Kalam to launch what-can-i-give.in in mid April

HYDERABAD: Former President of India, Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam, said he would be coming out with a portal, what-can-i-give.in, in mid April 2011.

Delivering the keynote address of the 20th edition of the International World Wide Web (www) conference here, he said the Web has had a glorious existence over two decades and has revolutionized the way we work and live. "Yet, its direct influence has reached only a small percentage of human population," he said.

The future of web is going to shift from connecting the corporates to connecting the individual. "We need to make web as a tool to create a better society, better India and better world. We need to change our thoughts from 'What can I take' to 'What can I give'. With these thoughts we are looking at introducing a portal, what-can-i-give.in, in mid April 2011, he said.

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About 700 delegates from 50 countries are attending the five-day research-oriented conference organised jointly by the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Bangalore, in cooperation with the IIIT, Hyderabad and the Institute of Information Technology-Bombay.

The conference with the theme "Web for All" has brought together different stakeholders - research, practitioners, technologists, business and standards bodies for sharing of ideas.