AKSHAYA PROJECT

AKSHAYA   PROJECT 

In India, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution is far reaching and has high visibility. It's use has contributed to phenomenal growth in such areas as e- literacy, e-governance, e-commerce and e-transaction. The anticipated benefits of any ICT for development projects such as Akshaya include e-literacy, knowledge dissemination, poverty reduction, community and women's empowerment, transparency in business and other transactions increased productivity and better healthcare practices. 
       
         Akshaya has been a high profile project of the State government of Kerala, in the southernmost state of India which has been hailed as one that has, achieved phenomenally high levels of 'gender development' compared to other states of India, in terms of all the standard indicators of education and health. 

             Akshaya project is an ICT for development project launched in 2002 jointly by the Kerala State IT mission and the Kerala State Department of science and technology, with tie-ups with local bodies and voluntary agencies.

             
                     

          "Enabling Kerala to choose its future and thrive in an interdependent 21st century driven by ICT", is how the project has been described by the Akshaya authorities. It is one of the early community based ICT initiative by Kerala IT mission. Kerala is the first state in India to take initiative for the mass transformation of ICT by the implementation of district wide e-literacy project Akshaya in 2002, with an intension of 'Empowering Kerala'. The venture paved the way for the migration of  Kerala to the first e-literate state. 
 
                        

Akshaya, an ambitious endeavor of the State of Kerala was inaugurated by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, on November 28, 2002. Presently around 2650 Akshaya e-centres spread across Kerala with at least 2 centres in each panchayats. Akshaya aims at achieving three key objectives in IT dissemination to the masses. By bringing the benefits of technology to the households, by promoting e literacy and by ushering e governance. It endeavors to bridge the digital divide and propel Kerala as India's foremost knowledge society. 

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