AIIMS). “The overall library scenario has changed nationally and globally post pandemic. The rapid transition has been taking place be it from print and manual learning resources to electronic forms.
But we must not lose sight of the bigger picture that India is perhaps one of the few countries in the world that is observing significant expansion of medical institutions in the recent times.
Hence, we must be careful in adopting global technological practices and must take into account our local needs," said Bhushan.
While highlighting the presence of vibrant research community in India and our technological prowess which needs to be further encouraged, Bhushan said that the CoWIN platform that has been able to robustly serve not just our citizens with more than 2 billion vaccine doses recorded digitally but has been hailed as a global best practice.