Poonam Bharadwaj

Age: 35 years
Qualification: Post Graduation
Addess: Kharkhauda, Meerut
Family Occupation: Heading a School
Kiosk Startup Date: January 2006

Poonam Bharadwaj in not more than a year’s time, has built her own individuality and earned appreciations from the Sanpanch and the Panchayat people. Today Poonam has a minimum earning of Rs.3000-4000 per month within a year, which she knows will grow with the growth of her kiosk. She offers various services from her center like computer education, digital photography etc., and has plans to take up more services in the near future. She feels content, still has plans to grow because according to her she has found a means to serve her society and contribute to the development of her village.

Anwar Hussain Chowdhary

Age: 36 years
Qualification: Graduation
Address: Tezpur, Assam
Family Occupation: Farming
Kiosk Startup Date: July 2004
Best Performance: Rs.17,000 in December 2005

Anwar Hussain Chowdhary is a known name in list of Drishtee kiosk owners. He has received award for his efforts to bring changes in his society from Honorable President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He has been one of the oldest kiosk owners and has been continuously working for rendering more and more services to his community people. English and Computer Education has been one of the main focuses for him as he wishes that every child of his village should be well versed with English and Computers. Apart from this he has been successful in delivering many other new and regular services to his village people.

Mohit Gangwar

Age: 24yrs
Qualification: Graduation
Address: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Family Occupation: Digital Photography Shop
Kiosk Startup Date: April 2005
Best Performance: Rs. 17,000/- in December 2005

He represents the best of Drishtee Kiosk Owners who have started with minimum income levels and then grown a full fledged business out of their Drishtee Kiosk. A digital camera in Drishtee model therefore has been a point of initial attraction for Mohit like many others as well. The fact that he is bringing so many benefits to his community and is a part of a rural revolution makes him proud of owning a Drishtee Kiosk. Mohit is sure that his career peak is still to be reached where he should be able to bring the best of both worlds together – High profits for his Kiosk and services and social gains for the community.

Tasmina Begum

Age: 26 yrs
Qualification: Graduation
Address: Nagaon, Assam
Family Occupation: Business
Kiosk Startup Date: July 14, 2005

Tasmina is one of the better educated girls of rural India and a budding entrepreneur, more so because she belongs to the North Eastern state of Assam where the women literacy level is more than the national averages. Although she took sometime in getting started with the real business of Drishtee but once learnt ‘how to deliver and manage’, is now running the Kiosk very successfully. She is always ready to tap the available Drishtee’s support for bringing higher value services at her Drishtee Center and work towards her motive of ‘development for all’ in her village - especially for the needy and the poor.