Vivara Vicharam
My blogs
- ചാലക്കുടി മണ്ഡലം
- ആനന്ദാദര്ശം
- ചാലക്കുടിയുടെ ഇന്നസന്റു്
- '99% against 1%' (99% ജനങ്ങള് ആഗോള ധന മൂലധനാധിപത്യത്തി...
- ആരോഗ്യശ്രീ
- Nava Keralam
- ലോകസഭ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിലെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ വിഷയങ്ങള്
- വിവരവിനിമയം
- Vivara Vicharam
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Social Entrepreneurship |
| Location | Cochin, Kerala, India |
| Introduction | Appropriate Technology Promotion Society (ATPS in short) is a society registered under Travancore-Kochi Scientific, Literary and Charitable Societies Registration Act 1960 (Act XII of 1960), in the year 2001 under No ER.419/2001. ATPS identifies and promotes the use of appropriate technology in various fields. The thrust area of intervention are Information Technology with the use of Free Software, Solar Energy, Health Care, Education, rural development, environment protection etc. In the past, it has been engaged in promotion of Free Software in the use of Information Technology for the people and has come up with viable alternatives in almost all areas of social life including E-Governance, ERP, Online Banking, Accounting, Asset Management, Publishing etc. In the process it was instrumental in the formation of many social ventures including OSS ICS, DAKF, FSIA, FSMI etc. Arogyasree is the latest project it launched to identify, formulate and consolidate a set of viable alternative health care practices for ensuring cheap and effective health care for the society as against the finance capital lead medical business looting the people of their earnings and well being. |
| Interests | Appropriate Technology Promotion, currently concentrating on Free & Open Source Software (Better to call it SWATHANTHRA SOFTWARE as term 'Free' is bit confusing whether it stands for price or freedom, while it stands for freedom. |