Transdisciplinary Technical Education and Research: Transforming Wisdom to Wealth

Dr. Pawan Kapur Former Director & Distinguished Emeritus Prof CSIR-CSIO

Tele-Knowledge from Myth to Reality • Humans have been fantasizing about Tele-Knowledge since ages – Divya-Drishti – Mahabharata,

• Sanjay giving live coverage of war • Story of Eklavya

• Invention of Radio – Listen

• Invention of Television – Listen & Watch

• Invention of ICT – Interactive – Virtual Reality

Landmarks in Human history • Agriculture – Wandering to Settlement

• Invention of wheel • The Black Gold – Industrial Revolution

• Mass transport – Shipping & Railways

• Electricity • Assembly Line Concept – Mass Production

• Information & Communication Technology – Semiconductor Technology, Information Technology, Electronics, Computer Sciences, Communication theory

Advances in Electronics • Electronic instrumentation

– Phenomenal change analog to digital domain

• The digital domain – SSI to VLSI – – – – – – – – –

Moore's Law Discrete IC based designs Microprocessor / Microcontroller PLC based compact solutions PC based open architecture Embedded customized solutions MEMS, NOEMS System On Chip Nano-Electronics

Advances in Tele-Communications •

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Analog Domain – Telegraph, 1834 – Time Division Multiplexing, 1874 – Telephone, 1877 – Satellite , 1962 – Optical Fibers, Wavelength Division Multiplexing – Crystal Hollow Fiber, 10 trillion bps Digital Domain – Data Phone (modem 50bps), 1953 – DSL modem, 15 Mbps – DSP techniques Wireless – Simple AM, FM, ASK, FSK etc – Mobile telephony GSM – Spread spectrum techniques CDMA – Infra Red, WLAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee etc Broadband Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi

Advances in Computing • Real time solutions

– Operating systems – Application Software – Development environments

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• Object Oriented Programming • Graphical Programming languages

Database Management Systems Web Technologies Inferential sensing / Soft computing Event management Digital Signal Processing Virtual Instrumentation – SCADA systems, LabVIEW, Webench etc

• Advanced mathematical support packages – MATLAB etc

• Embedding software features in hardware

Hype Diagram of Emerging Technologies

Reference : Gartner document no: G00130115, 5 Aug 2005

The birth of TELE Paradigm

TELE - EDUCATION

Agriculture Water Management Defense Space Exploration

Democratization of knowledge • Good teachers are hard to find ? • Platform to bring masses and experts together • Learners get authentic and consolidated knowledge • Abolition of geographical constraints – Place independence

• Real time communication – Time independence

New Directions in Technical Education and Research • Technical Education branched out of main stream because of its strong linkage to market. • The journey from mind to market is long with poor success rate. • Technical knowledge is expensive requiring investment both: mind and money. • Sustainable growth – Call for wisdom to wealth transformation. • Connectivity to wealth means market linkages & hence its dynamics. • IPR- Generation protection and utilization for Make in India drive

New Directions in Technical Education and Research • Market/Business demand for human resource commensurate with current Technological Requirements. • Thus the significance of Transdisciplinary courses leading to quality manpower generation NA / A

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Market (Wealth)

Technology (HRD)

New Directions in Technical Education and Research • New concept :

– More from Less for More

• Various powerful conglomerates emerged : ICT, Biomedical Engg, Engg intervention in Life Sciences, Prosthesis, Synthetic Biology, Bio-Tech, Robotic surgery, Tele-medicine, Tele-agrionics, Sensor Networks, Natural Hazards Monitoring, Computational Instrumentation, Info & Market Analysis – Forecasting Techniques etc. • Services and manufacturing, Techpreneurship development program, Spin of companies

New Directions in Technical Education and Research • Economics, Management Sciences, Business & Finance are all getting linked to Product Development & Associated HRD. • Tele-Education : Merger of Technology, Course Content development, Trainer & Trainee, HRD through Technology, IOT etc : The Concept of Digital India. • IPR infringement protection, innovative approach, technological conglomerates

