Considering this vision, the Union Budget 2025-26 introduces an umbrella scheme, “Vigyan Dhara”.While it may initially seem like rebranding existing concepts, the scheme effectively consolidates three ongoing initiatives of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) into one cohesive framework.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched in 2014 the Special Manpower Development Programme for Chips to System Design (SMDP-C2SD).
Bhashini, or Bhasha Interface for India, is a revolutionary initiative that is democratizing access to digital content and services across India's diverse linguistic spread. This National Language Translation Mission (NLTM), in alignment with the Digital India program, aims to foster digital inclusivity and empowerment.
NUDM was launched as a new scheme in 2024, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
Proportionately more computer-related workers in India do programming work than in the US. Does this foretell doom for those seeking an information technology job in India, after completing a degree in engineering? If so, the implications would be profound, and negative. Engineering, for many, is a ticket to the organized workforce, social mobility into the middle class, and, in the case of some, physical mobility out of the country and into the land of opportunity abroad. Does AI mean a roadblock to all that?
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The IMPRI Center for Gender Impact Studies (GISC) at the IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute in New Delhi hosted a panel discussion titled "Gender, Social Inclusion, and Union Budget 2025–26