Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold direct dialogue with students of virtual classrooms through video-conferencing on Friday July 3, 2015 under ‘Digital India Week’ in the State.Video-conferencing focusing on ‘Role of Youths in Digital Madhya Pradesh’ will be held from 10.30 am. Following the video-conferencing, the Chief Minister will chair a meeting of Digital India Programme Monitoring Committee headed by him for implementation of Digital India in the State.
A workshop of State level nodal officers of all departments under e-mail service will be held at Mantralaya on July 4. On this occasion, launch of computer proficiency certificate exam (CPCT) will be announced.A workshop on skill development and science and manufacturing (ESDM) will be held on July 6 where an MoU will also be signed. Second phase of e-Shakti Abhiyan will be launched in entire state on July 7 for internet and computer literacy of women.From July 7 to 11, a workshop of district officers focusing on Digital India and concerning issues will be held.
During the week, various competition on the subject ‘Digital India’ and ‘Digital Madhya Pradesh’ will be held in colleges and other educational institutions in the state at Rewa, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad. These include chart, poster, quiz and essay competitions.
Main objective of Digital India programme is to literate and empower people digitally through proper use of Digital India platform. It also aims at making people’s life more convenient through use of information technology. Yet another objective of the programme is to ensure role of information technology for transparent and efficient administration.Innovations useful for common people will be made during Digital India Week.
It would mainly serve as a bridge between various programmes.These include digital infrastructure, delivery of services on demand and digital empowerment of people. It also includes National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).