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Digitization of Rare Books

Source: Maharashtra Times dated 24 February, 2019

A look at India’s deep digital literacy divide and why it needs to be bridged

A look at India’s deep digital literacy divide and why it needs to be bridged We need to start by understanding digital literacy rates for the public and private sector, and also education sector. We need data for the status, the progress and the proliferation of digitisation across regions, gender and social strata. By:  FE Bureau  | New Delhi |  Published: September 24, 2018 1:22 AM Bridging the great Indian digital literacy divide Always on, always available, always enabled—this is the world of Generation C (“connected”) who will have grown up in a primarily digital world by 2020, according to a recent report by PwC. Computers, internet, mobile phones, texting, social networking are an integral part of their world. Their familiarity with technology and reliance on mobile communications will transform the way this generation works, entertains, collaborates, consumes and creates. Experts predict that 26 billion or more sensors and devices will be connec...