Month: July 2015
Digital India Week (DIW) Part 1
I was appointed by Government of AP as nodal officer for Digital India Week to coordinate with Deity and AP Higher education institutions.
The inauguration
The DIW started with launch of the first banner, 20th July, 2015
The Government of India has announced ‘Digital India’ which is a Programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It aims at changing the manner in which governance and public services are provided to citizens. This programme also aims at delivering good governance to citizens by synchronized and coordinated engagement and both Central and State Governments. There will be paradigm shift as e-governance will change the way of the delivery of benefits in a faster and more efficient manner. The delivery of message of ‘Digital India’ to citizens and to showcase Government’s initiatives in the area of e-Governance, a formal launch of this Programme, spread over a week, is being organized shortly. The targeted groups to be engaged during ‘Digital India Week’ (DIW) would be the students and faculty members of the Universities which have online platforms (NKN, NMEICT, AICTE, MyGov etc). The major activities during Digital India Week (DIW) would not only be dissemination of information about the existing digital services/platforms, but also to promote usage & sharing of digital resources. The DIW is going to be launched on 1st July, 2015.
Andhra Pradesh state Higher Education Institutions conducted the programme during 20th – 25th July, 2015 across all universities in collaborative manner. The events include various competitions for the students within and across the the campuses of universities in the state.
- Hackathon- a 24 hour programming contest ( conducted by AU in collaboration with Startup Village)
- An interactive session on startups ( conducted by AU in collaboration with IT companies in Vizag.
- Online exam on Digital India (conducted by AU) for all students of AP state universities.
- Online Programming contest (conducted by JNTU-Vizianagaram)
- Introduction to spoken tutorial project ( Conducted by JNTU Ananthpur) for students across different universities in state, IIT mumbai resource persons
- Creating awareness among high school children about Digital and Internet Media
- Awareness workshops on using digital lockers and other government supported softwares
- general competitions like rangoli, essay writing (Padmavathi Viswavidyalaya),
- online paper submission contest by Adikavi nannayya University
- Cultural programs by AU
- Digital India Run ( Beach Road) by AU
Digital India Week Part 2 : Workshop for Deans, Principals and Officers
A workshop was conducted on Digital India to all the officers, deans and principals of Andhra University. The Schemes like Digital Lockers and Digital India Initiatives were explained. The event was conducted in Sennate Hall, Central Administrative Office (CAO).
