Pune finds better way to build better roads

A recent post on Avashya commended the Pune Municipal corporation for fully embracing the benefits of technology to reach out to its constituents. The city has recently overhauled its website and has provided the community with much needed services and features. One feature in particular, aims to facilitate the “better roads” initiative.
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Conference: The Great Indian Developer Ecosystem, May 19-23

From Avashya:
India has a rich content pool of software programming talent. To recognize young India’s software prowess the corporate India keeps on organizing events. The Great Indian Developer Ecosystem is one such event, to be held in May 2008. The summit will Summit Features Co-located Conferences on Bleeding-edge .NET, Rich Web, and Daring Java. Organized [...]

Grievance site for NRIs

From Avashya:
Tasveer-e Hind Foundation has launched Tasveer-e-Hind.com that aims to address grievances of the small and medium income NRIs (non-resident Indians) and forward their problems to the government through the internet.

Point of Discussion: Will rural India embrace social networks?

An interesting post on Watblog.com, which came to my attention via Avashya, asks the question: How Will Rural India Deal With Social Networking? It is a very intriguing question to ruminate about as more and more technologies aim to connect the rural populations with the remainder of the country. The article takes a very systematic [...]

Microfinance 2.0

Here is an interesting article from Spiegel Online (thanks Avashya for letting us know about it) on an entrepreneur’s efforts to utilize the power of private equity to scale up microfinance institutions more quickly and to provide them with the capital necessary for significant expansion. One issue that comes to mind, as is discussed further [...]

Bullocks protest introduction of affordable tractor into Indian agriculture

SAS Motors recently announced the introduction of the Angad 240D, a tractor that the company claims will be cheaper for farmers to operate and maintain than a pair of bullocks.
From Avashya:
According to research, a farmer in India spends Rs. 3000/- to 4000/- per month on maintaining a pair of bullocks. This is an incremental expense [...]

GSK to start new women’s health website in India

From Avashya:
Indianwomenshealth.com is a website launched by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The website, targeted at the Indian women provides useful information on various issues pertaining to the women’s health. The website is a part of a media campaign that GSK launched for Women’s Horlicks.

CSR for Coca-Cola: $10 million to be allocated

From Avashya

The Indian arm of the world’s largest soft drinks company Coca-Cola India is all set to come up with an India specific arm for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities this year, starting with a corpus of $10 million.

Hello Indimoto

In an effort to address rising pollution levels, traffic congestion and overall convenience, Indimoto.com is a carpooling matching site that allows for commuters to find other people in their area to share rides with. With the recent unveiling of the Tata Nano, this website may become a necessary evil stemming from insane traffic congestion.
Avashya posted [...]