In the Shadow of Coal Dust
A Narrative Report By Maitri SinghIn the Shadow of Coal DustThe [...]
MIL Kit for the Multiverse of Digital Fallacies
Education & Empowerment
The Humara MIL Kit for the Multiverse of Digital Fallacies is a part of Digital Empowerment Foundation’s Media and Information Literacy (MIL) initiatives to enable people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information...
Museum of Digital Society
Access & Infrastructure
Digital is a 21st Century tool of communication, media, business, governance, activism and social norms. Digital isn’t merely technology—it’s life, a medium, innovation, and marketing. Yet, critical questions arise: who controls and benefits from this digital existence?
MIL@@P: Media Information Literacy Awareness and Action Programme
Research & Advocacy
MILaap: Media Information Literacy Awareness and Action Programme is Digital Empowerment Foundation’s flagship initiative aimed at tackling the growing challenges of misinformation and digital exclusion, particularly at the grassroots level in India.
Bytes Beyond Bandwidth (3B) – Mobile Comm Centre
Access & Infrastructure
The Bytes Beyond Bandwidth (3B) Mobile Comm Centre is a cutting-edge, all-terrain vehicle designed to provide 24x7 emergency communication in remote, rural, and underserved areas. Developed to ensure meaningful connectivity during disasters, emergencies, or in regions with poor network...
Internet in a Box
Education & Empowerment
Internet in a Box is a portable, plug-and-play connectivity solution developed by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) to provide last-mile internet access in rural, remote, and telecom-dark regions of India. Designed for communities that are not served by conventional Internet Service Providers...
SoochnaPreneur
Governance & Citizen Services
The SoochnaPreneur programme is a pioneering initiative by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) that addresses one of India’s most pressing challenges — the digital and information divide in rural areas.
Digital Didi
Education & Empowerment
In rural India, menstruation remains shrouded in myths and misinformation, restricting women’s mobility, education, and economic opportunities. Many girls learn about menstruation only at puberty, leading to social stigma and poor ...
Community Information Resource Centres (CIRC)
Access & Infrastructure
Community Information Resource Centres (CIRCs) are community-oriented infrastructure and information hubs designed to create digitally literate, information-empowered, and equitable communities across the country.
India’s Million Missions
The authors of this report are drawn from the CSO COALITION@75 and have devoted their pro bono time to it, in the best traditions of civil society, and have been involved in the research and writing of the various sections of this report. Donors to the survey and GDP reports are gratefully acknowledged: Anu Aga, GIVE India, Mohit Satyanand, Business and Community Foundation (BCF), and UNESCO India.