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Photos: Aakash for Education - A two day workshop conducted at S.D.M.C.E.T, Host: IIT Bombay.
Event Details:
2 days ISTE Workshop on Aakash for Education, National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India). November 10th, 2012 to November 11th, 2012.
Aakash Tablet - Workshop - Details: [Excerpts are from various e- News Papers]
IIT Bombay along with the Ministry of Human Resource Development has created several useful educational applications for the tablet. Teachers and students in the remotest corners of India can join a classroom and benefit from lectures delivered by the best teachers.
Aakash 2.0
is powered by a processor that runs three times faster than the
original, has a seven inch capacitative touchscreen and a battery that
should normally run for three hours. The device, which also runs on
Linux operating system, does Aadhar authentication and controls a robot
from a distant place.
But unlike the hype and tall claims surrounding its debut in October last year, the event on Sunday didn't make any proud references to Aakash being the world's cheapest computer tablet at a revised price of Rs.2,263 per unit. Learning from its past mistakes and under the leadership of a new minister, the HRD ministry is clearly taking it slow.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/president-unveils-new-version-of-original-low-cost-tablet/1/228762.html
For starters, the Aakash 2.0 will not go to the students immediately. For now, it's being used to train 15,000 teachers of 250 engineering institutes across the country. The government hopes to train about 1.5 lakh teachers with the help of Aakash through a mix of e-learning and contact sessions.
Coming at a price tag of Rs. 1,130 for students, the new version ‘Aakash 2’ — which will be made available to students of engineering colleges and universities to begin with — is now powered by a processor running at 1 GHz, has a 512 MB, a 7-inch capacitative touch screen and a battery working for three hours of normal operations.
The Subrao Nilekani Chair Professor at IIT Bombay,
Dr. Deepak B. Phatak, heads the project at IIT Bombay with the support
of C-DAC. Professor Phatak stated “I'm not only confident, but sure
that Aakash 2.0 is here to stay.” In the first phase, DataWind is to
supply 100,000 units of Aakash 2 to IIT Bombay, which intends to
distribute them to Engineering University and College students. NME-ICT
Director, N.K.Sinha said, “We envision all 220 million students across
India to be enabled by low cost Aakash devices in the coming years.”
About 22 crore students will get the device across the country in the
next five to six years. By coming Monday alone, 20,000 devices are
expected to be given to the students.
Highlights from SDMCET
S.D.M.C.E.T, which is
collaborating with IIT Bombay and was part of National launch of Aakash
Tablet among selected institutions across the country as Remote Centres, has got 20 Aakash
tablets as its first consignment. The institute will receive 100 more
tablets soon.
Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Deepak B Phatak for giving our College an Opportunity to collaborate in this project and Prof. Dr. S Mohan Kumar - Principal - S.D.M.C.E.T, Head - CSE, Prof. J V Vadavi (Aakash Co-Ordinator @ SDMCET) and the supporting staff :
Mr. Fairoz Shaikh - Technical Support,
Mr. R Handral - Network Support,
Mr. Ashaputri - Public Addressing Support,
Prof. Vishal Kulkarni,
Prof. Govind Negalur,
Prof. Anand S P,
Shri. Guddadamath ,Mayur Patil - and many others, for the excellent conduction and co-ordination of this 2 day workshop at our Remote Center.
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