Multi-Pronged Approach for Tele-Education CONNECTIVITY Satellite, Broadband, Wireless Communication Provides a highway for reaching quality education to all

Tele-Education delivery system Universal Tele-Education System Multi-Class Environment Seamless two way connectivity Synchronized multi-media delivery Digital Library integration Content management Internet Resource availability Remote Virtual classroom Cost effective Connectivity

Lectures

Laboratory

Library

Books

Quality Content Generation

Internet

Tele Education : Effective Pedagogy Learner / Learner

Learner

Learner / Content

Deep and Meaningful Learning

Content

Learner / Teacher

Teacher Teacher / Content

Content / Content

Teacher / Teacher

Technological Possibilities Video Conference

Radio Broadcast

Asymmetric internet through TVRO

Voice chat on internet

TV Broadcast

Technological Possibilities

Online education through internet

Webcam as a return link Talkback channel as return link

Night time loading and receiving

Internet as return link

Telephone as return link

Indian Tele-Medicine A Success Story •

Tele-Medicine goals – – – – – – – –

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Reaching the unreachable Vaccination Schedule, Maternity Care, Blood Bank & Family Planning Ambulance Services and Transportation Hospital / Primary Health Centers information Life Saving Drugs Do tor’s Data ase E-Diagnostics Materials Management System (Medicines)

More than 400 platforms in India Major implementing agencies – Government and Private hospitals, DIT, ISRO

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Major projects – – – – – – –

Integrated disease surveillance project Tele-opthalmology project National onconet project National medical college network National digital medical library consortium SAARC telemedicine network Pan-African e-network project

The Tele-Engineering concept CSIO Mechanical workshop

CSIO Wet Labs

Content Management and Web Casting

CSIO Instrumentation Labs

External Content ISTC Classroom

INTERNET

Te h ology is the driver of the New Economy, and human capital is its fuel. In today’s world, not only does knowledge make the difference in how an individual performs but it also makes the difference in how well a organisation performs and, of that matter, how well a country perfor s

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Essential for providing the platform to the innovators and its benefits to the institutes

Rajendra N Gaikwad Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad

IPR & its importance in research organization This presentation demonstrates the introduction to IPR, its need and what are the Areas?. This also give ideas, processes adopted in organisation and related information for the IPR with which importance of IPR for societal benefit and economic growth of the country may be achieved.

INTRODUCTION, NEED & AREAS

PROCESSES

ACHIEVEMENTS & GOVERNMENT VIEW

SUGGESTION & CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION • A patent plays vital role for the industry

but now a days for any research institute to sustain and stands among others is very important. • Though the economic aspect of patent is

important but in scientific communities it has its own importance to bring various innovations for the societal benefits. • In this reference most of the research

institutes are protected under the government Act and it helps to motivate various researchers to bring the quality of the work.

Quality of the work

Indian Space Research Organisation a prime for developing various space related components and Space Applications Centre follows certain procedure for processing the IPR cases in the field of research and technology development. Rajendra N Gaikwad

NEED • Intellectual Property Rights in

organization helps the originator when any innovative work comes in commercial for production.

To helps the originator

Ref: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/i/intellectual_property.asp Rajendra N Gaikwad

NEED • organization provides a

Organization as a platform

platform for the inventor to disclose the work through innovation which comes in certain stage for production. • Research organisation- to realize(take in) the innovation for benefit of society/organisation • Technology transferCommercialization of R&D Ref: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/i/intellectual_property.asp Rajendra N Gaikwad

NEED • Explore commercial potential

of the IPR cases.

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NEED Management / encouragement in R & D sector

Private • Select those for patenting

inventions that will result in the greatest return on investment to the company • The company’s greatest return on

investment arises either through: • Direct licensing of the patent • Both inside & outside the

company’s field of use or

• Higher sales of a product protected

by a patent.

