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{{ infobox company
| name = Comat Technologies Private Limited
| type = [[Social enterprise]]
| foundation = 1996
| location = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| area_served = [[India]]
| industry = [[Rural development]]
| num_locations = 800 (2008)
| num_employees = over 3000
| homepage = [http://www.comat.com/ comat.com]
}}
'''Comat''' is an [[India]]n [[social enterprise]] specializing in the delivery of information based services to rural citizens in India. It was founded in 1996 and currently has over 800 rural centers from which it serves over 75,000 citizens each day. In June 2011, Comat was acquired by Glodyn Technoserve, an IT services company headquartered in Mumbai, India.<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-10/news/29643074_1_e-governance-biz-e-governance-projects-comat-technologies]{{dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> The company's prior investors included [[Omidyar Network]], Avigo Capital and Elevar Equity.

==Services==
Comat has been involved in several projects that have eased people's access to essential information based services, especially in the State of [[Karnataka]]. The Company provides Government, Education and Financial Services to rural citizens through 800 [[telecentres]] set up as part of [[Project Nemmadi]], an expansion of the Rural Digital Services pilot.<ref>[http://nemmadi.karnataka.gov.in/ Nemmadi Project] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219061352/http://nemmadi.karnataka.gov.in/ |date=December 19, 2009 }}</ref> Comat has also been involved in the digitization of over 20 million land records ([[Bhoomi (software)]]), that has benefited over 6.7 million farmers in the State.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://connection.aed.org/main.htm |title=Making the Connection |edition=first |date=March 2007 |access-date=2010-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106150732/http://connection.aed.org/main.htm |archive-date=2010-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In partnership with the department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Comat has created a biometric database of over 45 million citizens living in Karnataka. This is the largest electronic citizen database in India and can act as the stepping stone for the [[Unique Identification Authority of India|Unique Identification Number]]. Comat has begun the Proof of Concept for the Unique Identification Number in two districts of Karnataka.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/smallbusiness/internet_for_india.fsb/index.htm An Internet for Rural India]
* Comat has digitized ration cards in [[Karnataka]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193029/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIBG%2F2009%2F11%2F30&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar00802 This is estimated to save over Rs. 450 million a month for the state.]

[[Category:Rural community development]]
[[Category:Social enterprises]]

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