Among the initiatives launched with much fanfare by the NDA government is the one titled “Digital India”, which is slated to use high speed internet as a core utility and provide citizens entitlements, documents and a host of services on the cloud. While digital literacy is crucial for the success of such an initiative, a…
Hoshiyar Singh, 22, is in a class of 14 students being trained in logistics management. Rather ironically, his classroom is a container of the kind usually used to transport goods on large trucks. It arrived in Haryana’s Ambala district just three weeks ago. “When you enter the classroom, you forget that it used to be…
The recent launch of the National Skill Development Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has enthused the Indian information technology (IT) industry as the programme gives the sector a platform to partner the government in various training initiatives on a large scale while also deriving the benefits of a skilled workforce base. The $146-billion IT…
Qualcomm Wireless, the ‘strategic’ CSR arm of chip giant Qualcomm, is planning to extend its digital literacy programme to other parts of India. The chip giant is eyeing education, healthcare and environment as some of the areas in which it plans to make inroads in India as well as other parts of the world. Angela…
Taking the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India forward, Videocon Telecom, on Wednesday took another big initiative and announced 1GB free Data for all its female subscribers coming aboard. Under this initiative, the telco talked about women empowerment and declared 1GB free data that will be extended as 100MB per month for 10 months for…
The students of Govindrao Wanjari College of Engineering and Technology organized a program on Digital India Initiatives under the students’ forum, named ‘ACTIVE-X’ of CSE/IT Department on July 7, 2015 in the graceful presence of chief guest, Principal Dr. S. B. Deshpande and Vice Principal Prof. S.S.Uttarwar. The program was organized to make students aware…
Technology and telecommunication companies on Wednesday said they will initiate different programmes as part of the Skill India Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cellular Operators Association of India, which represents major telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, has announced an outreach programme to connect with 440 million young people for…
The technological extravaganza of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Techfest 2015, is all set to kick off on July 14 with the ‘Internet For All’ initiative in partnership with the Nehru Science Centre. The initiative will involve IITians who are part of Techfest and will go to villages with internet connectivity with a bus…
To Inform, Educate & Engage citizens across the country, Digital India Week, from 1stJuly to 7th July, 2015 has been observed all over India. In thisweek, multiple and varied events and activities took place at all the levels. Starting from the National level event, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister,events were conducted at State and District…
The communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that over 250 online services have been launched by various state governments and the centre, indicating the success of the government’sDigital India week. “More than 250 services relating to health, education, public distribution system, Police, agriculture, trade and employment have been launched by various…