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iConnect-Ensuring Computer literacy in Rural areas

Cause an Effect Foundation has been working with 6 Government High schools in Mominpet Mandal of Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh through its iConnect Project.(This mandal is considered to be one of the most backward block of Andhra Pradesh. It is quite inaccessible with some of the roads really in a bad shape. The transport facilities are greatly underdeveloped. Many of the I Connect villages can only be accessed

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My first few days at iridium Interactive

Everybody knows the truth that time brings in a lot of changes, be it personal or professional, in one’s life. The 4th of July, 2008 is the day that has brought me to iridium Interactive for an internship of five and a half months. This was my first exposure to a software company and a considerable base for my professional career.

Booking tickets online –the highs and lows of the experience

I am planning a trip to Gods own Country, Kerala in a couple of months and recently visited the Indian Railways website to book my tickets online. The experience was mixed. The site is very nice even though it is missing some accessibility guidelines. Let me share the good things first.

MyNasscom, Enterprise 2.0 initiaive of Nasscom, launched

NASSCOM is a global trade body with over 1200 members, of which over 250 are global companies from the US, UK, EU, Japan and China. The departments of NASSCOM are spread across various locations and have over 100 members. NASSCOM maintains hundreds of documents – HR, Research, Consulting, White Papers, Case Studies and more – in various formats and file sizes. For NASSCOM all this repository is a wealth of

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Social Media Networks – Who Let The Dogs Out…who who?

A lot is being spoken and written about how brand presence on Social Media do not really help businesses. There have been many nay – sayers who have signed off on its pitfalls . Hence, just to stand out from the crowd, this article refutes this supposition. There are ways and means of generating leads thru social media.

iridium Interactive: An eye for humane practices

This article on iridium Interactive was featured in the NASSCOM EMERGE news letter, july ’08 under the section HR Factor .You can read the full aticle here When many companies prefer to pursue corporate social responsibility as an activity extraneous to organisational functions, Hyderabad –based iridium Interactive has embraced it as a human resource policy and is hiring the visually challenged without batting an eyelid.

Internet Accessibility for the Visually Challenged

Did you know that the humble typewriter, the computer keyboard and the keys on your mobile phone are friendly to the visually challenged? Take a look at the raised projections on the letters F and J on your keyboard. By placing your index fingers on these letters, you can type without looking at the keys. Number 5 on your phone has a similar projection that helps you dial the numbers

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Social and Economic Contributions of IT/ITES Industry

The role of India’s IT industry in the socio-economic development of the nation has caught the attention of one and all.The IT industry today is the toast of the nation. Accolades have come from all corners for the manner in which IT Industry in India has leveraged the large endowment of Human Capital available and built a huge IT skill base.The growth of IT industry has also resulted in a

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iConnect-Ensuring computer literacy in rural areas

CauseanEffect Foundation has been working with 6 Government High schools in Mominpet Mandal of Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh through its iConnect Project.(This mandal is considered to be one of the most backward block of Andhra Pradesh. It is quite inaccessible with some of the roads really in a bad shape. The transport facilities are greatly underdeveloped. Many of the iConnect villages can only be accessed by Kaccha or

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Social Networking in Plain English

Social Networking is rightly called Social Learning. The deepest learning comes from human connections and Social Networking tools make it easier than ever to connect to the people you want to learn something from, or with whom you are willing to learn with, together, collaboratively. Remember reading business books about the power of the “rolodex”??? Important successful people ALWAYS had a massive rolodex. So, how do you acquire one today?

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