All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) is a

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established in 1985 to take computer education to the rural and semi-urban masses. It was established by

Santosh Choubey Santosh Choubey is an Indian social entrepreneur and educationalist. He founded the All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) in 1985. He is chairman of AISECT and chancellor of the Rabindranath Tagore University along ...

. The organisation now operates in 28 states and four

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of India, serving millions of people mostly in rural and semi-urban areas through its 23,000+ end-mile service delivery centres.

History

The society was established by Santosh Choubey and a few other youths in 1985 when computers were new to India. Computers became more useful and popular over the years but the rural and semi-urban masses of India were being left out from India's economic and digital growth story. AISECT realising the need to bridge the ICT gap and started developing computer education content in regional languages, starting with Hindi. It started opening computer training centres in rural districts and blocks of

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in the early nineties after going through various reorganisations over the years, AISECT was officially registered as a cooperative society in the year 1997.

References

{{reflist Information technology education Educational organisations based in India Educational institutions established in 1985 1985 establishments in Madhya Pradesh