National Informatics National Informatics CentreCentre

A Government of India organizationA Government of India organization

Promoting usage of IT in India since 1975Promoting usage of IT in India since 1975

Engaged in consultancy, network services including Engaged in consultancy, network services including video-conferencing, software development and video-conferencing, software development and implementation supportimplementation support

Has presence across the countryHas presence across the country

Addresses computing & communication needs of all Addresses computing & communication needs of all layers of Indian Administrative set up layers of Indian Administrative set up

NIC - Efforts in Rural NIC - Efforts in Rural InformaticsInformatics

Has been providing a number of state-of-the-art Has been providing a number of state-of-the-art software solutions to address the needs of the software solutions to address the needs of the government and citizens in Rural Development government and citizens in Rural Development DomainDomain

Supported WARANA project in Kolhapur District of Supported WARANA project in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra (Village Level)Maharashtra (Village Level)

Implementing Community Information Centre Implementing Community Information Centre (CIC) project in North Eastern States of India (CIC) project in North Eastern States of India (Block Level)(Block Level)

“Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you have seen and

ask yourself, if the steps you contemplate are going to be of any use

to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore to him control over his

own life and destiny?”

… Mahatma Gandhi

Welcome

to

eNRICH …

putting ICTs into the hands of the poor

Challenges in the emerging networked knowledge society

Problems in Web Site development

Time consuming.

Need special skills to modify, revise and upload information.

Solutions are more information retrieval oriented and less effective in providing facilities for community communication.

Unfulfilled Community needs• Information categorization in the net may not be

relevant.• Information content in local language is lacking• Illiteracy is a major barrier• Provisions for active community participation are

lacking• Communication needs within and between

communities are not met.• Research data on access habits is not available

Difficulties in Information Search

• Time consuming

• Surfing is costly by access time

• Searching skills are necessary

• Relevancy and authenticity cannot be judged immediately

UNESCO’s Strategy

• To produce a generic browser for usage by Community Multimedia Centers (CMCs) that Is a one stop access & delivery mechanism for communities Is customizable by individual CMCs in terms of local language

and content Encourages local content production through active community

participation Allows easy access to relevant and authenticated information Enables efficient communication within and among CMCs

eNRICH a joint effort by UNESCO & NIC

Reaching out to the unreached through Customizable multilingual interface to suit specific local needs Easy to organize information resources and services Electronic community bulletin boards and community opinion

polls Local content and messages posted by community using text,

audio and video Quick links to email, chat and messaging services Learn useful and marketable skills using interactive multi-media

content Built-in research to analyze community needs and prefernces

eNRICH

Consists of two main components: Community Browser – the portal interface that will be used by

the community members

Desk Manager– a site administration and analysis tool for site Manager and researchers

The Guiding Star

• eNRICH is delivered with a pre-built information categorization that has been arrived at after an exhaustive study of the information needs of the underprivileged sections of the society

• eNRICH also comes packaged with URLs that have been identified as relevant & authentic vis-à-vis the identified information needs

Thank You

National Informatics CentreDepartment of Information Technology

Ministry of Communications & Information TechnologyGovernment of India