Part II: Internet Governance
Part II: Internet Governance

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) added a whole new dimension to the issues of Internet Governance in its Tunis Agenda. Development came into focus as a key agenda.

Oneworld South Asia (OWSA), India
Oneworld South Asia (OWSA), India

[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Leveraging the ICT niche, OWSA intends to develop, document and disseminate key climatology knowledge using multi-channel media, and work towards multi-stakeholder consensus on climate change and for the realisation of MDGs

India Slips on UN e-Governance
India Slips on UN e-Governance

In e-Governance readiness, India has fallen from a rank of 87 in 2005 to 113 in 2008 on e-Government readiness. According to the UN e-Government Survey 2008, India has slipped 26 places in the last three years and been overtaken by countries like Maldives (ranked 95), Sri Lanka (101) and even Iran (108).

Telemedcon 2007
Telemedcon 2007

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The 3rd National conference of the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) was held at Hotel Taj Coromandel in Chennai from 1-3 November 2007.

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