TEDxShekhavati - Osama Manzar - Technological empowerment for rural people

Description: Osama Manzar heads the Digital Empowerment Foundation where he takes ICT into villages and every crevice of India and beyond. In this popular talk at TEDxShekhavati 2011, he talks about his journey and the value of information that people have but do not use. AboutTEDx, x=independently organize event. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)