There is a Herculean task before India. The task is the development of the country. As an Indian, I would say that we need to realize how important it is the role of information communication technology in digital content and digital services as far as the developmental sector is concerned.…More»
RECOGNISING KNOWLEDGE of the Poor
It is a world brimming with opportunities, and also challenges. It is a millennium living upto the Darwian maxim of survival of the fittest. With such cut throat competition around, we cannot afford to be left behind in making use of information communication technology for our progress…More»
Enabling Bottom-Up Development through Local Area Portals
The advent of new technologies including Information Communication Technology has come as force accelerator to boost knowledge societies and economies across the globe. The power of Internet technology has been tremendous in driving an unprecedented networking spree connecting societies and communities and driving the forces of economics on the World Wide Web (www).…More»
Need for Digital Inclusion
‘D’ is a dirty word in India literally; it is also the most dreaded. No, I am not talking about the man who is one of India’s most wanted. Instead it is a reference to the ‘D’ that has made a section of Indians really proud. …More»
Harnessing ICT for Sharing Benefit with Primary producers
The proposition being made in this column is that benefit sharing of the ‘value addition’ done by agricultural exports can be transferred to the primary producers only by having a well designed IT system in place…More»
Addressing Departmental Woes: The Gujarat IWDMS Initiative
The users of the system have been provided with the necessary resources. They have been provided training in basic computer usage, in typing of Gujarati Indic and in IWDMS usage. Specialised training has been provided for usage of department specific applications also …More»
Digital Content Enters Governance Challenge
Governance of Digital Content in the era of Mass Participation is key to effective use of Internet and ICT tools in general…More»
Recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have fundamentally changed the way we work, communicate and live. Internet is one of the biggest innovations of the last century. ICT has also fundamentally changed the governance delivery systems. Leveraging ICT is to provide a Simple, Moral, Responsive and Transparent (SMART) governance system also known as e-Governance. ICT is a great enabler in the area of Governance by way the government services are delivered. …More»
Digital Content in Local Languages: Technology Challenges
World Wide Web holds the key to shape our societies and cultures in the future. The cultures and languages who dominate the Internet presence will have more chances of survival than those with less Internet penetration.…More»
The Internet to the 21st century is what electricity was to the 20th
Internet is the gateway to individual as well as national knowledge, entertainment, services, well-being, opportunity and ultimately socio-economic growth. Further, pervasive broadband is imperative to effective Internet access, given the overall evolution of the web and its contents.…More»
