DIWThe main objective of DIW is to spread awareness among students and faculty members about the Digital India and e-services particularly useful for student and teacher e.g. Digi Locker !"T#L !ational $cholarships "ortal %&' "ortal e-books $pokan-tutorials e-'ontents on ()*D website !(#I'T etc and sensiti+e them about the importance of digital platforms,contents for enhancingtheir knowledge and skills. -nd to engage them in research on e-governance and promote innovation.PM Modi's Digital Locker initiative attracting large crowdRead more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/indias-digital-locker-initiative-draws-crowds/1/!"#$%.html &keypart o' theDigital (ndiainitiativeo' PrimeMinister )arendraModi* the'reegovernment schemethat providesavirt+al va+lt incy,erspace'orthesa'e-keepo'doc+ments like ,irth certi'icates and property papers has attracted -.#*#/! people.&seasyasopeninganemail acco+nt* the'reeDigital Locker'acilityonaclo+d* orcy,erspace* allows any individ+alwith an &dhaar card and a linked mo,ile phone tosign +p. (t's a personal storage space to sec+rely store e-doc+ments and links o' s+cho''icial certi'icates.01ne o' the aims o' Digital (ndia is that a person sho+ld have private space on a p+,licclo+d. (t isoneo' thedesira,ledelivera,leso' thisinitiative*0Ram2ewak2harma*secretary in the Department o' (n'ormation 3echnology* told (&)2 in an interview.0& Digital Locker acco+nt is a convenient way o' storing certi'icates in a digitised 'ormat.& personcanthenconvenientlyseehis/hercerti'icatesonline. 4ario+sagencieswillalso ,e a,le to p+sh doc+ments into the locker. 3hese can also ,e sharedelectronically*0 2harma said.& 0clo+d0 in comp+ter 5argon can ,e descri,ed as a network o' servers that is hosted onthe (nternet rather than on the localserver o' individ+als or organisations* allowing am+ch larger space to store data* and higher speeds to manage and process the same*in a cost-e''ective manner.6ach&adhaar-linkeddigital locker* whichishostedons+chaclo+d,ythe(ndiangovernment * comes with 178 o' 'ree memory space. 3he locker has 'ive components:0My 9erti'icates0* 0My Pro'ile0* 0My (ss+er0* 0My Re:+ester0 and 0Directories0.0& person hasan+m,er o'certi'icatesiss+edto him - 'ored+cation*,irth*property.;hen they are digitally stored* it decreases administrative overheads o' thegovernment. 3herewill also,eless'ra+d. ;hatever yo+s+,mit* yo+will ,eheldresponsi,le*0 2harma said.0(' a doc+ment is 'o+nd to ,e 'orged yo+ cannot deny it*0 added 2harma.0