Government • Select those for patenting

inventions that will result in greatest return on application usage for society. • The organisation greatest return on investment arises either through : • Commercially wide acceptance of the invention • Applicable to immediate use for save Money/investments for old approaches. • Higher sales/acceptability of a product protected by patent for commercial usage OR other governmental usage.

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AREAS …

Intellectual property rights are customarily divided into two main areas

Copyright & rights related to copyright

• The rights of authors of literary and

artistic works (such as books and other writings, musical compositions, paintings, sculpture, computer programs and films) are protected by copyright, for a minimum period of 50 years after the death of the author.

• Also protected through copyright and

related (sometimes referred to as neighbouring rights are the rights of performers (e.g. actors, singers and musicians), producers of phonograms (sound recordings) and broadcasting organizations. The main social purpose of protection of copyright and related rights is to encourage and reward creative work.

Ref: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm Rajendra N Gaikwad

AREAS …

Intellectual property rights are customarily divided into two main areas

Industrial property

Industrial property can usefully be divided into two main areas: • One area can be characterized as the

protection of distinctive signs, in particular trademarks (which distinguish the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings) and geographical indications (which identify a good as originating in a place where a given characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin). The protection of such distinctive signs aims to stimulate and ensure fair competition and to protect consumers, by enabling them to make informed choices between various goods and services. The protection may last indefinitely, provided the sign in question continues to be distinctive.

Ref: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm Rajendra N Gaikwad

AREAS …

Intellectual property rights are customarily divided into two main areas

Industrial property

Industrial property can usefully be divided into two main areas: continue…… • Other types of industrial property are protected primarily

to stimulate innovation, design and the creation of technology. In this category fall inventions (protected by patents), industrial designs and trade secrets. The social purpose is to provide protection for the results of investment in the development of new technology, thus giving the incentive and means to finance research and development activities. A functioning intellectual property regime should also facilitate the transfer of technology in the form of foreign direct investment, joint ventures and licensing. The protection is usually given for a finite term (typically 20 years in the case of patents). • While the basic social objectives of intellectual property protection are as outlined above, it should also be noted that the exclusive rights given are generally subject to a number of limitations and exceptions, aimed at fine-tuning the balance that has to be found between the legitimate interests of right holders and of users.

Ref: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm Rajendra N Gaikwad

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Process! The process adopted in the centre helps to bring many patents and copyrights cases and strengthen the individual as well as organisation for the innovative work. The number of patent granted are 25 The achievement over the period of time shows that consistent in the number of patent every year due to the process adopted and the encouragement to the innovator in the research work. The number of Patents Filed also 27 in various filled itself shows the process usefulness.

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Government view • Government publishes various Acts for the areas

which comes under patents and amendments for the citizen. Such awareness has to be brought to the notice to the researchers for benefit of identifying the areas for doing work to get patent. • In research institutes most of funding is arranged by government and hence the private rights and public rights needs to be addressed. As the public money is utilized for the benefits of the society; so, the patented rights to be given to organization not to individual for protecting the institute from commercial sectors. • Principles of Management in most of the research organization will try to bring good amount of patent because it based on experience management views and helps organization to bring quality of work. Any institutional setup requires a quality of management and which helps to resolve many issues. • IPR rules by government considering the global vision also removes gap between the current rules implemented in IPR by local government and global level. Government also needs to bring quality IPR cases which has impact for any nation. Rajendra N Gaikwad

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SUGGESTION • The IPR for individual or for institutional

always need protection. Government setup always brings many awareness program and workshop to encourage the researchers and as we see in India many patents cases are filed. • The procedure many times critical and reduce the confidence of individual which needs government/ organisational assistance. • It is suggested that parent research organisation have to trend people for IPR legal process and also may adopt existing process of other organisation for good number of patent. This not only helps individual or research institute it also helps to improve the economy of the country and that helps to sustain for certain period of time

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CONCLUSION • The achievement as a result of process for

IPR at space Applications Centre is not only due to organisational setup/methodology adopted, but it is individual efforts to bring quality of work through the patent. • For marketing of such innovations, via organization, proper protection always have to be provided to individual with the property rights. This also makes research institutes to adopt policies on the protection and bring good quality of management for economic growth of the country. The process described in this paper and number of patents and copyrights registered itself clearly shows that it is proven for long run and always helps to sustain at organisational level.

