VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

An initiative by EVC & TCOE (Telecom Centers of Excellence), the I-MADE program has been inaugurated by Mr J. S. Deepak, Secretary, DoT, Government of India, and Mr N. Sivasailam, Additional Secretary, Telecom, DoT, Government of India. Innovation in Mobile App Development Ecosystem (I-MADE) framework is a 5-year program, under which 11 institutions were selected to be part of Phase I. One hundred (100) institutes will be selected to be a part in Phase II of the program and Phase III will include up to 35,000 institutions. The goal of the program is to help Indian entrepreneurs build 1 million mobile app start-ups which can eventually become Indian unicorns... For More Details

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A joint team of Railways and IIT-Kanpur has developed - the real-time train running information system - a technology which is said to enable a mobile user to access information about the exact location of a train.   Railway Ministry Official shared, "One has to type the train number and SMS it to 09415139139 or 09664139139 for knowing the exact location of a train on real-time basis. The service is currently available for 36 pairs of premier trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto. Not all premier trains are covered yet. Some of the trains covered under the project included Mumbai Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani, Dibrugarh Rajdhani, Sealdah Duronto and Shatabdi trains for Bhopal, Kanpur and Amritsar. The facility would be extended to all major trains in the next 18 months and the railways has allocated Rs 121 crore for the project." The Official said, "It will cost about Rs 50,000 to install a receiver on t...