Leaders’ Speak

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

From LCD projectors to interactive whiteboards and from computer aided to web 2.0 technology based learning, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have percolated deep into the school education system. Today technology driven education is being evolved at a breath taking pace and the positive effects of technology integrated pedagogy on education has been unanimously acknowledged by educators, academicians, parents and all the other stake holders. However, teacher training for equipping them with the latest technology to leverage the quality of education seemed to be there where thoughts and opinions seemed to be converged. Lets look out for the views, opinions and apprehensions of teachers and principals of various schools regarding incorporation of ICTs in the school education system of the country

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Unveiling unlimited potential for India

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

In a country with a population of over one billion, access to Information Technology is available to only a 100 million people.

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Converging Open And Distance Learning And Conventional Systems

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

How the existing colleges and the university departments can be provided with capabilities of ICT and web-based teaching-learning?

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Ten Practical Online Steps for Government Support of Democracy

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

Steven Clift, Ashoka Fellow, is an online strategist and public speaker focused on the use of Internet in democracy, governance, and community. For the last decade he has been working to fundamentally improve democracy and citizen participation through the use of the Internet. One of world

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Building capacities of NKN telecentres

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

NASSCOM Foundation (NF), conducted its Second National Consultation on

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The Health Hiway

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

Market for healthcare services in India is growing at a rapid pace, and a large number of healthcare entrepreneurs are setting up different types of healthcare facilities, right from super specialty hospitals to primary care clinics, and alternate therapy units to specialized centers for wellness management – in the process, investing more than US$ 2 billion every year on infrastructure alone !!

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Challenges for Health Insurers & TPAs

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

The issue of data has presented several challenges to all the health insurance industry stakeholders. Till a couple of years ago, the primary challenge was that the data requirements and uses of data was not always fully understood by some critical stakeholders.

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An emerging digital India

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

Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSPs)which engages active stakeholders in development, especially in the applications of ICT for Development, is emerging as an important model of working, and replacing the much understood public-private partnership model.

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Medical value travel

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

When a new industry starts to flourish, we start analysing the whys and wherefores, and the learning that comes out of it most often is- when there is a demand somewhere, chances are that it will meet with supply in India- a country full of resources. Could the IT success have been replicated?

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Empowering the rural communities

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

LIRNEasia, in association with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, organised the CPRsouth2 (Communication Policy Research) conference, in Chennai, India between December 15 and 17, 2007.

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