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Internet to harness taxes in india ? Is e-taxation feasible? - Chetan Sharma
We are pleased to present the views of one of the most experienced Indian Direct Taxes professional Mr. Ashok Kumar Garg belonging to the prestigious Indian Revenue Services (IRS).

ICTs empower Indian Policemen in India- Chetan Sharma
The IT savvy Government of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, drew up a comprehensive 3-year scheme under the IT-2000 program to computerize all the 802 police stations of the state.

Transforming the agri-business the e-way in India ! - Chetan Sharma
The Rs 7500 million ITC group's e-choupal model provides agri-business with an e-solution. Farmers can now use the Net to leverage transmission capabilities and access market data.

IT Session - April 2002 .Information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer remarkable opportunities for poverty alleviation and employment generation.

ICT Initiatives in India - Chetan Sharma
ICTs are increasingly considered to include a converging spectrum of technologies that consist primarily of telecommunications, computing and broadcasting. The Internet is the latest in the range of ICTs available.

The Freedom Foundation - Chetan Sharma
The inventors of computers & Internet would have hardly imagined one day it would help some of the most unlikely people get over their sense of isolation, deprivation and help build self-esteem.

ICT's Empowering Mother's & Kids in Delhi's Slums- Chetan Sharma
To help improve the conditions of these slums as well as to spread computer awareness; the Govt. of Delhi initiated a path-breaking "slum-computer kiosk" project. Within a short span of time in November, 2000; the Internet kiosks .

Will ICTs help in India's rural development ?- Chetan Sharma
Dr. Lees feels even though 200-300 million people are moving ahead in India, there are still 700-800 million people who are not participating properly in the growth process. The most important factor in India is the demographic expansion .

ICTs Help battered dowry victims rebuild their lives - Chetan Sharma
The focus at of IT education at NRS is only to train them in very basic computer literacy as well as in office automation software such as Excel, Word, and Power Point so that they can be an asset to any organization t they work with.

Mobile Phones and Pagers Help Leprosy Patients in Bombay's Slums - Chetan Sharma
Leprosy still remains a public health problem in India—contributing approx. 400,000 new cases to the global pool of lepers. WHO estimates there are about 1.3-1.5 million leprosy patients with grade-2 disability in the world...Read this article published at Indev Server.

ICTs create new rural employment opportunities in one of the last Communist strongholds of India-Kerala - Chetan Sharma and Dinesh Nambiar
There are over 3.5 million registered unemployed people in Kerala; and these figures do not cover the marginal and seasonal unemployed as well as "unemployed dependents" have not bothered to get themselves registered .

The Plight of Poor Indian Widows –Can ICT Help ?-Chetan Sharma and Mrs Sarita Sharma. It is unimaginable how a widow can sustain herself merely on 5 cents and 250 GMs. Of rice and some pulses; and occasionally getting few clothes from donors. Severe winter in this part of the country has also killed many widows since many of them live without any shelter—on the roads—and they consider themselves lucky if they get a blanket in gift from a donor.

WAR against Female Foeticide—ICT initiatives to prevent doing away with daughters -Chetan Sharma and Mrs Sarita
Women are worshipped and revered in every form in India. For the women she symbolizes courage & strength in the form of “Shakti”, “Durga”, “Kali”, Vindhyavasini”, “Saptshringhi”, “Vaishnodevi” who crushed demons, asuras, rakshas and all form of evil in the world to usher harmony in the universe. She is also “Saraswati” the goddess of learning & fine arts. And she is also “Mahalaxmi” the goddess of wealth and prosperity who is worshipped every day.

ICTs empower visually impaired and blind!-Chetan Sharma
The IT Industry can employ visually impaired persons in various functional responsibilities involving administration, front office, telephone operators, legal as well as medical transcriptions, e-servicing as well as client servicing.