Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 09:10:31 +0530
From: Subbiah Arunachalam
Alliance for ICTs for Basic Human Needs formed in India
We had an excellent meeting here at MSSRF the past two days (19-20 May 2004)
and we have now formed a National Alliance for ICTs for Basic Human Needs.
More than 50 people were invited to the Consultatiuon - drawn from NGOs,
Government departments, Academia, and private sector. Prof. M S Swaminathan
is the Chairman of the Alliance. Ms Sukanya Rath, Executive Director of
NASSCOM Foundation is the Secretary General. B H Shadrach (Shaddy) of
OneWorld South Asia and Subbiah Arunachalam (Arun) of MSSRF are the two
Joint Secretaries. There are seven task forces [Connectivity, Content,
Policy, Capacity building, Resources, Organization and management, and
Programme design]. These will be convened by active partners. For more
information, please contact Arun at .
Arun
