Introduction

This chapter offers the readers an introductory overview of what the book entails. It lays out why the book is important, what to expect ahead and the broad questions guiding the entire book. Subsequently, the chapter enables the readers to embark on a brief chapter-wise journey to help navigate the book. It briefly touches upon several concepts and dimensions which have been detailed throughout the book. The chapter demystifies the intricacies of the research contribution presented here, its uniqueness and logical flow, following which the authors attempt to practically realize the research goal of attaining holistic rural empowerment using their social knowledge management framework.