Telecentre initiatives in rural India: Failed fad or the way forward?
December 2006, Czech Conroy, Telesupport Initiative Working Paper 4
This article reviews nine telecentre initiatives in India based on key themes identified from the extant literature on the topic. It concludes that the supply led and technology centred approach to telecentres does not cater to the information needs of the rural people. What is required is a demand led and people centred approach which will develop the capacity of the disadvantaged to identify their information needs, access information through the media they prefer and manage the information effectively to improve their livelihoods.