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Technology and Design for Socio-Economic Development

Explore the impact of technology on socio-economic development in India, focusing on computer skills, microfinance, and rural kiosk initiatives. Learn about innovative projects that aim to empower communities through digital solutions.

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Technology and Design for Socio-Economic Development

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  1. Technology and Design for Socio-Economic Development Kentaro Toyama Assistant Managing Director Microsoft Research India TCS Excellence in Computer Science January 9, 2008 – Pune, India

  2. India People • ~1.1 billion people • Over half under 25 years old • 22 languages • Annual incomes $100-$100M+ • 28 states Area • ~1/3 the area of United States Technology • ~25M PCs, installed base • ~200M mobile subscriptions • +7M each month Roads in India Sources: CIA Factbook, TRAI, CNN

  3. India, a Personal View People • ~1.1 billion people • Over half under 25 years old • 22 official languages • Annual incomes $100-$100M+ • 28 states Area • ~1/3 the area of United States Technology • ~25M PCs, installed base • ~200M mobile subscriptions • +7M each month but, power held by few tremendous energy and optimism incredible diversity, EM microcosm reminiscent of European Union impact of weather (ubiquity of agriculture) huge interest in PCs, by everyone mobiles, mobiles, everywhere Huge potential opportunity for computing. But, there are new challenges that neither India nor industry has ever faced before.

  4. Infosys campus, Bangalore

  5. A small Internet café on a market street in a town near Bombay

  6. Rural village with a VSAT Internet connection near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

  7. Rural school in Chinhat, Uttar Pradesh

  8. MSR India • Established January, 2005 • Goals • World-class academic research • Contributions to Microsoft products and businesses • Support growth of research programs in India and elsewhere • Six research areas • Cryptography • Digital Geographics • Hardware, Communications, and Systems • Multilingual Systems • Rigorous Software Engineering • Technology for Emerging Markets • Currently ~50 full-time staff, growing • Collaborations with government, academia, industry, and NGOs Microsoft Research India Sadashivnagar, Bangalore http://research.microsoft.com/india

  9. Technology for Emerging Markets Understand potential technology users in economically poor communities Adapt, invent, or design applications that contribute to socio-economic development of poor communities worldwide Research Goals Computer-skills camp in Nakalabande, Bangalore (MSR India, Stree Jagruti Samiti, St. Joseph’s College)

  10. Rural Microfinance and IT Rural Kiosk Entrepreneurs Sample Projects Can computers help existing structures for rural microfinance? Study on the challenges and uniqueness of rural kiosk entrepreneurs MSR India: TEM Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan Associate Researcher Nimmi Rangaswamy Associate Researcher Text-Free UI Warana Unwired Digital Green UIs without text for users who are illliterate and may never have seen a computer before Experiments with SMS text-messaging in a sugarcane cooperative Video and mediated instruction for agriculture extension Indrani Medhi Assistant Researcher Rajesh Veeraraghavan Associate Researcher Rikin Gandhi Assistant Researcher Government and Kiosks IT and Microentrepreneurs Simultaneous Shared Access The state’s role in rural kiosk projects, with a focus on Kerala and Andhra Information ecology of small businesses in developing markets Multiplying the value of PCs by allowing many users to access. Jonathan Donner Researcher Renee Kuriyan Research Intern Udai Singh Pawar Associate Researcher

  11. Human Computer Interfaces

  12. Human Computer Interfaces

  13. Human Computer Interfaces

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  17. Interdisciplinary Research Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan – International Development Public Administration and Society Society Jonathan Donner – Communications Nimmi Rangaswamy Group Group – Social Anthropology Impact Impact Understanding Understanding Indrani Medhi – Design Kentaro Toyama Individual Individual Computer Science – Randy Wang Computer Science – Technology Technology Paul Javid Innovation Innovation – Computer Science Rikin Gandhi – Astrophysics

  18. Rural Microfinance and IT Rural Kiosk Entrepreneurs Sample Projects Can computers help existing structures for rural microfinance? Study on the challenges and uniqueness of rural kiosk entrepreneurs MSR India: TEM Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan Associate Researcher Nimmi Rangaswamy Associate Researcher Text-Free UI Warana Unwired Digital Green UIs without text for users who are illliterate and may never have seen a computer before Experiments with SMS text-messaging in a sugarcane cooperative Video and mediated instruction for agriculture extension Indrani Medhi Assistant Researcher Rajesh Veeraraghavan Associate Researcher Rikin Gandhi Assistant Researcher Government and Kiosks IT and Microentrepreneurs Simultaneous Shared Access The state’s role in rural kiosk projects, with a focus on Kerala and Andhra Information ecology of small businesses in developing markets Multiplying the value of PCs by allowing many users to access. Jonathan Donner Researcher Renee Kuriyan Research Intern Udai Singh Pawar Associate Researcher

  19. Thank you! http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem

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