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Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Mobile Technology Summer Program!
At a Glance Schedule
The schedule below is tentative. Please refer back to this page for updates. The Point of Contact for each week will be on site.
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Saturday, June 20: Arrive at IIM Ahmedabad
WEEK OF JUNE 21 – JUNE 27 : Orientation
Location: Ahmedabad Point of Contact: Satchit Balsari
Faculty leads: Satchit Balsari, Harvard; and Arvind Sahay and Rekha Jain, IIM Ahmedabad
See Timetable for IIM-A Week Here.
Saturday and Sunday, June 20 – 21:
Students arrive in Ahmedabad. You will be picked up at the airport by Greaves Travel and transported to the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad campus. (IMDC Reception, New campus, Indian Institute of Management, Opposite of Blind People Association, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad- 380015, Phone- 079-6632 – 5700/5900)
Monday, June 22:
Morning: An Introduction to the India Telecom Sector (Rekha Jain)
Mobile Usage Profile (Arvind Sahay)
Afternoon: Afternoon Self-Study Session (Satchit Balsari to facilitate)
Discussion / Blog: How can mobile technology in India be employed to impact social change?
Evening: Using cell phones to study behavior from the level of individuals to entire nations (JP Onnela-Teleconference)
Tuesday, June 23:
Morning: Case Study: Net Neutrality (Arvind Sahay)
TRAI Consultation Paper (Rekha Jain)
Afternoon: Afternoon Self-Study Session (Satchit Balsari)
Background Note on Financial Inclusion
Evening: Who owns Big Data? (Malavika Jayaram, videoconference)
Wednesday, June 24:
Field Trip:Mobile Technology for Financial Inclusion in Rural India
Thursday, June 25:
Morning: Visit to Self Employed Women’s Association
Afternoon:Debrief from field trip (Rekha Jain and Satchit Balsari)
Business Model Innovations for ICT Based Services (Rekha Jain)
1) Case-Study: Surveilling the World’s Largest Mass Gathering (Satchit Balsari)
2) Case-Study: Retinopathy of Prematurity Using Mobile Phones (Rekha Jain)
Friday, June 26:
Morning: 1) Student Presentations
2) Case-Study: Retinopathy of Prematurity Using Mobile Phones (Rekha Jain)
Afternoon : (Group-work, facilitated by Satchit Balsari)
Formulating the research questions for field-study
Sunday, June 28: Depart for Delhi
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WEEK OF JUNE 28 – JULY 4 : Technology Module
Location: Delhi Point of Contact: Nora Maginn
Faculty leads: JP Onnela and Satchit Balsari
Monday, June 29:
10:30 AM: Visit SAI Delhi Office, Connaught Place
Afternoon: Visit to FINO PayTech Inc.
Tuesday, June 30
11:00 AM – Visit to Aspiring Minds, 809A, Third Floor, Udyog Vihar, Phase V, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
2 – 4 pm: Bharti Airtel: Plot No.4, Phase I, Sector 22A, Sector 20, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Wednesday, July 1
10:00 am: Operation Asha
Afternoon: TRAI
6:30 pm: Harvard Alumni Meeting: India International Club, #40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110003, India, +91 11 2461 9431
Thursday, July 2
Visit to Delhi government ICT Projects and meeting with IT Department officials. (Time to be confirmed)
Friday, July 3
Visit to VNL and field full day
Saturday, July 4th – Depart for Bangalore
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WEEK OF JULY 6 – JULY 11 : Technology Module
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Nora Maginn
Faculty leads: Satchit Balsari
Sunday, July 5: Debrief with Satchit via Skype
Monday, July 6: 9 – 5 pm: First Day at Jana Care and EkStep. Students will spend 9-5 on weekdays at either Jana Care or EkStep
Tuesday, July 8: Jana Care / EkStep
7:30 pm: Harvard Students in Bangalore meet up
Wednesday, July 9: Jana Care / EkStep
Friday, July 10: Jana Care / EkStep
Evening: Weekly Check in with Satchit Balsari, via Skype
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WEEK OF JULY 12 – JULY 18 : User Behavior Module
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Anisha Gopi
Faculty lead: Satchit Balsari
Monday, July 13: Jana Care / EkStep
Tuesday, July 14: 10:30 am: Visit to Microsoft Research India Labs.
