Effectiveness of E-governance through Akshaya centers: A case study with special reference to Kozhikode district

Akshaya project is bold plan to provide e-literacy to common people and to ‘bridge the digital divide’ by enabling tens of thousands of ordinary citizens to access relevant information in the local language over the internet. The twin objectives of Akshaya are to provide basic e-literacy and to develop appropriate IT infrastructure so as to leverage the e-literacy and IT infrastructure for e-governance in the state-governance means the use of Information and Communication Technology as an instrument for achieving the goal of better governance. E-governance as a concept can be visualised in narrow sense as well as in broad sense. Narrow sense can be visualised as confined to using ICT for better service delivery by state. Aadhar card scheme of India is a good example. In the broader sense E-governance covers all stakeholders ie government, business, citizens and nongovernment workers. As governance is a collective approach, it has to involve dialogic process rather than one sided argument. The various dimensions of this collective approach can be in the fields of administration, services, e-government, democracy etc. This paper is an attempt to analyse the effectiveness of Akshaya Centres in accomplishing effective for the students.