Information agents with social capital
Equipped with MeraApp, which comes with information on government schemes, the SoochnaPreneurs serve their community with information and digital services
Preserving our vanishing tribes, their heritage, language and wisdom
Internet has a lot to offer to tribes living in forests, as rural connectivity can ensure better access to government schemes, entitlements and rights
Right to Privacy: What do the limitations mean and how will they impact you?
What makes us believe that Right to Privacy will not be restricted at the govt’s whims and fancies?
Real-time digital reporting of toilets can bring girls to school
Use of a simple smartphone can ensure equitable access to facilities, challenging patriarchal insensitivity and facilitating gender equality
It’s Hard to Understand Privacy in India
A few hours after today’s judgment, Union minister for information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad noted, “Even a fundamental right to privacy has limitations.” We are yet to see what these limitations will be.
4.1 million jobs that can change India
It is time for India to restructure itself in order to offer skills and jobs of the future—a future where jobs aren’t only a source of income but also to create a peaceful, information-rich society
What is data colonisation and why it matters to us in India
Colonising a country no longer requires its physical invasion with military strength
Dealing with e-waste
There is a need for electronics consumers to become conscious users of their gadgets, and for the govt to take a more proactive role in ensuring that e-waste is recycled under proper international guidelines
What is the future of jobs?
This article was first published in the Mint on July 26, 2017. Early life on the planet was self-sustainable, that is how nature and humans coexisted. If someone needed shelter, they built a home with resources indigenously available to them. If someone was hungry, they hunted for food in their vicinity. Over a period of…