Rural India and ICT

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Application of Internet in Rural India

Dipankaj G Medhi

India

Asian Institute of Technology

Thailand


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Agenda

India: The BIG picture, the BIG problem

India: Problem Associated with ICT project

India: How to overcome these problems

A practical example

Video Clip: The real picture

Agenda


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The Internet

Internet helps the developing country likeIndia to

stand up and and grow Be confident enough to forget the two

hundred years of colonization and slavery

by

Gaining knowledge and information sharing

Competing with developed country

Bridging the distance with like minded


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India

Big picture Population --1,080,264,388 (around 70%

lives in rural area)

Area -- 3,287,590 sq km (more than

600,000+ villages)

Political subdivisions-- 28 states,7union territories Literacy--55.2 % Per-capita income-- 0.4 $ per day

Big question

Can technology make any

difference to these people

Can they effort these

technologies


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India:Software Market

Indian Software Exports

SERVICESSERVICES US $ IN BILLIONUS $ IN BILLION

IT SERVICESIT SERVICES 2323

SOFTWARE PRODUCTSSOFTWARE PRODUCTS 88

ITIT--ENABLED SERVICESENABLED SERVICES 1515

EE--BUSINESSBUSINESS 44

TOTALTOTAL 5050

ESTIMATED EXPORTS FOR 2008ESTIMATED EXPORTS FOR 2008


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India:Knowledge professional (IT)


India: Some factsStatistics that show:

12% of scientists in the USA,36% of NASA scientists,

34% of Microsoft employees,

28% of IBM employees,

17% of INTEL scientists,

13% of XEROX employees,

35% of Silicon Valley start-uppers are Indians. BUT ???


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Why these intellectual resources have not driven

improvements in Indias public and private institutes

Software industry solves a small components of a

large problem

works are protected by confidentiality agreements

Opportunity costs of working forIndian versusinternational clients is very high

Low computer usage, the inadequacies of regional

language software and

Other obstacles of developing infrastructure

A synergy between the Infotech and Telcom sectors can

create a profound social and economical revolution


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India:Problem Associated with ICT project

The problem associated with ICT

Intermittent, inconsistent electrical power

Scarce and unreliable telephony system

Unreliable internet connectivity

Socio factor such as gender inequality, religious

communal difference

Self centered political leader, party and corruption


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Bottleneck: how to overcome Electricity

o Battery backup,

o UPS Circuit breaker

o and voltage stabilizero Good earthing

Telephone

o Connect directly with communication satellites using V-

SAT (e.g. Zee interactive leaning system)

o New kind of telecommunication infrastructure, such as

WLL (TeNet project, IIT- Madras) Internet connectivity

o Provide offline content (warana project)

Socio factor

o Education

India:How to overcome problems


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India:ICT Project Example

Name of the

Project

Purpose Future planes

Akshaya Making a district E-literate, limited

employment generation.

Delivery of multiple service at Akshaya

centers and expand it to other districts

Bhoomi Issue of Land title at 177 Bhoomikiosks and through privately owned

kiosks

Expand rural kiosk network

Drishtee Creating a network of privately owned

kiosks for e access to info, government

and service commercial

Expand Network to cover new kiosk

E-choupal The prime target is farmer. Farmers

get information about seeds price, etc

Scale to more users

N-Logue Multipurpose Internet kiosks based on

WILL

Expand for commercial utilization

Gyandoot Connecting rural cyber caf catering

the everyday needs of the masses.

Extend for global Internet


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Education

& training

AnimalHusbandry

Agriculture

Trade &Commerce

IT-BasedServices

Entertainment

& information

Rural wheel of prosperity


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One Example: n-Logue

BSNLs Contribution: on the average one fiber

connected rural exchange for every 150 sq km

a wireless system with 10 - 15 km range at

existing fiber connected exchange would cover80 - 85% of villages in India

CorDECTWireless in Local Loop Developed

by IITM and Midas Communications, Chennai

provides a telephone line and Internetconnection in 30 Km radius

Connectivity


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To PSTN

To Internet

35/70 kbps voice and data

connectivity

range of 25 km

Can operate in 55 degree centigrade


Connectivity: CorDECTWireless in Local Loop


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Provides Training and Technical Support Handles Licensing and Policy issues Provides Internet Backbone Connectivity Enables Kiosk Services through Alliance Partners Creates Awareness

Application &SolutionProviders

Internet Backbone

ACCESSCENTRE

Local Service Partner

Markets Connections

Provides Onsite Support and Training Manages Local Web & Email Services Manages Local Content Pages

Scope:

3000 sq km

400-600connections(1 in each village)

Internet Kiosk Operator

School/PHC Private Business Government Office Rural NGO

Provides Internet Access to Local Community Provides Awareness and Training Channels Information needs of Community through

LSP to Application & Content Providers

Financing



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Services: Communication

Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Email, Chatting, Video conferencing etc


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Teaching computer, distance education, etc


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

DTP,MSWord etc


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Use of the web cam for photography


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Weather forecasting, Disease detection, soil

analysis etc


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Consulting with doctors in city by sending

online images of the animal


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Education

Computer Education

Remote tutorial

Typing

Photography

Agriculture

Veterinary

Health Care

Remote diagnostic tools, Consulting with

doctors in city


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Video clips from the project Gyandoot

Deepak Sarma

KioskManager


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Irfan

Cyber caf owner


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Ramji

Farmer


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Conclusion

Application ofInternet in rural area will helps in the development of

society

Wireless technology will provides a better connectivity

synergy between the IT and Telecommunication sectors can create a

profound social and economical revolution

Conclusion


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References

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Anuradha Ramachandran, Alankar

Bandyopadhyaya n-Logue: The Story of a Rural Service Provider in

India The Journal of Community Informatics (2004) Vol1, Issue 1, pp

30-38

Nirvikar SinghInformation Technology and Rural Development in

India URL http://www.repositories.cdlib.org/sccie/04-06

Ashok Jhunjhunwala Challenges in RuralConnectivity for India

URL http://www.bytesforall.org/9th/html/challenges_ashok.htmWebsite for different projects

Website for different images and clips


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Thank You..

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