Need To Ensure That Internet Is Equitable For All: Rishad Premji

Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji on Thursday stressed the need to ensure that Internet services are “equitable” and local language content is made available so that “digital divide” is not created.

Speaking at the India Economic Summit, Premji spoke of the fast pace at which Indians had embraced the Internet and were using the web for services like entertainment, making financial transactions and education.

“I’m not too worried about the pace at which this adoption happens…I’m very optimistic. What I worry about is that it is equitable. We need to make sure that we do not leave people behind in this revolution of change,” he said.

Premji explained that one area of focus should be on making content available in local languages, apart from movies and audio.―The Pioneer