Episode 2: Supply-chain bottleneck amid country-wide lockdown
“ISAP is a large network of agriculture and allied sector of professionals in India and acts as a bridge between Indian rural communities and other government corporate entities.
Episode 1: Building circular economies amid COVID- 19 pandemic
In our pilot episode, DEF Founder and Director, Osama Manzar got in touch with Kalyan Akkipeddi, co-founder of ProtoVillage, a prototype of an ideal community living.
Covid-19 Digital Foot Soldiers
ProtoVillage based in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, is the prototype of an abundant rural community that is being built for and by the villagers themselves. The village is wi-fi enabled through partnership with Digital Empowerment Foundation. And sustainable wireless ecosystem is being used to develop entrepreneurial mindset in villages. The ProtoVillage has set up hand sanitiser…
Understanding Gravity of Coronavirus Pandemic in India?
Abusaleh Shariff US-India Policy Institute, Washington D. C and Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy, New Delhi It is about a month that the onset of Coronavirus or Covid-19 in India has become prominent. Described a rudimentary virus like any other normal cold, fever and chest congestion; its spread can be so fast…
Roti, Kapda, Makan or Internet?
Roti, Kapda, Makan (trans. Food, Clothing, and Shelter) has been the refrain resonating throughout India’s tryst with social and economic development from Independence until the present times. These basic needs characterize the modalities of survival and their acquisition signals a foot out of the threshold of poverty. Today, despite significant progressive steps towards social and economic…
Internet Saathis stich masks to meet the immediate demand
With new cases reported every day, corona virus has disrupted the people’s life globally. The pandemic has had a major effect on the entire social and economic structure of the society. In India, limited healthcare resources like covid-kits, medicines, masks, PPEs among others is one of the major issues. But amid the ongoing healthcare crisis,…
Curbing misinformation and fake news around Covid-19
An awareness program on Corona Virus was held at Kuruvimalai, Tamil Nadu, on March 14, 2020 under the Health pillar. Twenty Seven people were in attendance and was conducted by Roselin, the resource person for this program. The reason for conducting awareness camp was to ensure that correct information about corona virus is spread and…
Strengthening Community Resilience and Sustenance through Digital Intervention
Shivkumari, an Internet Saathi from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, is currently producing 300 masks per day and is supplying it to the local hospitals. At the time of writing, she had received an order of 16,000 masks from a government hospital out of which she has delivered 2500. There are several others who are preparing a…