Drishtee
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Drishtee is an India based for-profit enterprise that leverages Information and Communications Technology(ICT)[1] [2] to provide essential services to rural India through village kiosks that are run and managed by rural entrepreneurs. These kiosks are developed using a franchise and partnership model and bring much needed access to rural India.[3]
Some of the services provided by Drishtee include computer education, English courses, rural BPO, government services, health, insurance, e-commerce, microfinance etc. Through its low cost, direct delivery network of over 2,400 kiosks, Drishtee has impacted the lives of over 1.5 Million people in rural India. One of Drishtee's primary objectives is to empower rural communities by supporting local entrepreneurship and thus helping to stem the distress migration of people from rural to urban parts of the country. The organization was founded in 2000 and is currently led by its co-founder and Managing Director - Mr. Satyan Mishra.[4]
In its effort to bring critical services to rural India, which is home for more than 60% of the country's population, Drishtee has partnered with the following organizations:
- Acumen Fund [5]
- Amaron Batteries
- ICICI Prudential
- International Finance Corporation (IFC) [6]
- Microsoft [7]
- Scojo
Drishtee works in collaboration with several of its sister organizations that provide specialized services to rural India. Some of these organizations are:
- Quiver Infoservices [8]
- Cyber InfoDev
- Drishtee Foundation
Drishtee has been felicitated with the following accolades in recent times:
- Ashoka Foundation Fellowship Award, 2004 - Awarded to founder, Mr. Satyan Mishra[9]
- Red Herring 100 Asia Award, 2006 [10]
- Deliotte FAST 50 (Asia), 2006 - Winner [11]
- Tech Pioneer, 2007 - Award given by World Economic Forum [12][13]
- Invitation to the Clinton Global Initiative, 2007 [14]
[edit] References
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technologies_for_Development
- ^ i4donline.net ~ September 2004 Issue: Drishtee: A successful franchising business model for CMC
- ^ Designing Change
- ^ Linking To Rural India - TIME
- ^ Acumen Fund | Drishtee
- ^ IFC GBI - Drishtee
- ^ http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/f/69f8c76b-198e-4114-9c12-f0b13e4d7e4e/WP_ScalingNewHeights.pdf
- ^ A Do-Good Diary
- ^ Satyan Mishra | Ashoka.org
- ^ Red Herring Reveals the Award Winners of the 'Red Herring 100 Asia'
- ^ IndianExpress.com :: Drishtee fastest growing high-tech company in the country: Deloitte
- ^ The Hindu : Business : Two Indian cos. among technology pioneers
- ^ World Economic Forum
- ^ :: Clinton Global Initiative ::
