President for using technology as instrument of social justice

Hyderabad: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday called for technology to be used as an instrument of social justice, and ensure that its benefits reach the remotest areas and the poorest of the poor.

Technology must be used to remove the social, economic, and digital divides, she emphasised in her address to students and faculty members of G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science for Women and B.M. Malani Nursing College and Suman Junior College of Mahila Dakshata Samithi in Hyderabad.

“We know that mobile phones, internet and unlimited information have reached every corner of the world. People are using technology like never before. But it is necessary that it is put to productive use which is possible through digital literacy,” she said.