While rural India is still gripped with the struggle to achieve cent percent literacy rate as the public schools deliver archaic content without much changes in the basic infrastructure, the students emerging from such an education background often find it hard to find parity in coping with the digital world. Currently, the norm followed by…
Parwada in Visakhapatnam is an industrial area; consequently, talks of industrial safety measures and fire hazards are frequent among its inhabitants. Ever since a fire broke out last year and claimed eleven lives
I have been travelling to Smartpur’s locations across the ten districts in India and this is a travelogue of my journey to the district of Nuh, Haryana where there are 10 Smartpur centres. Having connected with the district
On 11th Feb, 2022 I got an opportunity to visit the Smartpur centre in Nuh. The primary vision of the program is to empower marginalised communities in information dark regions to access, consume
On the occasion of International Women’s day, Kaithwalya Hub Centre in Ghazipur district held an elaborate celebration to commemorate its women participants and its students for their outstanding contributions.
On International Women’s Day, beyond the long conversations on women’s rights, never ending debate on gender equality vs equity, testimonials of change or intellectual talks on feminism, we had the opportunity
While “pandemic” has been the buzz word since 2019, as a coping mechanism and a consequence, “digital” is the new way and sometimes the only way. Although the country is still on its journey to reach cent percent literacy rate, digital inclusion of people from different backgrounds is paramount in avoiding widening of the social…
Nothing spurs innovation and productivity like the need to confront a global pandemic and geopolitical shifts all at the same time. Technology may be the most important connective tissue that links the financial world’s power and influence to the inclusive aspirations of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How can we ensure that no…
Written by Utkarsh Rajawat Translated & Edited by Debaleena Bagchi The 2022 Legislative Assembly Elections are underway in Uttar Pradesh and they are being held in seven phases. After the completion of the first four phases, voting in the fifth phase was scheduled for February 27, 2022, in the Awadh region that includes Barabanki. In…
Ankitha is a class 10 student of a government school in Allipur village, Telangana. DEF’s STEM for girls programme was initiated in her school a few years ago. Ankitha was unclear about her career path before the program. She had no idea about the career options in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).…