Hello Anupama ,
how had you scoped your project .?
Lets please understand a simputer is not a processing tool but only has a
limited scope of capturing data at the source in a organised manner without
missing the finer and details .
once the days activity is over its synchronised to the desktop application
this includes consolidation and correction of errors in capturing
/collating and storing for archival before the other desktop applications
have to be used to handle the database so created for getting out meaningful
reports and information thru a MIS or Querying tool .

please send back your project scoping document over mail and also share how
you are actually going about the project in deployment to enable us to
actually help you out .
in fact the relevance of Simputer type of tools is increasing by the day if
viable --economically as Govt rolls out the NREGA /RAjeev health Arogya
/other social programs addressing e-governance etc
thats where the real role of simputer and its related products is ..and
where the funds will actually come for development of this range of
products and applications to support them .
regards
Sanjay Gadahlay
regards
Sanjay Gadhalay




2008/6/25 gemprex <anupama66@...>:

> Hi
> we are engaged in a study on " Gender Evaluation of E -Gram Suraj
> scheme of chhattisgarh , India" .The simputers are used in the
> scheme. Recently we have carried out a survey in 64 gram
> panchayatas.
> Many of the Sarpanchas(Heads of the village self governance unit)
> suggested that it would have been better if Computers would have
> been
> provided in place of Simputers. The reasons cited include 1. The
> computers can be easily repaired at local level 2. Its easy to get
> an expert of computer at village level 3. the bigger screen of
> computer.
>
> we are not technical persons hence we would like to know from group
> the exact difference between A simputer and a computer and why
> simputers are considered to be better than computers for rural
> setting.
>
> Dr. Anupama Saxena
> Head, Department of Political Science
> Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
> www.ggu.ac.in
>
>
>



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