Cluster Pulse (CP), a not for profit, professionally run, economic development agency working with many global donor agencies like USAID, World Bank, UNIDO, GIZ, DFID, The Commonwealth Secretariat etc for knowledge empowerment & handholding support to companies & businesses in industrial and artisan clusters across India, USA and 20 other countries.
Cluster Pulse works with rural enterprises, start-ups & MSMEs on projects of competitiveness, international market access, Energy efficiency, technology upgradations and technology transfer across the globe and has a huge knowledge infrastructure of experts across India, USA and globally in 20 countries. It has worked in 102 clusters across 23 countries, including India and USA.
List of 79 parameters to be covered in diagnostic study of each smart village:
| Area of village | Maternity / child welfare | Public call office ( PCO ) |
| Population | TB hospital | Mobile phone coverage |
| Number of Households | Ayurvediccentre | Internet café / CSC |
| Male / female / Children / youth / elders | Dispensary | Courier service |
| Preprimary school | Veterinary | Bus service |
| Primary school | Family welfare centre | Train service |
| Middle school | Medicine shop | Highway |
| Secondary school | Treated Tap water | Pucca road |
| Engineering school | Uncovered well | Kucchha road |
| Medical school | Hand pump | Footpath |
| Management school | Tube wells | Cooperative banks |
| Polytechnic | River / Canal / Check Dam ( Irrigation ) | ATM’s |
| Vocational training institution | Drainage | Agro Credit society |
| School for disabled | Community toilet | Banks |
| Post office | Telephone land lines | Self-help groups |
| Primary Health center | Mobile phone lines ( Smart phones ) | Public distribution system |
| Mandi ( agri market place ) | Solid Waste to power (potential) | Weekly haat ( mart ) |
| Renewable energy sources | Anganwadi ( For kids ) | Safety / security |
| Community centre | Citizen to Government connectivity | Sports field |
| E Governance | Cinema hall | Sources of Government info for people |
| Public library | Water availability & wastage of water | Newspaper supply |
| Solid Waste to power (potential) | Assembly polling station | Renewable energy sources |
| Birth death registration office | Power for domestic use | Safety / security |
| Citizen to Government connectivity | Power for industry / commerce | E Governance |
| Power for agriculture | Sources of Government info for people | MSME industry data and employment |
| Water availability & wastage of water | List of companies / clusters | Solid Waste to power (potential) |
| Water availability and wastage of water |