LSA partners with 18 colleges to roll out Sanchar Mitra Scheme
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The scheme aims to empower youth from across the nation as digital ambassadors. Under the scheme, student volunteers — designated as Sanchar Mitras — will be empowered to raise awareness among the people about key telecom issues such as digital safety, cyber fraud prevention, and EMF radiation concerns, while also promoting responsible mobile usage and digital literacy.
Assam LSA on Friday convened an interactive session with heads and representatives from premier engineering institutions, including IIT, IIIT, NIT, and other engineering colleges across Assam, at BSNL Bhawan here.
The focus of the session was to inform about and expand the Sanchar Mitra Scheme that aims to engage student volunteers as digital ambassadors to bridge the communication gap between citizens and the telecom ecosystem.
Delivering the keynote address, DG Telecom advisor Sunita Chandra said, "The aim of the system is to build a bridge between DoT initiatives, telecom services, and various citizen-centric efforts.
It's about ensuring that our users, customers, and the public function better. We also wanted to harness the energy and services of young students from universities and colleges."
Sanchar Mitra Scheme, which was initially piloted in select institutions, has now been scaled up for nationwide implementation following an enthusiastic response and promising impact in its pilot phase.
The expanded Sanchar Mitra Scheme aims to enhance public awareness and also provide participating students with exposure to cutting-edge telecom technologies, including 5G, 6G, artificial intelligence, and cyber security.
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Through structured training, project participation, and engagement with real-world telecom initiatives, the scheme seeks to build a digitally aware, skilled, and research-oriented youth workforce.
Institution to participate will be identified in consultation with local DoT field units, and students from relevant academic backgrounds — telecom, electronics, computer science, cyber security — will be nominated as Sanchar Mitras.
Sanchar Mitras will receive necessary training from experts from the field and the National Communications Academy–Technology (NCA-T) and DoT's media wing.
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