12 – 5 pm: Jana Care / EkStep
Wednesday, July 15 – Friday, July 17: Jana Care / EkStep
Friday, July 17: Evening: Weekly Check in with Satchit Balsari, via skype
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WEEK OF JULY 19 – JULY 25 : User Behavior Module
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Anisha Gopi
Faculty lead: Satchit Balsari
Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24: Jana Care / EkStep
Tuesday, July 21:
12 – 2 pm Lunch Meeting at Babajob
2 – 5 pm Jana Care / EkStep
Friday, July 24: Evening: Weekly Check in with Satchit Balsari, via skype
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WEEK OF JULY 26 – AUGUST 1 : Regulation and Policy Module
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Malavika Jayaram
Faculty lead: Malavika Jayaram
Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31: Jana Care / EkStep
Friday, July 31: Field trip to Center for Internet and Society and Weekly Check in with Malavika Jayaram, Center for Internet & Society
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WEEK OF AUGUST 2 – 8 : Regulation and Policy Module
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Malavika Jayaram
Faculty lead: Malavika Jayaram
Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7: Jana Care / EkStep
Friday, August 7: Weekly Check in with Malavika Jayaram, Center for Internet and Society
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WEEK OF AUGUST 9 – 15 : Debrief and Reflection
Location: Bangalore Point of Contact: Tarun Khanna, Satchit Balsari, Malavika Jayaram
Monday, August 10:
Morning: Meeting with Mahiti
12-5 pm: Students will be at Jana Care / EkStep
Tuesday, August 11:
8:30 am: Car Pick up at Alcove
9:30 – 12 pm : Session with Tarun Khanna
First Run Through of Presentations with Tarun and Malavika
Location: Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences
258/A, Hosur Road, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk
Dr. Devi Shetty’s Office, 2nd floor. It’s the hospital with the red-tiled roof when you enter the campus.
Afternoon: Students will return to Jana Care and EkStep for a ½ day
Wednesday, August 12:
9-12 pm: Students will be at Jana Care / EkStep (Last day at organizations)
PM: Students will have time to work on presentations incorporating Tuesday’s feedback
Thursday, August 13:
12:15 pm Car Pick up at Alcove
1 pm: Debrief on 8 week program with Tarun, Malavika, and Satchit
Location: Axilor, No. 739, 15th Cross, 6th Phase JP Nagar, Sarakki, Bangalore 560078
You should plan to go directly from Axilor to the final presentation event
6 pm: Final Presentation Event
Location: My Fortune Bengaluru, Member of ITC’s Hotel Group, 46,Richmond Road, Bengaluru-560025
Friday, August 14 : Program Concludes
Syllabus
South Asia Institute Summer 2015 Program
Using Mobile Technology to Change Societies
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Pre-departure Introductory Readings
Week of June 21 – June 27: Orientation
Week of June 28 – July 4: Technology Module
Week of July 5 – July 11: Technology Module
Week of July 12 – July 18: User Behavior Module
Week of July 19 – July 25: User Behavior Module
Week of July 26 – August 1: Regulation and Policy Module
Logistics and Resources
Accommodations
Ahmedabad
India Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Campus
Executive Education Accomodation
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, Gujarat
Delhi
AHUJA RESIDENCY, DELHI
193 Golf Links
New Delhi – 110 003, India
91-11-24622255, 91-11-24611027, 91-11-24623945
Bangalore
Alcove Service Apartments
# 535, 7th Cross, 8th A main, 4th block, Koramangala, Bangalore 560034
Organizations
Quorum, 7th Cross Road,
Koramangala 3rd Block, Koramangala,
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560 034
84, 8th C Main
Koramangala, 3J Block
(next to Raheja Residency)
Bangalore – 34
These organizations are a 8-12 minute walk from the Alcove Service Apartments. See map.
Contacts
Satchit Balsari, 9320225504, satchitbalsari@gmail.com
Anisha Gopi
Malavika Jayaram
Nora Maginn, 00 + 1 + 617-469-2239, maginn@fas.harvard.edu
Meena Hewett, 00 + 1 + 617-496-9198
Namrata Arora,
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