Transforming 'Lives': The Internet Way

Abstract:

Migration in human beings has reached a sort of pinnacle in recent years. Individuals, families migrate from villages to cities from poorer countries to richer ones - for a better future for their children, for stability and better paying jobs. They leave behind a struggling/failing economy and network of support.

This model envisages keeping talent and skills in the community to have a more balanced development.

AN INTERNET CENTRED VILLAGE SQUARE: would enable

• Continuous education for children( instead of drop outs as they are economically productive by age 8)
• Using information access/content to improve/enlarge the existing jobs in the local economy(farmers have better information of prices to sell grain, artisans sell unique handicrafts to a larger audience direct..)
• Access to the world for information knowledge etc.
• Create new jobs using the internet-Call centres /data processing etc.

Costs are easily handled:

• Cost of a computer( corporations donate or each individual in the community contributes less than $2)
• Teachers/Training (Most governments have a teacher and a postman funded by them . Re-skill them )
• On - going costs( Business related - be self paying , education by the government through the same budgets)

Author:

Shalini Gopalkrishnan

Shalini Goaplkrishnan
B Sc (Maths/Statistics)
MBA (Pgdm)-IIm Calcutta-affiliated to Sloane School of business management

Work experience:
As a teacher consultant trainer:
Taught at the following schools/universities
S P J I M R Bombay (areas- M I S, Web strategies...)
Aptech School of Management (Computer applications in business, strategies for web business..)

As a Consultant:
Worked for several projects with organizations such as
WORLD BANK, USAID, INDIAN Government at a district-village level, and several multinational corporations

As a trainer:
Conducted several training programs for companies such as Siemens, Phillips, Tata group of companies-largest conglomerate in the Indian subcontinent, and several others.

On the web:
Developed and ran a web site devoted to mothers to develop their professional skills while keeping parenting as an important part of life.

 

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