IIM Calcutta is all set to launch collaborative rural community program. The project would be launched in order to build next generation of collaborative and responsive rural community by digitally empowering them. The project would be undertaken by IIM’s (C) Social Informatics Research Group. This project is part of a larger project funded by Information Technology Research Academy.
50 smart phones have been donated by Panasonic India for the project so as to study the usage of smart phones.
The objective of the project is to analyze and measure the strengths and influence of smart phone enabled social information systems on the socio-economic performance of self help groups, the micro-communities in India.
Another objective is to empower the rural communities.
“The NCoRe would primarily address the current information gap between rural and urban market”, said the Director of the MIS Group IIM C
Panasonic India is partner for the project and it will impart training to 50 50 SHG Members of Kandi, Murhsidabad on the use of the smart phones.