Digital Vision Program » Shashank Garg

	Shashank Garg Mobile, Integrated Disease Surveillance System Technology can play a critical role in preventing large scale outbreaks of communicable diseases. Most outbreaks start in small clusters, and if detected and investigated early, their spread could be more easily prevented or controlled. RDVP candidate Shashank Garg from India will develop an open-source, sustainable, and efficient disease surveillance system that will detect and respond to outbreaks in a timely manner. This system will utilize a mobile device to accurately collect data, validate it at the source, and immediately transmit it to a server where resident experts can identify trends and make informed decisions. Garg is an award winning innovator; he won India’s prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology for being one of the seven co-developers of the Simputer. Bio Shashank is a member of the founding team of Encore Software Limited, Bangalore where he holds the position of Vice President for product development in the Mobile Computing Group. He has taken a one-year sabbatical from Encore to join the Digital Vision Program. As a technologist and lead system architect, Shashank has led the development of several products in the embedded systems and mobile computing space at Encore. He has also co-authored several papers in international journals on topics relating to the application of mobile technologies in the social sector. Shashank holds a Master of Engineering (ME) degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). He also holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Physical Sciences from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Shashank is also registered as a PhD Candidate at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, studying the role of mobile technologies in e-Governance. Shashank, along with two professional colleagues from Encore and four professors from the Indian Institute of Science, is a co-developer of the "Simputer", a low-cost handheld mobile device and also a founder trustee of the Simputer Trust. In recognition of this effort, Shashank and the other six co-developers of the Simputer were given the First Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology by the Government of India in April 2002. Send an email to Shashank Garg

Shashank Garg

Mobile, Integrated Disease Surveillance System

Technology can play a critical role in preventing large scale outbreaks of communicable diseases. Most outbreaks start in small clusters, and if detected and investigated early, their spread could be more easily prevented or controlled. RDVP candidate Shashank Garg from India will develop an open-source, sustainable, and efficient disease surveillance system that will detect and respond to outbreaks in a timely manner. This system will utilize a mobile device to accurately collect data, validate it at the source, and immediately transmit it to a server where resident experts can identify trends and make informed decisions. Garg is an award winning innovator; he won India’s prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology for being one of the seven co-developers of the Simputer.

Bio

Shashank is a member of the founding team of Encore Software Limited, Bangalore where he holds the position of Vice President for product development in the Mobile Computing Group. He has taken a one-year sabbatical from Encore to join the Digital Vision Program.

As a technologist and lead system architect, Shashank has led the development of several products in the embedded systems and mobile computing space at Encore. He has also co-authored several papers in international journals on topics relating to the application of mobile technologies in the social sector.
Shashank holds a Master of Engineering (ME) degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). He also holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Physical Sciences from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Shashank is also registered as a PhD Candidate at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, studying the role of mobile technologies in e-Governance.

Shashank, along with two professional colleagues from Encore and four professors from the Indian Institute of Science, is a co-developer of the "Simputer", a low-cost handheld mobile device and also a founder trustee of the Simputer Trust. In recognition of this effort, Shashank and the other six co-developers of the Simputer were given the First Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology by the Government of India in April 2002.

Send an email to Shashank Garg