| Coir Industry in India is of centuries old traditional industry where the impact of modern technology particularly the Information Technology related modernization has been rather insignificant. With the rapid growth in coconut production in non-traditional areas and proliferation of the industry into various coconut producing states, the yester years witnessed significant growth in the production, product diversification and other areas of development including technology, marketing and skill development. The absence of a systematic feed back of information assisted by modern information technology is now seriously felt in the industry and trade. There is no two opinion on the importance of e-governance and IT related activities in any industry for its sustainable growth. The Human Resource Development also gains added importance in the present context of a highly competitive global environment. It is time that we give serious thought to those aspects to equip the coir industry to address major problems confronting it in the areas of Information Technology, e-governance and Human Resource Development. More… |
