IIT Kanpur collaborates with CSC
07, May 2019
Prelims level : Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Mains level : How technology can be useful for rural development?
- Ministry of Electronics & IT, and CSC e- Governance Services India Limited partnered with the IIT Kanpur to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’.
BACKGROUND:
- ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ is the programme of the HRD (Human Resource Development) Ministry which is working towards achieving solutions for increasing sustainable growth in rural India.
- IIT-Kanpur brought 15 leading higher education institutions from UP (Uttar Pradesh) to work together with CSC, under this policy, for the villages’ development.
- Through CSC, they will adopt gram panchayats and equip themselves with citizen-centric services.