As part of the Modi-led government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, the state-run Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) will manufacture affordable 3G and 4G handsets.
The Narendra Modi led Indian government officially clicked through the ambitious Digital India programme a few months ago. The vision is simple: to usher India into the digital age where each and every citizen can experience the impact.
by Ashok Malik
In many senses, the Digital India initiative will become a barometer by which to judge the success or failure of the Narendra Modi government in the coming five years.
Ravi Shankar Prasad is charged with making the new Indian government’s vision of a truly Digital India a reality as the minister for communications and information technology.Here he speaks to India Inc. about what that challenge involves, the roadmap for the project and his own vision in accomplishing the ambitious task.
Digital India is not just about delivering basic services to Indians – instead, it is part of an integrated vision to transform India.
Earlier this week I was speaking with Alastair Campbell, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman. Alastair is writing a book titled “Winning”, that features globally accomplished personalities from all walks of life and analyses the factors that make them winners. He has dedicated an entire chapter on Prime Minister Modi and his 2014 election campaign.
It will have the world’s highest smartphone user growth rate and will overtake the U.S. in the number of total smartphone users.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay alumnus & Professor of Stanford University Arun Majumdar have been appointed the science envoys of the US
US President Barack Obama awarded the National Medal of Science to Indian American scientist Thomas Kailath for his transformative contribution to science and technology.
In a major restructuring of Google management, India-born Sundar Pichai, who is already in-charge of Android, Chrome and Google Apps, has been made the chief of core Google products.