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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA Mr. Ravindra Kumar Asst. Prof. And Ph.D Scholar Computer Science Shobhit University Gangoh Saharanpur – 247341 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract
- Information and communication technology(ICT) boom promised India to solve all its problems related to rural development. Three forth of our population lives in remote rural areas. Rural problems are lack of development, backwardness , poverty , unequal distribution ,illiteracy, malnutrition, lack of employment, lack of opportunity, poor health and hygiene and many others .These problems are interrelated and forms a vicious circle. Cumulative efforts are needed to solve all these problems simultaneously. Information and communication technology advancements have shown a hope to uproot these weaknesses and to bridge the gap between villages and cities . This role of ICT,computer technology and technical education is the key issue discussed in this paper.
of development are created by the development machinery. Unfortunately common village people lives still remain unsatisfactory in comparison with their counterparts in smart cities.
2.COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY RELEVANCE In current world scenario India emerged as a global power in the field of computer technology. Our tech savvy youths are shaping the world into a place where information technology is playing a very crucial role in our day today activities. Computers, laptops, smart phones, tablets and gadgets have become essential for our routine daily activities. Internet has become an essential service for most of the literate youths. Its accessibility in our six lakhs villages is becoming easier day by day. Forth and Fifth generation of network access opened the gates of fast data access for corporate, governments, organizations and for individuals. World has converged into a global village. Any information of the world is just a click away. Facebook , Youtube, Twitter and WhatsApp are contributing in bringing creativity out of all minds and ideas sharing has become so easy as it was never before.
KEY WORDS: information and communication technology, cloud computing, rural development, technical education, webinar, online classes, artificial intelligence, machine learning.
1. INTRODUCTION Information and communication technology advancements empowered human civilization with power to eradicate all challenging problems of rural India in one go. India is a developing economy where 70% of our population is rural and even after 70 years of independence our rural masses covered a little distance on the road of development. Major chunk of workforce in villages are underprivileged and still living a life below poverty line or marginally above it. Divide between India and Bharat is widening day by day. Though efforts have been made by governments, NGOs and other national and international welfare organizations to change the overall scenario but still picture in far flung conglomerates is not very enthuastic.
This revolution in technology has opened new avenues for rural development scenario. It has shown a ray of hope for our poverty ridden people to participate in the main stream of development and growth and to say no to problems like
Since independence till date many organized efforts have been made for eradication of these deep rooted evils. A huge amount of public money exchange hands on the name of rural upliftment every year . Many development schemes are run by central, state and local governments for rural economic and social development. Some islands
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