Synopsis
The articles featured in this book explore a range of topics, including the digital divide in rural India, e-agriculture challenges, cyber extension, an overview of Village Knowledge Centers (VKCs), the Community Information Center initiative in Orissa, SATCOM applications in Karnataka State, Model e-Villages in Arunachal Pradesh State of North-East India, the Nationwide InDG web portal initiative for rural development, Kisan Mobile Sandesh (KMS), Dynamic Market Information (DMI) by Web and Mobile in Tamil Nadu, expert systems for pest and disease diagnosis in rubber, Interactive Multimedia Compact Disc (IMCD), Village Information Centers among Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu, KISSAN initiative of Kerala State, Mobile Agricultural School and Services (MASS) in Jharkhand, Farmers Database creation in Darjeeling District of West Bengal, Village Resource Centers (VRCs) in Uttaranchal, Pest Surveillance of Rice using satellite data, Techmode Approach for Distance Learning Courses for Field Veterinarians in Maharashtra, Information Retrieval System for Buffalo Reproduction, Web Portals and Digital Data Bases in Agroforestry, Watershed Modeling using GIS and Remote Sensing in Gujarat State, e-Readiness and Participation Level of Akshya and KISSAN Kerala Beneficiaries and VRC & CIC Network in Assam, Internet Utilization Pattern, Evaluation of Kissan Call Centers (KCCs), ICT Adoption Level, Impact, Stakeholders Feedback, Policy Implications, and Recommendations.
About the Author
R. Saravanan: Presently Director (Agricultural Extension), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), (An Organization of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India),Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500 030, India.
Formerly Associate Professor (Communication and Incharge), School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies, Central Agricultural University, Umiam (Barapani), Meghalaya-793 103, C. Kathiresan: Project Manager InDG Project & Principal Investigator, Model e-Village Project Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Hyderabad-500085, Andhra Pradesh T. Indra Devi: Project Fellow, e-Arik Project, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (CAU), Pasighat-792102, Arunachal Pradesh.
C. Kathiresan is a Project Manager of 'India Development Gateway (InDG)', a national level ICT initiative focusing on empowerment of rural India, supported by Department of Information Technology, Government of India and being implemented by the Hyderabad unit of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Dr. Kathiresan has specialization in planning and executing of projects in the area of ICT for Rural Development, Content Management Systems, designing ICT based products and capacity building. He has done Ph.D in Agriculture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India and has vast experience in implementing agriculture projects at grassroot level before venturing into the field of ICT for Development.
T. Indra Devi is currently pursuing M.Tech in Embedded Systems Technology in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kalasilingam University, Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, India. She was a Project Fellow, 'e-Arik (e-Agriculture): ICTs for Agricultural Extension' Project during 2007 to 2009 in the Central Agricultural University, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh State. The e-Arik project was awarded National level 'Best e-Governed Project- Special Jury Award 2008' by the Computer Society of India (CSI) - Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2007-08. She is basically B.E Graduate specialized in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University affiliated College, Tamil Nadu, India. She has expertise in web designing, data base creation, graphics and multimedia development. She prepared number of farmer participatory multimedia CDs for advanced farm information dissemination among the farmers.
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