[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Eleven years after the Fourth World Conference on Women which was held in 1995 in Beijing that came out with a Action Plan, and six years after the Millennium Summit which focused on some of the common goals relating to gender equality, poverty reduction, education for all, maternal mortality, etc.
The study conducted by NASSCOM and KPMG, shows that there would be dearth of IT talent by the year 2010, in the country.
In the wake of the increasing number of cyber crimes in India, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has made a plan to set up three more cyber labs, complementing the existing two centre in Mumbai and Thane, to strengthen the investigation skills of enforcement agencies.
A new IT policy and promotion of satellite towns with necessary social inputs are under consideration in Tamil Nadu.
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Education is all about giving children the opportunity to experience a variety of things and definitely, the world of technology and all its associated paraphernalia is an important experience that every child must undergo.
Chandigarh, India, will host the international IT event, e-Revolution 2006, the second mega IT event, at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh, on 19-21 July.
Kiran Karnik, Chief of NASSCOM said that there are plenty of vested interests, which are inhibiting the growth e-Governance programme in the India.
CMC Ltd, an IT solutions and services provider and a subsidiary of TCS, involved in many e-Governance initiatives in India.
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.
National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) has announced the launch of first ever National Skills Registry (NSR) for IT professionals at the India-US Information Security Summit.
