Intel to empower people with ‘Digital Skills for India’ program

Intel with its ‘Digital Skills for India’ program will work with the Indian government to help 5 mn people by the end of 2015.

As a part of it Intel India will also work with Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) to build capacity by imparting digital literacy training to key resource persons in the first 1,000 Panchayats under the National Optic Fiber Network roll-out in India.

“At Intel we believe that skill development and innovation are imperative for realizing the Digital India vision and these are the two areas in which Intel will begin working with the government to digitally empower the citizens of India.

“We are proud to launch the Intel Digital Skills for India Program which will set India on the path of becoming a digitally inclusive society. We are also excited to announce the Intel Innovate for India Challenge which will foster local innovation for pervasive technology adoption and usage across India,” said Debjani Ghosh, VP, sales and marketing group, and MD, Intel South Asia.

As a part of the initiative, the Digital Skills Training Application comprises of modules on digital literacy, financial inclusion, healthcare and cleanliness in five Indian languages. This application will be available free on the Android Play Store from, while a similar offline training module will also be made available in seven Indian languages.

Timothy Q. Parker, VP, sales and marketing group and interim general manager APAC Japan, said, “The world is watching India with great interest. Through our technological innovations we strive to provide Indian citizens with computing solutions that are affordable, accessible and easy to use.

“We are proud to launch the Digital Skills for India program and feel we can make a substantial difference given our mission of extending computing technology to every individual on Earth.”

“Enabling Broadband Highways is an imperative of the Digital India vision and the National Optic Fiber Network roll-out aims to deliver true broadband to Panchayats. I am happy that corporate citizens like Intel are working with us to digitally empower citizens at the grassroots so that,” said Aruna Sundararajan, administrator (USOF) and chairman-cum-managing director, BBNL.