Summary of Media Coverage A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. -- Napoleon Bonaparte In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that -- Mark Twain Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one -- Jean de La Fontaine In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever -- Oscar Wilde … &

Date: 05/02/2005 Technology: ICT for Integrated Rural Development

Date: 13/06/2005 Education: Unique Literacy programme (130 local students trained over 2000 illiterates)

Date: 29/11/2006 Business: Collective Deals Helps Smaller & Marginal Farmers Too, To Directly Sell Produces To Markets

Date: Feb/2007 Business Beyond Profit: ICT for Integrated Rural Development

Date: 01/04/2007 Agriculture: ICT for Crop Life-Cycle Management

Date:June/2007 Technovators: ICT for Integrated Rural Development

Date: November/2006 Bottom-Up Approach: Resource Partner To NASSCOM Knowledge Network

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Date: 06/11/2004 Awareness Programme: IT for solving rural problems – Students-Teachers to participate Data collection process

Date: 08/01/2005 Awareness- Internet Kiosks in Villages for overall development

Date: 13/01/2005 Awareness Programme: it-rural.com launching on Farmers Day

Date: 14/01/2005 Reg. Inauguration, Discussion With District Collector, Honble MP (kadapa) and OSD to Honble CM

Date: 14/01/2005 Reg. Inauguration, Discussion With District Collector, Honble MP (kadapa) and OSD to Honble CM

Date: 14/01/2005 Reg. Inauguration, Discussion With District Collector, Honble MP (kadapa) and OSD to Honble CM

Date: 16/01/2005 Inauguration on Farmers Day: Adviser to Honble CM, Honble MP (Kadapa) are the Chief Guests

Date: 16/01/2005 Inauguration on Farmers Day: Adviser to Honble CM, Honble MP (Kadapa) are the Chief Guests

Date: 16/01/2005 Honble MP (Kadapa) and Advisor to Honble CM Mr. C.C reddy inspecting the database in a village Kiosk during the launch of it-rural.com

Date: 23/01/2005 Motivation - Youth participation: key for rural development- Motivation Programme to rural youth

Date: 03/02/2005 Installing rain-gauge and thermometer in YerriPalli village on trial basis – An important step towards village-level crop insurance

Date: 03/02/2005 Installing rain-gauge and thermometer in YerriPalli village on trial basis – An important step towards village-level crop insurance

Date: 25/03/2005 From Ugadi (Telugu New Year), it-rural.com expands operations and services)

Date: 25/03/2005 It-rural.com expands operations from Telugu New Year

Date: 29/03/2005 Senior renown Scientist (retired) Mr. Rama Subba Reddy joins hands with the mission it-rural.com

Date: 29/03/2005 Extension- Senior renown Scientist (retired) Mr. Rama Subba Reddy joins hands with the mission it-rural.com - Visiting the entire Mandal

Date: 29/03/2005 Senior renown Scientist (retired) Mr. Rrama Subba Reddy joins hands with the mission it-rural.com

Date: It-rural.com Scientist visits villages of Pulivendla Mandal

Date: 02/04/2005 It-rural.com Scientist visit Pulivendla Mandal Villages

Date: 04/04/2005 Extension- Scientist insists on adoption of Science Technology for More Yield, particularly for smaller& marginal farmers

Date: 07/04/2005 It-rural.com extents operations and services

Date: 10/04/2005 It-rural.com stared Agricultural related IT Services

Date: 12/04/2005 It-rural.com tested internet connections in villages

Date: 15/04/2005 Awareness Programme - IT Bringing Light Rural Life, says honble MP (Kadapa)

Date:16/04/2005 It-rural.com scientist advises Sweet Orange farmers on irrigation Method to tackle water shortage during Summer

Date: 16/04/2005 It-rural.com scientist advises Sweet Orange farmers on irrigation Method to tackle water shortage during Summer

Date: 16/04/2005 It-rural.com scientist advises Sweet Orange farmers on irrigation Method to tackle water shortage during Summer

Date: 01/05/2005 It-rural.com kiosk operators representing village problems to Honble MP (Kadapa), OSD to (Honble CM)

Date: 06/05/2005 Preliminary discussion regarding Joint Cultivation for 100 acres – a realistically possible approach to reduce the small landholding related constraints

Date: 26/05/2005 Extension: Triangular Banana Cultivation Method demo – Telephonic conversation organized for Farmers with it-rural.com Scientist

Date: 26/05/2005 Extension: Triangular Banana Cultivation Method demo – Telephonic conversation organized for Farmers with it-rural.com Scientist

Date: 26/05/2005 Extension: Telephonic conversation organized for Farmers with it-rural.com Scientist

Date: 31/05/2005 Become Literacy in 100 days Programme – Literacy Key for Development – Honble MP (Kadapa)

Date: 31/05/2005 Pulivendla becomes Role Model in many aspects – Honble MP (Kadapa) during inauguration of Literacy Programme

Date: 03/06/2005 Launching Diagnosis Tool for 10 Crops (over 200 diseases) in the Panchyat kiosks (Information and Process Management Centers) – zero distance

