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Innovation and Digital Transformation for a Sustainable World
learning poverty by utilizing best in class The UN document “Transforming our world:
technology to unlock and enable the full the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
potential of this vast human resource. that establishes the 17 SDGs, recognizes that
“[t]he spread of information and
As the EFA project is customizable according to communications technology and global
situational needs of other countries too, this interconnectedness has great potential to
project is an important stepping-stone for accelerate human progress, to bridge the digital
“ensure inclusive and equitable quality divide and to develop knowledge societies, as
education for all” (UN Sustainable does scientific and technological innovation
Development Goal 4). As the EFA project relies across areas as diverse as medicine and
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on interconnectedness of networks for achieving energy.” The International Telecommunication
SDGs, it aligns with the goals of ACES Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized
Worldwide. ACES Worldwide’s SSCI, ACES agency for telecommunications/ICTs, plays an
Worldwide encourage a space provider and a important role in communications technology
potential space user to enter into a non-binding and global interconnectedness thus plays an
agreement on how space systems can help in important role in realization of SDGs. The
achieving SDGS and thus the agreement ITU’s Connect 2030 Agenda, revised in 2022,
contains, inter alia, the type of space systems also recognizes “the need for broadband
used, specific space application to be provided connectivity for sustainable development” and
parties to the Agreement, projected future use “that the crisis caused by the COVID-19
and goals and SDG Goals addressed. Whereas, pandemic has not only highlighted the critical
ACES Worldwide usually only facilitates role of telecommunications/ICTs for the
entering into such Space and Sustainability continued functioning of societies but has also
Compact Agreement, exceptionally it has brought to the fore the digital inequalities
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agreed to enter into a Space and Sustainability between and within countries.” This
Compact Agreement with Nanritam considering interconnectedness, especially when it comes to
the innovative and important work carried out remote areas, has heavy reliance on outer space
by Nanritam towards EFA, including creation an infrastructure and technology. According to the
artificial intelligence enabled system that UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, “by gaining
provides education to remote areas. Nanritam’s access to space technologies, developing
education technology platform includes countries can achieve a rate of gross domestic
teaching foundational literacy and numeracy to growth of 7% (or more for the least developed
the educators and assessment of students on the countries), along with higher levels of economic
same by use of Good old fashioned artificial productivity through diversification,
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intelligence (GOFAI). The platform is also technological upgrading and innovation.”
training a specified generative pre-trained While India has a robust space program which
transformer (GPT) model using the educational has helped in its developmental activities and
materials developed at Filix school and using goals, much more efforts are needed for all
technologies such as retrieval augmented pervasive realization of the SDG Goals through
generation, This project is an endeavor to fulfil space applications and technology. Further,
the literacy needs of the children in remote areas space technology is one of the important and
and thus aims to impart education for all and to critical tools and infrastructures that contribute
identify how the existing space systems, significantly to the implementation and
particularly space communications systems, can monitoring of 2030 SDG goals. Space
be improved to further address these needs. technology and applications are typically cost-
effective and provide for effective service to
2. Digitalisation for achieving SDGs in the rural and remote regions and space systems can
context of UN and ITU excel in areas such as broadcasting,
communications and networking. Likewise,
space-based Earth Observation (EO) are critical
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