1. Village Panchayat Knowledge Centers For Rural Prosperity
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
President of India
Video Conference over Internet
From Rashtrapati Bhawan to Carnegie Mellon University
India-US Million Book Digital Library Project
Steering Committee Meeting held at
CMU, Pittsburgh
29 May 2004

2. Dr. S.R. Ranganathan (1892-1972) Father of Library Science in India
He perceived the library to be a meeting place for intellectual dialogues and knowledge sharing.
Wrote 62 books and spearheaded the Public Library Movement in India
This was in the Paper Era

3. Knowledge is Empowerment
Empowering the villagers would lead to a Developed India
How do we use the stunning power of miniaturization and connectivity at affordable costs to take the knowledge to the villager to empower him?
Today, it is possible because Internet communication
makes the distance disappear

4. Village Panchayat Digital Library
Public Library in the Digital Era