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V G Ram Kumar ,Aruntec,

Chennai

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Contents Position of S & T

Focus

Rural Ecommerce

Rural Broadband Rural mentoring scheme

Other Examples of ICT Innovations for rural areas

Bio-Power and Rural / Fishermen Mobile Telephony

Challenges & Opportunities

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Position of S & T Comparison with Spiritual Science!

Limits of S & T: Energy, States of matter

Characteristics

Pervasive Highly useful and effective

Double edged sword

Development

Destructive

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Aruntec’s Rural Ecommerce Objective:

To reach out to rural masses

To create an eidentity

To provide a web shop for them

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Aruntec’s Rural Ecommerce -Features Bilingual (Multilingual in future)

Rural Producers

Upload about their products with all terms

Integrated payment methods

Affiliate Sellers

Banner Ads

Bulletin / News letters

Link Exchange

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Aruntec’s Rural Ecommerce -Features Customers:

Products directly from producers

Wide variety

Special Products Rural Supportive Programs:

contract farming / purchase

Rural Buyers: Buy products of their choice

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Aruntec’s Rural Ecommerce -Benefits An eye opener / Awareness

Web presence

Identification about themselves

Let internet world know about their offers & needs Establish their own:

Web customers

Web marketers

Direct fund transfer

Adaptive, Development and Market oriented

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Aruntec’s Rural Ecommerce Launch Scheduled next month

New Tie-ups with various organizations

Payment Methods

Shipment Methods Reach to rural masses

Won Rural Innovation Fund Award from Mission 2007

(Microsoft, IDRC, Swiss Agency,…)

Further development

Scope for investment and business opportunities

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Rural Broadband Info-Highways

Suitability to rural areas

Terrain

Wide spread

Poor density

Low Power consumption

Typical Solutions

Wi-Fi / WiMAX

Vehicle mounted Connectivity

Dynamic Frequency

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Rural Broadband Aruntec’s Research / Demo proposal pending with Govt.

Scope for wide reach especially for hardware companies

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Proposed Rural MentoringScheme

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Proposed Rural MentoringScheme Necessity

Lack of information, knowledge, coordination

Comparison medical treatment

Lungs, Heart & Stomach do NOT constitute a completebody!

Objectives Integrated single window scheme

Customized to each individual villager / SHG,…

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Proposed Rural MentoringScheme Features:

Complete A to Z

Customized

Services door delivered at their location

Training

Close Supervision and Monitoring

Sharing of knowledge / resources / information

Continual basis

Self-sustainable

Public-Private Partnership

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Proposed Rural MentoringScheme Benefits:

Far outweigh the cost

Quality output

Efficient usage of resources Up-to-date information on the fly

Less heart burns

Enriches nation’s image

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Other Examples

Bio-battery packs (Eco friendly, lowcost)

Chlorophyll Dry battery Recharge with water

Cow dung based battery

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Other Examples

Mobile Telephony Fishermen

Weather

Fishing areas mapped out Market information – pricing, quantity at different locations

Vegetables, Fruits & other products

Local language, pictorial menu as well.

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Impact of ICT

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Contact:

[email protected]

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Contact:Thank You.

It is now time for

YOU

to

ACT.

Take the right step forward

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