By Shruti Veenam on January 30, 2010
a continuation of How your favourite gadget is changing the world: Part 1 of 2
Closer home
In India too, the mobile technology is being explored in various social fields. Though the penetration of mobile phones is not very high across India, the mobile still reaches interior rural villages and tribal areas in some states. There are [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged BabaJob, ClickDiagnostics, IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd, India, Innovation, LabourNet, Mobile Phone, Not-for-profit, Question Box, Science & Technology, SEWA Rural |
By Shruti Veenam on January 26, 2010
If you are a regular urbanite like me, to you the mobile phone means just what Priyanka Chopra seems to convey with her idiosyncratic little nod in the Nokia commercial – ‘it’s not just a phone, it’s me’. The ubiquitous device has now been a part of your lifestyle for years. You need it to [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Africa, Cell-Life, Community Policing, Disaster Management, Healthcare, Innovation, ISIS, Kenya, Mobile Phone, Not-for-profit, PeaceNet, Science & Technology, SexInfo, South Africa |
By Nihit on August 26, 2009
Ralph Weissleder, from Harvard Medical College, has developed magnetic nano particles that can identify tuberculosis-causing bacteria in sputum. This has made it possible to diagnose tuberculosis in half an hour.
The traditional method for diagnosis takes about two weeks, as the bacteria is first spotted in sputum under the microscope, and then the suspect samples are [...]
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By Nihit on August 10, 2009
The concept of the village, or ‘gram’ forms the core of India. Over seventy percent of her population is rural. There are more than half a million villages across the country, as opposed to five thousand or so urban settlements. And still many of us, such as me, have no direct experience of life in [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Alternate Energy, Environment, Husk Power Systems, India, Innovation, Rice Husk, Science & Technology, Startup |
By devadutta on July 15, 2009
Posting on behalf of Divya Varadarajan.
GOONJ, formed a decade ago, is an initiative to provide basic amenities to far flung villages by turning one’s wastage to another’s resource. The “goonj” of this organization is spread over twenty states in India. As of today, it has a lot of good will work to its name [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Healthcare, India, Innovation, Not-for-profit, women |
By suyog on July 6, 2009
Years ago, waking up early on a Sunday morning was purely for a single purpose – to watch Rangoli. A song compilation feature on Doordarshan (DD), Rangoli, apart from the legendary Chitrahar was the only way to catch up with Bollywood hits on TV in those days. Though many of us have moved onto 24×7 [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Education, India, Innovation, Non Formal Education, Planet Read, Same Language Subtitling |
By faiqg on June 16, 2009
There are hundreds of NGOs working with thousands of volunteers and employees enabling millions of people in need. Physically, mentally challenged, destitute women, children, juvenile homes, old age homes and all those special places where the socially-different people are taken care of. They get their share of money, food and things they need to sustain [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged India, Innovation, Not-for-profit, Playback theater, theater, USA |