The
Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (ATNF) is a non-profit organisation under Apollo Hospitals, which provides telecommunication technology to deliver health care and education to patients and providers at a distance.This can include providing medical care to the patients at a distance for e.g. the use of live video to examine patients in remote locations and also include electronic transmission of patient records and x-rays; expert consultations; education for health professionals including those in rural and medically underserved communities. ATNF also connects different locations of Apollo Hospitals and other private or government hospitals situated in different parts of the country or aboard, and help them in providing tele-health and tele-medicine services.
www.telemedicineindia.com
Centre for Good Governance (CGG) aims to be a world-class institution to guide governance reforms in Andhra Pradesh, other states in India and the developing world at large, by bringing together and harnessing the power of knowledge, technology and people for good governance. CGG strives to be among the very best in the world in the area of practical reforms to foster growth-oriented and people-centred good governance.
Objectives
The objectives of Centre for Good governance are:
- To work with government departments and other stakeholders to analyse key issues in governance, identify solutions, help develop action plans, and support implementation of these plans and the reform agenda.
- To act as a think tank and help translate government goals, objectives and policy priorities and reform agenda into tangible reform actions with focus on principles and practices of good governance.
- To identify those areas for change that will make the most impact in improving performance and policy-making in government and enable it to respond better to the needs of the people.
- To create a bank of best practices, methodologies and tools in governance reforms including successful e-Governance applications.
- To support change management and management development programmes in government to effectively carry forward governance reforms and to develop a reform communication strategy for wider implementation.
- To provide technical support and advisory services to state and local governments, national and international organizations in the areas of action research, change management, design and implementation of governance reforms, including administrative reforms.
www.cgg.gov.in
The
Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) was established in 1962, at a time when an increasing number of Commonwealth countries were gaining their independence and overseas branches of the British Medical Association were being replaced by national medical associations (NMAs). The CMA’s constitution was later changed in 1989 with its main aim to strengthen the capacity of NMAs in developing countries to improve the health of their vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/151814/151924/commonwealth_medical_association__cma/
The Commonwealth is an association of 53 independent states consulting and co-operating in the common interests of their peoples and in the promotion of international understanding.
The association does not have a written constitution, but it does have a series of agreements setting out its beliefs and objectives. These Declarations or Statements were issued at various Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings. The first fundamental statement of core beliefs is the 'Declaration of Commonwealth Principles' which was issued at the 1971 summit in Singapore.
The
Commonwealth Secretariat, established in 1965 is the main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth, facilitating consultation and co-operation among member governments and countries
www.thecommonwealth.org
The
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is an international development partnership between Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth governments, business and civil society organisations. It provides the international community with effective means to help bridge the digital divide and achieve social and economic development, by delivering to developing countries unique knowledge-sharing programmes in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the specific areas of telecommunications, IT, broadcasting and the Internet.
www.cto.int
Communications and Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI), a professional registered association is an apex premier body. It is a foremost non profit trade promotion organization based in India with MOU partners and representatives spread across the globe.
CMAI is the only trade organization bringing in harmony between manufacturing divisions of all sectors including that of ICT, Communications and Environmental Management policies.
It is involved in policy formulations along with Government and other stake holders for Technology Innovations, Indigenous manufacturing and communications sectors concerning environmental, pollution and health.
CMAI is developing scientific knowledge and practical means for protecting human ecology and environment from the harmful effects of environmental hazards like e waste, radiation etc.
It assists manufacturers to maximize competitiveness in the domestic and international markets.
www.cmai.asia
Computer Society of India (CSI) has been instrumental in guiding the Indian IT industry down the right path during its formative years. Formed in 1965, CSI has 66 chapters all over India, 381 student branches, and more than 40,000 members, including India’s most famous IT industry leaders, brilliant scientists and dedicated academicians.
The mission of the CSI is to facilitate research, knowledge sharing, learning and career enhancement for all categories of IT professionals, while simultaneously inspiring and nurturing new entrants into the industry and helping them to integrate into the IT community. The CSI is also working closely with other industry associations, government bodies and academia to ensure that the benefits of IT advancement ultimately percolate down to every single citizen of India.
www.csi-india.org
Computer Society of India ( CSI ), has implemented the concept of “Special Interest Groups” to promote activities and research in dew focused areas.
