4th Community Radio Sammellan was held from 13th March 2014 to 15th March 2014, in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting organized the event to encourage, promote and empower Community Radio Stations across India. Digital Empowerment Foundation attended and interviewed 40 Community Radio stations from across India during the Sammellan. The…
After digital literacy, British Council is now partnering with Digital Empowerment Foundation to impart English communication skills to students in all our Community Information Resource Centre across India. British Council is organizing a two days ‘Training for Trainers’ (TOT) workshop in British Council, New Delhi on 8th and 9th April where 30 participants from all…
Chanderiyaan.net has now gone international. The international delivery wing of Chanderiyaan was launched on 23rd March 2014.The e- commerce portal started functioning on 5th December 2013. Since then, Chanderi products for INR 89,205 have been sold through the portal. The website introduces the mystic beauty of Chanderi weaving to various countries all over the world.…
जहां देश भर में लोकसभा चुनाव की सर्गरमी तेज है, वहीं दूसरी तरफ घोषणाओं और वादों का पिटारा भी खुल चुका है। लेकिन, हर बार की तरह इस बार भी किसी में विकास की कोई छटपटाहट नहीं है। अगर, इस चुनाव में कुछ नया है तो वो है सूचना और तकनीक का भरपूर इस्तेमाल। 9…
देश भर में आम चुनाव की घोषणा होते ही माहौल बदला-बदला सा नजर आने लगा है। कहीं एक दूसरे को नीचा दिखाने की होड़ तो कहीं किसी खास समुदाय का हितैसी बताने की होड़। इसी होड़ में कहीं ऐसा गुमनाम इलाका भी है जहां के लोग चुनावी गहमागहमी से बेखबर हर रोज की तरह अभावों…
दुनिया भर में सूचना क्रांति को नई दिशा देने में भारत का जो योगदान रहा है उसे देखते हुए दुनिया के लोगों में ये सोच बन गई है कि भारत के ज्यादातर शिक्षित युवा आईटी के क्षेत्र में अच्छा-खासा ज्ञान रखते होंगे। हालांकि इसके पीछे सच्चाई कुछ और ही है। दरअसल सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी में भारत…
Keeping in view the low literacy level amongst the backward sections of the minorities, Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India launched The Minority Cyber Gram Yojana. The program aims at facilitating villages with minority population and is now in its pilot stage. Chandauli with 95 percent minority population is…
Sunita Aralikar Sunita Aralikar, a 56-year-old woman is a well-known social activist for female infanticide and an author today. Hailing from a remote village in the Latur hamlet of Maharashtra, where girl children are often looked upon as burdens, Sunita has overcome many life-threatening obstacles in her life’s journey. Sunita was barely 16 days old…
Fulmatai Dayaram Belsare Fulmatai Dayaram Belsare is the first woman sarpanch representing the Jambhli grampanchayat of Jamunnala village of Maharashtra. A member of Korku tribe, she is a true representation of a woman’s ability to make a difference to the society by spinning the wheels of change! Fulmatai started her life as a destitute laborer…
