Based on a presentation by R S Sharma, CEO of NHA, chairman of Irdai Debasish Panda, has proposed creation of a working group with representation from the industry
With a federated architecture, no health records will be stored in a central repository, reducing the risk of a single hacked server leading to leakages
"The health ID will become popular not because it is compulsory or not but because it will offer huge facilities. The systems will be interoperable", says Sharma
R S Sharma, who chairs the empowered committee on technology for Covid vaccine, spoke to Nivedita Mookerji on what went wrong with Co-Win during the first few days, the scale-up exercise, and more
India must do what it takes to stay on that path, even if that means putting in place some critical groups and committees rather belatedly to set things right
Trai Chairman R S Sharma said that contrary to general perception that availability of mobile towers will solve all problems, in-building connectivity still remains a challenge.
Sharma said that creation of robust telecom infrastructure - a capital-intensive sector -- will play a key role in seamless connectivity, which is essence of true digitisation
Calling for modification of building bylaws to accomodate telecom infrastructure, the Trai chief said telecom must become as essential as electricity and water pipes.
Large telecom companies are using artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning in a significant way already to improve services and optimise resources, R S Sharma said