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Satyaspeak “Making It Happen” IETE – Annual Technical Convention New Delhi-24th Sept, 2016

“Sangam-Job Factory”- Converting Unemployment into Enterprenuership through “Make in India” (Inspired by Prof. Yunus “Grameen” Dr. Kalam’s “PURA” Prof. Prahalad “BOP” Vision & Govt’s. ”Rurban” Mission)

Satya N. Gupta, NGNguru Country Managing Director, BlueTown( India) Hon. Secretary General, NGN Forum India Vice-President, PTC India Foundation

Agenda  First Mile - The Missing Link of Digital Bharat  Maki g It Happe -Confluence (Sangam) of National Programs RURBAN India-Digital Bharat through Make-Skill-Start-Stand Up India Bluetown Wi-fi Access Network- Hotspot-as-a-Managed “er i e Everything on the Tower (EOT)- A Great Make In I dia Opportunity Job Factory-Creating 1 Million MultiSkilled Rural Wi-fi Intraprenuers  E tra Mile -Way Forward- People-Panchayat-Public-Private Part ership

Digital Bharat- Challenges and Opportunity • National Telecom Policy (NTP) Targets• NOFN-2.5 Lakhs Gram Panchayats (GP) to be connected with 100MBPS by Dec.2016 • Broadband Subscribers in Country- 175 M by 2017, 600 M by 2020 • Broadband Speeds- 2MBPS by 2017 and 100 Mbps by 2020

• Missing Links• • • •

Only 7500 GPs completed by June,2016 (Just 3%) Broadband Subs. only 150M (Rural 25 M. only) Broadband Speed only 512KBPS ( Available in Urban only) Digital Divide- No Broadband Connectivity to Rural masses

• Challenges• How to treat Rural Broadband Access i.e.. “Last Mile” as “ First Mile” • How to “Home–deliver” the “Broadband services” to Rural masses • How to enable “Digital- India” to Include “Bharat” i.e.. across “Nation”

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• “Extra Mile” through People-Panchayat-Public-Private Partnership

Digital Bharat- A Reality Check!

Internet Access in Rural India is primarily on Handheld device & technology is 2G ( Nowhere near Broadband )

Digital India Mission of Govt. “To create an inclusive knowledge society through proliferation of affordable and high quality Broadband services across the Nation” • NOFN (National optical Fiber Net ork , a ed Bharat et pla s to connect 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats with 100 Mbps connectivity by Dec. 2016

• 7,500 Gram Panchayats connected upto June 2016 • Missing link is "Ho e/Ha d Deli er of Broadband access to Rural Masses

Skill India/Start-up/Make-in India • While planning to create Wi-Fi hotspots in rural areas; we would need skilled manpower also to operate & maintain these hotspots • Every village would require at least 1 VLE (Village Level Entrepreneur) for sales and recharging of broadband services and upkeep & operation of the Hotspot system. In addition at each Gram Panchayat one multi-skilled entrepreneur will be required. • There is a need for creation of about 10 Lakhs Wi-Fi hotspots in 6.5 lakhs villages of India to cover the rural masses.

• Therefore about 1 million Village Level Entrepreneurs across the country need to be created to operate, maintain & manage the rural Wi-Fi Eco-system. • These ill e sele ted out of u e plo ed lo al outh ho ill e skilled as VLE s through arious schemes of Govt. under Skill India & supported through MSME/ Entrepreneurship Policy 2015.

