Govt clears air, says named 4 brand ambassadors for Digital India in July

The government on Tuesday confirmed that it had appointed four brand ambassadors for its Digital India campaign, which kick-started on July 1, after confusion over the matter.

A release issued by the department of telecom said, "Satwat Jagwani, All India IIT-JEE Advanced Topper -2015, Krati Tiwari, All India IIT-JEE Advanced Girl Topper -2015, Ankit Fadia, Author & Ethical Hacker and Pranav Mistry, Samsung USA (Computer Scientist and author of 6th Sense)", were the four ambassadors appointed for one year.

The statement further said that the services of these Brand Ambassadors will be used, as and when required for generating "mass awareness for the programmer".

The statement came after the Press Information Bureau (PIB) withdrew a statement in the morning which had said that there was no move on the part of the government to appoint any brand ambassadors for Digital India.

The statement came a day after one of the brand ambassadors, Fadia, claimed on social media that he was an ambassador of the Digital India project. When contacted, Fadia told ET that the brand ambassadors were supposed to promote Digital India on social media and to participate in Digital India's nationwide events. " We have also been told that our feedback could be sought on matters pertaining to Digital India once the project kicks-in," Fadia said.