BRAC MPOWER MHEALTH
This mobile-based mHealth model for Maternal, Neo-natal and Child Health (MNCH) aims to improve maternal, newborn and child health issues with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. The components of this model are: a. Patient Management and Care system which is a mobile- based platform used by Community Health Workers (CHWs), to collect household and patient data through a step-by-step decision tree (in Bangla language), eliminating the need for them to decide for themselves which data to collect, when and also what to do with the data. b. Emergency Management system whichis driven centrally by a hotline centre with an easy-to-remember short-code, ensuring singular responsibility for all emergency cases. c. Monitoring and Reporting system due to the instant digitisation of all the data entered using this system. Most managerial functions is done automatically or in a much easier and more resource efficient manner. Read more >>
This mobile-based mHealth model for Maternal, Neo-natal and Child Health (MNCH) aims to improve maternal, newborn and child health issues with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. The components of this model are: a. Patient Management and Care system which is a mobile- based platform used by Community Health Workers (CHWs), to collect household and patient data through a step-by-step decision tree (in Bangla language), eliminating the need for them to decide for themselves which data to collect, when and also what to do with the data. b. Emergency Management system whichis driven centrally by a hotline centre with an easy-to-remember short-code, ensuring singular responsibility for all emergency cases. c. Monitoring and Reporting system due to the instant digitisation of all the data entered using this system. Most managerial functions is done automatically or in a much easier and more resource efficient manner. Read more >>
Website : www.mpower-social.com
TRANSFORMER PROTECTION FROM UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
This project, designed by Engr. Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhry of Bangladesh, aims to protect the single-phase transformers from unauthorized people. The felt need for the project is due to growth in recent times, in the thefts reported of electrical transformers. In the design, a circuit is connected to the Transformer, which when tampered with, sends a signal to the Control room. The device continues to work even in times of load shedding, since the circuit is connected with a device to provide power backup. If any unauthorized person tries to disconnect the transformer to steal it, then a signal is sent to the Central Control Room or the Local Control Room to the person In-charge of that area. The project utilizes Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system for transmitting signals to the Control Rooms. Read more >>
This project, designed by Engr. Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhry of Bangladesh, aims to protect the single-phase transformers from unauthorized people. The felt need for the project is due to growth in recent times, in the thefts reported of electrical transformers. In the design, a circuit is connected to the Transformer, which when tampered with, sends a signal to the Control room. The device continues to work even in times of load shedding, since the circuit is connected with a device to provide power backup. If any unauthorized person tries to disconnect the transformer to steal it, then a signal is sent to the Central Control Room or the Local Control Room to the person In-charge of that area. The project utilizes Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system for transmitting signals to the Control Rooms. Read more >>
MIHIMANDALA
Mihimadala is a NSF (National Science Foundation) Science Magazine on TV which consists of a series of video programmes telecasted over the National channels with an objective to create a knowledge based society who would understand the basics of current science and technology and its effective utilization in their daily activities. The target audience of this TV programme would be the general public including children, housewives, farmers and other working communities. The production was initiated in the year 2005. The scientific content for the programmes was provided by the experts in the relevant areas, identified by the NSF. Throughout the production these resource persons have been actively involved in the preparation of the technical script in collaboration with the production house, evaluation of the programme and approving the final product. Read more >>
Mihimadala is a NSF (National Science Foundation) Science Magazine on TV which consists of a series of video programmes telecasted over the National channels with an objective to create a knowledge based society who would understand the basics of current science and technology and its effective utilization in their daily activities. The target audience of this TV programme would be the general public including children, housewives, farmers and other working communities. The production was initiated in the year 2005. The scientific content for the programmes was provided by the experts in the relevant areas, identified by the NSF. Throughout the production these resource persons have been actively involved in the preparation of the technical script in collaboration with the production house, evaluation of the programme and approving the final product. Read more >>
Website : http://www.nsf.ac.lk
PANINI KEYPAD
