First woman space traveller to take internet to rural India through TV
Anousheh Ansari, who had in September 2006 grabbed headlines for becoming the first woman space traveller, is now dreaming of connecting rural India with the internet via television screens. The Iranian-American entrepreneur, who is working with Tata Trust to help the rural areas in three districts of Rajasthan get access to select content on the internet using their TV sets through an innovative technology developed by her company Prodea Systems, is now planning to expand it across the state before taking it pan-India.
