Technology Adoption · Rural Entrepreneurship · Digital Inclusion · Community Innovation
A full-stack rural technology ecosystem co-designed with communities — grounded in E4LIFE PhD research on community water-purification adoption (Jivamritam, 320 communities, 6 states) and solar lemongrass distillation (Valaramkunnu tribal community, Wayanad) — alongside SREE, IoT health devices, O-Labs, AmritaKripa and Smart-SHG platforms deployed across 10 states and 4,500+ households.
Kerala · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Odisha · Uttar Pradesh · Himachal Pradesh · Uttarakhand · Rajasthan · Bihar
The Jivamritam initiative — community-managed, decentralised purification across 320 rural & peri-urban communities (SDG 6). E4LIFE PhD research (Mithun Raj, 2026 — iScience Q1, IF 4.1) across 906 households in 54 communities, 6 states, identifies perceived severity, ease of access, social norms and institutional trust as primary adoption drivers.
Communities facing institutional distrust receive transparency mandates, public ledgers, capacity-building and grievance channels. Local ‘Community Champions’ build positive descriptive norms and align outreach with regional cultural values — modelled via an Enhanced Theory of Change.
Solar-Hybrid Lemongrass Distillation, Valaramkunnu (E4LIFE PhD — Clément Baudouin-van Os, 2026, IEEE Access) restored livelihoods of 55 Paniya, Kattunayakan & Kurichiya tribal households. 76 adoption factors across 8 dimensions; RSM optimization (10 kg, 126°C, 40 min, 50 ml/batch); 75% CO₂ reduction vs firewood; women operate autonomously.
Bridges engineering design and community constraints — 76 ethnographic adoption factors translated into 15 hardware redesigns via Human-Centered Design (colour-coded controls, LED feedback, hybrid solar-electric-gas energy). C2C framework adapts ADDIE to oral traditions: 63% knowledge gain over two months.
KCC digital pilots
Smart-SHG platforms
University-to-village translation
Jivamritam policy linkage
Solar distillation scale-up
