Community Radio in the hands of Communities: Operations and Collaborations
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A three-day workshop on
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.
News ASIA
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
china’s ICT ready to boom
DoT begins phase II rural mobile project in India
The Department of Telecom is planning to roll out second phase of the rural mobile project. In its second phase, DoT will roll out another 11,000 cellular towers across 2.4 lakh unconnected villages under the Universal Services Obligation fund.
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.
Police Ride on Technology to Nab Criminals
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Finger-prints, the oldest biometric sign of identity, have been used for about 100 years. Scientific studies on finger-prints were initiated in the late sixteenth century, but the foundation of modern finger-print identification was established by the studies of Sir F. Galton and E. Henry at the end of nineteenth century.
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.
e-Governance Initiatives in Madhya Pradesh
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Madhya Pradesh, India
