Digital Inclusion
Bridging the digital divide
Digitalization has profoundly affected the dynamics of global industries, patterns of economic development and the functioning of people’s daily lives. As the use of Internet and information communications technology (ICT) expands across the globe and the digital sector outpaces growth in other sectors, digital technology has asserted itself a crucial component of successful participation in societal and economic activities.
Nearly half of the world’s population remains offline and excluded from the benefits of digitalization. This growing “digital divide” negatively affects socio-economically disadvantaged individuals and groups, such as low-income households, rural communities, the elderly, the illiterate, persons with disabilities, as well as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Let us fix the digital divide together
Our goal is to empower marginalized and underprivileged communities in information dark regions to access, consume and produce information online using digital interventions and tools and bridge the digital divide
Major focus areas
Digital Literacy
Providing people access to the Internet and making them digitally literate
Governance
Raising awareness about human rights and entitlements using digital literacy and digital tools
Empowerment
Digitally empowering micro-enterprises and communities; and empowering grassroots-level civil society organisations with online presence and digital literacy for digitally ensuring protection of people’s culture, heritage, environment and natural resources
Digital inclusion
Digital inclusion has the potential to impact the lives of citizens by creating employment opportunities, enhancing the quality and speed of service delivery, providing access to healthcare and education and improving social and financial inclusion
Digi Mithra
Digital Samrappan
- Digital Preservation of Indian Cultural Heritage
- Utilising the internet as an information platform for educating the public about the Indian heritage. Building capacity of the local community to document heritage in their respective areas ensuring the protection of culture, heritage, environment and natural resources through
Digi Vyapar
Promotion of rural entrepreneurship through digital transformation and promotion of micro enterprises
