Internet is transforming our lives faster than we realise. However, almost 70 per cent of rural and semi-urban India is still far from being connected. The world has shifted to digital mediums for primary source of information but a large part of India is still living in information darkness even though the medium of digital…
How can we hope to create a cashless economy without understanding the lives of the poor who form a majority of the country’s population
There are more cashless people in India than the number of people who have the means to live cashless lives
Remember the time when people didn’t trust private banks in India? Well, the mistrust seems to be shifting towards the state banks now, at least in rural India
On October 24, 2016, Capgemini India and Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) distributed notebooks at 46 government schools in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh under Project Akshara. Almost 10,000 students (8,870 primary and 2,060 junior high school students) were covered under this initiative. Capgemini is the world’s leading technology solutions provider; and it offers consulting, technology…
The state of being not connected is leading to mass exclusion of at least a billion people in India
This article was first published by The Better India on October 17, 2016. Muzaffar Ansari, more popularly known as Kalle Bhai, is a man of many stories and mysteries. A Class 6 dropout, Kalle Bhai pursued his passion for history and heritage to become a tourist guide, an explorer and a man who can speak and…
Taxpayer money allocated to connect millions of Indians who live in rural and remote areas hasn’t actually been able to make the Internet accessible to the masses
Manoj Dawane VP & Head – Technology, Government & Industry Relations, Sustainability & Corp Responsibility, Ericsson India With Broadband & mobility becoming basic needs of people across the globe, the world is witnessing a digital revolution. Be it education and healthcare or how we build our cities to how we run our businesses,…
Keeping in mind the language barrier for most people in rural parts of Tamil Nadu, digital literacy is being provided to students in both English and Tamil. Additionally, the medium of videos is frequently adopted by the trainer to ensure faster learning among students through an engaging and interactive medium. After watching one such video,…
