Mission: Possible
India is already a global leader in information technology. Its sprawling IT campuses and  industrial parks develop software for major international clients. Some groups are taking the benefits of ICT to the rural areas -- where most of India’s one billion people live.
Several dozen Indian government, non-government and private sector organisations have come together to form the National Alliance for Mission 2007. Its ambitious goal: to take the benefits of ICT-led development to all 600,000 villages across India. Going well beyond scattered little pilot projects to a major rolling out of information societies, Mission 2007 will have far-reaching implications for the world’s largest democracy.
Issues: Rural connectivity, rolling out ICTs, multiple partnerships, local content
Locations: Bangalore, New Delhi
Year of filming: 2005
Filmed by: Moji Riba and Earthcare Films, India
More information at: Mission 2007, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
India country profiles at:
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