Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) from 2002, has been working to bring unreached and underserved communities of India out of digital darkness. DEF, an 18 year old organisation, celebrates digital innovation through institutionalised awards like Manthan Awards, mBillionth Awards and eNGO Challenge Awards since 2005. This year, DEF organised ‘Digital Innovation Fest’ a merger of 10th mBillionth Awards…
South Asia has the largest unconnected population across the globe. In the contemporary world, with mobile phones emerging… Read More
Civil society groups and non-governmental organisations are playing a vital role in the society… Read More
Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF) was set up under the Ministry of Rural Development by the Indian Government as an independent society. BRLF along with Indian Institute of Health Management Research University’s (IIHMRU) CPRL provides a 6 month residential certification course for the tribal communities across the country. As a part of the curriculum, students…
Khushi Ram, a 30 years old Samarth SoochnaPreneur, resides in the village of Kararia, Block Untwal, in Alwar district, Rajasthan. He is an energetic man with zeal but has a clubfoot by birth which restricted his ability to become independent. He used to teach in a government school but was unable to sustain his expenses.…
Considering the trends across worldwide, the Internet is pretty much becoming subject to the whims and fancies of telecommunication companies besides the fact that they do not reach each and every corner of any country. We have also seen that once there is an Internet shutdown or censored, almost all modes of communication also get…
This year’s Digital Citizen Summit (DCS) saw a deep dive into the intractable online (mis)information landscape. It sought to unravel the complex strands of policy, practice, and social reality in order to develop an in-depth and thorough understanding of the complexity of an information landscape. DCS 2019 brought together subject-matter experts, academics, policy-makers, lawyers, technologists,…
Jamuna Devi, wife of Arun Kumar is a 35 years old Farmer. She is a resident of Karor village, a place in the remote corners of Haryana. Her husband owns a piece of land for which she is a farmhand. But since she hasn’t got a formal education, she was unaware of the government benefits…
The GOAL teams of Gadchirolli had signed off their year with an interesting idea, which they will be going to implement in the year 2020. Mentees will go through the page of Humans of New York and Bombay, understand its idea and relate the same with their village situation and accordingly they will create their…
Smartpur is more like a revolution with an aim to build a village which is digitally developed into digital villages in India. Under this project an Eye screening camp was organised at Nelapatala Spoke Centre on December 24, supported by Anand Eye Institution. During the camp 13 patients were detected with severe eye issues and…
