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SUMMARY:Wireless communication and poverty reduction in India – Where do
we go from here? - Mr M Swaminathan\, Senior Vice-President\, Reliance Co
mmunications Ltd\; Mr Shiv Kumar Narayan\, Catalyst Management Services\,
Bangalore.
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CONTACT:Centre For Global Equality
DESCRIPTION:Wireless communication is having a major impact on poverty in
India. Mobile phones are being used by poor people for mobile banking\, to
engage in markets\, find jobs and access health and education services.\n
\nIn this seminar\, we will hear from experts in mobile communications and
development in India:\n \n - \n
\n Mr M Swaminathan\, Senior Vi
ce-President from Reliance Communications Ltd\, the largest mobile provide
r in India.
\n \n - \n
\n Mr Shiv Kumar
Narayan \;from Catalyst Management Services\, a leading devel
opment consultancy company in Bangalore. \;
\n \n
\n \n In the seminar\, the speakers will:
\n \n -
\n Outline the main lessons learned in using wirel
ess communication to promote economic development and poverty reduction in
India
\n - \n Identify key technical\, business and social challenges to sc
aling up these efforts\;
\n - \n Facilitate an interactive session with part
icipants to discuss how these problems can be tackled.
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Delegates are welcome to arrive from 6.00pm for refr
eshments before the seminar starts at 6.30pm. \;After the sem
inar there will be a drinks reception with the opportunity for networking.
Follow-up meetings will be held at the \;Judge Business Schoo
l \;on \;30th \;July
\;to explore possible partnerships between companies\, social enterprises
and individuals in Cambridge and Bangalore to respond to these challenges.
\n\n*To RSVP\, please visit:http://wireless-comms-india.eventbrite.com/*\n
\nThis event is organised by the \;Humanitarian Centre \;and supported by \;Cambridge Wireless. It is
part of a themed year on \;ICT4D \;(ICT for Deve
lopment) run by the Humanitarian Centre in partnership with \;
ARM.\n &nb
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\n \n
Throughout
2010-11\, the Centre \;is running events\, training and an online dir
ectory to engage with a range of audiences interested in ICT4D\, including
NGOs\, academics and the private sector. \;For more information\,&nbs
p\;visit: \;www.humanitariancentre
.org/ict4d\n \;
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LOCATION:Seminar Centre\, the Hauser Forum\, 3 Charles Babbage Road\, Camb
ridge CB3 0GT
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