How to reform the education landscape in India and South Asia
Ashutosh Chadha, Group Director – Government Affairs and Public Policy, Microsoft India
Focus on wellness first, Rejuvenated by innovative health IT technologies
By ICTpost mHealth Bureau Much of the health care spending in India, and in the rest of the world, is on expensive and ineffective forms of treatment. One third of the household expenditure in India is on medicines. Most poor Indians spend more on minor ailments than on diseases of a serious nature. Hospitals are […]
Technology used under RSBY can be put to use in providing entitlements for education
Anil Swarup, Former Secretary, Government of India Professor N.V.Varghese, Director, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) Ashish Garg, Education Futurist and former member of the United Nations? ICT Task Force Dr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, UNDP-India
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 […]
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 […]
Unless ICT is utilised effectively for socio-economic benefits, it’s growth is of little relevance
ICTpost Governance Bureau It is claimed that Telecom and Information Technology (IT) sectors are success stories in India. It is true that the growth in India’s tele-density is remarkable. So is our capability for building clever software for export. However, what we forget is the fact that IT and telecom are only means to an […]
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 […]
SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) is recasting Indian IT industry
ICTpost Governance Bureau? The consumer technology model in India is now penetrating, and beginning to transform, the corporation ?in a significant way. This new IT architecture, which we call the ?SMAC stack? (for social, mobile, ?analytics and cloud), is enabling the creation of hyper-intelligent software platforms. Indian companies are investing heavily in Social networks, Mobile […]
IVRS based DMS: Firebrand Approach to Monitor Government Schemes
By ICTpost Media Action Bureau Lack of accurate and timely information has always plagued the MIS of large scale government operations. Cloud Telephony and IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) based Daily Monitoring System (DMS) has been devised by Mid Day Meal Authority, in Indian state Uttar Pradesh as a solution to these impediments. The Initiative […]
India’s competitive IT labor inducing cyber criminals
New Delhi: July 15, 2017 As the country?s estimated $150 billion IT services industry is becoming the world?s favoured outsourcing centre, India is emerging as a popular destination for cyber data theft and may witness growing activity of hackers. Data theft is one of the biggest risks posed before the companies in the banking sector. […]