Sangam (Confluence) of Mission Mode National Programs Digital India Broadband and ICT Access and Content

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Make In India Local Sourcing/ Manufacturing

Start Up India

Skill India Productivity and employability

Micro-financing and Entrepreneurship

Home Delivery of Urban Broadband Speed in Rural. Cost Innovation through Local sourcing/manufacturing Multi-Skilling of unemployed youth in rural areas. Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship.

1 VLE ( Village Local Entrepreneurship ) per village- - - 6.5 Lakhs 1 Multi-skilled Champion per Gram Panchayat (GP)- - - 2.5 Lakhs + Multiplier Effect due to generation of economic activities

Sangam-Job Factory 1 Million Blue-Collar Broadband Champions

BlueTown Rural Wi-Fi Innovation • A BlueTown initiative, partnering with Govt. and Telcos in converting 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats into public hotspots with an innovative Wi-Fi solution ( 5L- Low Cost, Low Power, Low Maintenance, Local Control, Local Content) which in turn could lead to about 6.5 Lakh deployments across Rural India by using the modules & equipments locally sourced/manufactured. • This Wi-Fi access solution shall compliment the Bharatnet (NOFN) project driven by the Government of India which aims to provide Broadband connectivity to masses in Rural India • BlueTown Wi-Fi innovation has potential to create about 1Mn Blue-Collar Entrepreneurs in Rural India; thereby creating 1Mn jobs and opportunities for more through multiplier effect (3X).

Connecting the Unconnected

BlueTown Rural Broadband Access Solution • BlueTown platform will be connected to existing infrastructure (mast or fiber), and a partnership with local infrastructure and service providers, mainly BSNL. • Users connect to the BlueTown Hot-Spot via Wi-Fi access around 0.5 km range. • Users connect via traditional smartphones or laptops. • BlueTo e gages ith VLE s illage le el entrepreneurs) to take care of the Hot-Spot, selling prepaid broadband coupons and acts as BlueTown/ISP agent; thereby generating local employment opportunities.

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e-Services which can be delivered in Rural India using Wi-Fi Hotspot • Broadband Access ( Internet) • • • •

Data Transfer, e-mails High Speed Internet access Local content & Caching Social Networks (Facebook, Whatsapp, Skype, Viber)

• Government to Citizen Service ( G2C) • E-Health (video conferencing with Doctors, telemedicine, Training of doctors can be done remotely) • E-Education ( audio visual content, Interaction based educational content, online library, E-Books) • E-Governance (various government services can be extended to the users, Government records, updates of government services)

• Business to Citizen ( B2C)

• Agriculture Information (like what seeds are best for what type of soil, what fertilizers can be used) • Weather forecast especially for the farmers ( so that farmer can plan accordingly) • Entertainment (Online content can be made available, Youtube, Movies etc.)

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Broadband Dialtone- Telephony over Wi-Fi as last mile • In some remote & rural villages ( 36,000) even the Telephony access ( like 2G) is not available • In case a public Wi-fi HotSpot is reated i a illage, i addition to Broadband access it can also provide voice services as a Value-add/Apps (OTT) • Last mile access on Wi-Fi can be used by NGN core to deliver IP based voice as a Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) through IP-PSTN Interconnect/Application also known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) • This can make voice calls in rural areas very costeffective(almost free) as it will use License-free Spectrum and the All-IP cost efficient infrastructure

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Innovative Network Architecture for Rural Wi-Fi HotSpot • Complete system with solar power supply and battery pack & Backhaul on 5 Ghz (Wi-Fi) • For Population >2000 • 5 AP s, Filters, A te ae, BTS, 1 Power Unit (including Solar Panel) , 2 MW Dish, 5 Meter mast • Total One time CAPEX for this solution – INR 3.0 Lacs (USD 4.5K per setup (including installation & commissioning); based on local sourcing/manufecturing of majority of equipment from India and using existing infrastructure of Telcos

