Contents: Preface. Acknowledgement. Contributors. 1. Globalization and its impact on S and T Education/M.D. Tiwari. 2. The need for APIB/P.P. Nageswar Rao. 3. Health care and I.T.: Rural perspectives/Uma Nambiar. 4. International Cooperation in Science and Technology/Y.P. Kumar. 5. Bioinformatics: global perspective/P.K. Seth. 6. Development in human and technological aspects/U.N. Agarawala. 7. Technology: rural development/G.N. Pandey. 8. Interference of EMI in nature/Rishav Raj. 9. Recent advances in Remote Sensing Technology/Anupam Agrawal and M. Radhakrishna. 10. Computer Forensic to current judicial framework/Anirban Gupta and Atul Kumar Pandey. 11. Development of control theoretic based learning rules for neural network/G.C. Nandi and Khalil Jabran. 12. Electronic surveillance - New Vistas in Evidence Technology/Sharique M. Rizvi and Madhvendra Misra. 13. Is I.T. Education unsuitable for girls!/Iti Tiwari and Seema Shah. 14. List of contributors/speakers and participants.

"The present publication 'Information Technology for Future' is a collection of research papers read at a National Seminar on Science and Technology for Future, organized by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology, Amethi (A Campus of IIT-Allahabad).

The theme seminar covered various aspects of science and technology such as Impact of Globalization on Science and Technology Education, International Cooperation in Science and Technology, Space Technology, Defence, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Rural Technology. These papers will help in understanding the India's Technological Revolution." (jacket)