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>MickyShy: Requesting speedy deletion (CSD G11).

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{{Infobox company
| name = DRISHTEE
| type = Private company
| foundation = 2000
| location = [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh|Noida]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| area_served = [[India]]
| key_people = [[Satyan Mishra]] (founder)
| industry = [[rural development|Development]]
| homepage = http://www.drishtee.com/
}}
'''Drishtee''' is an [[India]]-based business that provides information technology goods and services<ref>[http://www.i4donline.net/sept04/drishtee.asp i4donline.net ~ September 2004 Issue: Drishtee: A successful franchising business model for CMC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111080633/http://www.i4donline.net/sept04/drishtee.asp|date=11 January 2006}}</ref> to rural India through village kiosks that are run and managed by local entrepreneurs. These kiosks are developed using a franchise and partnership model.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_11/b4025405.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_success+stories Designing Change] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306171550/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_11/b4025405.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_success+stories |date=6 March 2007 }}</ref>

==Services==
Some of the services provided by Drishtee include computer education, English courses, rural BPO, government services, health, insurance, e-commerce, microfinance etc. Through its low cost, direct delivery network of over 2,400 kiosks, Drishtee has impacted the lives of over 1.5 Million people in rural India.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} One of Drishtee's primary objectives is to empower rural communities by supporting local entrepreneurship and thus helping to stem the [[distress migration]] of people from rural to urban parts of the country. The organisation was founded in 2000 and is currently led by its co-founder and managing director – Mr. Satyan Mishra.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson |first=Simon |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1565563,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120041603/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1565563,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2007 |title=Linking To Rural India |work=Time |date=9 November 2007}}</ref>

In its effort to bring critical services to rural India, which is home for more than 60% of the country's population, Drishtee has partnered with the following organisations:
* [[Acumen Fund]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acumenfund.org/investment/drishtee.html |title=Drishtee |publisher=Acumen Fund |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126125244/http://www.acumenfund.org/investment/drishtee.html |archivedate=26 November 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Amaron Batteries
* ICICI Prudential
* [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC)<ref>[http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gbo.nsf/Content/Drishtee IFC GBI – Drishtee] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232241/http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gbo.nsf/Content/Drishtee |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Microsoft]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/f/69f8c76b-198e-4114-9c12-f0b13e4d7e4e/WP_ScalingNewHeights.pdf|title=Microsoft Unlimited Potential|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320094352/http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/f/69f8c76b-198e-4114-9c12-f0b13e4d7e4e/WP_ScalingNewHeights.pdf|archivedate=20 March 2009|accessdate=17 December 2007}}</ref>
* National Skill Development Corporation
* Scojo
* [[State Bank of India]]

Drishtee works in collaboration with several of its sister organisations that provide specialised services to rural India. Some of these organisations are:

* Drishtee Skill Development Center
* Quiver Infoservices<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_11/b4025408.htm |title=A Do-Good Diary |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203061921/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_11/b4025408.htm |archivedate=3 December 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Cyber InfoDev
* Drishtee Foundation

==Recognition==

* [[Ashoka Foundation]] Fellowship Award, 2004 – Awarded to founder, Mr. Satyan Mishra<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2623 |title=Satyan Mishra |publisher=Ashoka.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402072821/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2623 |archivedate=2 April 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Red Herring 100 Asia Award, 2006<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-29-2006/0004423170 Red Herring Reveals the Award Winners of the 'Red Herring 100 Asia'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206180247/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F08-29-2006%2F0004423170 |date=6 February 2008 }}</ref>
* Deloitte FAST 50 (Asia), 2006 – Winner<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/17555.html |title=Drishtee fastest growing high-tech company in the country: Deloitte |work=The Indian Express |date=29 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222044020/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/17555.html |archivedate=22 December 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Tech Pioneer, 2007 – Award given by [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/05/stories/2006120502371600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107030951/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/05/stories/2006120502371600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Business : Two Indian cos. among technology pioneers |date=5 December 2006}}</ref><ref>[http://www.weforum.org/en/about/Technology%20Pioneers/SelectedTechPioneers/2007TechPioneers/Drishtee/index.htm World Economic Forum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113221927/http://www.weforum.org/en/about/Technology%20Pioneers/SelectedTechPioneers/2007TechPioneers/Drishtee/index.htm |date=13 November 2007 }}</ref>
* Invitation to the [[Clinton Global Initiative]], 2007<ref>[http://attend.clintonglobalinitiative.org/home.nsf/ext_2006_attend?Open&att=speak_mishra :: Clinton Global Initiative ::]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.drishtee.com Drishtee]
*[http://www.quiver.in/ Quiver]
*[http://www.cyberinfodev.com/ Cyber InfoDev]
*[http://www.ceepindia.com/ Centre For Education & Entrepreneurship Programme(CEEP)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080101083443/http://www.drishteehaat.com/ Drishtee Haat]
*[http://www.drishteefoundation.org/ Drishtee Foundation]
*[https://www.xcede.com/ Xcede]

[[Category:Social enterprises]]
[[Category:Information technology companies of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Noida]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:Business services companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

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