Need to spread tech literacy in India: Bhattacharya

Asserting that Information Technology was being used in nearly every aspect of modern urban life, Rajya Sabha MP P Bhattacharya today pressed for furthering technology literacy among Indian masses.
Bhattacharya was speaking at the inauguration ofInternational Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO-2016) at Amity University.
"70 per cent of population in India does not know how to use computers. There is a need to spread the knowledge about IT and the necessity of communication systems, starting from remotest parts and villages of the country," said Bhattacharya.
"IT has changed the urban planning models and it is being used to make environment, governance and economy more efficient. Optimisation of IT is needed to serve growing cities, which are flooded with soaring population," he added.

Bhattacharya said the concept of 'smart cities' need to be coupled with 'smart villages' to ensure inclusive development in India.
The three-day international conference will witness numerous sessions including 'Digital Future and Innovation- A Societal Transformation' and 'Statistical Process Control for OSS Projects and OptimalRelease Policies' among others.