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Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
PGIMER to launch smart navigation app to facilitate patients
Chandigarh: The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Tuesday said the institute will launch a smart navigation app, which will integrate real-time indoor mapping, QR code-based patient identification and crowd management features to streamline hospital navigation and reduce wait times. PGIMER Director Prof Vivek Lal while unveiling an ambitious roadmap to redefine patient experience and hospital functioning said that a smart mobile application has been developed in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Noida. The app, expected to be launched by the end of this year, will integrate real-time indoor mapping, QR code-based patient identification and crowd management features to streamline hospital navigation and reduce wait times. "This app will transform how we serve our patients and manage hospital systems. It is designed to make hospital visits smoother, more efficient and patient-friendly," said Prof Lal flanked by Dean (Academics) Prof R K Ratho, Dean (Research) Prof Sanjay Jain and PGIMER Medical Superintendent Prof Vipin Koushal among others. The PGIMER Director shared significant progress on the institute's digital transformation journey, including the complete digitization of the Hospital Information System, which now handles processes such as indenting and medicine procurement under schemes like Ayushman Bharat entirely online, ensuring greater transparency and efficiency. Prof Lal elaborated on the PGIMER's robust infrastructure pipeline led by the Rs 987 crore Sarangpur Project that will house a new 100-seat Medical College, modern OPDs for 16,000 patients and a 200-bed emergency block. Additional developments include an all-weather swimming pool for the staff and students, a Trolley Way to streamline patient transfers between high-traffic blocks and a Doctors' Cafeteria soon to open on the fourth floor of A Block. Prof Lal emphasized that PGIMER is also addressing rising patient loads, especially in emergency and trauma care, by securing approval to recruit 300 ex-servicemen through outsourcing over the next four to five months to strengthen campus security. Additionally, 82 new faculty members have been recruited strictly as per the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) norms, including EWS reservation, reinforcing the institute's commitment to transparency and meritocracy. Prof Lal touched upon Project Sarathi, the PGIMER's flagship NSS student-led patient navigation initiative. Now scaled across 34 states with over 6,400 active volunteers, the Sarathi based model has been green lit for expansion to 1,467 hospitals nationwide under The PGIMER's focus on affordable healthcare also continues, with nine AMRIT stores accounting for 85 per cent of all medicine sales on campus and a new AMRIT Pharmacy facility set to open near the Emergency Block to ensure uninterrupted access to subsidized medicines under Ayushman Bharat and PMJAY, he said. Prof Lal further said the PGIMER is set to operationalize the OPD of the upcoming Advanced Neurosciences Centre within three months, with equipment procurement under review. The implementation of 12-hour OT schedules has already resulted in a 30 to 40 per cent increase in surgeries, enhancing patient throughput. Meanwhile, the construction of the Sarangpur satellite centre is progressing steadily, with completion expected in about three years.>
India Gazette
13-06-2025
- India Gazette
Court convicts man in child sexual exploitative material case
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court has convicted a man in a child sexual abuse material (CSAM) case. It was alleged that the Convict was involved in child sexual abuse through the collection, browsing, downloading and distribution of material through the internet, depicting children in sexually explicit acts. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case under the Information Technology (IT) Act in 2016. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Jyoti Maheshwari on Wednesday Convicted Anurag Sharma. The court said, 'It is evident that the prosecution has successfully proved the commission of the alleged offence by the accused, beyond reasonable doubt.' 'Accordingly, the accused Anurag Sharma is convicted of the offence under section 67 B (b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000,' ACJM Jyoti Maheshwari said in the judgement passed on June 11. The matter has been listed for the hearing arguments on sentence on July 3. CBI had registered a complaint alleging that one person, namely Anurag Sharma, indulged in the collection, browsing, downloading and distribution of material, depicting children in sexually explicit acts, in electronic form using internet/ computer resources on 27.09.2015, by using the internet. On this basis, on 27.10.2016, a case under Section 67 B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 was registered. The court said that the factum of collection is proved by the presence of 183 files, containing child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM) material