Digital Resource & Training Centre , Sonapur completed first batch of Bachelor preparatory Programme (BPP)

6th May 2012 was a proud moment for North East Development Foundation. The day marked the start of the first Krishna KantaHandiqui State Open University study centre in Sonapur, Assam. Sonapur, a rapidly developing area in the outskirts of Guwahati city, falls short in providing good institutions for education through open and distance learning. Keeping…

DEF partners with Vodafone Foundation for Red Rickshaw Revolution, celebrating ordinary women doing extraordinary things

04th March 2013, New Delhi Join us in an adventurous journey where two teams (DEF and Vodafone Foundation) are collaborating tto create an epic revolution. This journey begins on 09th March 2013 travelling from Delhi to Mumbai passing through five major states. We will be accompanying the three musketeers, ‘Laura Turkington (Director, Vodafone Foundation of…

CSCs : Transforming India into a Knowledge Society

19th February, 2013 India Internation Center, New Delhi New Delhi: On 19th February, 2013, the CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC SPV) organised a workshop on ‘CSCs: Transforming India into a Knowledge Society,’ to discuss and identify potential educational services to be delivered through the Common Services Centers (CSCs). Under the National e-Governance Plan, the…

Free mobiles will empower the poor

The proposal to distribute mobile phones to below the poverty line families has the potential to bridge the digital divide in one stroke. It should not be dismissed as another extravagance by a profligate government to buys votes. In fact a mobile phone in every hand backed by innovative technology and government programmes has the…

DEF & Ford Foundation to Organise 3-Day Wireless Access Workshop in Delhi

Digital Empowerment Foundation is in a process to organize three-day workshop on, ‘Wi-Fi Mesh Networking Technologies & Prospects’ on 6-8 August, 2012 in New Delhi, India. The objective of the three-day workshop is to understand theoretical and practical understanding of wireless environment in India especially driven through the unlicensed band facilities as provisioned by the…