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[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Preparing for the Health Care Boom
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
9 million jobs are expected to be created in the health care industry by 2012. Find out where, why and who stand to gain the most.
CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2006-07 were announced during the 2nd CSI Annual Convention at Grand Ashok, Bangalore, India on December 1st 2007.
Swan Projects Completed in Three States
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu have successfully implemented State-Wide Area Network (SWAN), the backbone infrastructure for rolling out the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). All the three states have opted for the private-public partnership (PPP) mode for the project.
Acer Adopts Strategy of Freshest Technology First : W S Mukund, Managing Director, Acer India
“It is our intention to successfully partner with various governments and government agencies to bring technology closer to the common man. From that perspective we will focus on customising our offerings to suit key project needs, align ourselves with strategic partner organisations who also address this space to offer robust and cost effective solutions in response to project needs…” , tells W S Mukund, Managing Director, Acer India, in conversation with egov magazine
Aiming to Service the Citizens at their Door-Steps : Syedain Abbasi, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT
Syedain Abbasi, an officer from the 1990 batch of Indian Administrative Service joined the Department of Information Technology in February 2004. Currently he is handling the preparation and monitoring implementation of the National e-Governance Plan.
CS for universalization of e-governance in Govt. Deptts
e-Governance is an important tool for providing effective, transparent and responsive administrative matters delivery system, according to BR Kundal, Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir.
Gujarat wins the award for best e-governed state
Gujarat has received the Best e-Governed State Award for 2006-2007 year at the convention of 42nd Computer Society of India (CSI). Gujarat has received awards in four categories, best e-Governed state, best e-Governed Department (health and family welfare), best e-Governance G2B project for e-Procurement and also for VAT Informations System.
ISRO sets up 291 VRCs to benefit rural India
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has established 291 Village Resource Centres (VRCs) to provide integrated services, including tele-education, tele-medicine, natural resources information and skill development in rural India.
Indian Railways to expand telemedicine network
The Indian Railways is planning to expand their telemedicine network to 23 more places across India.
