Osama Manzar
FounderFounder of Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
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Osama Manzar is the founder of Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)[1], an Indian non-profit working on education and livelihood from New Delhi.
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
Digital Empowerment Foundation is a New Delhi-based nonprofit working to bridge digital divides for underserved communities across India through digital infrastructure, education, governance services and social enterprise. Its programmes include Digital Didi for women's digital empowerment and Internet Saathi for digital literacy, run in partnership with government and international organisations.
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) reports the following, on its own site:
- Ran its Digital Emergency Relief Programme through Community Information Resource Centres at 600+ locations across 89 underserved districts in 20 Indian states during the 2020 COVID-19 response.
- Deployed 5,000+ 'digital foot soldiers' through its CIRC network to map community needs during the 2020 COVID-19 Digital Emergency Relief Programme.
- Organisations
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- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
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- Press
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References
- [1] “At the Gender and Inclusion Conference 2025 in Hyderabad, Osama Manzar, Founder & Director of the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), emphasised why technology must be at the heart of solving age-old challenges of gender inequality and social exclusion.” — Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF). Source
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