Access to information at the village level has always been a challenge. Often intended beneficiaries of public schemes and measures are unable to access the benefits due to severe lack of capabilities, social structures, economic marginalization, exploitation, social values, cultural norms and discrimination, among other reasons. Absence of appropriate mechanisms and limited resources at the…
In an effort to share DigiKala updates and milestones with a wider global audience, the project team, including trainers and coordinators, will soon be launching a three-month social media campaign in an effort to reach out to over 20,000 people on a daily basis. This will be achieved through photo stories, stories of impact, quotes…
On September 26, 2016, Baank-e-Loom project was officially launched — by the project’s CSR partner Ericsson — amid eminent personalities and media persons of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The event, which was hosted at Taj Vivanta Hotel, saw DG UP Police Sutapa Sanyal and First Chief Information Commissioner of India Wajahat Habibullah as the chief guests…
Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF) & the Indian Institute of Health Management Research University (IIHMRU) has recently launched a Certificate Programme in Rural Livelihoods (CPRL). The certificate programme is a residential programme wherein, over a period of six months, students of the course will be travelling through 10 states of the Central Indian tribal belt,…
CIRCs across India celebrated DaanUtsav from October 2-8, 2016, to define the truest essence of ‘Joy of Giving’. CIRC Sonapur in Assam celebrated the day by visiting a Residential Training Centre in Dimoria (a special school for underprivileged children). Various fun filled activities were conducted through the day, which included games and singing competitions. CIRC…
A Training of Trainers workshop was conducted from September 20 – 24, 2016, in Chanderi’s Raja Rani Mahal (Madhya Pradesh) for the Coordinators and Trainers of DEF’s Community Information Resource Centres (CIRCs) supported by Indus Towers and Vodafone Foundation. The TOT aimed at providing the Coordinators and Trainers with Technical skills required to operate digital…
Here are the stories of two people who tapped the digital world to crowdsource funds which enabled them to pursue their dreams
A digital summer camp was organised by CIRC Nagaon in Assam simultaneously in the three ITE centres — Dragaon, Juria and Alitangani. With the objective of making learning fun, this 13-day camp saw around 30 students from standard 5th to 10th studying different schools across the district participate in each centre. Along with basic computer…
As Internet usage grows in India, the number of communities and citizen journalists using new apps, social media platforms and websites is also growing. ‘Digitally Enabled’ is a five-part video series, highlighting the role of the Internet and technology in our daily lives that aims to bridge the knowledge gap between the policy- makers and…
Keeping up with the changes in the country related to digital and mobile Internet growth, Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, discussed Soochnapreneur, a project in association with Soochna Seva, in an interview with CNBC TV18. The Global Chairman of the world’s largest phone chip manufacturer says the fact that India has leapfrogged to 4G technology…