and the factum of browsing and download of such CSEAM material can be ascertained from the full path of the files. The fact that these files were stored in the E drive of the hard disk of the laptop, which was exclusively used by the accused, proves the factum of download of such content and thus, all the ingredients of Section 67 B(b), IT Act, 2000, have been fulfilled in the present case, the court held. During the investigation, the CBI recovered a laptop and an internet modem from Anurag Sharma's residence. The laptop was sent for examination at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). The CBI had concluded that during the years 2015 and 2016, the accused Anurag Sharma collected, browsed and downloaded CSEAM material, in electronic form and thus, committed the offence under Section 67B, IT Act. A chargesheet was filed against the accused Anurag Sharma on 02.05.2017. During the hearing the court rejected the defence arguments that the destination IP of the various URLs and the sexually explicit material, involving children, was neither investigated upon by the IO nor was mentioned in the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) report. 'However, section 67 B of IT Act, does not mandate any investigation or recovery of the destination IP and only requires that the accused should have browsed, collected or downloaded the material, in electronic form, involving children in sexually explicit acts,' the court said in the judgement. (ANI)
The Hindu
02-06-2025
- The Hindu
Training programme held on cyber security
GITAM Deemed to be University and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) on Monday (June 2) jointly organised a faculty development programme (FDP) on cyber security here. The six-day FDP features expert-led sessions, workshops and discussions on emerging cybersecurity trends, including topics such as IoT security and vulnerability exploitation. C-DAC Centre head C.H.A.S. Murthy and cyber security expert Sarat Chandra Babu attended as resource persons and emphasised the urgent need for educational institutions to lead the charge in cyber security preparedness and human resource development. The experts briefed about current vulnerabilities, AI-driven cyber threats and the growing importance of securing digital infrastructures. GITAM School of Computer Science and Engineering dean S. Arun Kumar and GITAM School of Technology director K. Nagendra Prasad spoke.
Indian Express
23-05-2025
- General
- Indian Express
‘Varun Mitra': Pune residents do their bit to aid govt agencies get local rainfall data for flood management, research
An act of curiosity by an individual led to a network of enthusiasts to measure rainfall in their locality under `Varun Mitra'. This has now catapulted into a movement that is being used as a resource to manage flood situations, conduct research activity, and plan basic infrastructure development in a bid to mitigate the problems due to rain, primarily in Pune city. Forty-seven enthusiasts are part of the `Varun Mitra' network, that includes housewives, students, doctors, professors, engineers, and IT professionals. Every member measures the rainfall in their locality through a standard manual rain gauge and the collected data is shared with various government organisations and agencies for their respective use. Those availing the rainfall data include the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), and the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). 'I used to follow the Advanced Centre for Water Resource Development and Management (ACWADAM) and attend lectures by experts. I realised they were struggling for the rainfall data required for research. I was also curious about the rainfall in my locality, so I decided to make a manual rain gauge and installed it on my terrace to measure rainfall in my locality in Bavdhan,' said civil engineer Abhijit Gandhi. He said this two-month rainfall data was then matched with groundwater data collected by ACWADAM, and it turned out to be correlating and useful for research. 'I, along with ACWADAM, decided to involve enthusiasts. So, during the Covid-19 lockdown, I appealed on social media to citizens to participate in the initiative and got a good response. ACWADAM supplied standard manual gauge and I made a video on how to use the equipment which were sent to participants,' said Gandhi, adding the number has been increasing since then, with 30 after the appeal during Covid. Currently, there are 47 participants measuring localised rainfall every day, and 38 of them are in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. The remaining are in other parts of Maharashtra, such as Bhor, Tasgaon in Sangli, Hatkangale in Kolhapur, Dapoli in Konkan, Sambhajinagar, and Nashik. Incidentally, the data collected by 'Varun Mitra' has been correlating with the groundwater level in the city. 