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Pandey, Umesh Chandra; Gargava, Smriti – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
The Three Tier system of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) which was put in place with 73rd amendment in the constitution of India, is a major initiative for democratic decentralization. PRIs are acting successfully and gradually becoming more powerful and resourceful. Now most of the Panchayets, including block and village level, are having…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Open Education, Community Involvement
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Ghosh, Maitrayee – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of ICT to disseminate preventive health care information to combat the AIDS epidemic in India. The role of information professionals in various libraries and information centres and the challenges they are facing to increase HIV/AIDS awareness are discussed. Finally, recommendations are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Information Dissemination, Disease Control
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Agrawal, S. P. – International Library Review, 1984
Describes the establishment of the documentation center and the projects it has undertaken: union catalog of social science periodicals and serials; bibliographies (Indian economic, Mahatma Gandhi, area studies, language); retrospective index of periodicals; compilation of indexes and bibliographies assisted by council in its grants-in-aid scheme;…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Depository Libraries, Developing Nations, Indexes
Ward, William B. – 1974
Several of the new agricultural universities in India have identified a special need to improve their communication capabilities through the better use of the mass media and other channels to narrow the communication gap between agricultural scientists, educators, and farmers. This paper discusses the basic concept, goals, administration,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agricultural Education, Charts, Developing Nations
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Dutta, S.; Sinha, P. K. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Describes adoption at Sorghum and Millets Information Center (India) of Pragmatic Approach to Subject Index (PASI), computer-manipulative indexing procedure in which key words are arranged in meaningful sequence. Indexing problems, search for suitable system, PASI indexing steps, and computerization are discussed. Thirteen references and…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Computer Software, Developing Nations
International Inst. for Adult Literacy Methods, Teheran (Iran). – 1972
Information related to the field of literacy is provided in this document. In the first part of the document, a directory of 30 libraries and information centers that maintain a collection of materials and documents in the field of literacy, adult education, and related fields, such as education, vocational training, community development, social…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Directories, Educational Programs
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Colle, R. D. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2005
Universities and community telecenters have somewhat parallel missions in society. These include the generation, storage and diffusion of knowledge and information. Yet, in most developing countries where telecenters strive to be demand-driven, universities are seldom perceived as relevant to telecenters sustainability. Focusing especially on…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Information Technology, Universities, African Studies