Bangladesh and Bhutan IT minister visited Karenda Digital Village in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
A high-powered ministerial delegation comprising of Begum Tarana Halim, minister of post, telecom and IT, Bangladesh and DN Dhungyel, minister of information & broadcasting, Royal Government of Bhutan, and telecom officials from Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia visited Karenda Digital village in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
[HE Mrs. Begum Tarana Halim, Honorable Minister, Post, Telecom and IT, Bangladesh and high-level officials from the Telecom ministries of Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia visited Karenda Digital village, in Alwar district of Rajasthan today.]
VNL, which indigenously develops end-to-end telecom infrastructure products and solutions has helped BSNL set up connectivity in the village and transformed Karenda into a successful model Digital Village.
The digitally empowered village has access to high-quality voice and broadband network which enables the advancement of e-education, e-governance and e-healthcare to the residents of the villages. The pilot project is being run on BSNL network to connect with the world.
It may be recalled that the Indian government has expressed keen interest to partner with ASEAN and SAARC countries in enabling digital connectivity between India and ASEAN region and also for enabling broadband within ASEAN countries. These digital connectivity projects are of strategic importance and can have a transformative impact on the host economies and cooperation between the region and India.
India has committed to provide financial as well as technological support for projects that could include-high-speed fiber optic networks, digital villages, rural broadband, national knowledge network, secured communication networks and telecom training and skill development. Karenda digital village is a milestone step in this direction.