Date: 03/06/2005 Launching Diagnosis Tool for 10 Crops (over 200 diseases) in the Panchyat kiosks (Information and Process Management Centers) – zero distance

Date: 03/06/2005 Launching Diagnosis Tool for 10 Crops (over 200 diseases) in the Panchyat kiosks (Information and Process Management Centers) – zero distance

Date: 03/06/2005 Literacy programme takes off

Date: 08/06/2005 Extension: excess of fertilizers wont result more yield – Scientist – filed demo on triangular banana cultivation method

Date: 09/06/2005 Literacy Programme picks up momentum – more and more responses

Date: 13/06/2005 It-rural.com distributes prescription printouts (for optimal productivity) at no cost to farmers – lab-filed extension now having a new definition.

Date: 17/06/2005 Government recognized and responded to it-rural.coms literacy programme – government machinery supports the movement

Date:20/06/2005 Computer Literacy: One Hour free computer literacy to village children – academic, moral, patriotic, entertainment, spoken-English,etc.

Date: 21/06/2005 ICT brings prosperity to rural life, particularly farmers

Date: 23/06/2005 Literacy programme becomes stronger as the village school teachers to cooperate this unique programme

Date: 25/06/2005 Literacy Programme bringing light of wisdom to Villages

Date: 30/06/2005 Pest Control: Observation, diagnosis & remedy, organizing inputs, field demo and updating feedback

Date: 30/06/2005 Pest Control: Observation, diagnosis & remedy, organizing inputs, field demo and updating feedback

Date: 20/07/2005 Computer Literacy: One Hour free computer literacy to village children – academic, moral, patriotic, entertainment, spoken-English,etc.

Date: 16/08/2005 National Interest: Celebrating Independence Day at Villages

Date:24/08/2005 Extension: Scientist field visit for exceptional cases – on field explanation to Farmers and Kiosk Operators - Diagnosis Tool get updated

Date: 24/08/2005 Scientist on filed –remedy for root disease of banana

Date: 24/08/2005 Scientist on filed –remedy for root disease of banana

Date: 08/09/2005 Literacy Programme extended for 50 more Days

Date: 09/09/2005 Literacy Follow-up: Inspecting the unique Become Literate in 100 Days Programme

Date: 09/09/2005 Literacy reduce knowledge gap

Date: 18/09/2005 Business: it-rural.com brings export order from Singapore – Farmers to export Sweet Orange directly – fetching over 100% more profit

Date: It-rural.com brings bright future for farmers

Date: 03/10/2005 Business: Scientist inspecting selected Sweet Orange fields for export

Date: 09/10/2005 Pulivendla Sweet Oranges get ready to fly

Date: 10/10/2005 It-rural.com bringing the Groundnut failure issue to the attention of Gov. Honble MP (kadapa) represented to Kadapa District Collector

Date: 10/10/2005 Business: Honble MP (Kadapa) seeing the Cartons – Farmers directly Marketed Sweet Orange to Singapore – executed by it-rural.com

Date: 10/10/2005 Business: Honble Mp (Kadapa) and Government Scientists inspecting the harvesting and packing process of export

Date: 30/10/2005 Literacy Programme extended for 50 more days

Date: 20/11/2005 Business- Net Profit Matters: Direct Marketing Fetches more than 100% extra profit to Farmers – Honble MP (Kadapa) handover Cheque to Farmers

Date: 20/11/2005 Business: Honble MP (kadapa), OSD to Honble CM and Government Agricultural Scientist distribute cheques to Sweet Orange exporters

Date: 20/11/2005 Business- Net Profit Matters: Direct Marketing Fetches more than 100% extra profit to Farmers – Honble MP (Kadapa) handover Cheque to Farmers

Date: 23/11/2005 Sweet Orange exporters donated money to Food supplementary Scheme to Village School children – A new dimension in Charity/ Welfare activities – OSD to Honble CM and Mandal Literacy Officers inaugurated the scheme.

Date: 30/11/2005 Event Management- it-rural.com organized seminar on Sweet Orange and Banana Farmers for Department of Horticulture

Date: 01/12/2005 Business: it-rural.com tries to export Banana also, says OSD to Honble CM

Date: 14/12/2005 Quality production creates Demand for Agri. Produces - Scientist

Date: 19/12/2005 Business: along with Sweet Orange, pomegranate also exported

Date:22/12/2005 Environment: 1000 Trees Plantation per village

Date: 04/01/2006 Environment: 1000 tress per village scheme of it- rural.com gets started with the direct participation of Villagers – students to take care of trees growth, says OSD to Honble CM

Date: 17/01/2006 Optimal Productivity: Latest information, input supply management on collective deal, timely remedy for crop diseases resulted excellent yield (Red Gram) – says beneficiary of it-rural.coms services

Date: 22/02/2006 Business: Sweet Oranges finds good prices at retail- chains as well as Mandys in Coimbatore and Chennai– it- rural.com now focuses on Indian Markets

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