Disabled Fail in Digital India – Opportunity
New Delhi: Even as Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s pitch for “digital India” grows louder, top government websites lack accessibility for persons with disabilities. The government had in 2009 formulated a national policy for electronic accessibility; however, the websites could never become “user friendly” for all, irrespective of their ability. Javed Abidi, director of the […]
Indian Engineering – Time To Change
Indian Engineering Education has applied the 80/20 rule. Where 20% of engineering graduates lead us to celebrate all that works in Indian engineering education. Did you know that 80% of Indian Engineering graduates are considered unemployable? That means roughly half-million engineering students don’t have jobs when they graduate every year which is a result of […]
NTPC embarks on becoming completely digital
New Delhi: State-run power giant NTPC is going digital to become a paperless company in a few years with a view to improving its efficiency and saving on expensive office space. “In line with the ‘Digital India’ initiative NTPC has started taking steps towards digitisation by implementation of company-wide paperless office to save on expensive […]
Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth
The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Yet the same crisis ushered in a new age of capital superabundance. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash […]
Digital India Initiative
Introduction Digital India Project has been very close to the heart of the Prime Minister and he is himself the Chairman of Monitoring Committee on Digital India. The aim as envisaged by the PM is to prepare India for becoming a knowledge economy and for bringing good governance to citizens through synchronized and coordinated engagement […]
Modi’s Digital India Program!
Today will be marked as the start of the Digital India Program by the PM Narendra Modi, To be launched at 4 pm on July 1, 2015, it seems to be one of the most desired programs which will sway the masses to the digital revolution and a new empowered digital India. According to the […]
A Digital India is A Possibility Today
Our digitising India vision is one of the most exciting initiatives the country has embraced to leapfrog us to the 21st century. What was once a visionary notion is now the new normal: technology is really as essential as the three utilities: water, gas, and electricity. Our government leaders have made it clear that broadband […]
Remonetisation has not solved currency shortage: Ker FM
Taking up the issue, Parakkal Abdulla (IUML) brought to the notice of the house the empty ATMs in the state and said about 40 per cent of the more than 9,000 ATMs were not functioning due to nonavailability of currency Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 Kerala government today said the remonetisation process of the Centre has not […]
Digital Advertising Leads Conventional Advertising
Businesses that confine themselves in small social shells hardly enthral their prospects with innovative products and services. Because people don’t like reserved and introvert brands, they respond to brands that communicate with them again and again. Marketers who are aware of this rationale make every possible effort to make their presence felt in the biosphere […]
India never a better investment destination than today: Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that India was never a more promising investment destination than it is on Monday as his government completes three years in office later this month. The BJP-led NDA government stormed to power in May 2014, winning by a huge majority. Addressing the India-Turkey Business Summit in […]