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Democratisation of Information Sam Pitroda |
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Recognising that we are increasingly a nation of a connected billion people , this Government is committed to democratising information and building a...
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India and the Ascendency of the Global South W P S Sidhu |
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The elevation of a Jesuit from Argentina to the highest rank of the tradition - bound Roman Catholic church – arguably one of the most conservative an...
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Explosion in Digital Space: Opportunities and Challenges for India Patrick S L Ghose,Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |
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There’s a new nation on earth with no defined geography. It is spread across the globe and is less than ten years old. It apparently had one billion p...
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Social Capital Creation Through Social Media N Seshagiri |
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Social media means different things to different people. It can be used for hobby or as a serious and effective business tool. Behind every organizati...
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Social media and political communication in India Taberez Ahmed Neyazi |
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Social media has emerged as a vital tool of communication and has created new ways of mobilizing public opinion and encouraging participation in polit...
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In the Roman mythology, Janus is known as the god of beginning and transition, peace and war.
It is perhaps an apt metaphor for the social Media that seems to have acquired an ubiquitous
presence in the modern world. The networked population of the world has grown from a 'low
million' in the 1990s to a 'low billion' in the first decade of the 21st century....
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Democratisation of Information Sam Pitroda |

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Recognising that we are increasingly a nation of a connected billion people , this Government is committed to democratising information and building a unique
public information infrastructure in the country. This infrastructurewill leverage ICT to revolutionise our current governance and service delivery paradigm. Networks such as the National Knowledge Network,which connects Universities and Research Institutions,and the Rural Broadband Network, which connects Panchayats,will emerge as the new highways for connecting ideas and disseminating knowledge. Initiatives such as Aadhaar and the National GIS will enhance policy planning to make it more efficient and effective, and numerous applications riding on this ICT infrastructure will unleash unforeseen innovation at all levels of the citizenry. As and when this new infrastructure becomes ubiquitous, connecting people and ideas in an ever faster manner, we will witness a generational change in our current processes towards openness, acc
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