Sanchar Mitra Scheme
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The Sanchar Mitra Scheme, launched by Department of Telecommunications (DoT), engages university students as volunteers to promote digital literacy, cyber hygiene, and telecom awareness nationwide. Initially a pilot, but expanded across all states and UTs, with 222 institutions currently participating as of recent Lok Sabha updates.​
Key Objectives
- Students designated as Sanchar Mitras conduct awareness drives like cyber fraud prevention, responsible mobile usage, EMF radiation concerns, and citizen-centric telecom services.
- The program fosters secure digital behavior and bridges the gap between citizens and telecom ecosystems.​
Eligibility and Training
- It targets students from technical institutes offering programs in telecom, electronics, computer science, or cybersecurity, nominated via local DoT units.
- Selected volunteers receive structured training from the National Communications Academy–Technology (NCA-T) and DoT’s Media Wing on 5G, 6G, AI, cybersecurity, and telecom policies.​
Top performers gain access to R&D projects, telecom startups, policy work, field surveys, DoT initiatives, and national conferences on a best-effort basis.
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