Overview

• BiG Tech: Bridging the Digital Divide
• Aims of Big Tech
• How BiG Tech works
• Big Tech and its BiG Reach

BiG Tech: Bridging the Digital Divide

BiG Tech launched in August 2007, is a key technology philanthropy program of NASSCOM Foundation. Under this program, NGOs receive software and hardware at very subsidized rates. The program was conceived to assist NGOs cut their ICT budget as well as functionally scale up their operations and ICT projects by providing them access to software donated by our donor partners. It makes technology assistance accessible to any NGO in India with just a click of a button. BiG Tech currently has five donors on board namely Microsoft, Eagle conferencing, Bytes of Learning, Busy Infotech and Quick Heal (anti-virus).

Aims of Big Tech

• To facilitate NGOs to have easier access to technology—both hardware and software.
• To encourage technology companies to donate their products and services for NGOs and non-profits in India.

The BiG Tech portal (www.bigtech.in) is a convenient and transparent portal that enables Indian as well as foreign technology companies to reach out to the million plus NGO community in India. Technology companies can use the BiG Tech portal as a part of their CSR objective by donating hardware and software. Microsoft was the first donor on this platform for India.

NASSCOM Foundation delivers this program in India in partnership with TechSoup, a US-based organization.

How BiG Tech works

An NGO that is interested in software donation applies online to NASSCOM Foundation. NASSCOM Foundation through its network of partners and outreach, does a due diligence on the applicant and based on the set criteria qualifies the NGO(s) for the grant.

For the technology company that is interested in donating its products, this becomes an effective channel for a scalable model of private-civil society partnership for their CSR efforts. At the same time it enhances the outreach of their technology products and bring goodwill. Technology companies can use the BiG Tech portal as a part of their CSR initiative.

BiG Tech and its BiG Reach

• Over 300 registered NGO's
• Number of products donated – 4500
• Software donated worth - 56 million
• Big Tech reach covers over 138 districts in over 26 states across India
• Catering to various areas of prime focus (‘activity code’)

For more details on BiG Tech please visit http://www.bigtech.in