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Taking forward the mission of the ongoing Digital India Week, the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) has spread the message of digital literacy through a cycle rally from Electronics Niketan (CGO Complex) to Harijan Basti (Valmiki Colony), Mandir Marg, with a view to sensitize the local residents of Harijan Basti about “Digital India”, which is an enabling framework, irrespective of age, gender, caste or religion. 50–60 officials of NIELIT, DeitY, Industry, etc participated in the rally, followed by an interactive session with the local residents led by Dr Ashwini Kr. Sharma, MD, NIELIT. The NIELIT officials elaborated on the benefits of various e-Governance initiatives, including digital literacy, Swachh Bharat, Make-in-India, etc. The initiative showcased the Government’s initiatives to make access to technology and governance an extremely easy process, besides highlighting the endeavour of the Government in ensuring that the information regard...

nasscom logo1 e1424760657283 NASSCOM kick starts Digital Literacy Week as part of NDLMWith a target to bring digital literacy to over one lakh Indians, the NASSCOM Foundation has launched the Digital Literacy Week. This initiative, a part of the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), will complement the government’s vision to empower at least one person per household with critical digital literacy skills by 2020. The National Digital Literacy Mission is a far-sighted, dynamic and integrated platform of digital literacy awareness, education and capacity programmes that will help rural and the underserved communities fully participate in the global digital economy. The NASSCOM Foundation is the industry partner to the Government of India to accomplish the first phase goal for NDLM or “DISHA” by making 10 lakh individuals in India digitally literate in 18 months. This programme is expected to touch the lives of more than 250 million individuals over the next few years and aims at ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Taking forward the National Digital Literacy Mission and Digital India Campaign of the Government of India, the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), a body with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India, has signed an MOU with Intel India to jointly conduct courses and online examinations on digital literacy as well as vet NIELIT’s courses on Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM). Intel will develop the software for assessment of candidates under the National Digital Literacy Mission to make the courses more industry oriented to endeavour to make one member of each household digitally literate in India. The MOU was signed by Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Managing Director, NIELIT, with Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director, Intel South Asia, in the presence of Chief Guest Shri Ravi Shankar Pra...