|  TERI
has taken yet another step towards contributing to sustainable
efforts in rural India by setting up rural knowledge centres.
The knowledge centre is an ICT-enabled establishment that
acts as a ‘single-window’ to information, products,
and services for the village community around, leading to
the sustainable socio-economic development of the community.
It is an integrated centre at the village level, owned and
operated by a local entrepreneur providing fee- and knowledge-based
products and services to the surrounding community. It is
not a cyber café, an STD booth, or a computer education
centre, but a hybrid, technologically endowed village access
point for information and services
The knowledge centres were established with following objectives.
 Provide the
rural communities with an opportunity to improve their livelihood
by building their capacity and providing customized services
Encourage
rural entrepreneurship
Promote adaptation
of improved and innovative technology options
Create a knowledge
repository and collect case studies, which may inform other
TERI projects
Serve a platform
for other organizations to introduce their products and services
for the betterment of the rural communities
TERI intends using its expertise to link the local community
with the knowledge centre to their mutual benefit. It encourages
the introduction of capacity building and management of talent
in tune with the needs of the community to create a positive
social impact in the area.
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TERI’s knowledge centre model is environment friendly,
energy-efficient, community-centric, and sustainable. It also
emphasizes the importance of partnerships, with synergy in
approach, towards leveraging ICT for rural inclusion in development. |
