Highlights
Ravi Shankar Prasad attended the UN High-Level thematic debate
The pandemic has resulted in societies reimagining technology s critical role in how we work, learn and live, he said
Prasad told the General Assembly event that India has taken a concerted decision to adopt a whole-of-society approach to digital technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society, according to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who underlined that technology is meant to be a great equaliser and not a source of division.
Synopsis In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world embraced digital transformation at a pace never witnessed before, Prasad said at the UN High-Level thematic debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity: Whole-of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide.
PTI The pandemic has resulted in societies reimagining technology s critical role in how we work, learn and live, Prasad said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society, according to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who underlined that technology is meant to be a great equaliser and not a source of division.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the issue of the digital divide and recast the world s view of digital access as a critical component to an equitable society, according to Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, who underlined that technology is meant to be a great equaliser and not a source of division. In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world embraced digital transformation at a pace never witnessed before, Prasad said at the UN High-Level thematic debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity: Whole-of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide. The pandemic has resulted in societies reimagining technology s critical role in how we work, learn and live, Prasad said.
Human-centered connectivity at the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the UN General Assembly, organized the UN’s first-ever High-Level Thematic Debate on Connectivity and Digital Cooperation. My topline conclusions from yesterday’s event are:
The human costs of the digital divide must be addressed as we build back from the pandemic, and
Stakeholders from governments, private sector, international organizations and civil society need to work together to end the digital divide by 2030.
More than 70 nations spoke out on the theme Whole-of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide. Connecting people with the internet has new urgency and commitment around the world.