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Wednesday, Feb 22, 2006
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IT Training States - Kerala Mammootty is goodwill ambassador for Akshaya Our Bureau
Thiruvananthapuram , Feb. 21 FILM star Mammootty will be the goodwill ambassador for the State Government's Akshaya computer literacy project. Mr Mammootty will take up the responsibility of spearheading the Akshaya campaign through special appearances in print and visual media and other publicity material. "I am really happy to be associated with this unique project that promises to ring in wholesome change to the perceptions about Kerala as it seeks to make its presence felt in the digital era," said Mr Mammootty. "If we manage to reach the benefits of information technology to the entire population, we would be able to raise ourselves to the levels of a developed society. I understand that the Akshaya project has been launched with this objective. I am sure this unique project will go to make the State a fully empowered knowledge society," he added. Officially launched in the district of Malappuram in year 2002, Akshaya completed its first phase by training 5.8 lakh people in the district on computers. Subsequently, it was rolled out to seven more districts - Kasaragode, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kollam and Pathanamthitta. This is expected to add another 35 lakh to the list of the computer-literate in the State, said Mr T. K. Manzoor, State Co-ordinator for the Akshaya project. The State Government recently decided to extend the project to the remaining six districts, and preparatory works to this effect are on.
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