Warli art set to get a new lease of life In February; DEF conducted an awareness workshop for Warli artisans in Talasari block of Maharashtra to revive the beautiful Warli art. The session saw participation of 36 Warli artists, students and other stakeholders who discussed the challenges related to market availability, designing, raw material and…
Supporting Digital India’s financial needs DigiSupport, a project initiated by DEF & Axis Bank to empower financially excluded communities to digitally access and consume financial services through digital interventions, has successfully reached out to more than 1,116 rural beneficiaries in 10 villages. An army of DigiPreraks (rural entrepreneurs) have diligently mobilised the communities they serve to create…
Rekindling public libraries in Telangana Indian Public Library Movement and DEF organised the State Public Library Conference in Telganana in collaboration with the Government of Telangana and the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). The aim was to bring together relevant stakeholders to exchange views in an effort to develop strategies to digitally transform public libraries into 21st century information,…
Creating a ‘sampoorna gaon’ In March, DEF and Nokia initiated project Smartpur in Nuh (Haryana) and Asoor (Tamil Nadu). It has been conceptualised in a manner that challenges and redefines the existing idea of smart villages, which is based more on the availability of digital infrastructure but not as much on the integration of the infrastructure into…
Committed to providing a multi-stakeholder platform to discuss issues relating to Internet governance, human rights online and the future of the Internet, the third Digital Citizen Summit (DCS) was organised on November 1-2, 2018, in New Delhi. India and other South Asian countries have made leapfrogs in the technology sector to adapt to digital lifestyles.…
Limited infrastructure, inequitable access to digital resources, and poor utilisation of digital resources in the education sector cause the digital exclusion of children in India.
By Chhaya Dabas DEF team member Chhaya Dabas pens her thought on the increasing cases on trolling in India and around the world. Social media has seen a surge of sociality in recent times. When social platforms emerged – with a noble pursuit to make communicating as an act more accessible, democratic and personal –…
Social media has seen a surge of sociality in recent times. When social platforms emerged – with a noble pursuit to make communicating as an act more accessible, democratic and personal – barely had anyone
Smartpur is bustling with its expansion activities, which are taking place at a country-wide level. After the pilot in Nuh (Haryana) and Asoor (Tamil Nadu), Smartpur has now reached Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, and Bharatpur and Alwar in Rajasthan. To ensure everyone is aligned with the mission and mission of Smartpur, a week-long orientation programme…
Madanmohan Rao Research Director, YourStory; Charter Member, TiE Bangalore The journey for innovative social entrepreneurs and mobile technology wizards can be full of ups and downs and riddled with obstacles such as management or scalability issues. Three key ‘chasms’ or deep valleys that digital innovators must jump over are, from concept to prototype; from prototype…
