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Drishtee is an India based business that provides information technology goods and services〔(i4donline.net ~ September 2004 Issue: Drishtee: A successful franchising business model for CMC )〕 to rural India through village kiosks that are run and managed by local entrepreneurs. These kiosks are developed using a franchise and partnership model.〔(Designing Change )〕 Some of the services provided by Drishtee include computer education, English courses, rural BPO, government services, health, insurance, e-commerce, microfinance etc. Through its low cost, direct delivery network of over 2,400 kiosks, Drishtee has impacted the lives of over 1.5 Million people in rural India. One of Drishtee's primary objectives is to empower rural communities by supporting local entrepreneurship and thus helping to stem the distress migration of people from rural to urban parts of the country. The organisation was founded in 2000 and is currently led by its co-founder and managing director – Mr. Satyan Mishra. In its effort to bring critical services to rural India, which is home for more than 60% of the country's population, Drishtee has partnered with the following organisations: * Acumen Fund〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drishtee )〕 * Amaron Batteries * ICICI Prudential * International Finance Corporation (IFC)〔(IFC GBI – Drishtee )〕 * Microsoft〔()〕 * National Skill Development Corporation * Scojo * State Bank of India Drishtee works in collaboration with several of its sister organisations that provide specialised services to rural India. Some of these organisations are: * Drishtee Skill Development Center * Quiver Infoservices 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Do-Good Diary )〕 * Cyber InfoDev * Drishtee Foundation Drishtee has been felicitated with the following accolades in recent times: * Ashoka Foundation Fellowship Award, 2004 – Awarded to founder, Mr. Satyan Mishra〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Satyan Mishra )〕 * Red Herring 100 Asia Award, 2006〔(Red Herring Reveals the Award Winners of the 'Red Herring 100 Asia' )〕 * Deloitte FAST 50 (Asia), 2006 – Winner〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Drishtee fastest growing high-tech company in the country: Deloitte )〕 * Tech Pioneer, 2007 – Award given by World Economic Forum〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business : Two Indian cos. among technology pioneers )〕〔(World Economic Forum )〕 * Invitation to the Clinton Global Initiative, 2007〔(:: Clinton Global Initiative :: )〕 ==See also== *Information and communication technologies for development 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drishtee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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