<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Gautam John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Worth checking out for the Chapter? And the Trust? Maybe both together?<br>
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"Datawind, the inventor of world's cheapest tablet computer – UbiSlate<br>
– has joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation to help bridge the digital<br>
divide in India.<br>
Partnership focuses to announce a contest targeting the non-profit<br>
network across India, wherein 10 of them will stand an opportunity to<br>
win 20 Aakash tablets/UbiSlates each, to improve their operations and<br>
programme implementation, said a press release.<br>
The contest will open between December 2011 and January 2012.<br>
How will the winning streak be decided? Each of the participating<br>
organizations will have to showcase how best the UbiSlate will be used<br>
for socio-economic challenges such as education, health and<br>
livelihoods.<br>
NASSCOM Foundation definitely sees potential for the information and<br>
communication technologies sector playing a crucial role in the<br>
process of social change."<br>
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<a href="http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Reports/NASSCOM-contest-winners-to-get-Aakash-tabs/157101/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Reports/NASSCOM-contest-winners-to-get-Aakash-tabs/157101/0/</a><br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Suneet Singh Tuli, the founder of Datawind, spoke about this at TEDxGateway in Mumbai on Sunday, and expressed a personal interested in providing free Aakash tablets for 'developmental' purposes. (He's verbally committed 500 free tablets to another Indian non-profit I know). </div>
<div><br></div><div>He lives in Canada; it may be worth talking to him too.</div><div><a href="http://tedxgateway.com/speaker-section.aspx?strid=MTc=">http://tedxgateway.com/speaker-section.aspx?strid=MTc=</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>Also, seconding Gautam's idea: can the chapter and trust speak to each other and figure out who has the drive, inclination, ability and capacity to take this forward? (Working together never a bad idea, imho).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Bishakha</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div>