[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This article envisions how open source software would cater to the needs of rural India in 2020. A much needed change in policy at the government level is required to take open source to the grassroots.
[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
IOSN is a centre of excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific region. It is tasked specifically to accelerate the adoption of FOSS by facilitating and networking relevant technologists, advocates, institutions and end-users.
[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Free/GNU platform was making strides on software front in many ways but a little slowly on Indian languages. But this slowness was steadily towards universal standards and hence almost deliberate.
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Anna University today is in a position to offer consultancy to the entire country on setting up of community radio stations as well as training personnel for it.
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Radio has affinity with oral, non-literate cultures, it can easily reflect and generate debate on local concerns, needs, priorities and issues.
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On the International Women
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The success of Mahaweli Community Radio Project in Sri Lanka paved the way of Tambuli Community Radio in Philippines,
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There is at present little opportunity for community radio to sustain itself through traditional forms of community radio income – individual and organisational membership, donations, and sponsorship are almost non-existent in Timor-Leste.
[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Even 20 years back, we couldn
[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
We just need the political will to implement our technologies in the interests of our rural communities. This article explores how technology can impact on our collective stomach; on our very survival.
