ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia Pacific - India
List of ICT R & D Grants Programme initiatives in India
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Policy for Integration of ICT intiatives across Rural Karnataka
- Grant awarded in October 2003 to Centre for Environmental Studies and the Energy and Resources Institute to develop strategies and policy recommendations for integration of ICT interventions in rural Karnataka.
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Robust Networks for Rural Areas in India
- Grant awarded in October 2003 to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to disseminate information to users in a resource-constrained environment.
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ICT-Enabled Women's Social Net in India
- Grant awarded in October 2003 to One Village One Computer to establish an ICT Service Centre that will cater exclusively to women.
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Unsung Among Us, India
- Grant awarded in October 2003 to Grammena Patna Kendram to use ICTs for preserving the cultural heritage of small and marginalized communities.
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IT-mediated rural women education and dissemination of health information - A pilot in Tamil Nadu, India
- Grant awarded in March 2003 to University of Western Australia Graduate School of Management to design and evaluate a web-based women education / health information tool targeting rural women in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Wireless Internet Post Office, India
- Grant awarded in September 2002 to Department of Computer Science and Engineering to couple advances in consumer electronics, with an entrepreneurial model to foster the deployment of text-based digital communication.
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Diffusion of ICTs in India: Labour Market Implications for Developing Countries
- Grant awarded in January 2002 to Indian Institute of Information Technology to examine how different modes of use of ICTs impact labour market outcomes in developing countries.
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Leveraging ICTs Through Weekly Market Centres for Tribal Communities, India
- Grant awarded in January 2002 to Satpura Integrated Rural Development Institution to promote the use of ICTs among selected tribal communities.
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Development of a Forest Fire Forecasting System for Western Ghats, India using Web-based Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing
- Grant awarded in April 2004 to Centre for Environment and Development to reduce the degradation and loss of biodiversity in the area.
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Scientific Journal Publishing in India: Indexing and Online Management
- Grant awarded in April 2004 to National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, to improve the accessibility of scientific literature published in Indian journals by introducing an indexing system.
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ICT Enabled Life Skill and Sexuality Education for Adolescent Girls in India
- Grant awarded in April 2004 to Centre for Women's Development and Research to educate and empower adolescent girls in selected cities and villages using computers, digital cameras and the Internet.
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Nabanna, India: A Web-Based Information System to Address Gender Concerns
- Grant awarded in April 2004 to Change Initiatives to ensure greater access of poor, uneducated women to the contents of a web-enabled database.
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Using ICT to build capacities of HIV/AIDS Service Providers in India
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to SAATHII to develop an Electronic Resource Centre on HIV/AIDS in India which will include E-training programmes, interactive E-forums and E-support.
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MISSION: A Secure and Easy-to-Use MIS Framework for SHGs, SHG Federations and other Community-based Financial Institutions, India
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to Ekgaon technologies Pvt. Ltd. to develop a management information system (MIS) for managing self-help group (SHG) operations.
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Roadmap for Process Re-Engineering for Reaching e-Governance to the Disadvantaged, India
- Grant awarded in November 2004 to IT for Change to explore ways of using ICTs for integrated delivery of services to Indian citizens, in particular the disadvantaged groups.
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Community GIS, India
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Collective Research Initiative Trust to develop an open-access spatial data infrastructure, and a set of simple tools and applications for urban planning.
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Crop Disease Forecasting System and Expert Crop-Advisory to Farmers over Information Kiosk Networks in India
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to survey the extent to disseminate crop advisory and disease forecasting services to farmers in a resource-constrained environment.
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Open Source GIS/Mapping Solution for the Indian Tsunami Information Resource Center
- Grant awarded in March 2005 to Janastu to provide an open source GIS/Mapping Solution for the Indian Tsunami Information Resource Center.
