Realities remain in Digital India

Realities remain in Digital India: My exposure to Digital India was till recently a mix of government hype and the data my team routinely put together to share with our international partners. My first-hand interface began quite innocuously when the government asked us to link our Aadhaar and PAN cards and made this a requirement…

Youngsters host free WiFi in public places

Inspired by need for free internet access to younger generation, a group of young Indoreans started ‘IM Free Wi-Fi’ to provide WiFi facility for free in public places. Determined to make the city a free Wi-Fi zone, seven college pass-out students started working on this project in 2014 and tested it in various areas in…

The digital disruption

Back in 1995, one man was able to see the enormous upheaval technology would bring to our lives. In his book The Digital Economy, Don Tapscott talked of things like networked business models, technology and privacy, and the explosive impact of new media. The author of 15 books, Tapscott is a well-known expert on the…

Week-long events to push Digital India

As the government readies to formally launch the ‘Digital India Program’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting on Monday of ministers, including Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, entrusted with creating a roadmap for the weeklong campaign. The launch of Digital India, one of the…