Mizoram, a major North Eastern state, is all set to joint IT revolution and pave the way for computer literacy in the whole of the region hitherto untouched by the burgeoning IT & ITeS revolution being witnessed elsewhere in the country and indeed the world over. In a unique initiative in the private public participation mode, the Mizoram Government with an IT training company, New Horizons as its partner, who has got financial assistance from North Eastern Council, has initiated the landmark project and this is expected to go a long way in inspiring others to follow in their footsteps. This report was first published in The Hindu on Monday, the 24th March '2008.
Extract : Mizoram is set to become the first north-eastern State to break the impasse of computer illiteracy in a region that has till now been untouched by the country’s IT revolution. With IT training company New Horizons as its partner and financial assistance from the North Eastern Council, the Mizoram Government is going to turn 200 of its educated unemployed youth into software professionals next month. Another 200 are being enrolled for the second batch.
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