Presently ICT growth in Thailand is about 5% and to speed-up the progress, Thailand needs to build its own brand in ICT similar to India and China.
[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Recognising the important fact that IT is a major vehicle for process change and an effective tool to transform the entire governance, the western Indian State of Maharashtra has embarked on an ambitious plan to prepare a roadmap that would put e-Governance in place by 2009, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey in a t
David Mathias in British Council, Thailand talking to Rumi Mallick of Digital Learning on building partnerships and networks between Thailand and the UK, on projecting creativity, and creating opportunities to connect with the latest skills, ideas and experience.
Prof. Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman is the first Thai national to earn a Ph.D. in computations from Georgia Institute of Technology in the US in 1964.
Dr. K M Ramanandhan,Kerala State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in a face to face with Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastav of Digital Learning.
Dr Pavich Tongroach, Secretary General, Commission on Higher Education, Thailand in an exclusive conversation with Rumi Mallick of Digital Learning.
OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based electronic publishing initiative which aims at providing free, searchable, access to course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
As Thailand gears up for e-Learning, addressing issues of connectivity and capacity, developing relevant standard compliant content and has also become crucial.
Thai software market in 2005 valued at THB41,435mn (US$ 1,059mn) with an overall growth of 27% from 2004. “Software Park Thailand aims to promote the growth of Thai software industry by attracting local and international partners,” says Suwipa Wanasathop, Director, Software Park Thailand, in an interview to Dipanjan Banerjee of egov.
As promised earlier in November 2005 issue of i4d, we are providing here the interview of Jean-Paul Bauer, one of the winners of Youth and ICT Award, 2005. Mr Bauer is currently IT Director of IkamvaYouth and technology consultant to bridges.org (an international ICT policy NGO).
