Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 2 April 2020

Thank You , Shri RaviShankar Prasadji




In my email of 23rd March  [  Mobiles for Tracking Corona Movements ?  ] , I had requested as follows :

 

Immediately phone up Prof. Ramesh Raskar - MIT

 [ raskar@media.mit.ed  ]

 

Ramesh Raskar's MIT Team Builds App That Tells If Someone's Infected With COVID-19 Near You    /     https://privatekit.mit.edu/

- and implement Mobile App developed by his team, by issue of an appropriate ORDINANCE ,  to be converted into a  Infection Protection Act , within 6 months  “

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Thank you for accepting my request and launching yesterday , Mobile App .

Aarogya Setu

as per following news report :

 



Extract :

Ø  The ministry of electronics and IT launched a mobile app on Thursday called AarogyaSetu which will help people in identifying the risk of getting affected by the CoronaVirus.

Ø  Once installed in a smart phone, the app detects other nearby devices with AarogyaSetu installed. The app can then calculate the risk of infection based on sophisticated parameters if any of these contacts is tested positive.

Ø  "The App will help the Government take necessary timely steps for assessing risk of spread of COVID-19 infection, and ensuring isolation where required," it said.

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I also came across following news-report , according to which, as many as 11 MOBILE APPS have been launched by various State Governments, to trace / track , persons affected by Covid-19





While welcoming these initiatives of the State Governments , I find that :


Ø  With minor variations , most of these Apps are very similar in their functions ( a lot of avoidable duplicated effort by State Agencies working in “ isolation “ of one another )


     There is URGENT need for a coordinated effort to better utilize scarce human
     resources of State Govts .


     May be Health Ministry could ask all the States to upload their ( App development )
     proposals on its web site so duplication is avoided


Ø  It is not clear whether an App developed by one State can / will work equally well by citizen of other states.


    Ideally, any App must work equally well across entire country. May be Health Ministry
    guidelines ( for development of Apps ) should make this requirement mandatory


    Equally ideally, ALL such Apps must work off a  COMMON BACKBONE  , such as
    IndiaStack , and “ Retrieve  /  Upload “ all data captured into a  COMMON CENTRAL
    DATABASE , which is accessible ( anonymized / aggregated only ) to all State Health
    Ministers .


   NITI Aayog [ Dr V K Paul  / vinodk.paul@gov.in ],  has already prepared a  “ Strategy
    and Approach “ paper for a NATIONAL HEALTH STACK , as follows :




Ø  Some apps ( Test Yourself GOA / Test Yourself Puducherry etc ) , require the user to manually enter their SYMPTOMS in the App , on their own – not an ideal situation.


    Ideally, such ENTRY ( of Symptoms ) should be done by a qualified Doctor after
    examining a person


Ø  None of the App can detect the Body Temperature of the user through a THERMAL SENSOR ( of course , this is not only a software problem but also needs a pre-installed hardware in mobile phone )


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03  April  2020

hcp@recruitGuru.com

 



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