DEF Signed MoU with Intel to Follow the Fiber Program for Digital Literacy Mission

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) has signed MoU with Intel to follow the Fibre & Digitally Literate One Adult programme for Digital Literacy Mission (DLM) project. Under the Fibre & Digitally Literate One Adult programme, DEF will take 1 panchayat in each of the three proposed blocks, including Arain block in Ajmer, Panisagar in North Tripuraand and Pravada in Visakhapatnam district. DEF will identify one adult in each household from each block and and ensure one adult in each household is digitally literate by organizing the capacity-building and training programme through its regional centers. Digital Literacy Mission (DLM) is an initiative of Intel with a support from industry stakeholders such as Lenovo, Dell, NIIT, and NASSCOM and non-profit organizations such as Digital Empowerment Foundation and NASSCOM Foundation. DLM will be an ecosystem of digital literacy awareness, education and training that will help India take a lead in the global digital economy and help us maintain the competitiveness and also shape a technologically empowered society.