Special Interest Group on e-Governance ( SIGeGov) has been formed accordingly. The basic perceived objective has been to focus on an important area where Information Technology can be leveraged and bring like minded professionals together to add value by bringing out recommendations relevant to various stake holders.
www.csi-sigegov.org
It was in the September 2007 at Las Vegas , USA , during the annual leadership forum of DMAA , where Rajendra Pratap Gupta was delivering a presentation at the special interest session . After the session, one of the attendees of the session, Mr. Kapil Khandelwal met up with Rajendra and initiated the spark and offered to form the
Disease Management Association of India ( DMAI ) on the lines of Disease Management Association of America ,DMAA , USA. After return from USA , Rajendra and Kapil worked for the next few months to sound this initiative to their friends & leaders in the industry. Considering the current state of affairs in the Indian Healthcare system, complete absence of a proper model for preventive care, workplace wellness and chronic care systems , the idea was well accepted and it was decided in early 2008 to form DMAI. There was a lot of encouragement and support from Cain Farmer , Finance Controller , DMAA, to help conceptualize the DMAI. DMAI was finally formed in mid 2008 and the formal process of the government registration started . The entire formalities for the incorporation of DMAI was over in March 2009. According to Rajendra , DMAI is formed to promote & increase the awareness , education and practice of chronic care by all the stake holders in healthcare.
www.dmai.co.in
www.e-agriculture.org
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are changing the economy, society, and culture in increasingly pervasive and complex ways. Developing efficient, reflective, sustainable governance mechanisms and corresponding tools to master and steer their underlying dynamics – in both public and private organizations – has become a necessity. To respond to this need, the Chair MIR at the College of Management of Technology of EPFL has designed a one-year Executive Master program in e-Governance.
The program focuses on concepts and methodologies of implementing
e-Governance with first-hand experience on e-Governance policies and strategies adopted in Europe, Asia and North America. The participants of this program are exposed to the best practices in various countries, helping them in successfully implementing e-Governance projects in their own companies or organizations. They will go through a challenging journey sharpening their leadership competencies, examining the appropriate deployment of ICTs and enabling them to efficiently steer their organizations.
The Executive Master is a recognized, Bologna-compatible degree, awarded by the EPFL, ranked as one of the leading universities in Europe. This high level program is a part-time program, designed with the constraints and needs of practitioners in mind.
egov.epfl.ch
The
Euro-India ICT Co-operation project has three key objectives:
a.. to systematically map the ICT RTD competencies' of India;
b.. to support EU-India policy dialogue using the data generated;
c.. to disseminate European funding opportunities for Indian ICT players through info days.
EuroIndia project will organise two annual international events, the aim being:
a.. to create a platform for Euro-Indian ICT cooperation and encourage networking and the establishment of long term collaboration partnerships;
b.. to offer a research platform for both regions to discuss and agree on ICT topics of mutual interest for future co-operation;
c.. to showcase Euro-India ICT co-operation opportunities and research results.
www.euroindia-ict.org
Fusion is the ICT4D umbrella movement of Sarvodaya the largest 50 year old national NGO in Sri Lanka, serving over 15,000 villages. Fusion’s mission is the ‘e-Empowerment of poor communities’. Programs are delivered through telecentres, Village Information Centres (VIC) and other cross cutting community-development programs targeting children, youth, women and elders.
www.fusion.lk
Gedaref Digital City Organization (GDCO) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Gedaref Sudan. It is the founder of the first digital city in Sudan (2005) and the founder of first national telecentre academy in Africa and the Arab world (2008). GDCO has strong partnership with the great people of Eindhoven (Netherlands) through the digital city of Eindhoven (DSE) where 750 computers were donated to establish many Telecentres and ICT projects for community development in Sudan.
Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO) was the winner of i4d 2007 awards (e-India 2007 conference) also eINDIA Awards 2008 for the Best innovations at the grassroots Telecentre. GDCO organized (with support of Ugabytes and its partners – IDRC, Telecentre.org, etc.) the 5th East African Telecentre Leaders Forum in Khartoum Sudan where 120 participants from 18 countries had been represented. GDCO succeeded in launching the first Telecentre academy in Africa and Arab World and No. 13 in the globe (Sudan National Telecentre Academy (SuNTA) during the Telecentre Forum at eINDIA 2008. Prof. F. N. Rajasekharan, the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University launched the SuNTA website
www.sudantelecntreacademy.org during the Telecentre Academy session of the Telecentre Forum.
www.gedaref.com
Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) is an initiative of the UN ICT Task Force that aims to improve education as a cornerstone of sustainable socio-economic development and a key mechanism for enabling people to share a country's prosperity. The organisation is working towards providing ICT platform for schools, support for training and capacity building, and monitoring/reporting of various educational ICT projects.
www.gesci.org
The
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) is the country's premier national Institute for agricultural research, education and extension. It has served the cause of science and society with distinction through first rate research, generation of appropriate technologies and development of human resources. In fact, the Green Revolution was born in the fields of IARI and its graduates constitute the core of the quality human resource in India's agricultural research and education. The Institute has all along been adjusting and improving its policies, plans and programmes to effectively respond to the needs and opportunities of the nation. During the fifties, the advancement of scientific disciplines constituted the core programme and provided the base for its fast expansion in the 1960's and 1970's in all its three interactive areas, namely, research, education and extension. Besides basic research, applied and commodity research gained great importance resulting in the development of several popular high yielding varieties of almost all major crops and their associated management technologies, which brought about an unprecedented increase in the national food and agricultural production.
www.iari.res.in
www.icrisat.org
The Indian Association for Medical Informatics (IAMI), is a Non Government Organization, started at Hyderabad in 1993 with the help of scientists and doctors who had perceived a need to sensitize the Indian Medical community to the benefits of IT, bring about awareness and greater utilization of Information Technology (IT) in healthcare facilities across the length and breadth of India. The association is now almost 500 strong with its members being mostly IT savvy doctors, software professionals, students and biomedical engineers.
www.iami.org.in
The
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research), an autonomous body and a registered society, was established on 16 July 1929 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) strives to fulfil technology needs of farmers and rural entrepreneurs for enhanced system productivity through development, assessment and refinement of technology, and capacity building. The ICAR has its Headquarters at New Delhi, and a wide network of institutes all over the country.
At present the ICAR has:
1- 48 National Research Institutes
2- 5 National Bureaus
3- 12 Project Directorates
4- 30 National Research Centres
5- 76 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects
6- 561 Krishi Vigran Kendras (KVK), and
7- Partnership with Agricultural Universities (AU) system comprising 41 State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), 5 Deemed Universities, 4 Central Universities having faculty of agriculture and one Central Agricultural University.
www.icar.org.in
Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka is the single apex body involved in ICT policy and direction for the nation. Wholly owned by the Government of Sri Lanka, ICTA is the implementing organization of the e-Sri Lanka Initiative. The vision of ICTA is to harness ICT as a lever for economic and social advancement by taking the dividends of ICT to every village, to every citizen, to every business and to re-engineer the way government thinks and works.
www.icta.lk
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. As the global focal point for governments and the private sector, ITU's role in helping the world communicate spans 3 core sectors: radiocommunication, standardization and development. ITU also organizes TELECOM events and was the lead organizing agency of the World Summit on the Information Society. ITU is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its membership includes 191 Member States and more than 700 Sector Members and Associates.
www.itu.int
The
Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) was set up in 1998 with a mission to 'Promote Internet for the benefit of all'. ISPAI is the collective voice of the ISP fraternity and by extension the entire Internet community. Over the years ISPAI has helped influence, shape and mould the telecom policies, so that ISPs and entrepreneurs in the business of Internet can setup and grow their services in an environment that is supportive and enabling.
In the last 10 years of it's existence, it has been party to breaking down monopolistic structures in telecom, bringing down barriers to entry for ISPs. It helped shape India from being a bandwidth hungry to a bandwidth surplus country. it was the competitive spirit of the ISP members of ISPAI that, Internet access became so widely and cost effectively available to our countrymen. These very ISPs helped connect India to the rest of the world so effectively that today BPO and Call Centers cannot but make their global presence felt based on IP connectivity. India is today is arguably amongst the top 10 countries of the world in terms of the number of Internet users.
