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ICT for Socioeconomic Development (ICT4SD). CS 671 / Tu -Fri 5:00 to 6:30 pm http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~cs671 Course Coordinators: U. B. Desai and Krithi Ramamritham. Objectives. Provide exposure to the already existing benefits of ICT for the masses
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ICT for Socioeconomic Development (ICT4SD) CS 671 / Tu-Fri 5:00 to 6:30 pm http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~cs671 Course Coordinators: U. B. Desai and KrithiRamamritham
Objectives • Provide exposure to the already existing benefits of ICT for the masses • ICT for social development is indeed an exciting area of research • A forum for generating ideas in this new and important domain --- we believe that no one has really cracked this domain • Motivate the younger lot to do R and D in ICT4D • Contribute to the cause through • The creation of portals • Studies • Projects
Course Structure • Two 1.5 hrs lectures per week • 7 to 8 weeks lectures by 7 to 8 faculty from IITB • 2-3 weeks (4 to 6) invited lectures from people working in the area of ICT for development • 3-5 weeks (9 to 10 hrs) of student presentation • At least one site visit (possibly Pabal in Maharashtra)
Faculty contributing to the Course • U B Desai and KrithiRamamritham – Introduction to the course, motivation, expectations • Krithi R. – ongoing projects in KReSIT and elsewhere in IIT on ICT4D • U. B. Desai --- Access Technologies, rural kiosk, sustainable ICT in rural areas • IIT B faculty and researchers
Tentative list Invited Speakers • People from ICICI bank (Nachiket) on Microfinance • Arun Mehta on Telecom Policy in India • Ashok Jhunjhunwala • SEWA – Ahmedabad • ITC – e-Choupal • M. S. Swaminathan foundation (Pondichery) • Hindustan Lever on how they have approached the rural market • Anil Gupta from IIM-Ahmedabad • Anupam Basu – IIT KGP • Ananthakrishnan -- Literacy • Kadarbhai – KVK Baramati • Yogesh Kulkarni – Vigyan Ashram • Rekha Jain from IIM-Ahm. (heads the center on telecom policy studies) • Bhoomi project in Karnataka (Maybe Mr. Rajeev Chawala) • Secretary IT – Mr. K. K. Jaswal • Group in Hyderabad – Project COW – Computers on Wheel • Some grass root workers – people who have been working in the field on ICT • Rajesh Jain (Net-core Tech.) • Zero Tech (Hiranandani –Sudershan SOM) • One Village One Computer (Navi Mumbai) • Yogesh Kulkarni (Vigyan Ashram) • Manthan Award winners • Kentaro Toyama <kentoy@microsoft.com>