India Digital Literacy Index Project

International organizations, think tanks, and governments are launching initiatives to train people in digital skills and improve their proficiency. The vision of Government of India's Digital India Program is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Several initiatives and schemes such as the National Mission on Education Using ICT, the National Digital Literacy Mission (2014-2016), the Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA; 2014-2016), and the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA; 2017-), aim(ed) at enabling digital proficiency among citizens, especially in the rural areas (PMGDISHA). Several NGOs and companies are also working in this sphere. In light of this, there is a need to investigate the current levels of digital ability among Indians in order to ensure the efficacy of technological advancements and provide appropriate government, corporate, and social interventions. The India Digital Literacy Index Project aims conduct a national survey to check the current levels and continue doing it on a periodic basis to see the change on a longitudinal basis. The project will initially develop a scale appropriate to measure this, conduct a regional and national pilot next and the conduct the national survey in the coming two years.

About FLAME UNIVERSITY

Spread over 70 acres of green expanse, FLAME University stands tall in the heart of Pune.

FLAME has changed the way our students learn by going beyond the classroom and into the real world, providing them with an educational experience where they can choose their own unique career paths. Rooted in the Indian tradition and rising as a pioneer of Liberal Education in India, we create thinkers and doers who question the status-quo and challenge themselves. We aim to construct knowledge ecologies that liberate students' minds from traditional thinking, allow them to reach their full potential, and lead them on a path of self-discovery.

We push our students out of their comfort zones and into the realities of the world, to help them thrive in their element. We believe that each students’ creativity, imagination, and passion are truly extraordinary and that needs to be recognized. By welcoming creativity, self-discovery, and innovation, we shape careers, minds, and life in a truly symbiotic and collaborative environment.