Opportunities for Social Innovation at the Intersection of ICT Education and Rural Supply Chains

Alice Cheng, Anjana Sinha, Jia Shen, Sally Mouakkad, L. Rose Joseph, Khanjan Mehta · 2012

Summary. The paper argues that integrating ICT education into rural supply chains creates social innovation opportunities in developing countries. Linear, top-down education and supply chain systems fail to adapt quickly and exclude many people. The authors designed Prerana, an ICT platform piloted in India with SEWA and RUDI, that embeds education into supply chains, teaches life skills, and enables feedback from all participants. This approach preserves local knowledge while giving agency to workers and learners.

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Cheng, A., Sinha, A., Shen, J., Mouakkad, S., Joseph, L. R., & Mehta, K.. (2012). Opportunities for Social Innovation at the Intersection of ICT Education and Rural Supply Chains. https://doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2012.81

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DOI: 10.1109/ghtc.2012.81
Countries: India
Regions: Asia
Categories: broadband-and-digital, food-systems, education
Added: 2026-04-28