Innovating solutions for India's challenges

  • 04/08/2010

  • 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