Rural Oriented BPOs
Rural Oriented BPOs
Rural Oriented BPOs
An Emerging Concept
Presented By:Sandeep Agarwal Shipra Sharma Shradha Singh UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Prof S P Garg Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur
RURAL BPO
Rural BPO
Rural BPO is a similar establishment as other BPOs but is setup in a rural landscape. To provide new job opportunities in the villages To help bridge the gap between India's urban and its poor rural people
About Drishtee
Drishtee has set up a rural BPO centre in Saurath, a small village in the Madhubani district in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. It utilize the latest ICT components to provide top quality services like call centre support, digitization services etc. to clients in India and abroad. Drishtee is also leveraging its vast network of 4,200 kiosks across the country to provide these services from geographically distributed centres.
MODEL
Drishtee focuses on building local capacity to create opportunities for growth Generates wealth for the community Drishtee works on a rural franchising model Has established sustainability with development outcomes. Creates significant social and economic impact. It is Scalable and Replicable across the globe for disaggregated communities.
Approach
Follows a bottom up approach All offerings are those which are needed by the rural market and which create an impact. Such as Health and Education Drishtee's model is entrepreneur driven On several instances a woman Key reason along with its approach for products and services that it is scalable and sustainable.
Infrastructure
Drishtee's model works where the locations are remote Since easy accessibility is an issue, Drishtee can add higher value. Typically these locations are such where infrastructure would always be a constraint. Drishtee aims to perfect the last mile delivery systems using technology and scientific methods
Impact on Community
Bottom up approach and service delivery eGovernance Banking &Finance Livelihood Market Education Information Agriculture
The BPO Centre at Saurath has impacted the lives of several individuals, particularly women by providing them with jobs within their communities.
Concept
Three key concepts to our approach: 1. 2. 3. Impact on Community (of products and services) Bottom up approach and ability to deliver aggregation of demand and Supply Chain Network and network strength
The idea is to help educated rural youth, upgrade the quality of their lives without destructing the cultural fabric. The aim to hold back the youth from migrating to cities by providing employment here in villages.
Sai Seva
Sai Seva (Serve and Inspire Simple Employment for Village Advancement) BPO was started by the management students of Sri Sathya Sai University in May 2006. SAI SEVA was set up for two main reasons: To utilize the potential of Indias youth. To deliver speedy, cost-efficient, and quality results to customers who required low-skill, but intense back-office work. The middle and lower level employees in SAI SEVA are people from the surrounding villages.
Quality Policy
SAI SEVA is committed to spearhead the concept of Rural BPO by: Training and enhancing the skills of the rural educated youth Providing cost efficient and qualitative process support to our clients. Striving to continuously improve service offerings based on the philosophy of Harmony of Thought, Word and Deed.
The S3 model
For Basix, India Basix is a pioneer in rural livelihood promotion in India and they provide a wide variety of services and financial products for the Indian rural sector. Insurance claims processing Basix sells insurance products to its rural customers via tie ups with major insurance companies. Claims are received at our center where the relevant data is captured from the forms and compliance policy checks are carried out. Fresh proposal forms entry Insurance proposal forms from prospective customers are received and the form data is captured. Telephone based support Claim status updates for customers calling on a toll-free number at our center.
Infrastructure
75 fully done-up modular workstations to seat 150 employees in two shifts. Air-conditioned premises. Dedicated server room, gigabit LAN cabling. 6 Mbps dedicated connectivity client-provided connectivity and 2 Mbps internet connection. Continuous power supply with UPS supported by 42 KVA generators. Closed circuit cameras and Access controlled entry points 24 hours physical security presence. Fully compliant with banking information security guidelines Dedicated training rooms.
Contd..
Enhancing speaking good English. Sai Seva has already started training local village youths on basic computer skills such as Microsoft Office. Sai Seva is looking at more rural centers in locations such as Bagepally and Kuppam in AP, and will have centres in over 25 villages across the country in the coming few years. Targeted marketing by Word of Mouth.
Conclusion
The outsourcing business in India is based on sound fundamentals. But constant innovation and spotting new opportunities can help rejuvenate this competitive advantage and rural BPO is definitely one of those business innovations. The pace with which the concept of rural BPO proliferates will decide the future of the Indian outsourcing business vis--vis the global competition.