Technology professionals are cooking up something exciting in the fields of agriculture and healthcare. Take Krishna Kumar. The 34-year-old founded CropIn three years ago to provide software solutions and analytics for crop management after working with GE as a software engineer for five years. Today customers for his customised cloud application are large companies that have invested in food p
The Delhi government has framed a three-phase implementation plan to roll out its much publicised pre-poll promise of providing free WiFi to the residents of Delhi with free download up to 1 GB at 1mbps speed. According to Ashish Khetan, vice chairman of Delhi dialogue commission, the AAP government will be providing universal Wi-Fi facility at educational institutions – bo
The Delhi government, which wants to make national capital a Wi-Fi city, has joined Connected City Advisory Board. Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience, has established the advisory board to provide an exclusive platform for city managers and information officers to create best practices and to leverag
Despite the Digital India push, the country’s rural section growth in terms of telephone connectivity is picking up at a slow pace. The number of telephone subscribers in rural India has increased to 419.31 million as of March 2015, registering a mere 2.15 percent growth (December 2014-March 2015). This finding has been published by TRAI in its quarterly report, The India
Bhaskar Bhuiyan from Assam applied for a community radio licence back in 2010. It has been five years now and he is still waiting for the final clearance. Bhuiyan’s case is not an exceptional one. As per a UNESCO report, since 2012, only 11 percent of the applications for community radio stations have been accepted by the Indian government. In spite of evidence that community radio can ac
The `Internet of Things (IoT)` can spice up the the east. According to a joint report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Confederation of Indian Industries, West Bengal with Kolkata, is the most likely candidate to make the most from the IoT. "Considering that West Bengal`s share in the country`s IT and ITeS revenue is around 4 percent, we can assume that the sha
Buoyed by the massive uptake of hand-held computing devices, the ICT hardware sector in India has registered a healthy growth of 23.9 percent, with the industry registering overall revenues of $15.87 billion during 2014-15. Together the handhelds – smartphone, phablet and tablet PC – registered 94 percent growth, up from 6.3 crore units in 2013-14 to 12.3 crore units sold in the fis
Vijay Shankar Madan, is likely to be appointed the new secretary of the department of electronics and information technology (DeitY). The 1981-batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre will replace R S Sharma who was recently appointed chairman of the telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai). Madan is currently Director-General of unique identification authority of india (UIDAI). Accor
IT Asia 2015 will be held in Hyderabad from September, 25, 26 and 27, 2015 at the Hitex Exhibition Center. This is being organized by MAIT, an apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and R&D services sector in association with Telangana government. IT Asia 2015 is one of the India’s leading platforms and provides end to end solutions to the technology
Disasters are spatial in nature. They strike at a specific location and influence a particular area. Thus, location intelligence plays a critical role in disaster management. GIS coupled with remote sensing provides a basic framework that helps in all the stages of disaster management starting from preparedness to response and recovery. Through advanced wireless technologi
The Indian space research organisation (ISRO), which has made the developing country a frontrunner in the space sector, made its first forays in remote sensing way back in the 1970s. India, however, failed to make good use of it, remaining a laggard in spatial technologies, even as images generated by its satellites are used by 14 countries including the US. After decades of ind
Sujala, a comprehensive watershed development project of the Karnataka government, is one of the finest examples of use of satellite imagery in poverty and natural resources management. Implemented with financial assistance from the World Bank, the project was adopted by the central government and launched as integrated watershed development programme. Close to 79 percent of the
With the emphasis on maximum governance, a lot of e-governance initiatives have been launched in the country. E-governance is seen as an effective tool to pave the way for good governance. But is e-governance enough in this era? There exists an opportunity for the country to further build upon its existing mapping/imaging and IT strengths and position a national GIS (NGIS) that will enable g-go
Silicon Valley remains at the top but Bengaluru is home to the world`s 15th-best startup ecosystem in the world. According to a global Startup Ecosystem Report published by Valley-based startup benchmarking firm Compass, it is up from 19th three years ago. The IT capital of India is ranked number 10 in the valuation and number of startups and number 6 in access to funding. Howeve
To track illegal construction in the city, the Pune municipal corporation has turned to GIS and mapping technology. Gujarat has adopted GIS-based applications to make watershed development more effective and efficient. The draft policy on scientific mining by the Kerala state planning board pitches for geomapping of mine
The wheels of mission Digital India are rolling. On Tuesday (July 7) the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) held a cycle rally from Electronics Niketan (CGO Complex) to Harijan Basti, Mandir Marg to spread awareness about Digital India among the residents of Harijan Basti. Nearly 50 officials of NIELIT, DeitY and representatives of the IT indust
Internet of Things (IoT) is here and rapidly evolving. It also has its far horizons that haven’t dawned upon us explicitly. If one looks at those areas with some foresight, it is clear that IoT is going to pose some really deep questions to us soon. A sample is illustrative. During the H5N1 outbreak a few years back Indonesia did something that brought out the questions arising from the f
Technology has made life easy for all, be it a farmer or a corporate leader. Farmers in several states operate water pumps kept miles apart in the field through cell phones. A GSM-based controller fitted to water pumps helps farmer to instruct the pump through an IVRS call. The device comes with automatic power detection system, which helps farmer in making the most of the limited power supply.
As a part of its Digital India plan, Reliance is expanding its data centre footprints in India. Reliance is set to double the capacity of its existing 6000 sqft data centre to 1.2 mn sqft in next few years. This was announced by Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani at the launch of Digital India Week on Wednesday. “A crucial pre condition to the success of Digital India is
Prime minister Narendra Modi has announced the launch of The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for IoT (internet of things) in Bengaluru to enable rapid adoption of IoT technology and to foster new growth strategy. This is part of Digital India programme. A joint venture by National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), department of electronics & information tec