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BlueTown- Providing “Hotspot-as-Managed-Service” BLUETOWN Wi-Fi Platform Salient Features;

• BLUETOWN platform makes use of existing infrastructure (mast,fiber, power), through a partnership with telcos and infrastructure providers on RevenueShare basis. • Users connect to the BLUETOWN hotspot via Wi-Fi within 0.5 km range • Connection via traditional handsets or customized Bluetown handset • Integrated Li-Ion battery based solar powered pack • Local user cloud storage& Caching of popular web content • Local content portal allowing instant off-line access to ; • E-learning • E-governance • Popular entertainment & information content • Social media and latest newspapers

BLUETOWN Wi-Fi AP Controller, core of the solution capable of handling; • • • • • •

AAA Authentication Billing – Prepaid Voucher Generation Bandwidth Management & RF Control Power Control & Battery Management Remote Access for system maintenance On-site Cloud server for Local & Cached content

Using Multiplier effect of an idea whose time has come - Archimedes Principle

Give me a rod (mast) long enough strong enough- and I will change the lives of the rural folks

Another great Idea-Business case for Rural Connectivity

Everything On Tower(EOT)-Creating green public Hotspot on an unwired rural Tower From Telcos/Bharat net (NOFN Node)/ satellite

Unlicensed Microwave backhaul

Omni/directional Antennae Filter Access point Access Point Controller + Power unit +Battery + Content server Solar Panel

Unwired rural tower/mast/pole/structure (5- 15m )

BlueTown Case study–Rural Hotspot-as-Managed Service Highlights • 3 Trial Conducted in India at Arian, Dadiya & Tilonia (Barefoot College) • These trials were conducted in association with BSNL & BBNL (NOFN) • Range of Wi-Fi in Arian (at 25 Meter Height)- upto 1 Kms achieved • Range of Wi-Fi in Dadiya (at 5 Meter Height)- 0.5 Kms achieved

• 3rd Site is for Captive use for Barefoot College, Tilonia • The system could support up to 75 concurrent users • Bandwidth capped at 1 Mbps and users could experience speeds of 1 Mbps on their smartphone/handheld devices

CMD BBNL experiencing a video session through Wi-Fi Hotspot from rural roadside

• A workable example of People-Panchayat-Public-Private Partnership, unlocking the potential of existing public infrastructure and creating Hotspot-as-a- Managed Service and enabling the cost effective, timely and reliable Hand-delivery of Broadband services to rural masses

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BLUETOWN Innovative Business Model-Recognition in India BLUETOWN was awarded the Aegis Graham Bell Award for Rural Broadband Access- Most Innovative Business Model on 27th November 2015, New Delhi

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BLUETOWN Recognition in India (Cont.)

• BLUETOWN was awarded the SCTE award under the category Watch out 6 on 22nd January 2016 at the Convergence India 2016 event R u r a l

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Strategic Partnerships in India -TCIL • MOU signed between BLUETOWN & TCIL (Telecommunications Consultants of India Limited) • TCIL is a Govt. of India undertaking and have been providing Telecom consultancy & turnkey project execution services to various telecom operators, bulk users and others in India and 80 other countries. • The objective of the MOU is to participate jointly in projects of common interest in India & abroad R u r a l

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Strategic Partnerships in India –ESSCI (NSDC) • BLUETOWN have signed an MOU with ESSCI (Electronics Sector Skills Council of India) on 30th November 2015 • This MOU facilitates co-operation between ESSCI and BLUETOWN to train VLE(Village Level Entrepreneurs) by creating NOS (National Occupational Standard) R u r a l

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BLUETOWN in news in India BLUETOWN was in news in India when the first POC deployments were done in Ajmer, Rajasthan, Telecom Secretary Mr. Rakesh Garg visited our site

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BLUETOWN in news in India (Cont…) • BLUETOWN sites in rural Ajmer was visited by Mr. N Sivasailam (Add. Secy. Telecom/CMD BBNL) and he experienced the BLUETOWN wi-fi himself on his smartphone