Panini Keypad is a new technology that allows people to type in all languages of Indian subcontinent on the phone very fast and in an easy manner with vastly reduced number of key presses and without the need of printed characters on keypad. The technology has been developed and offered to users in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and a similar technology has also been developed for 17 other global languages from diverse linguistic families as Korean, Arabic and Russian. This is a smart input technology for all these languages. For example, in India alone there are 800+ million phone users and only around 90 million know English. Read more >>
Panini Keypad is a new technology that allows people to type in all languages of Indian subcontinent on the phone very fast and in an easy manner with vastly reduced number of key presses and without the need of printed characters on keypad. The technology has been developed and offered to users in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and a similar technology has also been developed for 17 other global languages from diverse linguistic families as Korean, Arabic and Russian. This is a smart input technology for all these languages. For example, in India alone there are 800+ million phone users and only around 90 million know English. Read more >>
Website : http://www.PaniniKeypad.com
NIKOSH FONT AND CONVERTER
In the early stages of computer, ASCII character codes were used to represent characters. This has no place for languages like Bangla as ASCII could only accommodate 128 characters. The keyboard was designed keeping roman characters in mind. The Bangla characters are inherently complex due to presence of conjunct characters. Unicode addresses the issue of fonts from a universal perspective and accommodates all the languages. Nikosh font was developed to fill this vacuum. The team from Election Commission Secretariat developed the Nikosh Font which is a Unicode 5.1 compliant font for use in Voterlist database. Read more >>
In the early stages of computer, ASCII character codes were used to represent characters. This has no place for languages like Bangla as ASCII could only accommodate 128 characters. The keyboard was designed keeping roman characters in mind. The Bangla characters are inherently complex due to presence of conjunct characters. Unicode addresses the issue of fonts from a universal perspective and accommodates all the languages. Nikosh font was developed to fill this vacuum. The team from Election Commission Secretariat developed the Nikosh Font which is a Unicode 5.1 compliant font for use in Voterlist database. Read more >>
Website : http://www.savingisgenerating.com
IPAIDABRIBE.COM
IPaidABribe.com is a website initiative taken by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, to tackle corruption by tapping into the collective energy of citizens, almost every one of whom is a victim , perpetrator or beneficiary or a combination of these. The website primarily operates with a citizen driven mechanism, for tracking bribe payment activity and also instances of when people resisted bribe payments or did not have to pay bribes because of good government systems or good people within the government systems. Citizens reports on the nature, number, pattern, types, locations and frequency of actual corrupt acts and values of bribes will add up to a valuable knowledge bank that will contribute to a reduction in bribe payments. The website also looks at educating people about government processes. Read more >>
IPaidABribe.com is a website initiative taken by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, to tackle corruption by tapping into the collective energy of citizens, almost every one of whom is a victim , perpetrator or beneficiary or a combination of these. The website primarily operates with a citizen driven mechanism, for tracking bribe payment activity and also instances of when people resisted bribe payments or did not have to pay bribes because of good government systems or good people within the government systems. Citizens reports on the nature, number, pattern, types, locations and frequency of actual corrupt acts and values of bribes will add up to a valuable knowledge bank that will contribute to a reduction in bribe payments. The website also looks at educating people about government processes. Read more >>
Website : http://ipaidabribe.com
NEWS THAT MATTERS NOT
News That Matters Not (NTMN) is a news satire and social commentary website based in India. A popular voice for the Indian youth, it is known to publish sarcasm, criticism, satire and the like, usually in the form of humorous news parody. It targets the media, politics, life and society among other entities of the world. This service is mainly for the youth and other various components of the society who have a penchant for reading purposeful and critical satire. It is one of the oldest of all such popular websites in India, which still exist very actively. It is a well-known method to voice out criticism and social concerns through writing. Read more >>
News That Matters Not (NTMN) is a news satire and social commentary website based in India. A popular voice for the Indian youth, it is known to publish sarcasm, criticism, satire and the like, usually in the form of humorous news parody. It targets the media, politics, life and society among other entities of the world. This service is mainly for the youth and other various components of the society who have a penchant for reading purposeful and critical satire. It is one of the oldest of all such popular websites in India, which still exist very actively. It is a well-known method to voice out criticism and social concerns through writing. Read more >>
Website : http://newsthatmattersnot.com
BREAKTHROUGH – BELL BAJAO!
