India Next Gen: Connecting Rural India

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India Next Gen Connecting Rural India
Ramamurthy Sivakumar Managing Director, South
Asia, Intel Corporation
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Global Trends

• Reduced costs of flow of goods/services
• Increased global trade
• Increased economic growth
• Improved standard of living
• Social turmoil
• Increased disparity

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Global Trends

• Information society
• Knowledge economy

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The Vicious Cycle
Affordable Accessible Localized solutions
Broadband Training
Less
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The Virtuous cycle
Increased Productivity / Knowledge
Increased Technology Info Access
Increased Personal / BusinessWealth
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The Economic Access Divide
The Economic Divide GNI per Capita (K, PPP)
The Device Divide PC, Handheld, Net Access per
1000 people
30
700
High Income
Handheld
600
25
500
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High Income
400
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PC
300
10
Low Income
200
Internet
5
100
Low Income
0
0
00s
80s
90s
90s
00s
Source World Bank, 2004
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The Broadband Divide
of Global Population
World Population
100
Radio
37
Mobile Phone
25
25
TV
16
PC
15
Internet
Broadband
4
Source ZTE, ITU, IDC
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Growth Accounting
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21st Century Skills

• Problem solving
• Interpersonal / Teamwork
• Innovativeness
• Information management
• Technology
• Continuous learning

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An alternative view of ICT users
Per Capita Income
Population
First 1B users
3000-9000 (gt8/day)
1B
Developed Markets
THE NEXT 2B USERS
ICT as growth enabler
750-3000 (2-8/day)
2B
Developing Markets
Bottom of the Pyramid
lt750 (lt2/day)
3.5B
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Intel World Ahead ProgramIntels efforts to
advance life and make uncompromised technology
available to everyone, anywhere in the world
Accessibility
Education
Connectivity
Promoting 21st century education for
participation in the global economy
Creating opportunities for widespread ownership
and use of technology through affordability,
access and content
Expanding wireless broadband Internet access by
leading ecosystem development and WiMAX technology
Enabling locally relevant content, applications,
and services for new users and new usage models
in new markets
Applications, Content, Services
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Building a Sustainable Model for Growth
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Technology Investments Fuel Nation Growth
GDP Growth/Productivity
Knowledge ThePrinciple Global Commodity
Technology Investment
Government Investment in Education
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BACKUP
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Transforming Education with Technology

• Anshul Sonak
• K12 Education Manager
• Intel India

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Climbing the Knowledge Ladder
Knowledge Creation Knowledge
Deepening Knowledge Acquisition
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Our Focus Building 21st Century Skills

• Fluency in 21st Century Skills
• Technology media literacy
• Effective communication
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Collaboration
• Critical Focus for Change
• Education policies
• Teaching
• Technology

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Intel Education Initiative

• Mission Accelerate 21st century education for
  the knowledge economy as a trusted partner to
  governments and educators
• Objectives
• Improve teaching and learning through the
  effective use of technology
• Advance math, science, and engineering education
  and research
• Advocate for and celebrate educational excellence
  worldwide

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Where we are Now after five years

• Improving Teaching and Learning
• Intel Teach A Professional Development program
  for teachers to help drive 21st Century Learning
  skills and Project Based Learning for students
  using technology.
• 650 K teachers trained across 14 States
  (Predominantly Govt Schools)
• Work with over 1100 Pre Service Colleges
• Over 32,000 schools touched
• More than 77 teachers use technology
  effectively
• Intel Learn - A project-based curriculum teaching
  digital literacy and critical thinking skills to
  underserved youth
• Launched in late 2004 has touched over 24,000
  learners through 100 Akshaya Centres and 60 NVS
  Schools.
• Helped develop confidence , communication skills
  as well as community involvement in the learners.

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Where we are Now after five years

• Mathematics, Science and Engineering
• Intel Higher Education Program Advancing
  innovation by supporting strengthening of
  University curricula, supporting research in
  Higher Ed Institutes, developing Techno
  entrepreneurial skills and student and faculty
  skill enhancement.
• Touched over 1000 faculty across 9 states and
  nearly 18,000 students in 150 institutes in areas
  like
• VLSI Design/ CAD for VLSI
• Computer Architecture
• Wireless
• Network Processors
• Technology Entrepreneurship
• Multi core Technology
• Intel ISTDF National level fair sponsored by
  Intel affiliated to other state fairs to support
  research in maths and science in school. Winners
  at the fair sponsored to go to ISEF (The world's
  largest pre-college science competition for
  students grades 9-12 worldwide) each year .
• This year associated with DST and CII to launch
  Initiative for Research and Innovation in
  Sciences (IRIS)
• Indian students winning consistently 43 awards in
  the last 6 years.

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World Ahead Objectives - 2007
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World Ahead Program Plan

• Key focus areas for 2007
• Accessibility
• Enable millions of Indians to experience the
  benefits of technology by driving PC
  affordability, IT in healthcare and accelerating
  e-governance.
• Connectivity
• Drive WiMAX in India to accelerate Broadband
  penetration and rural connectivity.
• Education
• Establish Intel as a leader in education in India
  exceed Intel Teach goal of 730 k teachers
  trained by 2007 end
• Content
• Aggregate Local language content for agriculture
  and education to bridge the information skills
  divide in the country
• CSR
• Continue stellar contribution in the field of CSR
  and aim to be rated among top 10 MNC CSR programs
  in India

WA City program Support Creation of 5 World
Ahead cities in the country to exemplify benefits
of ICT adoption
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