Rs. 70,000 crore budget, and not even 70,000 connected?
Taxpayer money allocated to connect millions of Indians who live in rural and remote areas hasn’t actually been able to make the Internet accessible to the masses
Building a Networked Society
Manoj Dawane VP & Head – Technology, Government & Industry Relations, Sustainability & Corp Responsibility, Ericsson India With Broadband & mobility becoming basic needs of people across the globe, the world is witnessing a digital revolution. Be it education and healthcare or how we build our cities to how we run our businesses,…
Language is not a barrier for rural Tamil Nadu
Keeping in mind the language barrier for most people in rural parts of Tamil Nadu, digital literacy is being provided to students in both English and Tamil. Additionally, the medium of videos is frequently adopted by the trainer to ensure faster learning among students through an engaging and interactive medium. After watching one such video,…
THE MOBILE REVOLUTION
Lokesh Mehra, Director – Education Services, Symantec ICT development (availability of telecom, broadband, computers, and software in a country) has a direct correlation with the overall social, economic progress and growth of a country. The mobile phone today acts as a substitute for lack of physical connectivity and provides the regulatory compliance of a Know Your Customer…
Ensuring access to information for all
Access to information at the village level has always been a challenge. Often intended beneficiaries of public schemes and measures are unable to access the benefits due to severe lack of capabilities, social structures, economic marginalization, exploitation, social values, cultural norms and discrimination, among other reasons. Absence of appropriate mechanisms and limited resources at the…
DigiKala team in geared up to enhance visibility
In an effort to share DigiKala updates and milestones with a wider global audience, the project team, including trainers and coordinators, will soon be launching a three-month social media campaign in an effort to reach out to over 20,000 people on a daily basis. This will be achieved through photo stories, stories of impact, quotes…
Baank-e-Loom is launched officially amid fanfare
On September 26, 2016, Baank-e-Loom project was officially launched — by the project’s CSR partner Ericsson — amid eminent personalities and media persons of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The event, which was hosted at Taj Vivanta Hotel, saw DG UP Police Sutapa Sanyal and First Chief Information Commissioner of India Wajahat Habibullah as the chief guests…
Introducing India’s youth to tribal communities
Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF) & the Indian Institute of Health Management Research University (IIHMRU) has recently launched a Certificate Programme in Rural Livelihoods (CPRL). The certificate programme is a residential programme wherein, over a period of six months, students of the course will be travelling through 10 states of the Central Indian tribal belt,…
DEF beneficiaries and staff share the Joy of Giving
CIRCs across India celebrated DaanUtsav from October 2-8, 2016, to define the truest essence of ‘Joy of Giving’. CIRC Sonapur in Assam celebrated the day by visiting a Residential Training Centre in Dimoria (a special school for underprivileged children). Various fun filled activities were conducted through the day, which included games and singing competitions. CIRC…
Building leaders for today and tomorrow
A Training of Trainers workshop was conducted from September 20 – 24, 2016, in Chanderi’s Raja Rani Mahal (Madhya Pradesh) for the Coordinators and Trainers of DEF’s Community Information Resource Centres (CIRCs) supported by Indus Towers and Vodafone Foundation. The TOT aimed at providing the Coordinators and Trainers with Technical skills required to operate digital…