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Smart Village – Concept and Intended Benefits

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This chapter discusses the idea of smart villages and the evolution of smart village concepts, beginning with the PURA initiative in India, and how different countries, organizations and stakeholders have defined smart villages. It identifies ideal elements of a greenfield smart village and the various financing options for a smart village. Benefits of a smart village implementation are described, including the opportunity to utilize the CSR (corporate social responsibility) funds set aside by private enterprises.

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  1. Process Research ORTECH Inc, Mississauga, ON, Canada

    V. I. Lakshmanan

  2. Handicare International, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Kalyanasundaram

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  1. Process Research ORTECH Inc, Mississauga, ON, Canada

    V. I. Lakshmanan

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Arun Chockalingam

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto and The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada

    V. Kumar Murty

  4. Handicare International, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Kalyanasundaram

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Lakshmanan, V.I., Kalyanasundaram, S. (2022). Smart Village – Concept and Intended Benefits. In: Lakshmanan, V.I., Chockalingam, A., Murty, V.K., Kalyanasundaram, S. (eds) Smart Villages. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68458-7_2

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