30/05/2022
Ladies and Gentlemen Presenting you the Raising Entrepreneur from Rural Area Sindh, Sehwan Sharif !
Let me introduce Mr. Sajid Bhutto, a teacher, mentor, and entrepreneur from Sehwan, he has taken the initiative to bring a digital revolution in the villages of Sindh.
President of Pakistan Arif Alvi awarded him the certificate of the third-best idea in the category of Education from all over Pakistan.
Sajid presented the creative idea of Digital Village, which he has primarily nurtured with his resources.
He wants to turn the youth of rural Sindh into walking factories through digital technologies.
His idea consists of three domains. These include digital literacy, finding solutions to social problems based on the Internet of Things, and employment to rural artisans and service providers through E-commerce.
'The Internet of Things' training was given to the youth to solve the problems facing the agrarian economy through the internet and digital technologies to make the digital village model a reality. As a result, 18 startups emerged from Sehwan alone. Out of which, four startups are being incubated at different Incubation Centers.
These four startups include a realtime monitoring system for pond water quality and parameters in fish farming, a mobile application for identifying harmful bacteria in drinking and human consumption water. An analytical technique for analysing crop health during crop drone surveys, quantifying phosphate and nitrate fertilisers, Auto water tank and the startup of an e-commerce platform that sells rural women's embroidery online is also included.
According to Sajid Bhutto, there is a lot of talent in the villages of Sindh and other provinces of Pakistan, but lack of capital and internet connectivity are the biggest challenges. He said that about $20000 was required to digitize each village of 20 villages of Jamshoro, which he had selected for Pakistan's first digital village project in Sindh.
He can also provide a workforce to the software houses operating in Pakistan for web development, freelancing, e-commerce and coding projects in the international market.
A mobile laboratory has been set up in the villages of Jamshoro to provide training. He takes laptops, batteries and devices in his car to the villages where training classes are conducted for the youth near their homes.
Trainees of 'The Internet of Things' include skilled craftsmen, electricians, and mechanics who have improved their skills through the Digital Village Project and use their experience and expertise to reach out to rural people through digital technologies to find solutions to the problems.
So support him for digital revolution in Pakistan. Thanks