[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Mahila Samakhya Karnataka (MSK) in partnership with IT for Change and CEMCA conducted a 5- day workshop on developing community radio skills among disadvantaged rural women in the villages of Mysore, in Southern Indian state of Karnataka, at Mysore from the 20-24 December 2005.
Satyam Computer, Wipro, Microsoft India Research and Development (R&D) and Google are among a host of IT companies having their centres in Hyderabad chosen by the southern Indian State Government Andhra Pradesh for awards during the three-day Gitex exposition.
The Andhra Pradesh state government in India will enter into Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with a dozen firms during the fifth edition of GITEX-India 2006 which will translate into investment of Rs 457 crore and about 24,000 jobs in the southern Indian cities Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.
These days even small towns have access to web-based payments through e-Seva in the southern Indian state Andhra Pradesh, but Gaddiannaram and the 11 municipalities, all around the State capital Hyderabad have no e-Seva.
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Amongst the remote and under developed villages of Andhra Pradesh, motorcycle-mounted computer operators are leading a struggle for social and economic change.
Radiant Infosystems Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore-based IT player, is planning to set up its global e-Governance division in the Indian city Hyderabad by the end of 2006.
IT major Microsoft is to invest $1.7 billion in India and also partner the government of India in pushing e-Governance through National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG).
World renowned chipmaker, Intel, has developed community based computer which would be used by the Union government for e-Governance purposes.
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Solution Exchange is a knowledge sharing initiative that uses an e-mail platform to offer a free, impartial space for communities of development practitioners.
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Legal marginalisation is prevalent in varied extent in the developed, developing and underdeveloped world. Democracy in itself is not a comprehensive guarantee to attain justice.
