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ACTIONAID CONQUERS “ALPS” WITH iRIDIUMINTERACTIVE

Actionaid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Formed in 1972, it is helping over 13 million of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people in 46 countries worldwide. Actionaid International (AAI) works with local partners in every region, ranging from small community support groups to national alliances and international networks. Objective With a highly decentralized mode of operations and over 2,000 local partner organizations

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Actionaid conquers "ALPS" with iridium Interactive

is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Formed in 1972, for over 30 years it has been growing and expanding to where it is today – helping over 13 million of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people in 46 countries worldwide. Actionaid international works with local partners in every region .The partners could range from small community support groups to national alliances and international networks.

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Focus on Web Usability

Web Usability, which can be loosely defined as a measure of how easy it is for a generic site visitor to carry out a task such as finding a given piece of information or buying a certain product. Web Accessibility is a much neglected field in India where students are mostly drawn towards technology and coding. In this interview, Sriram Bharatm, CEO of iridium Interactive talks to Times Of India

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Web Accessibility Thought Leadership

As a thought leader in the Web Accessibility space, ii extends its support to the Disability initiative of NASSCOM foundation and sponsors the track at the prestigious India leadership forum 2007 held in Mumbai from 07th – 09th February 2007. Key highlights of this event included sessions, special tracks, round tables and panel discussions covering all the aspects of the IT and ITES industry. The Global CSR Conclave track covered

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Portal to help blind surf for jobs created

Thanks to the country’s first job portal to be developed exclusively for the visually challenged, the blind community in India too can surf the Internet to search for jobs. The yet-to-be-named portal whose beta version is doing the rounds is likely to be launched by the second week of February, Sriram Bharatam, the chief executive officer of Hyderabad-based iridium Interactive, which is designing the website with the help of NASSCOM

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For the differently-abled, Net is more than a click away

Can’t imagine life without WWW? For the 7.5 crore people with disabilities in India, the web is more than a mouse-click away. With most Indian websites — including government sites — failing to provide even minimum levels of accessibility, equal opportunity for all is still far from a reality. A report commissioned by the United Nations recently found that none of the Indian websites tested met even the most basic

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iridium Interactive founder speaks on the role of ICT in the socio-economic development of the country

NASSCOM Foundation organized a national-level consultation on ICT for Development on 23-24 November2006, that involved civil society bodies, IT industry, government agencies and academicians. The event “Building ICT Capacities @ the Grassroots” had various eminent personalities speak on the critical role played by ICT in social and economic development of the country and the impact it has created so far.

An evening with Gerhard Schroeder and Dmitri Medvedev

In October 2006, Russian Economic Forum organised a one-day event-Knowledge, Technology and the New Economy- at Manezh, Moscow. The event was organized to explore and understand the new culture of innovation and the impact of technology and innovations on economy.

Getting Involved – iridium Interactive launches The Leprosy Mission Trust, India's website

iridium Interactive has created a new information channel for India’s largest NGO. A caring organisation dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and their families. The website is both an informative tool and a means of reaching out to prospective donors and supporters for the organisation’s activities. iridium Interactive‘s brief – by TLMI was to create a website that would reach out and tap new avenues and construct

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ETV Yuva Bharat' From Television Channel to Employment Networking Environment

iridium Interactive has taken a purely informative and niche TV programme and turned it into a highly interactive web experience. At the forefront of the rapidly converging TV and Internet and synergy that they release, ii has ensured that the Yuva Bharat website is not a one-way street. iridium Interactive recognises that jobs and careers are the amongst the top researched and browsed information on the Internet with the youth

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