DIGITAL ECONOMIC LITERACY IN NAWALGARH
Digital Economic literacy has been the center of discussion all over the world. It can be generally defined as a person’s ability to understand, analyze, manage, and communicate personal finance matters. More specifically, it refers to the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions through their understanding of finances. It is the ability to make informed judgments and take effective decisions regarding the use and management of money.
Objectives of the Practice:
The digital economy is a demand of the present society but even today in rural areas people are not aware of and educated about it. That’s why Podar College, considering it as its social responsibility, planned to train the students, old age group, backward people, shopkeepers, consumers, and women of self-help groups of Nawalgarh and nearby areas in this context.
The Context:
The literature survey revealed that the digital economy literacy rate in India is very low compared to other countries. Podar College believes that training rural women, students, local businessmen, etc. as the basic units of society, is a worthwhile effort to increase India’s digital literacy rate.
The Practice:
The lecturers of commerce and economics along with HDFC Bank employees organized a total of 6 workshops in the past and present sessions for the 6 target groups, which were conducted separately for the following 6 categories.
- Old age persons
- Women
- Students
- Backward Citizens
- Local Consumers
- Local Shopkeepers
The experts make the audience aware of various tools used for a digital economy such as Paytm, UPI, internet banking, online shopping as well as an online business. There was also an experimental training session after the expert talk.
Evidence of Success:
From the implementation of this practice, stakeholder gets the knowledge of digital economic literacy. They become able to practice smoothly through UPI, internet banking, and online shopping and think about to start selling their products online. They got awareness about various means of fraud in digital payment. So, it has been understood what was given to them.
Problem Encountered and Resources Required:
Although digital technology is opening new vistas, challenges persist. The students, old age group, backward people, shopkeepers, consumers, and women are afraid of digital payments and economic decisions. Women often face additional barriers: less access to mobile phones, lower literacy levels, less confidence in using technology, and restrictions on travel or social interaction.
The Resources Required Mainly:
- Internet facility
- Banking Techniques
- Human resource experts
- Laptops and mobiles for the trainees
SCIENTIFIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IN NAWALGARH
The objective of the Practice:
The objectives of the practice:
- To develop curiosity about science and the natural world among the students and citizens.
- To provide a platform for the students to show their talents.
- To understand the nature and development of scientific knowledge.
- To enable students to use their practical ideas and put them into practice.
Context:
The College has a strong belief that along with theoretical knowledge, its practical training is also very important for the progress of society and the nation. For this, the college has organized practical demonstrations of various theories in subjects like science, commerce, geography, economics, and computer science in the last 4 sessions, focusing on students and teachers from about 50 schools in Nawalgarh and its 30-kilometer radius along with its students and teachers also, so that the targeted classes can be made aware of it.
The Practice:
The main theme of the program is to make the students and citizens aware of scientific works which are taking a great role in our day to day life. So, the citizens and students of different schools and colleges of Nawalgarh are invited to the college to visit and watch live science projects. The college motivates students to bring out their hidden creativity, talent, and ideas and provides them with a platform to showcase their innate talents. Students present different types of models and projects related to their branches.
The visitors realize how small ideas and basic technologies yield unimaginable results. Students are motivated by the college to participate and they can work alone or in groups as per their needs. College provides them with every required resource along with expert guidance from their department. Department Heads and faculty members guide them throughout their projects. They act as a mentor for their respective students and are morale boosters for the students. Students put in all their efforts and work for hours endlessly to get their projects ready in time
Students proudly display their projects and explain them to visitors who visit their stalls. As per the students, it gives them a different level of satisfaction to interact with visitors and interacting with them and answering their queries. Students provide knowledge to the visitors of their projects such as the technology used while making a live project. Explaining live projects is not an easy task as the visitors may be laymen in these fields. The college also provides transportation for the visit.
Evidence of Success
We can proudly say that this program was a success and was a win-win situation for us, the visitors learned a lot. They learned how theory can be applied in practice and also handle different kinds of people while explaining their projects patiently. The program also brought a lot of local people to the program that got an opportunity to learn how theory can be implemented into practice. Finally, it was very useful for other school students who visited as they learn the scientific principles behind the projects and become clearer about their future career choice.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
- To meet the other school management and take their sanction for the visit.
- To provide transportation facilities
- Effectively Entertaining the Visitors
The main resources required:
- Budget
- Human Resource
- Technology