Tag: Technology
Femtech Says It’s Empowering Women, but Is It Commodifying Them Too?
The concept of ‘Femtech’—or technology “which addresses women's biological needs”—is so interlinked with the women’s health apps, that the term itself is credited to...
Technically Speaking, How Can Technology Facilitate Better Administration & Development Efforts?
Interviewed by Sourya Reddy; Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal.
One of the less-spoken about impacts that technology can have is on our public administration systems. But...
Building (Anti)trust: Can Competition Law Protect Us From Big Tech’s Harms?
Competition law has been in the news recently. After over a year-long investigation, the US Justice Department finally filed a much-anticipated lawsuit against Google...
In the Digital Age, Here’s How Encryption is Protecting Your Privacy
“It iz neither fanciful nor an exaggeration to say that, without encryption tools, lives may be endangered.”
-- Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High...
Can Blockchain Solve India’s Corruption Woes?
Let’s consider two people, A and B. A wishes to purchase a piece of land from B. They come to an agreement and proceed...
Dialling 102: How Can We (Re)Design Healthcare in India
Kiran Karnik — Former President, NASSCOM and Founder & Former Director, ISRO’s Development and Educational Communication Unit — speaks about reforming and redesigning India’s healthcare sector, in conversation with Sourya Reddy.
Technically Speaking, Why Does India Need More Public Wifi?
While the global average stands at about one public Wifi hotspot per 150 people, India currently has just about one lakh hotspots for its population of almost 1.4 billion residents. However, with mobile networks bearing the burden of data consumption in the country, what's the need for investing in a robust and accessible public Wifi infrastructure?
What Does it Take to Build a Sustainable Digital Health System?
This article is the second instalment of a two-part series on the National Digital Health Mission. We look at the best practices required to...
Is the National Digital Health Mission an Effective Treatment for India’s...
This article is the first of a two-part series on the National Digital Health Mission, and the best practices required to scale digital health...
Technically Speaking, How Can Technology Reform TV News? With Vikram Chandra
Chirag Chinnappa speaks to Vikram Chandra—Founder of Editorji and an ex-TV journalist—on how technology, specifically AI, can be utilized to fix the Indian digital news ecosystem.
