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SmartVillages is a community based initiative of Samanvay.Com Welfare Society, primarily aimed to harness the benefits of information technology for the rural folks. The initiative is a community effort to mobilize the collective strengths of people from various streams and integrate it with information technology to provide benefits to the rural community.

Inspired by the Gandhian philosophy and thoughts, the SmartVillages Project was conceived to provide 'Global Means to the Local Needs' by launching the Portal www.smartvillages.org as the community forum. The Project aims to build a mass movement driven by communities by empowering them with knowledge and skills to take on the challenges in the information age.

What is SMART Village ?

The concept of SMART Village is as defined below:

S Social, Skilled and Simple Zero Tolerance for Caste and Creed or better no caste & creed and no discrimination on Gender and Religion Everyone is Literate and skilled Simple living and high thinking M Moral, Methodical and Modern Moral values of Gandhiji, Swami Vivekananda etc Methodical using Total Literacy and latest techniques Modern like cities A Aware, Adaptive and Adjusting Highest level of awareness on global social & economic issues Adaptive and adjusting to fast changing environments R Responsive and Ready Responsive to collective wisdom, cooperative movement & larger social issues Ready to generate own resources for self-sufficiency and self-reliance T Techno-Savvy and Transparent Techno-savvy for IT and Mobile usage Transparent in harmonic relations and delivery of services

