A Study on Entrepreneurship Development and Role of ICT

Authors: Amit Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar Nilosey, Jeevan Singh Bishtlmns

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Abstract

India is large country and traditionally an agrarian economy. Nearly 70 per cent of India’s population still resides in the villages. The penetration level of the new telecommunication tools is low in the rural areas as compared to the urban sector. New technologies and ICT platforms are evolving; featuring collaboration between the development agencies, academia and the local government Factors responsible for the success are cost effectiveness of technology, provision of value-added services, and commitment from the governmental authorities, and entrepreneurial orientation. Such initiatives along with private participation which help in bridging the technological divid and creating an opportunity for divide convergence. India has a large number of rural villages that do not have telephone connectivity. Within India the digital division between rural and urban India is rather large. Bridging the digital gap requires considerable investments in the normal situation. A new technology that uses Wireless in the Local Loop has the potential to reduce the cost and thereby increasing the number of villages that are linked. Digital Convergence is emerging

Introduction

The Internet has emerged in the last few years, not just as another communication means, but as sheer power. Access to Internet provides access to a whole lot of information. It enables one to quickly reach out to a variety of training and education. It helps one close deals and carry out transactions and it enables one to perform tasks which otherwise required a lot of travel. India has less than 3 million Internet connections today. Lack of access to the Internet is going to create strong division within India.