Shata-Grama-Patiti
Technology intervention to provide internet infrastructure at Rural areas as a social initiative with government and CSR support. Connecting every citizen to the internet.
Advantages
- Access to information & entertainment options will transform rural Quality of life.
- Increased access to markets. Farmers & artisans can be real power houses and measure contribution to economy.
- Fairer wealth distribution.
- Better learning for students.
- Access to better healthcare.
- Mentored & managed development.
- Better access to government schemes applicable.
Participating Entities – R&R
- SEN – Ruralization and NGO enablement, train the trainers
- WSP – WiFi Service Provider – providing WiFi
- BSNL – Bandwidth Provider – providing wired pipe to village or closest point
- NGO – 1st level ownership, training and mentoring.
- Village Entrepreneur – customer enrollment and franchise owner
- Customers (Internet users) – smart phone, laptop, smart tv users
- CSR – PSR – GSR options for Shata-Grama-Patiti.
Shata-Grama-Patiti – NGO engagement – 100 village program
- Capital investment/ village – Rs 2,75,000
- NGO to provide employment at District office for Operations Manager, Accounts, Marketing Head
- Conduct training program for 5 village groups (total 20 programs for 100 villages)
- Pace out the deployment with 5 new villages each month/ quarter
- Empower the Village Entrepreneur monthly/ quarterly reviews at District HQ.
- Engage with corporate sponsors CSRs
- Explore options to provide internet access to poorest of poor (POP) segment.
Village Entrepreneur
- Small initial payment towards capital offset and commitment.
- Recruit and retain one each as Marketing executive, Field Engineer
- Network engineer support will be provided by WSP.
- Coordinate to get the BSNL pipe from nearest point with all permissions.
- Set up a local office and meaningfully engage with customers
- Maintain an accounting sheet with expenses and evaluate quarterly profitability.
- Ensure profitability and sustainability with break-even in 15 months
SEN – RURALIZATION TEAM
- Coordinate between technical, social and local entities and help resolve problems.
- Evaluate technical options from a social perspective.
- Support NGO promoter.
- Maintain a fall back team to provide remote support in case of problems.
- Support in interfacing with government, panchayat and csr entities.
- Documenting and improving service deliveries.
- Explore options to increase revenue while reducing price to the rural segment.
- Public sector banking and Govt support to be made available to NGOs.
CSR – Shata-Grama-Patiti
- Corporates can support
- Soft loan, returnable or rotated.
- 10 year lock in. Dasha-Varsha-Shata-Grama.
- Village BEP in 18 months.
- Social engagement directly with NGO.
- Clear and unambiguous accounting.
- Milestone based progress reporting.
- Village Entrepreneur and Rural job creation.