women's empowerment: The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is using satellite communication in 12 centre in Gujarat to train women on forestry, water conservation, child development, health education and Panchayati Raj, among several other things

agriculture: In Warananagar, Maharashtra, sugarcane farmers use computers in villages to interact with a sugar factory in the town. But software provided by the National Informatics Centre has failed. Computers run on software developed by cooperative society

fisherfolk and cellphones: Five out of every 100 customers of BPL Mobile in Kerala are fisherfolk, many of whom have never used a land phone. They can decide where to land their catch according to the best price available while returning from a fishing expedition

education: The Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission of the Madhya Pradesh government is running Headstart