In lines with the Central Government’s Digital India move, the Gujarat Government on Wednesday signed an MoU with Google India.
The MoU was signed in presence of Gujarat’s Chief Secretary J.N. Singh and Google India Public Policy Director Chetan Krishnaswamy, besides Principal Secretaries of Tourism, Science & Technology, labour & Employment, Higher Education and Rural Development Departments. The MoU includes training small and medium scale entrepreneurs the use of digital platform to help them in business development under ‘Digital Unlocked’ programme, providing ‘cloud’ facility up to $20,000 to recognised startups.
It will provide the skill development of youth in the use of modern mobiles and web technology, train degree, diploma ad science postgraduate students in ‘Google android Fundamentals’ and ‘Mobile Development’. It will train rural women and children the daily use of Internet, to acquaint them with the digital world as part of digital literacy under ‘Internet Saathi’ programme. It will also prepare digital database of the State’s great history, heritage and culture in collaboration with Gujarat Government’s Tourism and Youth & Culture Departments.