And now, Indian IT apps to ensure safety of women
Following the brutal gang-rape of a young female student in Delhi on Dec. 16, the country's IT industry has come up with applications to ensure the safety of women in Indian cities.
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Swati Prasad
Swati Prasad is a New Delhi-based freelance journalist who spent much of the mid-1990s and 2000s covering brick-and-mortar industries for some of India's leading publications. Seven years back when she took to freelancing, India was at the peak of its "outsourcing hub" glory and the world of Indian IT, telecom and Internet fascinated her. A self-proclaimed technophobic, Swati loves to report on anything that's remotely alien to her--be it cloud computing, telecom, BPOs, social media, e-government or software and hardware, and also how high-tech sectors impact the Indian economy.
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