DoT celebrates World Telecommunication and Information Day
NICF organizes Seminar on “Women and Girls in ICT”
On the occasion of World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day today, a National Level
Seminar on “Women and Girls in ICT” was organized by National Institute
of Communication Finance (NICF) - an apex level National Training
Institute of Department of Telecommunications. World Telecommunication
and Information Day, celebrated each year on 17th May, marks the
anniversary of the signature of the first international Telegraph
Convention in 1865 which led to the creation of the International
Telecommunication Unit.
About 50 plus senior officer of
Department of Telecommunication (DoT) from all over the country
participated in the seminar at Ghaziabad Campus of NICF. Participants
resolved to use and promote Information Communication Technologies
(ICTs) to provide new digital opportunities to women and girls in every
corner of India. Presentations were made to cover various perspectives
on the theme “Women and Girls in ICT Sector”. Need for bridging the
digital gap between man and woman as well as ways and means to provide
gender neutral technological development in the field of ICT was
recommended. The role professional women can play in further developing
and servicing a dynamic and competitive ICT sector needs to be
acknowledged and supported by Governments, private sector, donors, civil
society and education sectors etc.
Source : PIB dtd 17/05/2012
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