Akshaya - Community Technology Centres
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Country:
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India
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Detailed location:
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Covers 5 municipalities and 100 Panchayats in Malappuram district in Kerala
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Mission:
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To provide basic functional skills (e-literacy) to every family in the state.
• To ensure universal access to various Information and Communication tools as well as technologies.
• To provide relevant content to the local population in the native language.
• To provide community access centres, which can eventually be developed as centres to provide integrated e-governance services.
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Geo-graphic location:
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semi-urban
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Contact:
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Director
Kerala State Information Technology Mission
Department of IT, Government of Kerala
ICT Campus, Vellayambalam Jn.,
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
India- 695 033
Telephone: 91-471-2726881, 91-471-2324307
email: itmission@vsnl.com or info@akshaya.net
URL: www.keralaitmission.org & www.akshaya.net
[State Project Office]
Akshaya State Project Office
Hill View, Althara Jn
Vellayambalam
Thiruvananthapuram
0471-2314220, 2314219
aspo@akshaya.net
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Status:
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operation
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Existing telecentres:
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630
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Start of initiative:
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December 1999
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Scope of operation:
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local
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Self-sustainable:
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No
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Sustainability plan:
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No
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Pilot:
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No
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Business model:
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private/commercial
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Other resources of revenue:
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service fees
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Knowledge network:
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Yes
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Community participation:
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Yes
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Women participation:
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Yes
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Type:
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privately owned and non-profit oriented
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Gender sensitive:
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No
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People with disability:
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No
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Illiterated sensitive:
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No
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Stakeholder:
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ICT Application:
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e-commerce
e-government
e-learning
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Connectivity:
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dial up
wireless
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Objectives of the initiative:
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ensure universal access to ICT
train in ICT
provide access to online learning material
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Services provided:
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agriculture information
Computer Aided Learning Programmes
ICT training
internet access
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Physical location:
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private
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Sources:
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AKSHAYA - Gateway to Opportunities - Department of IT,
www.akshaya.net
http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/s-asia-it/archive/2003/07
/msg00002.html
AKSHAYA - Creating Powerful E-Services To Reach Citizens
www.akshaya.kerala.nic.in
Kerala State IT
www.keralaitmission.org/web/sec3
Akshaya's plan for community technology centers
www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/s-asia-it/archive/2003/07/msg000
02.html
Akshaya, Malappuram, Kerala — Asia-Pacific Development Information
www.apdip.net/resources/case/in01/view
Empowering the Poor, UNDP-APDIP ICT4D series
http://www.apdip.net/publications/ict4d/EmpoweringThePoor.pd
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Make ICTs Work for People
http://www.nisg.org/ictd_docs/ICT%20case%20studies.pdf
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