Center
will be evaluated based on the following main criteria {sub
criteria under each have been worked out}
1)
ENVIS
Website
2)
Database
3)
Services
4)
Research
Activities
5)
Library
Facilities
6)
Workshop/Training
7)
Publication
& Documentation
8)
Financial
Activities
9)
ENVIS
Centre / Node status in the Organisation.
10)
Recommendation of the Technical Committee
1.
ENVIS
Website
1.1.
General
1.1.1.
Date
of website launch
1.1.2.
Bandwidth
1.1.3.
No.
of pages meta tagged
1.1.4.
Registration
with popular search engines
1.1.5.
Browser
compatibility
1.2.
Structure/Design
and layout
1.2.1
Overfriendliness
of navigation
1.2.2
Size
of the pages
1.2.3
Loading
time
1.2.4
Alignment
and layout,
1.2.5
Integration
1.2.6
Focus
given to subject specific contents
1.3.
Links
1.3.1.
Interlinking
with other ENVIS nodes and centers resources
1.3.2.
Overall
effectiveness
1.4.
Sustainable
Operation and Management of the website
1.4.1.
Management
of high demands on system reliability and availability
1.4.2.
Adequate
failsafe operations, backup, recovery provisions etc.
1.5.
Statistical
data about website performance
1.5.1.
No.
of hits
1.5.2.
Query
response etc.
2.
Database
2.1.
Primary
Database
2.1.1.
Online
database
2.1.1.1 Prepared by
ENVIS
Center
2.1.1.2
Prepared by Parent Organisation
2.1.2.
Offline
database
2.1.2.1 Prepared by
ENVIS
Center
2.1.2.2
Prepared by Parent Organisation
2.2. Secondary
Database
2.2.1.
Online
database
2.2.1.1
Prepared by
ENVIS
Center
2.2.1.2
Prepared by Parent Organisation
2.2.2.
Offline
database
2.2.2.1
Prepared by
ENVIS
Center
2.2.2.2
Prepared by Parent Organisation
2.3.
GIS Database
3.
Services
3.1.
Query
Response - process/total no. of queries
handled/mode of receiving the query/category
of users
3.2.
Abstracting
service
3.2.1.
Name
of the publication
3.2.2.
Sources
of abstracts
3.2.3.
Periodicity
4.
Research
Activities
4.1.
Primary
Research
4.1.1.
Topic/Done
by ENVIS/Parent Org. / documentation/information available
(online/offline)
4.1.2.
Current
Research – Topic, Funded by, information available
(online/offline)
4.1.3.
Primary
research conducting capacity at the parent organisation
4.2.
Research
Areas
4.3.
Future
research in pipeline
5.
Library Facilities
5.1 List of publications available on
subject area
5.2 Procurement procedure of the
publications (through parent org. or ENVIS
fund)
6.
Workshop/Training
6.1.
Subject
related workshops conducted
6.1.1.
Duration
and topics covered
6.2.
Technical
Workshop / Training attended by
ENVIS team members
6.2.1.
Skills covered and practical implementation of these skills
6.3.
Reporting
and documentation
7.
Publication
& Documentation
7.1.
Newsletter
published / Procured by ENVIS
7.1.1.
Periodicity
7.1.2.
Total
issues published
7.1.3.
Topics
covered
7.1.4.
Availability
(online/offline)
7.2.
Reports
and papers on the subject published
7.2.1.
Topics
covered
7.2.2.
Availability
(online/offline)
7.3.
List
of executive summaries of thesis available with the node
7.4.
List
of books
7.5.
List
of Abstracts
7.6.
List
of CD ROM, Video available.
8.
Finances
8.1.
Total
grants allocated
8.2.
Expenditure on :
8.2.1.
Infrastructure
8.2.2.
Hardware/software
8.2.3.
training/workshop
8.2.4.
publication
8.2.5.
travel
8.2.6.
data collection
8.2.7.
Any other
9.
ENVIS Centre / Node status in the Organisation.
9.1.
Housing of
centre / node in the organisation
9.2.
infrastructure facilities available
9.2.1.
from the
organisation
9.2.2.
from the ENVIS
9.3.
Annual Action plan
9.4.
Reporting of activities of the ENVIS centre/ Node
in the Annual report of the
Organisation.
9.5.
Primary strength of the organisation in terms of
research in the assigned subject.