Innovating solutions for India's challenges
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04/08/2010
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Business Standard (New Delhi)
India first needs to innovate the solution itself, and then focus on the product
Arvind Singhal / New Delhi July 29, 2010, 0:03 IST
Last week, Kapil Sibal unveiled the prototype of a Rs 1,500 tablet pc aimed at providing an ultra-low-cost solution targeted towards making computer literacy accessible to those who are at the bottom of the pyramid. The minister believes that not only it is possible to see a commercial launch of this prototype as early as in 2011, but also a price-point which could eventually be as low as Rs 500.
A few months ago, Tata Group launched an ultra-low-cost water purifier (Swach) with the same admirable intention