Wholesale The Road to Mori: Smart Villages of Tomorrow - Paperback

by Solomon Darwin (Author) It only takes one great idea to change the lives of 3.4 billion people. That idea is the Smart Village.For people in many parts of the world, removing the barriers holding back their potential doesn't require massive investment in infrastructure; it often requires little more than spreading knowledge and information. When you design innovations the right way, they fuel scalable and sustainable transformation for the economy and environment. People's lives are dramatically changed for the better and forever.The rural villages become Smart Villages in the Smart Village Movement.These villages can very quickly become new realities that unlock undreamed of possibilities for the more than 3.4 billion people around the world. The Road to Mori is the beginning of this journey. Mori, India is the village in South India where Solomon Darwin was born an untouchable. The book follows Solomon as he comes to America and, with drive, perseverance and persistence, moves from his more than humble beginnings to success. First in the corporate world, and then academia as the Executive director of the Haas School of Innovation UC Berkeley. The book is a record of his thoughts about what the idea of a Smart Village, and how it could become a reality. The story chronicles his return to Mori, India -- where he was born an untouchable -- to transform it from a struggling rural community to the first Smart Village in the world. A village where the villager's lives and happiness have been dramatically improved in ways that were previously unimaginable. A village that has become a beacon of hope for struggling rural villages and the 3.4 billion people all over the world. Author Biography Solomon Darwin was born an untouchable in Mori, a remote village in South India. Today, Professor Darwin is the Executive Director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches about Smart Villages. Known as the "Father of the Smart Village Movement," he has developed scalable business models that support rural village markets by aligning global brands, startups, and local cottage industries to form a better, more sustainable future. He has worked with the Government of India in Andhra Pradesh, and with many Silicon Valley startups and global corporations including Google, IBM, Ericsson, PayPal, and Cisco to make the Smart Village Movement a reality. This is the story of his return to Mori to make the village the first Smart Village in India, and a beacon for struggling rural villages everywhere, To become part of the Smart Village Movement visit us at smartvillagemovement.org Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 02, 2018