“Digital-Divide” leading to “Digital-Dividend”

Digital divide is the result of various fissures (and not one faultline) that existed yesterday and continue to exist today.The most significant fissure today—one that will bear upon the way all the others play out—may be that between policymakers and the business community.
If private business’s can help the penetraion and use of technology, then there [...]

Three Imp characterstics of good ICT implementation.

There is a great need for a sustainable & replicable model for integrating ICT into societies in an effective manner so that people can benefit from real access, but any such model will need all the stakeholders – business, government and people- working hand-in-hand. Akshaya, in my view (at least in concept) may turn out [...]

Cause of Digital Divide? vis-a-vis Akshaya Initiative

n a larger scheme of things failure to bridge digital divide (DD), according to bridges.org are due to these three:

A failure of developmental Initiatives.
Most ICT initiatives are not replicable and sustainable. Can Kerala successfully replicate & Sustain Akshaya from the pilot to a state wide initiative?, the answer more likely is Yes. If the [...]