BANGALORE: Wyse Technology, provider of network-centric computing, Comat Technologies Ltd, a Bangalore based e-governance company, and ICICI Bank, the largest private bank in India, have jointly announced an initiative to deliver electronic access to vital educational, financial and social services in select rural areas in the state of Karnataka.
According to the press release, collaborating with Wyse Technology and Comat are ICICI Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other global organizations. The goal of this public-private partnership is to bring access to social, educational and financial services directly to rural communities across the nation, in a secure, simple, and reliable manner.
The project to deploy these "Rural Business Centers" (RBCs) was officially kicked-off on June 16, 2005.
With this model, any individual will be able to manage finances in a personal bank account, purchase insurance, obtain government forms, or take vocational education classes.
It aims to deliver the benefits of connectivity and information access to remote and rural areas, combating the inefficiencies of historically paper-based transaction and record-keeping systems.
"With this pilot deployment in Karnataka, we are empowering rural citizens with reliable access to government, as well as private sector services, including public records, social services and banking," stated president and CEO of global thin client computing vendor Wyse Technology, John Kish.
"We see this as the 'rural services' blueprint for populations in developing nations everywhere," he added.
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