<incom> New Book: Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities
and challenges
Soenke Zehle
s.zehle at kein.org
Mon May 15 21:58:22 CEST 2006
here we go, sz
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From: atanu.garai at oneworld.net <atanu.garai at oneworld.net>
Dear Soenke
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Warmest regards
Atanu
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Publication Announcement
Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges
Atanu Garai and B. Shadrach
New Delhi: OneWorld South Asia, 2006.
Pages xii, 133p.
What can ICT bring for the inhabitants of 600,000 Indian villages? How
India is empowering the poor and marginalised citizens to participate in
the emerging knowledge society? How will India provide voice to her
millions of citizens? "Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities
and challenges", attempts at answering such questions and exploring the
complex interactions between ICT and society. For the first time, a
conscious effort has been made to bridge the gaps existing between
research and practice - a matrix of development verticals, founded upon
the principles of human development approach, tests and validates the
planning, implementation and evaluation of ICT projects. An insightful
analysis of rural India portrays the complexities of social, political
and economic environment in which institutions and initiatives function
and operate. Argumentative, analytical and thoughtful - the collection
raises many questions for practitioners, policy makers, planners and
researchers on the emerging ICTD paradigm in India. A whole new
direction has emerged through this discourse - making government,
private sector and civil society leaders think on the social, economic
and cultural consequences of taking ICTs to Indian villages.
To download the book, visit:
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/ict4d
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Atanu Garai
Knowledge Coordinator - eGovernance
South Asia Office, OneWorld International Foundation
C 5, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi 110 016
P (91 11) 41689000 ext 119
F (91 11) 41689001
E atanu.garai at oneworld.net
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