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…
The Challenge Reached Over 5 Lakh Children in One Week and Will Continue Till 17th July To reinstate its commitment towards the Government’s Digital India vision during the ‘Digital India Week’, Intel launched the Digital Wellness Online Challenge in collaboration with National e-Governance Division[*] (NeGD) on July 1st, 2015. This online quiz is aimed at sensitizing…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India project that seeks to empower citizens by deploying IT and associated tools received thumbs up from across the country. Towards this initiative, Chief Minister Anandi Patel launched Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s ‘Smart Learning’ project which would teach science and mathematics to 54,000 students of class 6 to 8. However,…
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Under the Ambitious Digital India Project of PM Narendra Modi, Computer Science and Engineering department of City’s RVS College of Engineering organized a one day seminar on ‘Digital India Literacy ’. At the event speakers highlighted the aspects related to Digital India and participants were provided hands-on learning. The main motive of the seminar was…
Investment commitment of USD 75 billion or Rs 4,72,500 crore was received from industry at the launch of Digital India week, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “On Digital India day (July 1), you will be happy to know that we made a very decisive initiative that investors – global and Indian — must declare…
Many CEOs of IT firms in Tamil Nadu will take part in the ‘Digital India Week’ celebrations to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Chennai director, Sanjay Tyagi said some 300 CEOs in the state had been sent invitations…