M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, along with the support from Sri Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai, have established 'The Jamshedji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity'. The academy envisaged to identify a million grass roots. Knowledge workers to be enlisted as fellows of the academy. This programme provides an info-Kiosk (PC with internet and video conferencing facility, scanner, photocopier etc.) at a low cost and also trains the Kiosk-owner, who then provides different services and in turn earns a reasonable sum of income.
The Government of India has further joined the alliance by providing a financial support of 100 crores. This proves that every village is envisaged as a 'Knowledge Centre'.