Google-Tata aims to create jobs for women via Internet Saathi programme

Updated:7 years, 10 months ago

New Delhi, Dec 05 (ANI): Building on its mission to improve digital literacy amongst women in rural India, Google India and Tata Trusts on Tuesday announced the extension of the Internet Saathi programme, to support the Foundation For Rural Entrepreneurship Development (FREND) set up by Tata Trusts. Under this initiative, Google will jointly work with the new foundation, to create digitally enabled livelihood opportunities for the Internet Saathis. FREND will become a vehicle for other like-minded companies and institutions to utilise the Internet Saathi network and enable dissemination of information and services in the rural areas thereby creating newer avenues of income for these women in rural India. This will be in addition to imparting digital literacy to millions of rural women under the ongoing Internet Saathi program. Over 12,000 Internet Saathis across India have voluntarily signed up to take up projects in their villages as part of this next phase of Internet Saathi program. Along with Tata Trusts, Google has conducted successful pilots with organisations such as Tata Water Mission, Haqdarshak, Kantar and Nielsen with encouraging outcomes.

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