From being an ordinary 10th pass to becoming an expert Data Entry Operator, Manraj Gurjar came a long way. Hailing from village Arain, Rajasthan, Manraj began helping her husband on the farm right after her marriage. When she heard about the NDLM centre operating in her village, she couldn’t wait to join and learn computers.…
There was a time when 33 year old Shobha Devi of Village Bakuliya, Uttarakhand had no knowledge of computers and had never used it before. In fact, fact she was scared to even touch this device. Within a month of joining the basic computer literacy course at CIRC Halduchaur, she learnt how to work with…
19 year old Vijayalakshmi originally hails from Vallanur, in District Villupuram, Pondicherry. She is one of the three children of Iyyanar, a construction worker; her mother is a housewife. Few years ago, her family underwent some problems. And hence, just after Vijayalakshmi completed her 12th Standard, they moved to Vaithikuppam.Vijayalakshami continued with her studies…
Given the right support, there is nothing in the world a woman cannot achieve. Rinki Bakoriya, age 21, from vil lage Doudi, district Hoshangabad (MP) gives meaning to this statement. After facing the realities of gender discrimination, all she wanted was to work towards the empowerment of women in her society. When basic knowledge of computers made her feel…
