Atif Mumtaz

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Member for

3 years 10 weeks

Contact Info

Telephone

(650) 384-0628

MSN Messenger

amumtaz@hotmail.com

Personal Info

Name

Ahmad Atif Mumtaz

Personal Profile

Mr. Mumtaz is a Pakistani entrepreneur promoting ICT technologies in the developing countries. Currently, he is one of the fellows at Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University (http://reuters.stanford.edu). Mr. Mumtaz has previously worked with social development organizations, including COMSATS (www.comsats.org.pk) and United Nations (www.unido.org).

In 2002, Mr. Mumtaz  successfully launched an Internet startup, Cogilent Solutions (www.cogilent.com)  which currently manages and runs the largest job hunt portal in Pakistan called, BrightSpyre (www.BrightSpyre.com). In 2004, he received the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" Award for his services through Shell Corporation.

Special Interests

Reading & Writing Poetry
Blogging, Cricket and anything related with healthcare for rural communities.

Country of Residence

US

Country of Origin

Pakistan

Project Info

Project Title

Tele-HealthCare Project

Project Summary

We propose to develop and implement an Internet technology-based infrastructure for Tele-health in rural areas assisting doctor diagnosis and patient treatment. We will launch a web portal for communication between hospitals and patients and will support a biometric-ready Patient Medical Record Management System. This system would enable any number of hospitals to provide tele-health services to patients worldwide.

Project URL

http://www.tele-healthcare.org

Main Impact Region

- Indian SubContinent

Additional Impact Region

Asia