Venkata Lakshmi, a 36 year old student was one of the few married women who joined CIRC Chintapalli to learn basic ICT skills. Lakshmi, only a 12th standard pass out completed her basic course and went on to study advanced digitally skills.With the help of the CIRC, she was hired as a front office assistant…
Addressing the gender digital divide, CIRCs across the country provide women with access to technology in rural areas. At CIRC Bhaini Bhairon, in the Rohtak district of Haryana, a group of women from the community were gathered to understand the need of digital literacy, and how it can enable them to access information related to…
E-commerce is slowly making its way to rural areas. At CIRC in Mettakilavalasa, in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, the youth of the community tried online shopping for the first time. The boys were quite excited about the prospect of buying books right in the village, and have it delivered to them as well. Online…
The CIRC in Saidanpur under the Baank-e-loom project, organised a training programme, in collaboration with Ministry of Food Processing and FICCI- Flo. The training was attended by an SHG of teenage girls, who were taught how to make pickles and jams out of mangoes. Once registered with FSSAI, the girls will go on to start…
