India: Internet Changing Lives and Roles of Local Languages

Track: Localization for Asia | LA6 |
同声传译 – Simultaneous Interpretation
Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 10:45am – 11:30am
Held in: Paris Ballroom
Presenter:
Jitendra Jaiswal - Webdunia
Host: Donna Parrish

With 243 million users, the internet is rocking India and changing people’s lives, and this number is rapidly increasing. About one billion mobile phone users are also set to change the face of traditional India to a hi-tech culture democracy. In this session we will talk about the background and rapid growth of the internet, how the internet has changed the lives of every Indian, things behind this revolution, and the existing and potential role of local languages.