Zuckerberg, Facebook, Internet.org and Indian villages
Facebook is working towards making many of the visions of Mark and objectives of Internet.org into a reality
Digital infrastructure in panchayat villages
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana needs digital backbone and redesigning of MPLAD fund
Governance through citizen participation @ social media
In the last couple of years, various social media initiatives, like using Facebook, have come up where govt agencies have shown proactive interest to engage with citizens
Need for robust information infra
Big plans to serve the people in backward districts are impeded due to lack of a medium to reach them there
Zuckerberg Visit to Chandauli
Zuckerberg was visiting a “digi center” run by a non-profit body called the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), which is meant to be a central point in the village for accessing the internet and other technical services. “The school and college-going youth in particular were very excited to see him,” said Osama Manzar, founder of DEF…
Undoing of IT labs in schools
There is a lot of discussion on the shortage of teachers in our schools. While India is trying to find a way to fill the vacant positions of teachers and perhaps also find out how many of the 7.7 million school teachers actually go to teach, I wanted to share with you the preparedness level…
मंगलयान की सफलता से सोशल मीडिया मंगलमय
भारत ने अंतरिक्ष के क्षेत्र में इतिहास रचते हुए अपने मंगल मिशन को जिस तरह सफलतापूर्वक अंजाम दिया है यकीनन वो भारत के वैज्ञानिक इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी कामयाबी है। इसका सौ फीसदी श्रेय भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान केंद्र (इसरो) के वैज्ञानिकों को जाता है, जिन्होंने अपने कौशल से ये इतिहास रचा है। बुधवार (24 सितंबर 2014)…
Undoing of IT labs in schools
Task is clearly cut out for HRD ministry and IT department: set target and have all 1.5 million schools connected via Internet and provide 7.7 million teachers 3G-enabled tablets
Towards Digital India: One positive step at a time
The prime minister recently announced the exciting Digital India programme (DIP). However, there are three things: one, there is nothing new except that it is repackaged into one brand name; secondly, it should have been called “Digital Bharat” rather than Digital India; thirdly, we at Digital Empowerment Foundation felt elated that two of its three…
घाटी में गूंजती एक उम्मीद की आवाज़
नमस्कार, ये रेडियो कश्मीर है और आप शंकराचार्य की पहाड़ी से खबरें सुन रहे हैं। इंदिरा नगर में लोग वहां सुरक्षित जगहों पर पहुंचाए जा चुके हैं… जी हां, यही रेडियो है जो शंकराचार्य पहाड़ी की चोटी से मुसीबत में फंसे लोगों का संपर्क सूत्र बनकर सूचनाएं देता रहा। शंकराचार्य पहाड़ी से पूरा शहर डूबा…