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BLUETOWN in news in India (Cont…)

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BLUETOWN( India) in Danish Media

BLUETOWN (India) in Danish Media (Cont…)

Make in India-A Great Opportunity to create Jobs • More than half of modules used in rural broadband access solution are off- the-shelf available in India

• Most of the modules can be sourced from India itself and rest can be manufactured locally through Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). • The modules which are already being manufactured locally are omni-directional and sector antennae, filters, outdoor cabinet, power control and converter unit, solar panels, connectors and cables, Mast and Li-ion Batteries. • The BTS ( AP Controller) is the only specialized module in the solution which can also be easily manufactured in India as the volumes grow

• There are discussions with various Vendors/Manufacturers (including BSNL, ITI, TCIL, MSMEs) to have the BTS also manufactured/ Co-create in India • 100% of the rural setup could be sourced from India within a year thereby creating a demand for around 2 Billion USD worth of local equipment during next 5 years

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Rural Hotspots–Scale and Scope for “Make in India” Project Projections - Next 5 years (2B USD Opportunity) Nos. Gram Panchayat 2.5 lakhs (GPs) Village 4.0 lakhs TOTAL

6.5 lakhs

UNIT Capex(INR)

UNIT Material Cost (INR)

UNIT Labor Cost (INR)

Work Man-Days @ Rs 250/day

3.0 lakhs

2.5 lakhs

0.5 lakhs

5 Crore Mandays

2.0 lakhs

1.5 lakhs

0.5 lakhs

8 Crore Mandays

15,500 Cr.

12,250 Cr.

3,250 Cr.

13 Crore Mandays

Total Capex (INR)

Total for GPs

7,500 Cr.

Material Total Cost(INR) 6,250 Cr

Locally Manufactured (80%) 5,000 Cr.

Total for Villages

8,000 Cr.

6,000 Cr

4,800 Cr.

GRAND TOTAL

15,500 Cr.

12,250 Cr.

9,800 Cr.

“Job Factory”- Realty Check of Job Challenge in India • Presently Indian economy is creating only 5.5 Mn jobs a year, less than half of incremental addition to unemployed educated youth • India to have skilled workforce of 500 Million by 2022 with 13 millions youth entering the job market every year (Skill India Mission, Assocham) • At the current rate of GDP growth (@8%) there will be acute shortage of Jobs even for skilled/employable youth

• Therefore need for creation of Entrepreneurs by multi-skilling and empowering/funding the youth at grass-root le el to ake the Jo - reati g/gi i g i stead of Jo -seeki g

Some more numbers (for Rural India) • On average every Gram Panchayat covers 3 Villages • U der NOFN proje t .5 Lakh Gra Pa ha at s to e o e ted ith Opti al Fibre (100MBPS) • There is need to convert all the Gram Panchayats and villages into Public HotSpots for Home/Hand-delivery of Broadband services to rural masses • For 6.5 Lakh villages to be covered around 10 lakhs Wi-Fi Hot-Spots required • Depending on the size of the village VLE*/Micro-Operators to be appointed to manage the Hot-Spot setup to provide Broadband services in a village • With around 1 Mn (10 Lakhs) VLE/Micro-Operator (Blue Collared Rural Broadband Champions) whole of our hinderland ( Bharat) can be served with Broadband services (*VLE- Village Level Entrepreneur)

Skillset Required for Rural Broadband Enterprenuer (VLE) Skillset

Scope

Activities

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Responsible for last mile Operations and Maintenance of Electronics, electrical equipment and their inter connectivity

Electronics Skill:- Installation, Commissioning & Maintenance of electronics equipment : Operational Knowledge of Wi-fi, Networking,Level 1 ( L1) support. Electrical Skill:- Installation, Commissioning & Maintenance of electrical equipment such as Power Interface Unit, Battery Bank, Solar Panel etc. Computer Skill:- Computer/ Laptop operations, Knowledge of Smartphone, Internet, Knowledge of application software and Hardware. Connectivity :- OFC, GPON Connectivity - Level L1 support, Tower, Antenna, Cabling, Connectors, Hardware (Passive & Active) Connectivity.

