CIRCs across the country celebrated World Telecommunications & Information Society Day with great enthusiasm. Celebrated every 17th of May, one of the main objectives of the day is to reduce the digital divide especially in the rural and marginalised communities. An array of activities including essay writing and painting competitions, quiz contests, debate and discussions…
A new NDLM centre was inaugurated in Rahul Nagar of Pune in Maharashtra on 9th May 2016. This new centre is an initiative of Nasscom Foundation, with Digital Empowerment Foundation as the Project Implementer and Capgemini as the supporting organisation. were Mr. Ritesh Talpatra, Head -India Operations FS and Vijay Shetty, Senior manager from Capgemini…
On the second Sunday of this month, on 8th May 2016, CIRCs across the country celebrated Mother’s Day with great fervour. From conducting special digital literacy sessions for mothers of the community to conducting health awareness meetings, a myriad of activities were conducted as a part of the celebrations. At few centres, children recited poems…
In the last week of April, 2016, #CIRC Pakri in West Champaran District of Bihar organised a special five day #workshop on smartphones. Ironically, most of the people in the village own mobile phones, yet had very limited knowledge of its various functions. People visiting the centre were educated about the different uses of #smartphones…
