KTR gets 'Global Champion of Digital Literacy' award

Information Technology Minister K Taraka Rama Rao was presented the ‘Global Champion of Digital Literacy’ award by Certiport on Sunday. Certiport recognises government leaders around the world who work to help more students become digitally literate and competitive in a competitive job market. The award also recognises people who are creating the infrastructure for growth of IT in their State or country and movement towards providing better governance using technology. “KTR has been progressive and created a great amount of buzz around investment in Telangana for the T-Hub, a leading incubator to bring in innovation, entrepreneurship and initiatives to



embed the ‘Digital India’ campaign in Telangana. 

Digital Telangana is a programme designed to meet the supply and demand for technology skills. The programme will help one member of each household become digitally literate, introduce computer literacy in middle school and make mobile governance a reality in Telangana. The initiative sets up the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) to address the problems of skilling and to improve employability quotient of youth in the State of Telangana,” said Jan Day, Certiport vice-president of international sales, who gave the award to KTR at his residence on Sunday.