I met with Sukumar Srinivas of Cal-IT2 (thanks to Ayhan’s timely introduction). Earlier this year leaders from industry, government and academia from India and United States gathered at a high-level meeting held at Cal-IT2. The focus of this was to explore avenues for collaboration in technology research and education programs between the two counties with emphasis in innovation in science and technology. Sukumar is the manager for India-US initiatives (http://us-india.calit2.net/). Previously, he coordinated the Tribal Digital Village Network program with Hewlett-Packard. He has been involved in several projects connected to developing software for e-inclusion and has worked with User-interface issues such as that I am addressing in my research. I’m excited because I feel I’m in the right place at the right time and I’m more confident of my project turning to a product. I’m beginning to understand better the ground-reality in rural areas, the socio-political influences on communities and the effect of developing more user-friendly technology targeting these groups.