Sachin Tendulkar and Schneider Electric set for a Digi Green revolution
India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has joined hands with Schneider Electric India to empower young students. Together they will be supporting the ‘Spreading Happiness InDiya Foundation’ (SHIF). This non-profit collaboration aims at providing access to digital education in more than 150 Rural Indian schools by 2025 under the SMITA Program. The digital education infrastructure will be powered by solar energy. It will also create awareness among the children of the country about the conservation of energy and the environment.
The innovative concept for using the latest technology to conduct virtual training is called the “Digi Green” program. the “Digi Green” classrooms are eco-forward and help save money for schools in terms of running costs, while also providing virtual training modes to optimize learning outcomes. Since these classrooms are run entirely on solar power, it has a ‘net-zero’ carbon footprint, further enabling the schools to earn carbon credits.
Sharing his thoughts on the Digi Green program, Sachin Tendulkar said, “Our goal through Spreading Happiness InDiya Foundation is to provide access to digital education to students in rural schools while creating awareness among them on the absolute need to build a ‘sustainable future’. This initiative is our contribution towards helping create a better world through responsible, aware, and active citizens of the future. Through Digi Green, we are leveraging the power of digital technologies to bring parity amongst rural and urban students in terms of access to modern means of education.”
The world is at the cusp of unfathomable risk due to the effects of climate change. Tendulkar with this collaboration will put his best foot forward to be a part of an eco-friendly venture which will help the conservation of energy and the environment. The plan is to set up Digi Green classrooms in 35 Rural Government Schools across different states of India which will benefit more than 8,000 students.
