Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs) for Agriculture and Rural Development

Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Mahatma Gandhi

Mission Statement
During last decade, the tremendous progress in information technology (IT) is affecting all spheres of our life. For India, this progress in IT provides new opportunities to improve the utilization and performance of livelihood technologies such as agriculture, education, library, health and medical services, and artesian technologies. The research challenge here is to build cost-effective IT based systems to improve the living standards of Indian rural population. Center for Data Engineering at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad is carrying out research to build cost-effective IT based systems to accelerate Indian agricultural and rural development.

Projects
The following are the on-going research projects:
Contact
For more information regarding the projects of this center, please contact:
Dr. P.Krishna Reddy
Associate Professor,
International Institute of Information Technology
Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Pin: 500019, India

Phone: 91-40-23001967 Ext: 131
Fax: 91-40-23001413
E-mail: pkreddy AT iiit DOT net
Homepage: http://www.iiit.net/~pkreddy