भारत में नारी का स्थान हमारे शास्त्रो में तो बहुत अच्छा है, लेकिन, जहां तक मेरा अनुभव है, असल जिंदगी में ये बिलकुल अलग है। मैंने अपने आसपास ऐसी कई महिलाओं को देखा है, जिन्हें अपने अधिकार तक नहीं पता है, उनकी पूरी जिंदगी एक चार दिवारी में कैद हो कर रह गई है। उन्हें अपने घर के अलावा कुछ…
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…
भारत ‘नॉलेज सोसायटी‘ बनने की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। इसी कड़ी में अब एजुकेशन रिफॉर्म की बात भी होने लगी है। ये हमारे लिए अच्छे संकेत तो जरूर हैं, लेकिन, भारत जैसे ग्लोबल कंट्री के युवाओं को ग्लोबल सिटीजन बनाने के लिए पहले जरूरी है कि सही शिक्षा के साथ साथ उन्हें मुख्यधारा से भी जोड़ा…
Last week, DEF organized four eNGO workshops under its eNGOprogramme. The workshops focused on ICT and digital training programmes to grassroots organizations. The first eNGO workshop took place in Patna (Bihar)on March 18th 2013, with a support from regional partner Sampan. The eNGO workshop was followed by eMSME training & capacity programme, which was held…
Meet Vijay Lakshmi Sharma of Phagi Village, 50 kilometres from Jaipur bordering Tonk. Osama Manzar narrates the story of Lakshmi through meeting her on the journey of Red Rickshaw Revolution. Vijay Lakshmi Sharma is 24 and is B.Ed. She has two brothers, Vijay Sharma, 22, also B.Ed and Mahesh Sharma, 20, pursuing Polytechnic in Civil.…
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…
Wireless technology may have democratized access to information in urban areas, but the vast and sometimes inaccessible rural India was, until recently, excluded from the digital map. That tribal students like Rajkumari can communicate with a universe of information providers is due to the work of organizations like Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF). Technology providers for…
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…
Over 450 rural citizens are now digitally literate within the three month launch of National Digital Literacy Mission programme (NDLM) programme in three (3) identified pilot panchayats under NOFN (National Optic Fibre Network) plan – Arian Panachayat, Ajmer (Rajasthan); Nangoan, Panisagar, (North Tripura); and Muthayalammapalem Panchayat in Pravada (Visakhapatnam). At Arain, more than 250 rural…
आजादी मिली तो भारत अंग्रेजो से आजाद हुआ। देखते ही देखते भारत विकास की राह पर चल पड़ा। धीमी ही सही विकास की गाड़ी चल पडी मंजिल की ओर। गांवो और शहरों ने एक साथ चलना शुरू किया, लेकिन न जानें क्यों इस तेज रफ्तार दौड़ में गांव शहरों से पिछड़ गए। लेकिन, इन दिनों…
