| Implementable project – GramPatra
GramPatra is a product of Media Lab Asia for delivering value added digital services at places which do not have online internet connectivity. Digital data as letters, audio, pictures, applications, E-Governance applications such as issue of birth and death certificates, land Records, consultation with doctors / agricultural officers on health, crops diseases and other farming related information, astrology, complaint registration
are some of the applications for which this can be used by rural people. An email interface has been developed which is the backbone of GramPatra for development of various applications appropriate for different rural areas.
GramPatra complements the present internet technologies to further widen the reach of digital revolution. Presently there is poor internet coverage in India and many other countries of the developing and under-developed world and hence there is poor availability of appropriate digital information access and exchange. GramPatra presents an intermediate solution for digital information access and exchange before online internet becomes available in specific geographical locations. GramPatra can be deployed quickly as no tall towers and transmissions cables etc. are required. GramPatra is a step in meeting the Universal Service Obligation for digital information access.
Components of GramPatra
The GramPatra technology is based on store and forward methodology. The main elements of this technology are:
- Mobile Server
- Kiosks
- Gateway
Digital data transfer between any two of these systems happens through high bandwidth wireless IEEE 802.11X based methods. The present system is being powered with 802.11b technology with a possible bandwidth of 11mbps. The system will also work with other more advanced and higher bandwidth technologies like 802.11g with a bandwidth of 54 mbps.
To read the complete document on GamaPatra project download the BIC GamaPatra Project (PDF 570 KB).
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