TITA wants rural Telangana ahead in digital literacy

Another village becomes digitally educated under Digithon

Pratapsingaram was adopted by a private engineering college

Hyderabad: Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) in association with Nalla Narasimha Reddy College management helped a village in erstwhile Rangareddy district become digitally educated.

The Pratapsingaram village is now digitally educated and households here are well aware of the digital world around them following the tireless efforts of TITA volunteers and students of Nalla Narasimha Reddy College.

The villagers were educated on digital tools as part of the Digithon program initiated by the TITA. Nearly 102 households of this village were educated and trained by the volunteers on digital tools computer basics, train bookings, financial literacy including banking and related stuff during a course.

TITA founder President Sundeep Kumar Makthale said that this is the first village adopted by a private engineering college which has become digitally educated. He said that the volunteers have conducted the classes approaching each of the household teaching them the nuances of digital tools and things that would be useful in their daily life.

He said that such effort by the students of any private engineering college student was a role model for other such educational institutions under social responsibility.

The people who were trained include men, women, youth and school dropouts. They are now able to create their Email IDs, other social media IDs, they can carry out their online banking transactions and can book their train or bus tickets online.

Sundeep Kumar appreciated the zeal of learning among the villagers and passion to educate the uneducated among volunteers. He said that the aim of TITA was to see the rural Telangana ahead in digital literacy rate in next few years.

The persons who were trained on digital tools were also provided with certificates on this occasion. TITA volunteers and other dignitaries have congratulated the villagers and Nalla Narasimha Reddy College management for this achievement.