Google’s Educational Internet Bus starts its tour of Uttar Pradesh

Having traveled across South India, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat, the Google Internet Bus continues to add more miles and smiles as it enters the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its first stop will be Lucknow, followed by various towns and cities across U.P.

The Internet Bus is a custom designed mobile bus, which takes the internet experience to people in their preferred language. The main aim is to educate people about the Internet and how it may be beneficial to their lives.

Commenting on the successful run of the Google Internet Bus project, Srikanth Belwadi, Product Manager, Google India said, "The Internet is a strong medium of knowledge. Our attempt through the Internet Bus is to spread awareness of this medium and its relevance in our daily life."


The Internet Bus has enjoyed good success during its previous legs and has touched the lives of more than 12,00,000 Indians across 110 towns stopping at over 1000 locations. Surveys have indicated that over 30% of our visitors have gone online for the first time after visiting the Internet Bus and over 50% of our visitors have told at least five people about the benefits of the Internet.

Google aims to replicate the success of this project in Uttar Pradesh by providing people with a platform to experience the Internet.

Users across India will be able to follow the bus through its journey, see pictures and videos and join online communities by simply visiting www.google.co.in/internetbus.


Posted by Nishant Nair, Project Manager, Google India.

Google India’s Internet Bus Enters Punjab & Haryana

The Google Internet Bus continues its journey across India educating people about the benefits of the Internet. A few weeks ago the project was launched in Chandigarh marking the start of its Punjab & Haryana tour. The bus will tour 15 cities across the two states over the next 40 days. The response during the first few weeks has been very heartening with over 40,000 visitors experiencing the Internet on board.

In Punjab & Haryana the Internet Bus we will focus on content in Punjabi, Hindi & English divided into four main themes which are information, education, communication & entertainment.

The bus project has grown from strength to strength since its launch in February 2009. Lakhs of people have physically trooped through the bus in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh , Kerala & Rajasthan and have learnt about the uses of the internet. Our surveys show that more than 1/4th of our visitors in each state have gone online for the first time after visiting the Internet Bus. We also found that at least 50% of our visitors have told more than five people about the internet.

Google has also learned from this initiative, the recently launched Virtual Keyboard on the Hindi Homepage is aimed at making it easier for first time users to search for information on the Internet.

Users across India can follow the bus through its journey, see pictures & videos, and join online communities by simply visiting http://www.google.co.in/internetbus.

Posted by Nishant Nair & Srikanth Belwadi