'The rainfall data matched with changing groundwater level readings. This has helped ACWADAM in mapping aquifers in the city. The localised rainfall data also helped us in various groundwater recharging projects undertaken by ACWADAM in the city,' said Himanshu Kulkarni of ACWADAM, co-founder of the NGO working in the groundwater sector in urban and rural areas. The ACWADAM procured standard rainwater gauges worth Rs 3,000 each and provided them to the volunteers of 'Varun Mitra'. Gandhi said it is the sincere volunteers of the team which works on every monsoon that it has become a successful initiative and is applauded. 'Sunita Khare, a cancer patient, of Mahatma Society, even during her treatment days, continued to collect and send rainfall data from her area every day. This dedication of volunteers has made the initiative a success,' he said. Gandhi collects the 8.30 am data every day from Varun Mitra and compiles it. 'The IMD officials have also praised our initiative, and the Indian Meteorological Society felicitated us and gave certificates for our work. 'This is the first-of-its-kind rainfall measurement initiative with public participation, which has been going on for the past four years,' he added. 'CDAC also started taking our data from last year for their research work. The NDRF subscribes to our data for its use. Similarly, the Pune Municipal Corporation and PCMC have started taking data,' said Gandhi, adding that the timely data from Varun Mitra is useful for the disaster management team to issue alerts in advance to localities living in low-lying areas where the water flows. PMC Disaster Management Officer Ganesh Sonune said Varun Mitra is very handy for us in initiating relief and rescue operations during heavy rainfall. 'The IMD has few rain measuring machines in the city, but the rainfall varies in different areas. The localised data, which is only with Varun Mitra, is used for disaster management and in the long run will help in the construction of a stormwater drainage facility in the city with a larger size where the trend is of heavy rainfall and a normal size in areas with less rainfall,' he said. Gandhi said those in cities don't need the rainfall data except to analyse the possible traffic situation, but the localised data is very useful in rural areas. 'The IMD has limitations in installing rainfall measuring equipment. The farmers or their children use standard manual rain gauge in their farms then they can get measure of rain and pattern to decide on their crop and produce,' he said adding the Varun Mitra is not merely collecting localised rainfall data but also discussing the kind of clouds in their area to make rough predictions of the kind of rainfall in their area. Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
How this 78-year-old created India's first supercomputer despite blocks from the US and Europe
Image credits: X/@OnlyNakedTruth While the West may be technologically ahead of the rest of the world, India has never been far behind. We have either learned and used existing technologies or created new ones. Supercomputers, which are exceptionally powerful computers designed to perform complex calculations and process large amounts of data at high speeds, were invented in America in the 1960s when Seymour Cray, the father of supercomputing, designed a series of computers at Control Data Corporation (CDC). The technology had spread far and wide in the developed countries in the following years. However, in the 1980s, when India asked for access to supercomputers, we were denied by the US and Europe with claims such as India would use the technology for missiles and it was not 'ready' for supercomputers as it was a developing nation. Without the supercomputers, the satellites would be blindfolded, and we would not be able to progress in technology. Image credits: X/@sreejithsoji The solution for the problem came in the form of Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar, a scientist who took charge of making India's own supercomputer that was faster, cheaper and its own. In 1990, Bhatkar, appointed by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, created a team of scientists, engineers and coders in Pune who were tasked with creating a supercomputer, a device that functioned like 256 brains working as one. The process went on for three years with zero foreign help in a lab in the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing , which was set up in 1988. In 1991, India debuted PARAM 8000 , a supercomputer that cost a fraction of the USA's Cray supercomputer and was equipped with 64 CPUs, used Inmos T800 transputers and had distributed memory MIMD architecture with a reconfigurable interconnection network. It predicted cyclones, cracked cancer data, decoded black holes and more. Its efficiency was so high that the USA had to slash back the prices of Cray to ensure sales, and it was so in demand that it was being exported to Germany, the UK and Russia. Image credits: X/@knowlajay Bhatkar, the mind behind the achievement, who is currently the Chancellor of Nalanda University, was awarded the Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan and the Maharashtra Bhushan Award. Now, the Indian government is working towards doing better in the field of supercomputing by initiating a 4,500-crore National Supercomputing Mission . This mission targets the installation of more than 70 high-performance computing facilities in India.
