INDIA
Facilitating e-Governance: The m-Way : Nivedan Sahan, Vice-President-Government and PSU Enterprises, Bharti Airtel Limited, India
“Last Mile connectivity is an important part of e-Governance initiatives. We need to have a cost effective but reliable connectivity for last mile solution in order to bring Government and other services at the door step of the rural citizens” says Nivedan Sahani, Vice-President-Government and PSU Enterprises, Bharti Airtel Limited to egov magazine
Financial Inclusion for the Excluded : Mahesh Kumar Jain, Co-Founder and Chairman-Integra Group, India
“Financial Inclusion is in its infancy and requires careful adoption of technology. The customer
Rural India to Go Mobile
Times when farmers would carry mobiles and get informations about the prices of their produce on mobiles is not far off. A pilot project is on towards realising this dream since 2007 end and the response has been impressive.
5th National Summit Serving the Common Man Through e-Governance
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 5th National Summit Serving the Common Man Through e-Governance: Sharing of Experience, the premiere annual event of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on e-Governance in India was successfully organised by ASSOCHAM in alliance with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and Centre for e-Governance on 18th April 2008 at New Delhi
IGNOU news
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
1991
Jan: AIR started broadcasting IGNOU programmes from Bombay and Hyderabad.
Building knowledge society with open and distance learning
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In spite of our significant efforts and achievements in the post-independent era in India even now one-third of the adult population is illiterate, only 12% of the school eligible age children complete 10th standard, and only 10% of the university eligible age group gets enrolled in our 18600 colleges and 360 Universities. Can conventional methods cope up this scale of educational challenges?
Reaching the Unreached with e-Learning
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indira Gandhi National Open University in its 22 years of existence has emerged as the single largest University in the democratic world.
