<incom> New Book: Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges

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From: atanu.garai at oneworld.net <atanu.garai at oneworld.net>

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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