3rd edition of South Asia Education Summit Award 2017

ICT Post has announced winners for the 3rd edition of South Asia Education Summit Award 2017. Started in year 2014 with the help of UNESCO, South Asia Education Summit Award is a dedicated platform to explore the latent potential of innovation in education sector across 8 countries in South Asia: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, […]

Smart Grid: When Energy meets the ‘Internet of Things’

ICTpost Energy Bureau The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting new places?such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems?to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to increase efficiency and improve safety […]

How Wireless, Big Data and Cloud will revitalize Indian healthcare

ICTpost Health IT Bureau The current Indian healthcare system is in need of a radical reinvention. Traditional approaches have not brought the rapid change required by aging populations and the rising costs of healthcare, and government efforts too often get bogged down in partisan politics and fail to address systemic issues. Here we are discussing […]

ICT has potential to improve service delivery to the citizens at local level

ICTpost Governance Bureau Sustainable development, access to services, equal opportunities, safety, governance and citizen participation are some of the key issues administrators of the modern cities face today. The urban population in India is set to grow to 40% as per publicly available estimates. This is going to put a considerable pressure on the infrastructure. […]

How mHealth can fix India’s broken health care system

ICTpost mHealth Bureau Innovations ?of mHealth can improve the speed, accuracy and convenience of diagnostic tests; improve medication adherence and test result delivery; improve interactive, two-way communication; and provide a simple methods for data collection, remote diagnosis, emergency tracking and access to health records In spite of the advancements in medical technologies and a general […]

The Internet of Things is Undergoing a Quiet Revolution

ICTpost Governance Bureau Compared to the infancy years for cloud computing alone, the Internet of Things concept is gaining acceptance far quicker, says a report of the Economist’s Intelligence Unit and published by ARM. After surveying 779 senior business leaders from 19 different industries around the world, the Economist revealed that a staggering 75 percent […]

What is the future of Internet-enabled energy efficiency?

ICTpost Energy Bureau Internet communications, inexpensive sensors, and data analytics are enabling a high-tech, holistic approach to energy efficiency. In the past it was, “How do I design an efficient light?” Now it’s, “How do I design a whole network of efficient lights that talk to one another via Web communications, adjust output automatically, and […]

The 4 “-e’s” of eHealth in India: connectivity, conformity, usability, security

ICTpost Health IT Bureau Usability and reliable connectivity is critical in the widespread adoption of connected medical devices. The ability for patients and providers to collect, access, and share data seamlessly, regardless of the product brand or wireless connection, will increase confidence and the application of connected medical devices, thereby helping consumers and providers better […]