638387.org is a portal about the 6,38,387 villages in India. Sanjay Bapat, the creator of this portal, doesn't have a background of social movement. He, in fact, comes from the corporate world of advertising. He initially started a portal to connect corporate companies to various NGOs, the former with the availability of various resources, and the latter needing them. He realised while working on this project that it was limited to the big cities, that the majority part of India, beyond the few developed cities, was almost never considered. This led him to create 638387.org, the portal that contains information about all the Indian villages. This info is collected not just from the governmental records. It connects everyone, from a villager to an NRI, the district and taluka level governmental organisations, to NGOs, to the ‘Bachat Gat’s, to even the corporate companies and funding agencies and links them together. The virtual activity will also be supported by actual work-programmes, complete with ‘Village Jankar’, and media participation for advocacy. While it may seem like a fiction or a fantasy to some, it is veru much the reality in the technologically advanced and globally connected world we live in!
- Mukta Paranjape
The link is:
http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080816/ch11.htm
Article written by: Medha kulkarni
Sanjay Bapat's contact no. : 9820073559
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