[Sigiii-l] Fwd: IFIP News letter July, 2011

[M.J. Menou]

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Subject: IFIP News letter July, 2011
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:07:01 +0530
From: IFIP News Letter <ifipnewsletter at iimahd.ernet.in>




Dear Subscriber,

Warm Greetings! The July 2011 issue of ‘Information Technology in 
Developing Countries’ is now available at: 
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/current.htm

The current issue of Information Technology in Developing Countries 
carries articles that discuss the various applications of Change 
Management Practices in Government Organizations and their practical 
experiences in the field; There is a study on the ‘ICTs: Connecting 
Development Practitioners Leverage Knowledge with emphasis on the story 
of Food and Nutrition Security Community of Practice’ through a survey 
conducted to understand the food security levels in a village; 
Information Technology is also extended to oversee the health of the 
expecting mother and child in ‘Aarogyam: ICT for Mother and Child Care’; 
article on ‘ICT in Agriculture: Gaps and Way forward’ draws attention to 
the gaps in the ICT initiatives.

The first article on “Applying Change Management Practices in Government 
Organizations: A view from the field” by Vasudev Murthy & Dr. Vashima 
Shubha discusses the change parameters which have different levels of 
impact in government and private organizations. It also throws light on 
how different communication plans and follow up techniques have to be 
adopted to make the change in government organizations’ successful. This 
is followed by the article” ICTs: Connecting Development Practitioners 
Leveraging Knowledge: story of Food and Nutrition Security Community 
of Practice” by Dr. Gopi Ghosh where he shares his insights gained from 
the analysis conducted to understand the security levels of food and the 
need for knowledge management to the farmers in growing pulses and 
vegetables. The article also discusses how the project was implemented, 
the challenges faced and its impact. The next article is on the 
project “Aarogyam: ICT for Mother and Child Care” by Alok Tiwari. The 
article talks about the need and effectiveness of the project 
undertaken. The existing challenges in the system of disseminating 
information and reminders to the rural villager of the various time 
lines is highlighted, for both primary and complete health care of the 
expecting mother and the new born child. This issue also carries an 
article to the end on “ICT in Agriculture: Gaps and Way Forward” by Dr G 
V Ramaraju, Dr. T.S Anurag, Dr. Hrishikesh Kumar Singh and Shambhu Kumar 
discuss the problem areas identified in using various ICT initiatives 
and the shortcomings in the usage of dissemination modes. The paper also 
highlights the most preferred ICT and its features, which meet the 
requirement of the farmers’ need for information.

Conference announcements includes International Conference on ICT as Key 
Technology for the Fight against Global Warming and another on E 
governance system in August-September, 2011 and a Conference on e 
governance to be held in September 2011 in India.

We hope you will find this issue interesting and we look forward to 
receiving your feedback on the same. We welcome your contributions for 
the forthcoming issue of the IFIP WG 9.4 Newsletter. Interested 
contributors are requested to refer to the guidelines for authors 
available at: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/guidelines.htm or may 
mail us at: ifipnewsletter at iimahd.ernet.in

The July 2011 Issue can be directly accessed at: Announcement to the 
subscribers-july issue.doc.A downloadable PDF version of this Issue is 
also available on our website (URL: 
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/jul2011/july2011.pdf) to ease 
access and facilitate printing.


With Best Regards,

S.Susmita
Editorial Team, IFIP WG 9.4 Newsletter.
Centre for Electronic Governance,
Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad - 380 015, India
Tel.: +91 79 6632 4128,
URL: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/wg.htm






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