New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) To provide better health services to people in rural areas, the health ministry Monday said it was launching a web portal to provide health related information. The ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) National Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda Thursday advocated traditional Indian model to take healthcare facilities to all, especially the masses who are at the "bottom of the ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The traditional Indian healthcare system was a "comprehensive solution" to healthcare problems as it reached out to the masses unlike Western methods that only touched "the top ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Brushing aside the Western healthcare system, Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) Thursday said the traditional Indian healthcare system must be improved because it ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (ANI): National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda today said that there is a need to adopt the traditional Indian model in the healthcare system for a comprehensive solution to ...

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Oct 12 (IANS) The seventh annual Pan-IIT Global Conference ended with alumni of the prestigious institutes chalking out plans to make India the global knowledge hub by 2022. ...

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Oct 8 (IANS) The seventh annual Pan-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Global Conference is set to open with a bang in Chicago Friday. A high-energy laser show followed by a ...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Private carrier Jet Airways Thursday launched its inaugural Delhi-Hong Kong flight. This is Jet Airways' second service to Hong Kong. The airline is currently operating a daily ...

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Oct 1 (IANS) With IITs in India perpetually short of teaching staff, the seventh Pan-IIT Global Conference in Chicago next week will prepare a database of alumni ready ...

Chicago, Sep 9 (IANS) C-Sam, a technology company founded by Sam Pitroda, and Germany-based Giesecke and Devrient, have signed an agreement to integrate and leverage their respective expertise in the area of ...

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Former Knowledge Commission chief Sam Pitroda has questioned the system prevailing in the country where chief ministers play a major role in selecting university vice chancellors and demanded ...

New Delhi, Aug. 26 (ANI): Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda has called for the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in the field of education, health, environment and agriculture in order ...

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the country's premier telecommunications research and development centre, turned 25 Tuesday. "In all these years, C-DOT has been in the ...

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Providing access to quality higher education opportunities across India is possible only if emphasis is laid on open education with thrust on information communication technology (ICT), experts ...

New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): A national workshop on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was organised in the capital on Thursday to discuss various modes for the better implementation of schemes ...

By Sam Pitroda This month marks the 25th anniversary of what is now widely acknowledged to be India's first defining steps towards an information and communications revolution. It was in August 1984 that ...

New York, Aug 4 (IANS) Former American President Bill Clinton will be among many top leaders to address the seventh Pan-IIT Global Conference being held in Chicago in October. Kapil Sibal, Indian ...

Bhubaneswar, July 30 (IANS) The Orissa assembly Thursday passed a controversial bill proposing a Rs.150-billion university in the state to be promoted by NRI billionaire and chairman of Britain's Vedanta Resources Anil ...

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) State-run steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Thursday announced its "SAIL HR Excellence Awards" for seven Indian manufacturing firms including Tata Motors and Jindal Steel. The SAIL ...

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Ministry is reportedly considering the names of Sam Pitroda, Narayana Murthy and S Ramadorai, who are top entrepreneurs and technocrats, for reviving Air India ...

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The civil aviation ministry is considering the names of some top industrialists and technocrats, including Sam Pitroda, N.R. Narayana Murthy and S. Ramadorai, for reviving national ...

The Railway Budget 2009-10 has been a sort of mixed bag of economic prudence and populism. The Railway Minister, Ms.Mamata Banerjee had previously stated that the focus will be primarily on ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Following are the highlights of the rail budget for the current fiscal presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha Friday: - No increase in ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Following are the highlights of the rail budget for the current fiscal presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha Friday: - Rs.25 pass for ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Following are the highlights of the rail budget for the current fiscal presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha Friday: - New train ...

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, June 30 (IANS) Kapil Sibal, India's minister for human resource development, Aneesh Chopra, America's chief technology officer, and Sam Pitroda, India's National Knowledge Commission chairman, will be the key ...

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Delhi Friday became the first state to compile and release a blueprint on implementation of the National Knowledge Commission's recommendations for educational reforms. "The Delhi government has ...

New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda on Wednesday stressed on the importance of a single regulatory body to decide matters pertaining to higher education. "I think in higher education ...

By Sam Pitroda As the world's biggest exercise in democracy gets underway, there is a sense of expectation and anticipation. With an electorate of 714 million people eligible to vote, there is ...

Tisca Chopra, who was recently seen in Nandita Das's directorial debut "Firaaq', attended a charity event organised by Guild of Service, an NGO run by Mohini Giri, where she interacted with ...