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For
those who won't be able to see the session, the 2017 event it covered was
called the All India
Digital Skill Mission and it had scope than went far
beyond domain trading alone. It involved seven intrepid Internet gurus, Jay
being one of them, spending two months in one van traveling
some 20,000 kilometers all the way around the vast nation to
accomplish seven things:
1.
Let more people in India know the benefits of Digitalization and Cashless Economy
2. Help young minds learn about blogging and digital marketing
3. How and why to pick blogging and digital marketing as a career
4. Entrepreneur, Freelancer, and other exciting Internet-based
career options.
5. To explore 50+ major cities in our Incredible Country.
6. To explore 100+ villages and towns to reach each and every corner to enlighten the lamp of Digital India.
7. To meet thousands of bloggers who are already part of this big community.
Above:
The mission and its
website was launched by Honourable Shri M
Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting (in white
shirt) and the trip was presented by the IIPDS Genlish HighwayMonks.
The
seven traveling Team
Members (most of whom did not know each other personally
beforehand) put the mission on their shoulders and made it a success.
All are well-known bloggers, digital marketing trainers and consultants who
have one thing in common - a passion to reach as many people as they can to
impart and share what they have learned about the various ways to earn money
through internet. One of them, Sai Ramesh, a professional blogger and
digital marketer, was credited with masterminding the mission.
Above:
A newspaper clipping showing Jay Paudyal (center)
and his teammates on the All India Digital Skill Mission 2017.
The
team started their journey in Kashmir on January 15, 2017 and finished
it when the arrived in the nation's capital, New Delhi in the middle of
March. The map below shows the route they took and the primary stops made
along the way:
During
the trip the team visited hundreds of
village schools, ITIs, IITs, IIMs,
and other educational institutes,
delivering presentations that were
completely free to all attendees.
Above:
A common scene on stops during the All India Digital Skills Mission - a
room packed with local men and women who wanted to learn how the Internet can
be used as the gateway to a brighter future. This particular one was a
Workshop at the Surajmal Institute of Technology in Janakpuri, New
Delhi.
In
the course of their two-month journey
the Mission team spoke to countless
thousands of people and undoubtedly
created many new digital entrepreneurs
who will follow in their footsteps
and, in turn, share what they have
learned with their countrymen. The
mission team was presented with many
well deserved awards when they finally
returned home, but nothing beat the
personal gratification they got from
making so many new friends and helping
so many people along the way. I
would love to see the model they
established adopted in other
countries around the world. The
Internet has been with us for decades
now but, as the current pandemic showed
us, it is more important than ever
now and it is still very much the
future that millions more can
benefit from if they are shown the way.
Jay
shared a lot of his personal photos from
the trip in his NamesCon session and
this post barely scratches the surface
of what the mission team accomplished.
For that, you will want to visit the
official
All
India Digital Skills Mission website
for the details on how it all came
about, who all of the players were and
the remarkable road they followed into
history!
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