Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2012 Winner

Rural Technology and Business Incubator


Description

Rural Technology and Business Incubator enables capacity building in the Bottom of the pyramid and under served sector by supporting social and rural inclusive startups. Prior experience is not always available in the rural/social inclusive segment and so RTBI also undertakes various exploratory trials, pre-incubation experiments, business and field trials as well as technology innovation work in the areas of agriculture, financial inclusion, healthcare, energy, etc. Development and prototyping of relevant,low cost technologies is a core value that RTBI brings to its companies.
http://www.rtbi.in/ideate.html

Project website

http://www.rtbi.in


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C6. Enabling environment 2012
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: Eradicate poverty and hunger
  • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
  • Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
  • Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
  • Goal 5: Improve maternal health
  • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Coverage

Status

Ongoing

Start date

16 October 2006

End date

15 October 2025


Entity name

Rural Technology and Business Incubator

Entity country—type

India Private Sector

Entity website

http://www.rtbi.in

Partners

UN InfoDev, Department of Science and Technology India.