Breakthrough is a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture, and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity , equality, and justice. Based in India and the United States, Breakthrough addresses critical global issues including violence against women, sexuality and HIV/AIDS and immigrant rights and racial justice.Breakthrough Bell Bajao campaign’s main objective is to raise awareness on domestic violence by bringing it in the purview of mainstream discussions on platforms that have mass viewership and readership. These platforms include social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the blogosphere, video sharing websites like Youtube and Vimeo and news dailies and wires (print & online). Read more >>
Breakthrough is a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture, and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity , equality, and justice. Based in India and the United States, Breakthrough addresses critical global issues including violence against women, sexuality and HIV/AIDS and immigrant rights and racial justice.Breakthrough Bell Bajao campaign’s main objective is to raise awareness on domestic violence by bringing it in the purview of mainstream discussions on platforms that have mass viewership and readership. These platforms include social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the blogosphere, video sharing websites like Youtube and Vimeo and news dailies and wires (print & online). Read more >>
Website : http://www.bellbajao.org
MFOODS
Mfoods is an initiative taken by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh to ensure timely supply of fortified nutritious food to 223 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) projects benefiting 30.62 lakhs of children and women beneficiaries throughout the state of Andhra Pradesh in an efficient and effective manner. With an aim to serving poor undernourished among underprivileged group of women and children the vision of this project was to facilitate and implement ICDS projects and other Government Schemes to expand and diversify for the sustainability as a viable corporate Industry. Anganwadi workers/ Child Development Project Officers(CDPO) indent food items through mobile phones. Centralized System keeps track of indents along with date and time, in response the supply schedules being updated by Apfoods online. Corresponding alerts goes to the field and transporters. Read more >>
Mfoods is an initiative taken by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh to ensure timely supply of fortified nutritious food to 223 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) projects benefiting 30.62 lakhs of children and women beneficiaries throughout the state of Andhra Pradesh in an efficient and effective manner. With an aim to serving poor undernourished among underprivileged group of women and children the vision of this project was to facilitate and implement ICDS projects and other Government Schemes to expand and diversify for the sustainability as a viable corporate Industry. Anganwadi workers/ Child Development Project Officers(CDPO) indent food items through mobile phones. Centralized System keeps track of indents along with date and time, in response the supply schedules being updated by Apfoods online. Corresponding alerts goes to the field and transporters. Read more >>
Website : http://apfoods.ap.nic.in
ANDHRA PRADESH SMART CARD PROJECT
This project delivers banking services to the unbanked millions of poor people in the urban, semi-urban, rural and remote areas at their doorstep. Initially Social Security Pensions and MGNREGA Wages it envisages payment of Social Security Pensions to the pensioners and MGNREGA wages to the wage seekers in the entire State of Andhra Pradesh. The beneficiaries are opened a bank account and issued a smart card by the Banks through a Business Correspondent. There is a Customer Service Provider, to make payments at village point through biometric authentication of finger print. There are 13 million wage-seekers and 7 million pensioners in the Andhra Pradesh. While pensions are paid once in a month, MGNREGA wages are paid once a week. Read more >>
This project delivers banking services to the unbanked millions of poor people in the urban, semi-urban, rural and remote areas at their doorstep. Initially Social Security Pensions and MGNREGA Wages it envisages payment of Social Security Pensions to the pensioners and MGNREGA wages to the wage seekers in the entire State of Andhra Pradesh. The beneficiaries are opened a bank account and issued a smart card by the Banks through a Business Correspondent. There is a Customer Service Provider, to make payments at village point through biometric authentication of finger print. There are 13 million wage-seekers and 7 million pensioners in the Andhra Pradesh. While pensions are paid once in a month, MGNREGA wages are paid once a week. Read more >>
Website : http://rd.ap.gov.in
