चंदेरी की चमक से क्यों दूर रहें बुनकर !

वैसे तो अकसर मैं ‘समाज में सबसे नीचे’ फ्रेज का इस्तेमाल दुनिया के उन तबकों के लिये करता रहा हूं, जो 2 डॉलर प्रति दिन से भी कम पर गुजारा करते हैं। लेकिन, मध्य प्रदेश का एक छोटा सा कस्बा, जहां हर घर से हथकरघा चलने की आवाज सुनाई देती है। जहां एक ऐसी बेशकीमती…

इंफो हाइवे पर कैसे दौड़ेंगे गांववाले?

12 नवम्बर, दीवाली की आहट लिए वो जगमगाती शाम, जब पूरा देश इस रोशनी के पर्व को मनाने की तैयारी कर रहा था, मुझे अजमेर जिला के आराइं पंचायत भवन से एक फोन आया। उस फोन पर किसी ने कहा- क्या मैं आपसे स्काइप पर बात कर सकता हूं? ये मेरे लिए किसी हैरत से…

Community Radio 2.0

Osama Manzar, member of screening committee of Community Radio Licensing in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, & DEF’s Founder & Director shared his views how community radio stations can be empowered with digital media tools, at the Session, entitled as ‘Community Radio 2.0’ during the 3rd National Community Radio Sammelan held on 9-11th February…

WSA Mobile Content 2.0 Awards, 2013

WSA-mobile wraps up successful edition of world’s top mobile content event in Abu Dhabi. Best app developers honoured at Grand Gala evening. A Sri Lankan m-learning game for medical students, a Brazilian app for deaf language communication and a Lebanese Augmented Reality app for panorama photography emerged among the best of the best in the…

award def digital mobile Intel Easy Steps, Spoken English, Tura eNGO Programme in TISC

In today’s context a person is labeled as computer illiterate if one is not equipped with computer knowledge. Therefore computer literacy especially IT knowledge is very important in the lives of this generation. Intel Easy Steps ,the basic computer programme is going with full bloom in Tura Internet and Services Centre (TISC), Tura,West Garo Hills…

award def digital mobile A golden time for social techno-preneurs in India – Dr. Madanmohan Rao

There are more entrepreneurs in India today than at any other time in history, and many are focusing not just on technology and business domains but also social and political empowerment. “The shift from innovation to actualisation is becoming more and more important, not only for big corporate sector companies but for small traders, tiny manufacturers…

Technology for common (wo)man – Debjani Ghosh

Our era is defined by technology. The potential to provide common man and woman with access to better education, healthcare and basic services like banking is possibly the most exciting transformative feature of technology. By doing so, it empowers every citizen to be more successful, productive and contribute greatly to their families, communities and domestic…