Year: 2017

NOW is the Time to Create Smart Cities for All

James Thurston ICT Accessibility Subscribe to Newsletter Tell a Friend Print this Page 04/18/2017 The global trend toward smart cities is exciting.  Smart Cities programs, technologies, and solutions are creating innovative approaches to providing municipal services and engaging with citizens.  But G3ict and World Enabled launched our joint Smart Cities for All initiative because when it comes to the digital inclusion […]

Digital push must be disability-inclusive

Javed Abidi April 03, 2017 00:02 IST Updated: April 03, 2017 07:50 IST As India catapults towards a digital economy, making ICT accessible to the disabled is a must Around 8-10% of India’s population lives with disabilities, with an equal number constituting the aged. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have the potential to significantly impact […]

Odisha: Accessibility: Physical infra, digital inclusion on agenda for Bhubaneswar Smart City

Bhubaneswar: As part of its Bhubaneswar Urban Lecture Series, Bhubaneswar Development Authority in collaboration with well-known social service organisation Swabhiman, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd today organised a day-long workshop “Smart Accessibility Solutions in Bhubaneswar’’ to discuss on universal design and digital inclusion. While on the theme of Smart accessibility in Smart […]

Efforts to make smart city disabled-friendly

A speaker at the seminar in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by UB Photos Guwahati, March 24: Dispur today requested the organisations working for people with disabilities to prepare a blueprint on necessary interventions required to make Guwahati a differently-abled people friendly smart city. The request was made by additional chief secretary Ravi Capoor in a roundtable seminar […]