Thursday, December 29, 2005
PMO CONSTITUTES COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
PMO CONSTITUTES COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT
28th December 2005
The Prime Minister's Office has set up a Committee on Information, Communication and Entertainment to identify new opportunities in these areas, where the Government is expected to play a pro-active role to promote the Indian media and entertainment industry. It will also examine various representations made by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India to the Prime Minister pertaining to commercial, legal, fiscal and other aspects of the status of the media and entertainment industry in the country. The Committee will be chaired by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. The other members will be - Member Secretary, Planning Commission; Secretary, Information and Broadcasting; Secretary, Telecommunications; Secretary, Information Technology; Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; Secretary, Commerce; Media Advisor to the Prime Minister; Shri Shekhar Kapur; Shri Kiran Karnik; Shri Sashi Kumar; Shri Ravi Vasudevan and Shri Amit Khanna.
http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.htm?id=http://pib.nic.in/hrelease/hrel_print_page1.asp?relid=5770
28th December 2005
The Prime Minister's Office has set up a Committee on Information, Communication and Entertainment to identify new opportunities in these areas, where the Government is expected to play a pro-active role to promote the Indian media and entertainment industry. It will also examine various representations made by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India to the Prime Minister pertaining to commercial, legal, fiscal and other aspects of the status of the media and entertainment industry in the country. The Committee will be chaired by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. The other members will be - Member Secretary, Planning Commission; Secretary, Information and Broadcasting; Secretary, Telecommunications; Secretary, Information Technology; Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; Secretary, Commerce; Media Advisor to the Prime Minister; Shri Shekhar Kapur; Shri Kiran Karnik; Shri Sashi Kumar; Shri Ravi Vasudevan and Shri Amit Khanna.
http://www.india.gov.in/outerwin.htm?id=http://pib.nic.in/hrelease/hrel_print_page1.asp?relid=5770
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Congratulation and best wishes to Dr Sreekumar for awarded scholarships by Hewlett Packard to attend Open Repositories 2006
Heartily congratulation and best wishes to Dr Sreekumar for awarded scholarships by Hewlett Packard to attend Open Repositories 2006.
Dr. M.G. Sreekumar from India and Ms Edna Nyika from Tanzania have both been awarded scholarships by Hewlett Packard to attend Open Repositories 2006.
Hewlett-Packard generously offered to sponsor two participants from developing nations to attend the DSpace Users Group and related events in Sydney from the 31st January 2006. APSR has supplemented the scholarships to enable the winners to meet living and accommodation expenses while visiting Australia.
Dr. Sreekumar is presently the Librarian and Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) (http://www.iimk.ac.in). He has successfully conducted several nationwide training programs in the area of digital libraries and e-publishing and leads several national research projects in the area of science and technology. Dr. Sreekumar will be presenting current plans and progress in enabling 40+ top level Indian research and academic institutions to install and manage interoperable institutional repositories using DSpace.
Visit http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/ for full announcement.
Dr. M.G. Sreekumar from India and Ms Edna Nyika from Tanzania have both been awarded scholarships by Hewlett Packard to attend Open Repositories 2006.
Hewlett-Packard generously offered to sponsor two participants from developing nations to attend the DSpace Users Group and related events in Sydney from the 31st January 2006. APSR has supplemented the scholarships to enable the winners to meet living and accommodation expenses while visiting Australia.
Dr. Sreekumar is presently the Librarian and Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) (http://www.iimk.ac.in). He has successfully conducted several nationwide training programs in the area of digital libraries and e-publishing and leads several national research projects in the area of science and technology. Dr. Sreekumar will be presenting current plans and progress in enabling 40+ top level Indian research and academic institutions to install and manage interoperable institutional repositories using DSpace.
Visit http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/ for full announcement.
