CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA. ISSUES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY
EXAMPLES EDUCATION EDUCOM SMART CLASSES HEALTH CARE HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE SECTORE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology (IT) is a branch of

engineering dealing with the use of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data.

HISTORY OF IT IN INDIA
The Indian Government acquired the EVS EM computers from the

Soviet Union, which were used in large companies and research laboratories.
In 1968 Tata Consultancy Servicesestablished in SEEPZ, Mumbai

by the Tata Groupwere the country's largest software producers during the 1960s.
The National Informatics Centre was established in March 1975.

During 1977-1980 the country's Information Technology companies

Tata InfoTech, Patni Computer Systems and Wipro had become visible.

EDUCATION

IMPLEMENTING ISSUES RELATING TO IT

AGRICULTURE

HEALTH CARE

EDUCOMP SMART CLASS

Educomp Solutions Limited, founded in 1994 is a globally diversified education solutions provider

and the largest education company in India. Educomp Group reaches out to over 32,000 schools and ~20.9 million learners and educators across the world. Educomp smartclass is a first of its kind, teacherled educational content based solution that has dramatically improved learning outcomes in Private Schools.

ISSUES
NEW CONCEPT , NEW FEARS HIGH COST INVOLVED COULDNT BE IMPLEMENTED IN RURAL

AREAS. COVERS ONLY THE CORE CONCEPTS IN DETAIL. HAVE COMMON INFORMATION FOR ALL THE EDUCATIONAL BOARDS IN INDIA.

AGRICULTURE SECTOR
India is predominantly an agricultural economy and hence it requires

strongest protection. India is facing certain "Agricultural Challenges" that must be resolved as soon as possible. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have that potential . By creating access to information, enabling communication and facilitating transactions, technical solutions can help reaching development objectives in various sectors. BENEFITS OF (ICT) - (a) Timely information on weather forecasts and calamities. (b) Better and spontaneous agricultural practices. (c) Better marketing exposure and pricing,. (d) Reduction of agricultural risks and enhanced incomes. (e) Better awareness and information. (f)Improved networking and communication,. (g) Facility of online trading and e-commerce

ISSUES RELATED WITH (ICT)

Insufficient agricultural infrastructure and support facilities and lack of planning. Insufficient institutional will power and capacity to deliver farmers specific services, Lack of awareness regarding suitable agricultural methods among the farmers. Too much dependence on monsoon Insufficient use of ICT for agricultural purposes, etc. Lack of education and learning.

HEALTH & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Despite Indias recent ascendancy as the hub of

the IT and IT-enabled services industry powered by a vast pool of skilled manpower, it has lagged tremendously behind other countries in HIT adoption. Large corporate hospitals in India spend under 1% of their operating budget on IT, while spending is closer to 3% in the West. Barring a few preliminary attempts to computerize basic hospital administrative and some. clinical functions, there has been little appreciation or impetus given to HIT adoption.

CHALLENGES IN (HIT)
POLICY - Absence of clear, coordinated government policy to promote HIT adoption. GOVERNMNET FUNDING-Almost nonexistent government funding for HIT has resulted in lack of HIT adoption in government health facilities and a lack of trained medical informatics professionals.

COMPUTER LITERACY - Low computer literacy among the government staff, and to a large extent in the private provider community.

 INFRASTRUCTURE & COORDINATION - Lack of supporting infrastructure and coordination between public and private sector. LEGACY SYSTEM - Except for a very few privately owned large hospitals, most patient records are paper based and very difficult to convert to electronic format. STANDARDS - Local HIT systems that do not adhere to standards for information representation and exchange. This could be further complicated because of the use of multiple local languages by patients and some health workers.