DEF, in collaboration with the British Council, has launched the latter’s English and Digital for Girl’s Education (EDGE) programme at CIRC Halduchaur in Uttarakhand. This course is designed on the concept of peer-to-peer-learning, making use of digital and non-digital tools and gamification of teaching methods. The programme is now running at 21 centres of DEF…
With the aim to orient stakeholders in the development sector to maximise the power of their social media presence, DEF in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) organised a Social Media for Empowerment workshop at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on October 26, 2016. The workshop targeted civil society organisations, youth, academicians and entrepreneurs…
The eNGO Challenge Awards is aimed at identifying, recognising and felicitating organisations that have done exceptional work amid communities using various kinds of new age digital tools. On October 24, 2016, a day-long jury for eNGO Challenge Awards was held at Sanskriti Kala Kendra, New Delhi, to choose the best innovators among 62 finalists. This…
Internet is transforming our lives faster than we realise. However, almost 70 per cent of rural and semi-urban India is still far from being connected. The world has shifted to digital mediums for primary source of information but a large part of India is still living in information darkness even though the medium of digital…
How can we hope to create a cashless economy without understanding the lives of the poor who form a majority of the country’s population
There are more cashless people in India than the number of people who have the means to live cashless lives
Remember the time when people didn’t trust private banks in India? Well, the mistrust seems to be shifting towards the state banks now, at least in rural India
On October 24, 2016, Capgemini India and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) distributed notebooks at 46 government schools in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh under Project Akshara. Almost 10,000 students (8,870 primary and 2,060 junior high school students) were covered under this initiative. Capgemini is the world’s leading technology solutions provider; and it offers consulting, technology…
The state of being not connected is leading to mass exclusion of at least a billion people in India
This article was first published by The Better India on October 17, 2016. Muzaffar Ansari, more popularly known as Kalle Bhai, is a man of many stories and mysteries. A Class 6 dropout, Kalle Bhai pursued his passion for history and heritage to become a tourist guide, an explorer and a man who can speak and…
