verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message comat technologies private limited type social enterprise industry rural development founded 1996 headquarters bangalore india area served india number of employees over 3000 website comat.com comat is an indian social enterprise specializing in the delivery of information based services to rural citizens in india . it was founded in 1996 and currently has over 800 rural centers from which it serves over 75 000 citizens each day . in june 2011 comat was acquired by glodyn technoserve an it services company headquartered in mumbai india . 1 the company s prior investors included omidyar network avigo capital and elevar equity . services edit comat has been involved in several projects that have eased people s access to essential information based services especially in the state of karnataka . the company provides government education and financial services to rural citizens through 800 telecentres set up as part of the nemmadi project . 2 comat has also been involved in the digitization of over 20 million land records bhoomi software that has benefited over 6.7 million farmers in the state . 3 in partnership with the department of food civil supplies and consumer affairs comat has created a biometric database of over 45 million citizens living in karnataka . this is the largest electronic citizen database in india and can act as the stepping stone for the unique identification number . comat has begun the proof of concept for the unique identification number in two districts of karnataka . references edit 1 dead link nemmadi project making the connection first ed . . march 2007 . external links edit official site in july 2008 legatum announced the 1 million legatum fortune technology prize created to award for profit organizations or individuals whose application of technology solutions has demonstrably improved the quality of life amongst impoverished populations in developing countries . the first winners were announced at the fortune 500 forum in washington d.c. on december 1 2008 with 1 million being shared equally between comat technologies pvt. ltd. and microfinance international corporation . comat was awarded the nasscom innovation award in 2007 an internet for rural india comat has digitized ration cards in karnataka . this is estimated to save over rs . 450 million a month for the state . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title comat technologies & oldid 691515109 categories rural community developmentsocial enterpriseshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2012articles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 20 november 2015 at 09 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view