Formed in May 2004, the National Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Basic Human Needs will seek to take the ICTs-enabled knowledge revolution to all of India's 638,000 villages by August 15 2007, when the country celebrates its 60th year of independence. The Alliance sees itself as acting as a catalyst for technology innovation for rural ICT applications and connectivity. "It will work to bring the private sector and the academia together with strong support from civil society organizations for experimenting every innovation among the target communities." The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and OneWorld South Asia are jointly organising the Alliance.