December 15, 2007 Session 2: Governance of ICT and ICT for Governance Taking e-Gov to the bottom of the pyramid now: Dial-a-gov? – Helani Galpaya and Rohan Samarajiva, PhD - PRESENTATION PNP TEXT 2920 SERVICE: A communication perspective on M-Government in Philippine context – Cristina M Signo, Mike Dela Rosa, Villy Ath Buenaventura, Isolde E Valera, and Ella Kristina D Domingo - PRESENTATION Why institutional partnerships matter: A regional innovation systems approach to making the ICT for development projects more ... Read More

The report can be downloaded HERE. The evaluation of the conference and tutorials can be downloaded ... Read More

December 14, 2007 Communication primer for non-engineers – Ashok Jhunjhunwala, PhD Desicrew: Taking outsourced jobs to rural areas – Saloni Malhotr Virtual Learning Ecosystem: An overview – Srinivas Venugopal ICT: An enabling tool to enhance rural Health Services? – Suma Prashant Branchless banking for the rural masses – Ramya Bharat Rural Production Outsourcing (ROPE): A Case-study – Sreejith NN ICT in Agriculture: An overview - Sagar Siva Shankar Vocational training: An opportunity for unemployed rural ... Read More

Selection of abstracts for the next stage of the paper selection process, and Young Scholars for the second CPRsouth conference in Chennai, India is now complete and successful candidates have been informed. The tentative agenda and other logistical information will be posted here as it becomes available. To those applicants who will not be able to make it to the conference, we hope you continue to participate through the CPRsouth website, which will include a searchable depository for scholarly works from the commuincation policy research ... Read More

LIRNEasia, in association with the TeNeT Group and RTBI of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is organizing the second CPRsouth conference, in Chennai, India from December 15-17, 2007. The conference aims to provide a forum for senior, junior and mid-career scholars to meet face-to-face and exchange ideas, establish networking opportunities and improve the quality of their scholarly work, in order to facilitate the long-term objective of fostering the next generation of active scholars and in-situ experts capable of ... Read More