By Dhirendra Pratap Singh This was a big year for digital health transformation, especially for advances in personalized and connected care. Looking back at 2015, these are the four trends that will ultimately have the greatest impact on the future. Many will remember 2015 as the year when mobile health apps and sensors took off. […]
ICTpost Education Bureau In today’s day and age, the role of Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) is seen as an integral part of education and development. Previous use of ICT in education was limited to a means of teaching computer literacy. Now, with the prominence on lower costs without compromising quality, ICT take on […]
Communicating accurate information quickly is a critical part of the Healthcare industry. Efficient communication tools have a profound effect on the quality and safety of patient care, and also have a huge bearing on patient satisfaction. Yet many caregivers are still limited to pen, paper, and pagers with email and Web based knowledge resources slowly […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Web 2.0 websites and educational apps are good tools in education. The problem is that they all fall short when it comes to talking about technology skills. Identifying and teaching transferable technology skills are crucial for students to not only be college and career ready, but also to prepare them to lead […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau As natural resources and readily available, easily transformable energy were the raw materials out of which the Industrial Revolution was forged, so Information and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are the raw materials out of which the Information Revolution is being forged. And just as the Industrial Revolution was transformative of all […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau As per recent reports, 20% of India’s urban households are denied access to safe drinking water, 58% do not have safe sanitation, and more than 40% of garbage generated is left uncollected in India’s cities for want of proper waste management.?Migration from rural to urban areas poses a major challenge to attaining […]
By Rajesh Aggarwal, Principal Secretary IT, Govt. of Maharashtra The Central and State Governments are focusing on e-Transactions or electronic transactions. Electronic transactions allow citizens to access citizen services conveniently without having to visit Government offices. Services can be accessed either through the Common Service Centers (CSCs) or from one’s home via internet. The eTaal […]
ICTpost Media Action Bureau Thanks to the rise of in-classroom technology, the focus in education tends to be on student engagement and how to improve learning. It becomes easy to forget the importance of great teachers. Startups, entrepreneurs, businesses (and the rest) need to remember that technology doesn’t have to put teachers in jeopardy; it […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau Many people in rural areas do not have access to modern services like insurance and are? therefore either unable to withstand vagaries of nature or fall into the clutches of usurious local moneylenders or both. Availability of such services through appropriate ICT intermediation in even far flung and remote locations would greatly […]
Dr. Sandhya Chintala ,Vice President -NASSCOM
