Web access in the slums

Posted By: 
Colin Holden
Posted On: 
Wednesday, February 5th, 2003

Since 1999 NIIT, an IT and software company, has made the internet available to the poor of the slums of India. By placing kiosks in very poor urban areas the group hopes to study how internet literacy spreads among populations. This site brings together summaries of the project, reports of past failures and successes, and future plans.