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Few months before his demise ,Dr.Kalbag started developing a plan to replicate IBT on a larger scale - to 1000 schools - with Yogesh Kulkarni, the then Dy.Director of with VA. A proposal was submitted to ‘Development Marketplace -World Bank competition' in collaboration with Dnyana Prabodhini, a Pune based non-profit organization, which worked in education sector. Our proposal was not selected for funding. VA received the outcome of the competition on 24th July 2003. Dr.Kalbag sent an e-mail to Yogesh Kulkarni saying that, though we could not make to the final he had not lost zeal for the programme and that it was in fact his life's mission! Following is the model for replication of IBT in Maharashtra. Maharashtra divided into 5 region - One master co-ordinator for each zone In each region H.Q 40 Schools TRC Engineering 160 instructors Agri college Better services to communities Appropriate R & D and Technology Transfer IBT program came to a standstill in 2003. VA did not have any staff on IBT project and communication to schools almost stopped. Rural Development Through Education System 270
