Hi all, Just saw this-
Microsoft presents 'Saksham' to rural India Read the full article at: http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/106020306.asp Excerpts: *Saksham, meaning 'self reliant', is an attempt to offer 50,000 rural kiosks in six states to create a strong IT rural ecosystem* "The company would initiate 50,000 rural kiosks in three years. Currently, six lakh Indian villages have around 14,000 kiosks, according to a Microsoft research. Neelam Dhawan, MD, Microsoft India, said Saksham was developed in close consultation with industry partners and imbibed the principles of public-private partnership to create a sustainable economic model and a strong rural IT ecosystem." Jay Jay Bhatt Information Services Consultant (Engineering) Hagerty Library, Drexel University TEL 215-895-1873 AOL IM jaybhatt59 YAHOO IM jay_bhatt_98 FAX 215-895-2070 EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Resources Blog: http://englibrary.blogspot.com Jay's Information Initiatives in India community on the Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/InformationIndia Jay's blog on the Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/jaybhatt Jay's Journal on LISNews http://www.lisnews.org/~Jay/journal Jay's submissions on LISNews http://www.lisnews.org/~Jay _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
