Ravi Ghate is a Pune-based Social Worker who has always focused his entire activities on the empowerment and upliftment of rural & deprived classes of society using ICT for a larger impact. - Facebook wrote a story on him to celebrate their 100M users mark in India for his efforts to help drought-affected people.- His Idea stood among the 'TOP 15 Mobile Social Innovations' in the World- He is the winner of India's apex award for young social workers, the National Youth Award from India's most Respected & Loved President, HE Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for his outstanding work in spreading Computer Literacy across the state of Maharashtra, especially in rural, tribal and backward areas.With a tagline of "From Zero-For Zeros", Ravi Ghate is thriving to empower the masses using ICT-based platforms for the last 15 years. ---He is the innovator of the 'Local SMS Community Newsletter', which has won many awards and accolades including the Manthan Award, NASSCOM Social Innovation Honor, and Clinton Global Initiative's YES Fund Award. This idea stood among the TOP 15 PUBLICLY VOTED "Mobile 4 Empowerment" ideas in the WORLD. SMSONE was ranked among the HOT 5 start-ups in 2010 by 'Forbes India Magazine' & FastCompany, USA.His efforts in helping drought-affected using Social Media ranked among the Top 5 Social Media Projects in the country. A group of 100 Empowerment Catalysts worked towards reducing the pains in drought-affected areas. A direct giving model was set which bypassed NGOs and middlemen and benefited Rs. 85 Lakh worth of work with a government valuation of over Rs. 2 Cr. Facebook published a story on 'Drought Help Group' to celebrate its 100 Million user base in India! Social Peace Force, a youth group on Facebook was formed to tackle disturbing posts about honorable leaders, social icons, and religions. The motive of this group was to avoid violence that erupts after such posts on social media. Digital attacks should be tackled digitally only, not on roads, was the theme behind this group, which won many accolades and appreciation from various sectors of society. Many research students published papers on his Innovation. To name a few, Oxford University, Stanford University, IIM-A, IIT-B, UNESCO, FICCI, etc. Washington Post, Fast Company, Tech-Crunch & many other national-international media houses published his stories.In order to promote Innovation, Entrepreneurship & start-ups amongst youths, he has conducted many seminars in colleges & universities across India. https://www.ravighate.in/