Launched in 2012, the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in Mysore has involved Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enable smarter transport networks that help traffic management, ensure real-time control and safety besides curtailing the growth of private vehicles. In doing so, it has resulted in several benefits to the people, such as improvements in safety, Read More …
The Karnataka Internet Assisted Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (KIDROP) project was initiated in 2008 by the Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Bengaluru and was integrated with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the Karnataka in 2009. It is India’s first and largest rural tele-medicine programme using tele-ophthalmology to tackle infant blindness, caused Read More …
The Mansagar Lake in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and the Kaikondrahalli Lake in Bengaluru, Karnataka, have been successfully restored using two very different approaches. The restoration of Mansagar was achieved under a public private partnership (PPP) model while Kaikondrahalli was restored through a multi-stakeholder socially inclusive model. Both approaches have successfully revived the lakes and the ecologies Read More …
