I-Quench a very recent personal weblog, is a growing participatory, collaborative and informational initiative dedicated to furthering the cause of ICTs for development in India in the areas of health, education, poverty alleviation, agriculture, micro-finance, e-governance , trade of goods and services, market-based information dissemination- all leading to ICTs-supported holistic community development.
The weblog endeavours to showcase the latest news, events, best practice cases, concepts, products, services and initiatives in ICTs for development in India thereby striving toward knowledge transfer, access to information needs, knowledge management, networking and promotion, and a systematic management of information from each stakeholder's perspective.
Although the content in the weblog is India-centric, it showcases the contributions and participation of governments, MNCs, other private organizations and funding bodies from across the globe. This weblog is therefore extremely keen to showcase products, ideas, articles, services and opinions from a global audience, especially where there exists potential elements of being implemented or replicated in the Indian context.
The motivation behind i-quench.org/edevelopment:
Lack of a common meeting point for ICT personnel in community development in India
Lack of exposure to new and promising innovations
Lack of exposure to grass-root level initiatives
To keep abreast of both traditional and modern technological usage and advancements in ICTs
To provide a common platform for networking and promotional opportunities
To debate, opine and introduce expert views and suggestions
To address issues of affordability, localization, sustainability and scalability of ICT products and services
To drive debate and action towards public-private partnerships in ICT initiatives
To drive debate and action towards the formulation of needs relevant policies to support ICT initiatives
HAVE YOUR SAY- Contribute articles, views, opinions
OPINE FOR CHANGE- Suggest and vote in the polls hosted on http://i-quench.org/edevelopment/
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