2000, VOLUME 19 - ISSUE 2, JUNE - R U on Internet: Indian Portals | DSIR : Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

RU ON INTERNET?

Indian Portals

Vimal Kumar Varun
Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi-110016
Internet: vkv[at]nic[dot]in URL: http://vkv.tripod.com

Portal is a new Internet word that started to catch up very strongly since last year. It refers usually to a main guide that includes a search engine and additional content such as current news, entertainment info, etc. designed to keep one at the portal for as long as possible. The defintion of the term Portal is extended to include also meta search engines that allow one to combine the results of other searchable sites and some SuperStores. [http://mainportals.com - Guide to Main Portals]

Portal is a new term, generally synonymous with gateway, for a WWW site that is or purports to be a major starting site for users when they get connected to the Web or that users tend to visit as an anchor site. There are general portals and specialized or niche portals. Typical services offered by portal sites include a directory of Web sites, a facility to search for other sites, news, weather information, e-mail, stock quotes, phone and map information, and sometimes a community forum.[http://www.whatis.com/portal.htm - Whatis ... a portal and portal space definition]

Education Portals

ETH Education Portal
http://education.eth.net

Shiksha
http://www.shiksha.com

Educational Institutions Resources Bank
http://www.indiaedu.com

Health Education and Information Portal
http://www.e-healthindica.com

E-Gurucool
http://www.egurucool.com

AP Education Portal
http://www.apeducation.com

Indian Woman

India's first portal for complete woman
http://www.smartbahu.com

Portal for Indian Women
http://www.mysakhi.com

IT Portals

India's Online IT Market Place
http://www.itnation.com