Mark Zuckerberg @India’s first minorities’ cyber village in Rajasthan. The Facebook CEO interacted with youth and children there
Mark Zuckerberg is meeting high and mighty across India. He has met almost every ‘who is who’ of business, tech and politics. He had a successful meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His company’s chief operating officer too had held meeting with the Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi, immediately after he became the Prime Minister of the country.
Now it was the turn of the Facebook chief executive officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg to have a one to one meeting with India’s prime minister narendra Modi who just had a successful trip of the country where Mark Zuckerberg’s company and top social networking site Facebook is based.
But he is not just meeting the high and the mighty in India. There are many other things, places and people on his minds to whom he is meeting and where he is going. And one of those places was a remote hamlet in Rajasthan that was the first minorities cyber village. I am sure not many of us had even heard about it. But Mark Zuckerberg was apparently made aware of it and he took time off from his very tight schedule to visit the place.
Chandauli, a little known village very close to
Rajasthan’s Alvar district was the country’s first minorities’ cyber village. Zuckerberg, who reached the Chandauli in the noon interacted with youth and kids. The training centre, which has been set up in the village, has 20 laptops, a laser printer, a Xerox machine, a projector and a digital camera. This will facilitate people who otherwise have to travel 20 kilometres to Alwar in order to do any computer related work or get something as basic as passport photograph or a photocopy. Use of PCs, laptops, LCD projector/screen, white boards, Internet will be deployed for digital skills delivery and for access and delivery of relevant public scheme information pertaining to minorities in 6 identified areas (education, health, livelihood, employment, financial inclusion & social security).
When the cyber village was inaugurated, there were 180 students. They belonged to varying from Panchayat members to Aanganwadi workers, schoolteachers, youngsters and housewives. Apart from the enrolled students there are 600 others who have registered themselves and are waiting for the next batch to start. Every batch will be trained for one month and will be taught basic computer and Internet operation. It will also educate them about google, email. Youtube. Filling online application, etc.
Then there are other facilities too in the village. We also have a Digi-Van, under the project, which will function as a mobile digital training centre, which will move from village to village. The van has 6 laptops, a printer and Internet to facilitate other villages near Chandauli and educate and train people who have difficulties in commuting to Chandauli. The vans will use both non-ICT and ICT tools to reach out to beneficiaries in Panchayats and villages.
Mark Zuckerberg is meeting high and mighty across India. He has met almost every ‘who is who’ of business, tech and politics. He had a successful meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His company’s chief operating officer too had held meeting with the Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi, immediately after he became the Prime Minister of the country.
Now it was the turn of the Facebook chief executive officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg to have a one to one meeting with India’s prime minister narendra Modi who just had a successful trip of the country where Mark Zuckerberg’s company and top social networking site Facebook is based.
But he is not just meeting the high and the mighty in India. There are many other things, places and people on his minds to whom he is meeting and where he is going. And one of those places was a remote hamlet in Rajasthan that was the first minorities cyber village. I am sure not many of us had even heard about it. But Mark Zuckerberg was apparently made aware of it and he took time off from his very tight schedule to visit the place.
Chandauli, a little known village very close to
Rajasthan’s Alvar district was the country’s first minorities’ cyber village. Zuckerberg, who reached the Chandauli in the noon interacted with youth and kids. The training centre, which has been set up in the village, has 20 laptops, a laser printer, a Xerox machine, a projector and a digital camera. This will facilitate people who otherwise have to travel 20 kilometres to Alwar in order to do any computer related work or get something as basic as passport photograph or a photocopy. Use of PCs, laptops, LCD projector/screen, white boards, Internet will be deployed for digital skills delivery and for access and delivery of relevant public scheme information pertaining to minorities in 6 identified areas (education, health, livelihood, employment, financial inclusion & social security).
When the cyber village was inaugurated, there were 180 students. They belonged to varying from Panchayat members to Aanganwadi workers, schoolteachers, youngsters and housewives. Apart from the enrolled students there are 600 others who have registered themselves and are waiting for the next batch to start. Every batch will be trained for one month and will be taught basic computer and Internet operation. It will also educate them about google, email. Youtube. Filling online application, etc.
Then there are other facilities too in the village. We also have a Digi-Van, under the project, which will function as a mobile digital training centre, which will move from village to village. The van has 6 laptops, a printer and Internet to facilitate other villages near Chandauli and educate and train people who have difficulties in commuting to Chandauli. The vans will use both non-ICT and ICT tools to reach out to beneficiaries in Panchayats and villages.
No comments:
Post a Comment