Vikaspedia Webinar

About Vikaspedia

Vikaspedia is a Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India initiative to provide e-knowledge and use ICT-based applications for empowerment of under-served communities. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad, a scientific society under MeitY is implementing the nationwide initiative.   

Developed as part of this initiative is the multilingual, multi-sectoral collaborative content creation platform - Vikaspedia – www.vikaspedia.gov.in / www.vikaspedia.in. Vikaspedia provides information covering multiple domains related to social development such as Education, Health, Social Welfare, Agriculture, e-Governance, Energy, etc. The information is available covering all 22 consitutionally recognsied langauges of the country, besides English. 

About Vikaspedia webinar

Vikaspedia webinars are being organised with the objective of creating awarness about Vikaspedia and the various voluneteering opportunities in it.  

Who can attend

Any interested citizen who would like to know about Vikaspedia and volunteer for Vikaspedia can participate in the webinar. 

What will be covered in the webinar

The webinar intends to explain and demonstrate the following to the participants

• A walkthrough the Vikaspedia collaborative content creation platform - objectives, offerings, stakeholders, etc
• Hands-on session on Knowledge management in Vikaspedia portal – content authoring, review, updation, translation, etc
• Volunteering opportunities in Vikaspedia - content digitisation, translation, creation, review, outreach, technology development, etc.

Webinar schedule

The Vikapedia webinars are to be held weekly on Fridays 3 - 3.45 pm (45 minutes).  The entry to the webinar is free and open to all. 

The webinar would be offered initially in English and Hindi. More languages would be added based on need.  

The date and time and link of the webinar will be sent to the registered members mobile number (as Whatsapp) and email atleast two days before the webinar. Registered members are hence requested to check their Mobile/Email for updates. 

How to register

Interested users can register online by filling a simple registration form available at  https://vikaspedia.in/webinar/vikaspedia-webinar 

Institutions interested in organising a webinar for their members can contact us at vikaspedia@cdac.in .

Download Participation Certificate 

A certificate of participation would be given to all the registered participants who attend the complete webinar session. 

You can download a system generated digital Participation Certificate from the link https://vikaspedia.in/certificate. The certificate would be generated after 2 working days of the completion of a webinar. 

You need to provide your Email / Mobile number (provided during your registration) to download /verify the participation certificate. 

For any queries /issues, write to us at vikaspedia@cdac.in.