amritsar aiming to bring lowcost internet connectivity to youth in india and around the world where affordability matters suneet singh tuli president and ceo of datawind inc has made his mission to bring the internet which has the ability to create tremendous social and economic benefits to billions of unconnected people in india and around the developing world his company has been named to mit technology reviews 2014 annual list of 50 smartest companies having offices in london uk mississauga and montreal canada amritsar and new delhi india amritsar became tulis first choice not because it is a holy city but he is impressed to see the aggressive youth workforce unfortunately majority of it looking for job opportunities and he has hired 700 of them and growing headquartered in mississauga ontario and traded as a publicly listed company on the toronto stock exchange datawind is focusing on bridging the digital divide through its breakthrough patented technologies born in ludhiana tuli is a bachelors of applied sciences in civil engineering from university of toronto his company invented aakash ubislate globally recognized as worlds least expensive tablet computer q why you chose your india headquarters at amritsar over it hubs like banglore etca i wanted to show that amritsar has immense potential its youth force is dedicated to work but unfortunately they didnt have many opportunities i am not only trying to set an example before others to follow but also dealing nationwide from here people here are very intelligent we have employed 700 so far and the number is growing the company has rolled out half a million internetenabled tablets and smartphones from its production facility that was opened in july 2015 in amritsar q how can you provide internet access to millions of have nots in india a i want to cater to the forgotten billion once you get past the upper and middle classes youve got a billion people who are not part of the media theyre not part of the political class and are literally out of the system we are having negotiations with micro financing companies to provide tablets and net books which for rs 200 to rs 300 a month and we are going to make this announcement in near future q have you talked to punjab government or other state governments for their help a governments work slowly but we are making efforts to provide affordable tablets and net books to common parents so they could buy them easily independent of what government does we want to bring affordability in this sector and want to see a tablet with internet connection in hand of every kid q what is your opinion on prime minister narendra modis make in india initiative a the manufacturing industry is very energized at indian governmentss make in india initiative were excited with the concrete steps taken by the indian government to help implement both the visions of digital india and make in india q other than selling these low