This document discusses the present and future effects of communication technology. It notes that communication technology has evolved rapidly over the last century through inventions like the telephone, mobile phone, internet, and world wide web. These technologies have impacted education, medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce. Specifically, communication technology has increased access to education, enabled remote diagnosis in medicine, helped farmers and scientists collaborate, improved manufacturing quality monitoring, and grown e-commerce. The document predicts that future developments will further expand rural internet access, advance robotic surgery and personalized medicine, and increase the influence of online shopping.

1. Present and Future
Effect of Communication Technology
By
Vaibhav Kumar Maurya
PhD Research Fellow
NIFTEM
Haryana, India

2.  Communications technology - or
technologies, is an umbrella term
that includes any communication
device or application,
encompassing: radio, television,
cellular phones, computer and
network hardware and software,
satellite systems and so on, as well
as the various services and
applications associated with them,
such as videoconferencing and
distance learning.

3.  Evolved by leaps and bound in last century.
 Telephones, Mobile phones, Internet, World Wide Web etc
appeared, providing numerouns new means of
communication.
 These ways had an impact on every sphere of human life.

4. Effects of
Communication
Technology
Education &
Research
Medicine
AgricultureManufacturing
Commerece

5.  Due to CT, Education became more Inclusive – reached to
more number of people.
 Children at remote places being provided access to
Knowledge using tools like Virtual Classrooms, Video
tutorials, Interactive websites etc.
 Research Scholars can share their work, using internet and
can access online libraries.
 E-books serve as an alternate for paper books.

6.  Future Prespective
 Govt planning broadband connectivity to villages to provide
internet to all. This will ensure more means of quality education for
those living in remote villages.
 3rd and 4th generation mobile technologies will ensures better
connectivity and features like video calling, which will further
enhance the reach of virtual interactive classrooms.

7.  CT have changed the ways in which medicine is practised and
taught.
 Web-Based diagnostics and telemedicine are some of the major
recent breakthroughs.
 Doctors can diagnose and even treat a patient at some remote
place using communication infrastructure and supporting
robotics.
 Communication technology also helps in maintaining patient
records and reporting cases of outbreaks like Ebola, H1N1 etc.
swiftly.
 Research work is also being accelerated using communication
technology in the medical field.

8.  Future
 Scientist are researching to create implants which can connect to
the communication network and can provide monitoring facilities
to doctors who are even miles away from their patients.
 Robotic surgery is also being explored as an option and doctors are
being trained to perform the same.
 Expert Based Knowledge Systems will help in better understanding
and treatment of diseases.

9.  ICT helps in promotion of new agricltural technoligies, process
and seeds which results in better yield.
 Experts can communicate to farmers and farmers can connect to
scientists to solve problems related to crops.
 These technologies will also help to make agricultue more
sustainable.
 Future Scope
 Govt. agencies developing mobile apps to provide all necessary
information to farmer (m-krishi).

10.  Products can be promoted on social media, websites or through
radios , T.V. etc.
 Plants can be monitored remotely to improve quality and to
ensure that all processes adhere to quality standards.
 Inventory management and Better demand supply network can
be maintained to ensure minimum wastage, specially in case of
FMCG products.
 Future
 New emerging sensor technologies like Internet of Things make
monitoring even more efficient.

11.  Communication technologies like mobiles, internet , T.V. , radios
etc provides better ways of advertising products.
 Customers can even provide feedback which producers can use to
enhance quality and thus boost sales.
 E-commerce websites like Flipkart , amazon etc are providing
customers with better products at their doorstep and also
retailers can now showcase their products directly on the web.
 Future
 As more no of people will be connected to internet, area of influence for
e-commerce will also increase, resulting in more no of customers for
sellers and better options for buyers.