India

Frontline Health Workers’ Key Role in Improving Nutrition

Note: This post originally appeared in the Frontline Health Workers Coalition Blog.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:04:03 -0700

This Weekend: OLPC Hack '13 New Delhi

Resumen en español al final del artículo

This weekend the fine folks from the OLPC community in New Delhi are organizing a 2-day conference and hack session:

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:27:35 -0700

E-Governance in India – Problems and Acceptability

Governments and public sector organizations around the world are facing to reform their public administration organizations and deliver more efficient and cost effective services, as well as better information and knowledge to their stakeholders.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:02:13 -0700

Usage of ICT for Information Administration in Higher education Institutions

A good higher education system is required for overall prosperity of a nation. A tremendous growth in the higher education sector had made the administration of higher education institutions complex. Many researches reveal that the integration of ICT helps to reduce the complexity and enhance the overall administration of higher education.

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:01:46 -0700

Use of ICT in Health Care for Rural India: The scenario with Software & Embedded system: the eMedicine way

Health Care sector in India has witnessed significant growth during the last few years, both in quality and capacity. In spite of such developments, heath care facilities in the country remain inadequate to meet the needs of the citizens, particularly in rural areas, where approximately 70% of the people live.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:01:45 -0700

Developmental Impact Analysis of an ICT-Enabled Scalable Healthcare Model in BRICS Economies

This article highlights the need for initiating a healthcare business model in a grassroots, emerging-nation context. This article’s backdrop is a history of chronic anomalies afflicting the healthcare sector in India and similarly placed BRICS nations. In these countries, a significant percentage of populations remain deprived of basic healthcare facilities and emergency services.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:01:40 -0700

e-Governance at Grassroots Level in South Asia: A Study of Citizen-centric e-Panchayats in India

The paper intends to underline the features of e-governance at local selfgovernment level in rural India and examines the viability of the e-panchayats in making the local-self governance citizen-centric for efficient, responsive, costeffective, result-oriented mechanism for faster pace of rural development.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:01:10 -0700

ICT for Rural Development: An Inclusive Framework for e-Governance

Review of literature shows that intervention of information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural development initiatives are capable of development, but are not successful. Lack of community participation, absence of an integrated approach and non-inclusion of traditional knowledge systems (TKS) in the project designs are the major impediments.

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:00:53 -0700
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