SMSONE is an Internationally Recognized Organization in Social Messaging. Our innovation of “Local SMS Community Newsletter for Self Employment Promotion” has won many international Awards like Clinton Global Initiatives YES Fund Award, NASSCOM Social Innovation Honor Award, Manthan Award and stood amongst Top 15 Best Ideas in the World at California based N2Y4 Mobile Innovation Challenge-2009. SMSONE also has been featured by Washington Post-US, TechCrunch-US, Fast Company-US, Contagious-UK, AsiaMag-Singapore, Entrepreneur-India, I4D, NCERT-CIET, VODAFONE, UNESCO-IFAP, FICCI reports and included in Hot 5 start-ups in India by most renowned Forbes magazine. Research studies on us were conducted by IIT-B, IIM-A, Oxford-DCI, Stanford-Seeds of Empowerment.

This initiative was started by 5 less educated - unemployed youths from Pune, Maharashtra led by National Youth Awardee, Mr Ravi Ghate has now spread in 5 states of India.

With the 3 years of experience in Social Messaging, we have initiated SMS based Info Alerts Services with prime focus on Rural & Semi-Urban Youths. In our “Local SMS Community Newsletter” model, we understood that, youths are the key readers of the messages and they are ‘messengers’ for entire family and neighborhood.

During this work, youths demanded some special services for themselves. Especially the educated - unemployed youths. They want to know about further educational opportunities, Career Guidance, Entrance Examinations, Competitive Examinations, Government Jobs and their advertisements, Business Opportunities at rural locations, and importantly, alerts about their cast based schemes, benefits, government programs etc. The service also should not cost them more than Rs. 50 per year was their demand.

What happens with these youths is …. They do not have someone to guide them at local level. One who knows little-bit becomes guide of these youths. This ‘Guide or Local Guru’ is never updated himself with the changing world. Even see in the colleges, the professors doesn’t know or don’t bother themselves to know about latest happening in their own subject. The situation is worst in the rural areas. So after getting ‘Valuable’ guidance from this Local Experts, youths spends 4-5 years in the colleges and when they graduates, they don’t get jobs, cant do any business, and even cant work with their parents in the farms because now they are ‘educated’. They spend their time with Local Politicians or in discussing on various non-productive issues. This way, due to wrong guidance, they add to the ‘Unemployment Pool’ of the nation.

And hundreds of such youths are lying unutilized in the nooks and corners of the country. We have been traveling across 5 states, the situation is worst everywhere.

When their stomachs are empty, why they will think of Nation? Why they will think of Integrity? They will become violent and start gathering on any issue lifted by Local Politician (for his own benefit) and throw stones on public properties.

Remember, if this Youth Energy can’t be channelised properly, no one can live peacefully. And India as a Super Power in 2020 will be a mere dream.

So come ahead, help us in our way of “Information for Transformation”.

Those who can read this page are more privileged ones. It is our duty to pass some part of knowledge, skills which we have mastered…. to the real needy ones.

Therefore considering Grassroots’ Youth Demand, we have launched 4 Prime Info Alert Services….

• eduVARTA: (Educational Alerts) : For College going students & for parents concern about their Son/Daughters future.
• bizVARTA : (Business Alerts) : For educated but unemployed youths for self employment promotion.
• vipVARTA : (Latest Happenings Alerts) : For village level youth social workers.
• SamajONE: (Cast based Alerts) : Every family of Every Cast will be united and informed.

• Knowledge Grid Push: We will collect and relay information gathered by Knowledge Grid. Every Info Alerts service will have a Knowledge Grid which will be formed through various Individual Subject Experts, Online Volunteers, NGOs, Govt Departments, Colleges, Institutions and Research Organizations.
• Q n A SMS 2.0 Platform: Pull- Push: In this system, any one requiring any kind of information can ask a query through SMS, online experts will answer his/her query on Web, and after moderation, the answers will be send through SMS back to the questioner. Simple process.
  
  This is very ideal for the Questioners - Knowledge seekers who are in rural areas and doesn’t have access to internet; computers or they are computer illiterate.
  
  We are offering First 3 question free for every questioner. Total 15 Push messages will be relayed to the questioner as a trial of this service.

• One voucher can be used for any one service out of 4.
• Cost of the voucher is Rs. 33/- (including Rs.3 Service Tax).
• Every voucher will consist of 100 Quality and Relevant messages.
• Validity of the voucher is until 100 messages gets consumed.
• Every 160 character message, 1 credit will be deducted.

We are targeting about 5 Lac Semi-urban & rural youths from 11th -to- Graduation to participate in it. Our intention behind this is to empower semi-urban & rural college going youths with SMS based educational information update & alert service.

Once we connect these students, they can play a major role in disseminating information which they have got through Info Alerts Services to the masses.

We want these Youths to work as Transformation Workers.

Organisations/Institutes/Colleges/Companies/Websites: As our Partners
You have mastery in Ur domain. Utilize it for the needy ones. Your organization can partner with us for various services. What we immediately required is…

• Educational Services.
• Career Guidance.
• Business Opportunities
• News Alerts

Or we can discuss on how we can mutually beneficial for each others. We do not have ample money. We have taken loans from our supporters. So while partnering, please note that we can’t offer U anything affront, but, can share the benefits of the results.

You can promote your brand through the answers posted to the questioners.

Experts: As Honorary Member of ‘SMSONE National Knowledge Grid’:

We wish to invite various Social minded experts on ‘SMSONE National Knowledge Grid’ as Honorary Member. You just need to send us whatever is new, innovative & important in your filed of expertise. Your participation will bring Knowledge Equality & Enlighten lacs of Youths.

Online Volunteers: If U are studying in Recognized Institute, College and have access to internet, kindly help us as Online Volunteer. You will get Live Experience of what exactly is the demand from Bottom of the Pyramid. You just have to go online on www.SMSONE.co.in and answer those queries which U feel are relating to your arena of studies. U also can help us in promoting these services online via social medias. We will honor you with a ‘Certificate of Participation’ from SMSONE and Seeds of Empowerment, a non profit spin-off of Stanford University, USA. (http://seedsofempowerment.org/)

Channel Partners: You can start similar services for your state as our Channel Partners. But this is not anyones job. It requires investment of atleast 20 Lacks and patience for atleast 2 years. And as this is being a Socio-Entepreneual project you cannot expect RoI above 15-20%. If you are serious, email to us.

Distributors/Dealers/Outlets-Agents: We need City-District wise Distributors/Suburb-Taluka wise Dealers and Location wise Outlets/Agents. We are offering upto 35% margins on various levels.
If you want exclusivity, you need to purchase 3 times the stand-alone offer.

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• Courses, Admission, Fees, Due Dates
• Trainings, Workshops, Seminars, Guest Lectures, Camps, Tours
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• Facilities, Needs, Demands
• Achievements, Appointments, Success News, Sad News
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• Self Employment Opportunities
• Exibitions, Workshops
• Government Chemes And Decisions
• Rural Busuiness, Home Based Business ,Side Business, Part Time Business
• Success Stories Of Entrepreneurs
• Business Guidance Organizations
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• Loan Schemes, Subsidies
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• Political, Co-Operative, Social, Government, Finance Sector News
• Appointments, Awards, Recognitions
• Updates Regarding Health, Spirituality, Arts-Culture

• Class & Caste Wise Information
• Various Governmental Schemes, Decisions, Benefits
• Social Gatherings
• Latest Happenings In The Cast Community
• Matrimonial & Employment Promotional Gatherings- Get Together
• Success Stories
• Important Decisions In Cast Rallies
• Demand, Opposition, Rules, Regulations