ConnectBillions was formed in an effort to create a common platform for all the villages of India where they can raise their voices and concerns, and also network with each other.

1. Enabling a knowledge society Concept Presentation to ICT Ministry, Govt. Of India

5. Society Cycle Agricultural Society Industrial Society Information Society Agricultural Materials Industrial Goods IT Products Human beings are Nomadic Knowledge Society

9. Entertainment, E-Commerce, etc. Education, Health Training, etc. Market linkages in agriculture and other Private sector service G2C Services, Utility Services

14. Platform Capabilities

16. People residing to at the grassroots with access to mobile People with access to internet and ability to write Citizen Editor Connect Rural Change Maker

18. Platform Rural Change Maker Citizen Editor

19. Update portal with latest village information Give valuable feedback on posts related to the place. Vote urgent issues/news. Network Report latest news, issues and interesting information about your village/town through cb platform

20. Participant Who What do they gain Students Increase Skill level to be able to prosper in next generation job markets -FREE Citizen Editors NGOs and Activists Show off their work and activities -FREE Avid Bloggers Increase their online social network Students Increase social network, learn new skills , learn new ways to prosper without migrating Change Makers Entrepreneurs Increase social capital and therefore generate Business oppurtunities Activists Increase reach of their work and message in a “whats happening right now “manner The Public Get hyper-local news and information Users Tourism, News, FMCG industries Get accurate trends and be able to target their goods and services to those who really need them Think Tanks and Development Agencies Get the “pulse” of rural areas, monitor projects with up to date live information.

21. Social Networking The power is in the hands of a rural ChangeMaker to report about News, Issues, Resources and other General Information that they feel the world should know, through just one SMS or a phone call. 1.

22. Publishing Engine Any internal enabled citizen with a ability to write can adopt a village/town/city portal for free! 2.

23. Information Portal for every village He /She can Post issues, news, pictures, videos and interesting facts about the adopted village 3.

24. News Aggregation Vote Issues/News that need urgent attention; let the world know about their urgency 4.

25. Social Networking Network with billions of like-minded people! 5. Shamliwale

26. Build a network of rural Change Makers 6. CM News Network

27. Empowering rural community participation A rural citizen can contribute information on culture, lifestyle, human interest, heritage and social issues that need to craw people’s attention

29. Technology based Social Networking

30. Has ability to offer a micro portal for every village with customized support based on demography Offers a live feedback channel from rural citizens Offers a peer network of urban and rural users who can be used for mutual capacity building Knowledge Management with the power of aggregation

35. Deployment Models

36. Change Makers Citizen Editors Portal