Smart Village: A community empowered by Digital Technologies & Open Innovation Platforms to access Global Markets

The urban population in India is 67% rural vs. 33% urban while GDP Generation is just the reverse: 70% Urban and 30% rural. Empowering villages brings about a transformative change through technology will boost village economic GDP contribution by on-boarding village industry to global trade distribution networks, through internet of things (IOT), Communication and Cognitive Intelligence and Analytics Technologies. Secondly, this course will result in giving ideas back to the companies UC Berkeley is collaborating with as well as provide foundation for future students that will work on similar projects