DBS Asia initiative to boost digital literacy

Mehdipatnam: Reaffirming its commitment of fostering a digitally empowered community, DBS Asia Hub 2 (DAH2), in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, on Thursday inaugurated the first DAH2 Digital Literacy Centre in Mehdipatnam to serve the communities of Gudimalkapur, Rethibowli and nearby areas.

To take forward the Central government's National Digital Literacy Mission initiative, the literacy centre aims to facilitate training infrastructure that would benefit close to 1,000 people in the underserved community. The training will empower beneficiaries to learn the basics of computers and other digital devices, communicate via emails, engage on social media and leverage the power of the internet.

Commenting on the initiative, Alex Woo, CEO, DBS Asia Hub 2, said, "The launch of the Digital Literacy Centre aligns with our larger ethos of being purpose-driven and making a positive impact on lives."

Speaking about the government's initiatives to drive digitisation, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department Telangana, said, "Through Digital Telangana, we are creating a digital ecosystem to ensure advanced e-commerce, e-health, e-governance and e-education facilities, but government programmes alone cannot boost adoption of digital within the state.

We are glad to have NASSCOM Foundation join hands with DBS to ensure digital literacy at the bottom." Ashok Pamidi, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation, said, "In Telangana, we have trained 10,000+ people including 300 persons with disabilities in digital literacy and employability skills. We hope that this new centre will further help the state government achieve its goal of a Digital Telangana."