Digital Literacy

While there is a yawning gap in ownership, with 81.2 percent men owning a mobile compared with 56.9 percent women in rural areas, digital literacy has improved

Infosys partners with Sandwell Council to launch Springboard in metropolitan borough

Sandwell is a large, diverse, metropolitan borough in England. Springboard is designed to empower individuals and society with relevant soft and technical skills to be successful in this century.

AICTE, Adobe tie up to advance digital literacy in India

Under the agreement, Adobe will offer courses and expertise for upskilling educators, and integrate digital creativity into the curriculum, to prepare students with the essential creative and digital literacy skills needed to thrive in today’s digital-first world, according to a statement.

4 web warriors are arming young women with internet tools and infrastructure

Paba Deshapriya, Juhi Javed Husain, Priyanka Singh, and Pinky Pradhan share the challenges and success stories on arming girls and young women in South Asia with internet tools and online skills.

“Women in South Asia have a hard time convincing their families that they want a career in tech”

Sadaffe Abid's social tech-enterprise CIRCLE aims to empower one million Pakistani women with basic digital literacy and business skills.

National Family Health Survey | Over 60% women in 12 states and UTs have not been on the internet

According to the National Family Health Survey, only 20.6 percent women in Bihar used the internet, followed by 21 percent in Andhra Pradesh, and 22.9 percent in Tripura.

CSCs can transform India, create rural jobs: IT Minister

Ravi Shankar Prasad lauded efforts of the Village Level Entrepreneurs or VLEs in offering services like Aadhaar, banking, insurance and promoting digital literacy in rural India.

Goa government signs MoU with Google India

"As a first step, the Goa government will launch internet safety education for students in association with Google India," Parsekar said. It will be a part of curriculum for classes 9th to 12th in the government schools.

How to build India's IT infrastructure

Today we are talking about how to build India‘s IT infrastructure and I have a panel of experts to help me understand the nuisances of the issue at hand.