Pankaj Jha (Project Assistant):
With a past experience in networking and hardware engineering, Pankaj joined Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF). As a part of the CIRC project, Pankaj has been connecting with the grassroots by interacting with communities, understanding their needs and aspirations, and encouraging them to make digital a part of their lives.
Dhanraj Dabi (Coordinator):
Dhanraj Dabi has been working as the coordinator of CIRC Nichlagarh since 2015. Before he started working at the centre, he had little idea about the village and the community. To understand and mobilise the community on digital literacy, he held meetings with the community members including panchayat members, and women. He feels that the centre has played a key role in the growth and development of the village, by tackling two main problems in the area- lack of internet connectivity and digital services in the village. It has also played a key role in making children digitally literate, (about fifty percent students are now computer literate). Dhanraj believes that it is important to engage the community members in the activities of the centre, since it is run for the community.
Jakir Khan (Master Trainer):
Jakir Khan works as the master trainer at the Nichlagarh centre. He works closely with the community members and holds sessions on digital literacy and makes them aware of the services available at the centre. He teaches computers at the centre to both adults and children, and holds classes in schools that a farther away from the centre. Jakir also looks after digital and information services at the centre and helps people access these with ease.
Leela Kumari (Fellow):
Leela Devi works as a trainer at CIRC Nichlagarh. She conducts digital literacy classes and facilitates access to information and digital services at the centre. She actively mobilises, community members, especially, women and young girls, to visit the CIRC and become digitally literate and make the most of the services available there.