The Rural Voice

. In addition, the project aims in finding joint business opportunities for Finnish and Indian companies. Read moreWho are involvedResearch ImpactSeveral field studies will be carried out among the villagers of Karnataka and the various stakeholders of the agricultural business environment in a joint collaboration with the University of Tampere and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Read moreBusiness ImpactThe ecosystem modeling aims in finding the success factors and the market potential of the services through evaluation and research. In addition, finding the potential success areas for Finnish software and service companies is central. Read moreTechnology ImpactThe University of Tampere and IBM India Research Lab will be developing Spoken Web and tablet technologies and deploying new services. Later the development will be carried out in collaboration with Finnish application developers and service companies. Read moreSocietal ImpactThe social impact of this project is would to provide services to rural Indian population free of cost and at the same time create a sustainable business model in order to provide a viable ecosystem for various companies, university, research bodies and government to thrive