Verified · Jul 20261 min read
● projectActive · subnational · 2009
Mobile Vaani (Gram Vaani): voice-based community media network
Voice- and IVR-based community media platform that works without internet or a smartphone: users place a missed call and the server calls back; with the keypad they navigate, record and listen to voice messages.
illustrative atlas image · Ilnur / Unsplash01 The context
Created by Gram Vaani (founders from IIT Delhi), it gives voice to rural communities on health, labor rights, governance, agriculture and child development, with human moderation. It has served more than 3 million users in 25+ districts and 8 languages.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceAn Analysis of Impact Pathways arising from a Mobile-based Community Media Platform in Rural IndiaarXiv (Moitra, Kumar, Seth) · 2021
EvidenceExperiences from a mobile-based behaviour change campaign on maternal and child nutrition in rural IndiaACM ICTD 2019 · 2019