Using design thinking for integrated development issues
The MD and CEO of Siemens India expands on how the company’s Project Asha is addressing the severe development deficit in rural India. Mokhada Block, Palghar district, Maharashtra, a complete tribal belt is around 130 kilometers north of India’s financial capital Mumbai. The nearest town is Wada, 27 kilometers away. The village lacked basic amenities that city-dwellers take for granted. Every year, during monsoon, most of the villages in Mokhada would be cut off from the rest of the world [...]