By François Bonnici, Head-Social Innovation, World Economic Forum Social entrepreneurs solve market and government failures by serving excluded and vulnerable populations, which are most at risk to impacts of COVID-19.Decades of work in the impact sector are at stake during the economic crisis.A new alliance of 40 organizations aims to coordinate response to support social […]
By Mr. M. K. Yadava It was in the year 2005 that on the floor of the Assembly, in the budget session, late Shri Tarun Gogoi, then Chief Minister of Assam announced that every student who would come first in the high school examination would be awarded a computer, and an amount of Rs 25.00 […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau Mobile phones, can reach those areas where the infrastructure necessary for Internet services or wired phone services is difficult to setup. In the developing countries mobile government applications may become a key method for reaching citizens in far and wide areas and promoting exchange of communications. In such countries with insufficient conventional […]
By ICTpost Media Action Bureau Mobile phone and web applications that enable people to talk to local policymakers and allow children to learn through games have won a competition for technological innovations that address sanitation problems in developing countries. One in three people today have no toilet and the global economic losses due to lack […]
ICTpost Media Action Mumbai: CSCs are playing a major role in ensuring inclusive growth of our nation. I want to see the VLEs emerge as CSC VLE Society to set up an effective service delivery structure based on the pattern of Amul Cooperative.? -Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics and IT, Government of India […]
By Gartner New Delhi: Feb 10, 2016 Widespread failures in realizing return on investment (ROI) in digital technologies for customer experience could create a sense of distrust among buyers and decision makers in India about the potential for digital business, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 80 percent of consumer-facing companies will […]
By Madhukar Swayambhu Introduce for the first time in MWC, Barcelona 0 2014, ?Li-Fi? is the latest buzz word in the wireless technology for computer networking and?communication. And people do get amused with the terminology ?Li-Fi?. Prof. Harald Haas (chairperson of society of mobile communications, UoE) of University Of Edinburg, UK is considered inventor of […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Digital India has been envisioned as an ambitious umbrella programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Prime Minister has introduced initiatives such as e-education, e-basta, Nand Ghar which will impart education using technologies including smartphones, mobile apps and internet services in far-flung areas where it may not […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau Un-spun govt data, mixed with Internet technologies, often yields solutions that are instantly rewarding for societies Forward-thinking governments have been turning to open data as a way of increasing transparency and for adding economic and social value to the information they hold. This is leading to development of new kinds of interaction […]
New Delhi: October 14, 2015 Many organizations do not manage customer data as a corporate asset, and the monetary value of that data is often ignored. “Digital business is having a significant impact on customer data,” said Douglas Laney, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “The growing wealth of information from social media, location […]
