Connect a Community via internet demonstrators & Future Networks Empowerment through Mentorship (FNEM) Connect meeting

Date: 13 November 2025

Location: Hulimangala Gram Panchayat, Hulimangala, Karnataka – 560105, India

The ‘Connect a Community’ is a daylong program to present demos of ten innovative solutions to villages in India to help such rural communities in bridging the digital divide. The program is also an effort to recognize how IEEE Challenges/Award winners have shown significant growth from their ideation stage to a sustained business solution.

The Future Networks Empowerment through Mentorship (FNEM) Connect meeting will follow the IEEE’s ‘Connect a Community’ program. The IEEE FNEM is a global initiative of the FNTC and the Lemelson Foundation. ​The FNEM Connect aims to introduce and build early momentum amongst technological innovators who are starting their entrepreneurial journey. This meeting aims to create awareness about the FNEM upcoming launch-taking place in India during 2026.

Highlights of the day