Nichlagarh is out of digital exclusion
Nichlagarh now is a tribal Wi-Fi village, without any functional telecom service
6 weavers win Digikala Odisha Handloom Design Competition
Six weavers – three each from the Barpali and Nupatana handloom clusters in Odisha – have won the Digikala Handloom Design Competition. On January 12-13, DEF founder director Osama Manzar and Microsoft Lead (Community Affairs, CSR) Manju Dhasmana awarded certificates and cash prizes to the winners during a small ceremony in the area. More than…
Barefoot College leaves a deep footprint
The organization may call itself the Barefoot College (BFC), a world famous institution located at Tilonia a remote village 35 km from Ajmer city in the semi-arid and hilly district of the same name in Rajasthan, but it leaves a deep footprint on the minds of anybody who cares to visit it. Today Tilonia is…
Digital Labs being set up to upgrade schools in 10 cities
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) is going back to school, literally. In partnership with global IT consultancy giant Capgemini, DEF has taken up a project called “Raising standards of education through digital intervention” under which it will adopt government schools within a 50 km radius of 10 cities in India – New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon,…
Come, applaud the SM4E winners on March 15, 2016
DEF is all set to celebrate the spirit of social media as a platform for empowerment and development of the masses on the occasion of the third edition of ‘Social Media for Empowerment Awards & Summit’ (SM4E) on March 15, 2016. This initiative not only honours best social media initiatives from eight South Asian countries…
Crowd funding platform NGONAMA ready to launch, starts accepting registrations
DEF’s e-NGO programme is all set to launch its revolutionary online international crowd funding platform NGONAMA. The portal is aimed at bringing together from all around the world development sector NGOs, activists and individuals on the one hand as well as individuals, government agencies and corporates interested in funding and promoting such work on the…
First-ever Crowd Sourcing Summit in India to be held in September, 2016
Cyber city Bengaluru is getting ready to host on September 9 and 10, 2016, the first-ever Crowd Sourcing Summit to be held in India. The Summit is being organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation in collaboration with the global platform Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) and will be open to anyone interested in the concept of Crowd Sourcing.…
What ails ICT in the government?
Rajesh Verma, Former Secretary, Government of Sikkim What ails ICT in the government? It was an honour being a member of the Grand Jury for the Manthan Awards. I was particularly impressed by the number of entries from the government sector some of which were very innovative. This set me reminiscing about the 36 years…
Arun Yellamaty hits the right note helping the poor
Meet 27 year old Arun Daniel Yellamaty, founder of the Youngistan Foundation and the Hunger Heroes and Transformers project that has in a short span of two years roped in 700 volunteers who buy raw materials, cook food and provide more than a 1,000 free meals to the poorest of the poor across four cities…