drives and policy advocacy within the entire Police force in order to equip it with the knowledge and skill required to provide leadership and support to all various agencies, NGOs and CBOs working on HIV prevention and care. This proposed leadership and support can be manifested through the Police personnel’s individual behavior as well as by the establishment of supportive and effective institutional mechanisms.

With this view in mind, a pilot project – PACT (Police and Community Togetherness), was taken up to create a model action plan in order to establish an effective interfacing mechanism between the Police and key stakeholders for HIV prevention and care in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh.The two primary objectives of Project PACT were a) to develop a supportive institutional mechanism to address issues of HIV prevention and care within the existing Police system and b) to develop an effective mechanism of interfacing between the Police and other key community based stakeholders working in the field of HIV prevention and care.

The formative research showed that there was an urgent need for creating an enabling environment within the Police system to support the rights of all vulnerable groups to access HIV/AIDS services in addition to generating awareness among themselves on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support programs.The overall objectives of the PACT Project strategy are to sensitize the Police towards the rights of vulnerable groups and their access to HIV/AIDS services, and to ensure that current policing practices do not exacerbate the impact of the epidemic in Uttar Pradesh through impeding HIV prevention initiatives. Putting the brakes on the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the Police force, and the spread of information about the disease among their partners and families; will be a by-product of this strategy. The strategy is guided by underlying principles including ownership and active involvement of other stakeholders, a rights-based approach, high-level leadership and commitment, reduction of stigma and discrimination, and the greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS.

The project was executed by SRISHTI with its team of top consultants in association with the UNAIDS (UNDP) and Uttar Pradesh Police. NACO and other national / International agencies including Population Council for South and East Asia provided valuable input. The project report is available at www.srishti.org.in .