Mark Zuckerberg's Chandauli Visit Was Part Of His Bigger Plan To Connect The ...

When Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook visited India in October 2014, to deliver his keynote address at the Internet.org's first summit, who had thought that he would choose to visit Chandauli, a small village situated on the outskirts of Delhi (around 150 miles away), over Taj Mahal and other world heritage sites in India.

But this man did; so, what if he only spent an hour (less than that) there. This visit was just a beginning of his mission for the future, a future where he sees everybody in the world connected through the Internet and help the society at large.

The essence of Mark's vision, his plans for the future and belief in Internet.org have been beautifully captured by Lev Grossman from Time magazine, in an article titled Inside Facebook's Plan To Wire The World. The story touches upon several aspects of his entire plan and also questions the audacity of his moves. A para in the story also suggests how Internet can do wonders in a country like India. It says, '...in India alone, extending Internet access from its current level, 15%, to a level comparable with that of more developed countries, say, 75%, would create 65 million jobs, cut cases of extreme poverty by 28% and reduce infant mortality by 85,000 deaths a year.'

If this is even 10% true, then the world's 14 ^th richest man seems to have set the right mission for himself and Chandauli was just a beginning. Let's take you through Mark's brief visit to Chandauli in pictures.