Zero Digital Divide: 2 Lac low-income
डिजिटल सक्षम : इंटरनेंटच्या जगात आत्मविश्वासाने
वावरण्याची संधी वस्तीपातळीवरील
सर्वांसाठी उपलब्ध करून देणारे केंद्र
Digital Pune Mission
Zero Digital Divide: 2 Lac low-income homes to be Digitally Empowered
डिजिटल सक्षम : इंटरनेंटच्या जगात आत्मविश्वासाने
वावरण्याची संधी वस्तीपातळीवरील
सर्वांसाठी उपलब्ध करून देणारे केंद्र
Stories of Impact
From unemployed to starting a business of his own
From a housewife to a designer, here’s Seema’s journey
Madhavi, a nutritionist, now has the world on her fingertips
Stories of Impact
From unemployed to starting a business that not only fills his but everyone’s stomach
From a housewife to a designer, here Seema’s journey to a successful business
Madhavi, a nutritionist, now has the world on her fingertips
Goal
To enable 100% Digital Empowerment in Pune, that is, at least one person in every low-income household in Pune to be able to leverage the internet to improve quality of life.
This translates to a goal of training approximately 2 Lac citizens across 500 slum communities and low-income communities by 2025.
Goal
To enable 100% Digital Empowerment in Pune, that is, at least one person in every low-income household in Pune to be able to leverage the internet to improve quality of life.
This translates to a goal of training approximately 2 Lac citizens across 500 slum communities and low-income communities by 2025.
Curriculum for Digital Empowerment
The mission aims to digitally empower citizens from low-income communities so that they access opportunities for growth and well-being for self, family and the city.
The program is administered online/ through Digital Empowerment centers via a short yet powerful 40-hour curriculum that covers the following:
Operational Model
Operational Model
Digital Empowerment Centres
Digital Empowerment Centres: These are set up across the city in key need locations, such as large slum pockets and Gaothan areas. Each centre will train 600 people per year
Corporate Volunteering Initiatives
These refer to corporate employee engagement programs where volunteers get an opportunity to teach the digital empowerment course and interact with members in the community.
Collective Action
The crux of the strategy is a multi-stakeholder approach, with active participation by the Pune Municipal Corporation, Corporates, NGOs, NASSCOM Foundation and Pune City Connect. The idea is to enable the achievement of this ambitious goal, through Collective Action, where the Pune Municipal Corporation covers all capital expenditure (centre location, refurbishment, equipment) and the corporate covers all operational cost (salaries, program management costs, etc.).
Digital Empowerment Centres and Buses/ Online training
Digital Empowerment Centres and Buses are located in the vicinity of slum communities and other low-income areas. The centres are equipped with desktops and are internet-enabled. The presence of a digital empowerment centre close to the slum community changes the dynamics of that community.
Citizens in the age group of 14-60 are enrolled in the Digital centres. Each learner undergoes the 40 hours curriculum over a 20-day period. Alumni of the program continue visiting the centres for strengthening the practice of accessing various digital tools. During the COVID19 situation, an online training model has been successfully adopted. Citizens are keener than ever to be digitally literate and enrolment in the online course is at a high level.
Collective Action
To achieve the goal of large scale Digital empowerment, a multi-stakeholder approach has been adopted, with active participation by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Corporates, NGOs, Natarajan Education Society (NES), NASSCOM Foundation and Pune City Connect.
PMC undertakes capital expenditure (centre locations, refurbishment, equipment) while corporate donors cover the operational costs. NASSCOM Foundation and NES are knowledge Partners. Pune City Connect and its program implementation partners, manage day-to-day operations. Pune City Connect has overall responsibility for program monitoring and quality.
Achievements
55,000 citizens have been trained across low-income communities spread across wards in the city.
Through becoming digitally empowered, an alum iSHAREs. This is described through the following actions and characteristics:
Achievements
55,000 citizens have been trained across low-income communities spread across wards in the city.
Through becoming digitally empowered, an alum iSHAREs. This is described through the following actions and characteristics:
identity
- Has a strong and positive Digital Identity
Smart
- Saves money: online shopping
- Saves time: online bill payments, bookings, cashless transactions
- Saves energy: Uses tools such as Google maps
Helpful
- Trains others to be digitally empowered
- Mobilizes people for the Digital Empowerment program
- Uses internet functionalities to help others
Aware of Tools
- Right to Information, RTE, Property records, Government schemes and websites
Resourceful
- Seeks information
- Self-learns
Empowered
- Applies for jobs online
- Has better promotion prospects due to being digitally capable
- If an entrepreneur is able to access resources to enhance income (designs, information, market linkages)
Digital Empowerment Footprint
Today there are 12 Digital Empowerment centres, and 6 Digital Empowerment buses across 11 Administrative Wards of Pune.
Digital Empowerment Footprint
Today there are 12 Digital Empowerment centres, and 6 Digital Empowerment buses across 11 Administrative Wards of Pune.
PMC Support
The Digital Pune mission has pride of place in the Digital Strategy document published by the Pune Municipal Corporation. It is an important component of the Government’s vision of a ‘Digital Pune’.
All capital investment for setting up the Digital Empowerment Centres is undertaken by the Pune Municipal Corporation. Whilst the location of the Centres is provided by the Urban Community Development (UCD) and Education Departments; other departments such as IT, Bhavan (Construction) and Electrical are responsible for the set-up, renovation and infrastructure.
PMC Support
The Digital Pune mission has pride of place in the Digital Strategy document published by the Pune Municipal Corporation. It is an important component of the Government’s vision of a ‘Digital Pune’.
All capital investment for setting up the Digital Empowerment Centres is undertaken by the Pune Municipal Corporation. Whilst the location of the Centres is provided by the Urban Community Development (UCD) and Education Departments; other departments such as IT, Bhavan (Construction) and Electrical are responsible for the set-up, renovation and infrastructure.
Corporate Partners
Corporate Partners
Program Partners
Program Partners
