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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:Software Market
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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India:Software Market
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
One Example: n-Logue
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
One Example: n-Logue
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
Email, Chatting, Video conferencing etc
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
Teaching computer, distance education, etc
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
DTP,MSWord etc
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
Use of the web cam for photography
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
Education
Computer Education
Remote tutorial
Typing
Photography
Agriculture
Veterinary
Health Care
Weather forecasting, Disease detection, soil
analysis etc
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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
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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One Example: n-Logue
Services: Communication
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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Video clips from the project Gyandoot
Irfan
Cyber caf owner
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Video clips from the project Gyandoot
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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