OGANISATIONAL SKILLS

Orga isatio Skills is concerned with the study of what people do in an organisation and how that Skill affects the performance of the organisation.

• Following organization guidelines, processes & procedures. • Facility Ma age e t skills. • Liaiso with Gra Pa chayat, Sarpanch and other Village Head. Security of the Installations/site. • Basic k owledge of accou ts. •Mai te a ce of Records Health, Tech ical

Skillset Required for VLE (contd.) Skillset

Scope

Activities

SOFT SKILLS

Soft Skills involves several elements which differentiate them from all the other forms of communications.

Understanding of customer requirements. Customer Handling. Correspondence and Relationship with customer, customer care and complaint handling. Customer satisfaction

ENTREPREUNERSHIP SKILLS

Understanding of business skills. By utilization of innovative ideas must be able to generate profit. Further the business by enhancing provisioning of various services.

• Entrepreneurship skills, selling skills, Services provisioning and Providing, Prepaid Charging plans. • Knowledge of products and servicing. Should be capable of running the Hot-Spot as profit centre.

Action Plan to Create Rural Broadband Enterprenuers • NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) a Govt. of India Initiative was launched in Oct 2009 • NSDC has a mandate to skill 150 Mn resources by 2022; and is currently working in 366 districts (27 states & 5 UT’s) • NSDC provides strategic support and funding to partners • ESSCI ( Electronic Sector Skill Council), TSSC (Telecom) and IT-ITES Skill Sector Council under “ Skill India” mission of Govt.,in addition NIELIT of DEITY are also engaged in developing multi-skills in ICT domain. • These are created to ensure adequate availability of multi-skilled manpower to boost growth and productivity in the Electronics, IT and Telecom Sector • BlueTown is tieing up with these kind of institutions and many others in Govt. like CSC 2.0 and Private sector and NGOs(eg. Barefoot College,Tilonia, Tata Trusts) engaged in Rural development as well as various Start-ups and Enterprenuers funding agencies of Govt. like MUDRA, SIDBI Venture, Ministry of Skill Development and Enterprenuership to create the MultiSkilled Intrepreneurs as Champions for Rural Broadband

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Way Forward Deploy more and more Managed Hot-spots in Rural areas on Managed Service (Revenue-Share) as well as Capex/ Funded basis by using existing infrastructure to provide carrier grade public Broadband access. Provide VGF ( Viability Gap Funding) for rural access network in line with National Backbone Network ( NOFN) and mobile telephony in NE/LWE areas as well as Funding of rural micro Interpranuers. Involve local bodies ( GPs, Municipalities) as stakeholders. Fa ilitate Make i I dia of Wi-Fi Access Point Controllers, Lithium-ion battery packs and other modules. Create a “o ial E terprise for Sangam- Job Factory Let us Make It Happen together ( USOF, PSUs, Industry, Local Bodies) Move Extra Mile- PPPPP(5Ps)- People, Panchayat, Public (Govt.),Private(Industry) Partnership

Next Step- “Mission” • Establishment of a “Social Enterprise” at national level consisting of like-minded social entrepreneurs supported by the related agencies of Central , State Govt., PSUs, Corporates, MSMEs, Skill Development agencies and rural development NGOs with a single point Mission to enable “Delivery of Urban Broadband speeds in Rural” in a cost effective, timely and sustainable manner and creating at least “One Job Per Village”.

Sangam-Jo Fa tory

An NGNguru 5P I itiative for “o ial Enterprize inspired by Prof. Yunus Grameen , Dr. Kala ’s PURA , Prof. Prahalad BOP Vision & Govt. RURBAN Missio [email protected], +91 9910327489