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Social Media in Public Diplomacy

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By Navdeep Suri,
Joint Secretary and Head, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs

Social Media Played a Big Role in Hazare

The social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter were brimming with constant updates when India won the ICC World Cup on 2nd April 2011. And soon after all the sites were flooded with likes, communities, pages and status updates for a new cause- Anna Hazare

Revolution 2.0

[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Online social media became the driver of a revolution in Egypt that stunned the conservative Arab world Online social media became the driver of a revolution in Egypt that stunned the conservative Arab world

Now the Cloud Draws Governments

[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Innovation has now hit the sky as public and private sector entities have begun to embrace cloud-based service models with fervour

Urban Governance: Can help?

[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Municipal e-Governance through advanced, interactive and user-friendly technologies is the way forward. The agenda is to minimise personal visits to a government office and ensure speedy delivery of G2C services

Advocating Brand India

[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By listening and by engaging, public diplomacy voices stand better chances of being heard and social media can help much

Face2Face is way to open govt

[This article was published in the December 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Govt can use social media as a potential goldmine for to-and-fro exchange of citizen views on public and policy matters