Hilmi Quraishi

This video profiles Ashoka-Lemelson fellow Hilmi Quraishi's work with mobile innovations in rural India and demonstrates the power of collaboration between the private and citizen sectors. The video premiered during yesterday's panel session on building the business-social bridge.

Mobile Technology Inventions in Rural India: The Case for Building Business-Social Bridges from Cory Wilson on Vimeo.

Below is a longer version of the video.

Press Release: New Delhi, February 09, 2010

Today, Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation organized a media briefing in the capital as a part of their Tech4Society initiative to recognize and showcase the innovations of two remarkable inventor-entrepreneurs – Hilmi Quraishi and Pradip Sarmah. The agenda of the briefing was The Indian Inventor Entrepreneurs and their contribution towards Sustainable Development.

The first-of-its kind Initiative with support from Microsoft® strives to bring greater attention to the importance of technological innovation in driving global development and highlight effective strategies for cultivating the next generation of inventor-entrepreneurs and scaling their world-changing ideas. The media briefing saw them discussing best practices, demonstrating their inventions and sharing their vision for the future, driven by the combination of invention and innovation.

Hilmi Quraishi and Pradip Sarmah have been chosen for their unique and cutting edge uses of technology, education, capital and support as tools for community development, policy setting and poverty alleviation.

This post contributed by Ashoka's Osman Ashai. The following is Part 2 in a case study series following Ashoka Fellow Hilmi Quraishi's collaboration with Microsoft to use mobile technology to educate the public and health care workers about Tuburculosis prevention and treatment.