As part of its strategic initiative in the field of education, digital imaging company Canon India along with its channel partner Netspider India (NIIL) will be working in partnership with the government of Rajasthan, Education council, to roll out the “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan CTS 2010.”

Canon India will be providing the automated document feeder (ADF) scanners for the Rajasthan Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan CTS-2010 project. The initiative aims to create a database of the demographic attributes, education status, out-of-school children status and many such minute details of every child in Rajasthan. This is for the first time in Rajasthan that the government has taken the initiative to provide basic education to the children from birth to the age of 14. 

Earlier in 2006, such a large scale scanning and ICR project was initiated by the government of Orissa which proved that it was possible to visualize the digitization technology in action and not only in demo centers. This project is said to be a replication of the same but in much less time. This project involves scanning around 3 crore forms in just a month’s time.

Puneet Datta, Assistant Director- BIS, Canon India, said, “We are very happy to partner with Netspider India for this exciting project as it will help us create valuable mindshare and thought leadership for our e-governance initiative that Canon plans to roll out in the near future. Education is the right of every child and we feel that aligning with this project will help us play a vital role in improving the socio-economic condition of the nation.”