"Manohar Lakshmipathi works as a painter, but jobs are scarce, so he registered at Babajob.com, a networking site/Namas Bhojani for The International Herald Tribune." -- The NY Times, October 30, 2007Babajob brings social networking (and career advancement) to India's poor -- even those who lack computers. The founder, Sean Blagsvedt, a former employee of Microsoft, started Babajob.com to match India's elites with people who need jobs.
The NY Times covered the current technological expansion in India:
"Perhaps for less altruistic reasons, but often with positive results for the poor, corporations have made India a laboratory for extending modern technological conveniences to those long deprived. Nokia, for instance, develops many of its ultralow-cost cellphones here. Citibank first experimented here with a special A.T.M. that recognizes thumbprints — to help slum dwellers who struggle with PINs. And Microsoft has made India one of the major centers of its global research group studying technologies for the poor, like software that reads to illiterate computer users. Babajob is a quintessential example of how the back-office operations in India have spawned poverty-inspired innovation."Learn more about Babajob.com and thumbprint ATMs here.
