Proposal to develop a 'Village Centric Disaster Management System: SOS-ICS' submitted by Vritti Solutions Ltd., Mumbai, leading to better response and relief measures in case of disasters.

A Disaster Response Network (DRN) for collecting information about likely disaster threats, and resources like man, machine / equipment, support services and key persons, will be created at village level and structured in such a way that it can be consolidated at Taluka, District, State or National level.

The winning project are in areas of urgent needs awaiting appropriate solutions: Rural Health Care, Education, E-Commerce, Community Training and Disaster Management.