A group of American academicians on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Digital India’ campaign asserting that it heralds a new era of participatory democracy and enhances transparency, weeks after prominent US-based academics raised privacy concerns over the project.
“We welcome, Prime Minister Modi's support for the Digital India initiative that heralds a new age of participatory democracy and enhances transparency in Governance in India, leveling the playing field for vast numbers of India’s citizens,” more than 150 American academicians said in a statement.
Signatories include holders of prestigious endowed professorships, deans of schools and educators in engineering, medicine, business and the humanities from many of the most prestigious institutions in the US.