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ICT4D Resources on India
| Quick Facts |
|
|---|---|
| Total population |
1,134.4 million |
| Literacy rate |
61% (male = 73%; female = 48%) |
| GDP per capita |
USD 2,700 (2007) |
|
Computers per 100 inhabitants |
2.76 |
| Mobile phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants |
19.98 |
| Internet users per 100 inhabitants |
17.11 |
| Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants |
0.22 |
| Internet domestic bandwidth |
19–20 Tb total installed bandwidth capacity and 500–700 Gb lit-up capacity |
| Internet international bandwidth |
27,000 Mbps (2006) |
Source: Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009/2010
Country Profile (OpenNet Initiative)
Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007/2008
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2005/2006
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2003/2004
Global Information Society Watch 2007
ICT at a Glance (The World Bank)
General Resources
Development Gateway's Country Resources
The Economist Country Briefing
Resources on e-Co Hub
ICT Human Capacity Building in India
This country paper was prepared for the Third Session of the Governing Council of APCICT. It gives an overview of the initiatives undertaken in the area of ICT Human Capacity Building under the mandates of WSIS and MDGs, and provides specific needs and recommendations for this area in India.
Compendium of eGovernance Initiatives in India
This book consolidates over 40 e-governance projects, implemented in India focused on Government to Business, Government to Citizen, Government to Government and Government to Employees initiatives. In addition, the book also details an e-governance project assessment framework. The book is a good resource for those working in e-governance.
Deploying a Rural Wireless Telemedicine System: Experiences in Sustainability
A novel ICT project in rural India uses long-distance Wi-Fi networking to enable high-quality videoconferencing between eye hospitals and remote village clinics. The project highlights the importance of sustainability as a first-class goal for systems research.
Stages of Design in Technology for Global Development
Information and communication technology projects designed to cost-effectively impact the world's poorest communities require more than technical solutions. A Microsoft research group shares its experiences and lessons learned implementing various ICT4D initiatives in India.
ICT4RD
This online portal has a collection of case studies of completed and ongoing projects on ICT applications for rural development in India. The cases are from governmental and non-governmental sources, on categories including: agriculture; culture, tourism and heritage; disaster management; e-governance; education; environment and natural resources management; health; livelihoods; rural water supply and sanitation; and women empowerment.
Empowering the Poor: Information and Communications Technology for Governance and Poverty Reduction - A Study of Rural Development Projects in India
This publication systematically analyzes 18 projects in India that uses information and communications technology (ICT) for the benefit of poor people, and provides recommendations on how ICT can be applied to the massive, widespread and seemingly intractable problems of poverty. The publication also ranks the projects by their relevance, service delivery, community participation and empowerment, equality in decision-making and benefits, sustainability, replicability and their prospects for being scaled-up.
Public-Private Partnerships in a Minimally Invasive Education Approach
This paper examines the Minimally Invasive Education (MIE) Project in India. The project involved installing computer learning stations in an open, outdoor location, and encouraging children to learn on their own, with minimal, or no intervention.This project is an illustration of a public-private partnership between the Government of NCT of Delhi and NIIT Ltd (India’s leading private sector corporation offering IT education, training and global IT learning solutions) to overcome digital illiteracy.
Regional Human Development Report – Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia: Realising the Millennium Development Goals
The report’s unique approach lies in its use of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to measure and monitor the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on human development. The report examines country-specific experiences in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam, and provides cross-country comparisons on the use of ICTs to achieve the MDGs.
Good Practices in Information and Communication Technology Policies in Asia and the Pacific: Promotion of Enabling Policies and Regulatory Frameworks for Information and Communication Technology Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
This study is intended to be a resource for ICT policy planners and decision makers, and offers policy-oriented perspectives on ICT policy formulation and implementation in the Asia-Pacific region In preparing for the study, fact-finding missions were fielded to India, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea, followed by a regional seminar on enabling policies and regulatory frameworks for ICT development in the Asian and Pacific region held at Bangkok in December 2003 and an ESCAP/ITU regional training workshop on enabling policies and regulatory frameworks for ICT development in the Asian and Pacific region held at Bangkok in May 2004.
National Human Development Report – Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia: Realising the Millennium Development Goals - India
This country report reviews and assesses progress made in India in drafting and implementing its national e-policies and e-strategies towards meeting its national development goals and the Millennium Development Goals.
Regional Human Development Report – Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia 2004: Realising the Millennium Development Goals - Summary
This summary document, with a foreword by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, presents the essence of a pioneering attempt to assess the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in human development in Asia. It captures the rich variety of ICT initiatives in nine Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam) and draws lessons for identifying policy directions.
ICT Initiatives, Women and Work in Developing Countries: Reinforcing or Changing Gender Inequalities in South India?
This paper argues that ICTs as a form of new technology are socially deterministic, with varied implications for women in terms of employment and empowerment dependent on the context within which the ICTs are utilized. The paper presents findings from two ICT initiatives in South India showing significant impacts on women's employment, income and social roles. One ICT initiative - 'gender-blind' and pursued within the globalized, competitive context of an increased role for markets and 'flexibility' - has generally reinforced gender inequalities. By contrast, a gender-focused ICT initiative involving significant state intervention has brought about positive changes to livelihood outcomes and empowerment of poor women.
India Information Technology Action Plan
The IT Action Plan I emphasize the Policy Framework required for creating an ambience for the accelerated flow of investment into the IT sector, with specific orientation towards the Software Industry. The IT Action Plan II furnishes 84 Policy instruments for the Development, Manufacture and Export of IT Hardware. While, the IT Action Plan III focuses on long term IT policies such as IT research, design and development, IT human resource development and content creation.
Capacity Building in use of Geoinformatics for Disaster Risk Reduction : Experience of IIRS, India
A presentation made by Vinay K Dadhwal, Dean of Indian Institute or Remote Sensing National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO) during the international conference "Building a Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction" on 11-13 August 2009, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
(in Korean)