Chennai, Feb 7: Continuing with its digital literacy initiative aimed at empowering rural Indian women, Google India and Tata Trusts on Wednesday announced expansion of its ‘Internet Saathi’ program in Tamil Nadu.
It was launched by State IT Minister Dr M.Manikandan in the presence of IT Secretary T K Ramachandran, TNeGA Commissioner Anandrao V Patil and Elcot Director R Sudalaikannan. 
Google India and the Tamil Nadu Government also announced other initiatives to support the digitization efforts in the state. 
'Google India will facilitate the provision of Google Cloud credits and access through its affiliate, for eligible startups engaged with Tamil Nadu Government’s startup initiative. 
Google India will also, through its Developer Relations team, provide technical mentorship and advisory support to various startups', a release here said.
Other initiatives included working together to make all government sites mobile friendly, introduce joint programs to help local small and medium businesses get online, and internet safety education for children to stay safe online. 
Launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015 along with Tata Trusts, Google announced the ambitious plans to scale the Internet Saathi program to cover 300,000 villages across India in December 2015. 
In Tamil Nadu, the program would be covering over 4,000 villages across six districts. UNI
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