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Resource Guide 2010
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VOLUME 6 ISSUE 6 JUNE 2010
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ICT TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS: AN OVERVIEW
S.CHAND HARCOURT (INDIA) PVT. LTD.
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THOTMATRIX SOLUTIONS LLP
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EXPLORING DIGITISED CONTENT
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EXCELSOFT TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
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ONLINE TEST PREPARATION GAINING MOMENTUM IN INDIA
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HCL
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INTEL INDIA TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD.
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CORE PROJECTS & TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
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LIQVID ELEARNING SERVICES PVT. LTD.
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MATH BUDDY LLC
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BARRIER BREAK TECHNOLOGIES
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DESIGNMATE (I) PVT. LTD.
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NCOMPUTING, INC.
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EDURITE
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ACADEMY FOR COMPUTER TRAINING (GUJ) PVT. LTD.
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MIND SHAPER TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
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AGILE LEARNING PVT. LTD.
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INNOVATIVE EDUCATION CONCEPTS
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LABS TO SYNERGISE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING PROVIDING BOUNDARY-LESS EDUCATION ONLINE EXAMINATIONS THE WAY FORWARD
CASE STUDY
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LEADING A CULTURAL REVOLUTION: VIRTUOSITY
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WORKING WITH INDIA FOR PROGRESS
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ADOBE SOFTWARE OPENS UP BREAKTHROUGH NEW WAYS TO TEACH AND LEARN
MAJOR BRAND
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HITACHI INDIA TRADING PVT. LTD. VIRTUOSITY SKILL DEVELOPMENT PVT. LTD.
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LISTING OF COMPANIES
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PRODUCT MATRIX
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EDITORIAL
Education eResources’ Guide 2010 Technology is going places! The e-resource providers’ community wokring in field of education have enabled a large number of audience in the education domain to avail e-services. The resources as services has benefited large number of students, teachers and professionals to cover leaps and bounds in terms of advancements. The technology community has brought with it a huge wave of innovations that has empowered the youth of our country to train themselves as skilled workers to build India as a knowledge economy. The ICT tools, equipments and services are being produced and supplied at a large scale not only in India, but also abroad. With the flood of scattered information in education sector, it is indeed crucial that the right resources are tapped by the educational institutions. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to provide the information in a systematic way to the people who want to benefit from the e-resources in the education sector. This will help the beneficiaries to know about both the existing technology and the new innovations. With a continous increase in number of education e-service providers in the country, the second edition of Resource Guide 2010, aims to bring to its readers an overview of the e-resrouces available to disseminators of education and the receivers of education. The issue includes a brief overview on ICT tools and equipments, e-content, learning laboratories and issues of online testing. This edition of Resource Guide 2010 attempts to provide the education technology users with a comprehensive database of e-service and tool entrepreneurs, to enable the educational institutions and the decision makers to reap maximum benefits from the ICT tools. The guide enables latter to read and chose the products that are best suited to their respective institutions to disseminate benefit to students at all levels – school education, higher education and vocational training centres.
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READER’S CORNER
ICT Tools and Equipments An Overview YUKTI PAHWA
WHAT DO WE HAVE AND WHERE ARE WE HEADING India is a developing nation. Our population has surpassed many countries in terms of people and now the attempt is to produce a productive workforce which is incomparable. Information and Communication Technology is paving way in India for the tools and equipments that are to be used in educational and training institutions, to bring the above goal into a reality. Indian entrepreneurs in India and abroad, who have made a mark with ICT advancements to their dispersal, have ignited a hope and faith amongst a low income developing economy to pursue hopes of rising above all as a developed economy. ICT tools and equipments can make it possible for the economy to grow by spurring education amongst those who are still in schools and colleges; and reaching the young children and youth beyond these traditional educational institutions. In our country there is limited access to resource for those who want to learn. Due to limitations of space, time, money, demography, insufficient knowledge and lack of infrastructure it is still difficult to access many untapped sources and tools that are ICT enabled. We have a gamut of ICT products to our dispersal today in Indian educational institutions. To name a few broader type of tools, equipments and services – Internet, DVD/ CD, computers/ Laptops/ smart books, Interactive Whiteboards, projectors, Audio-Visual devices, smart pens, softwares, cloud computing, eBooks, mobile phones, e-content, blogging spaces, printers, photocopy and fax machines, satellites and communication technology, and so on and so forth. ICT is not only an influential aspect for educational sector but is also a boon to what we call as the online education. Virtual learning environment and multimedia supports smart ways of engaging students to learn and grow into a knowledge economy and an unparalleled workforce. SOME BENEFITS Easy access, instructors convenience and receivers dispersal, increased motivation with faster feedbacks and quality check for continuous learning, access to long distance programmes, wide participation, ways to make learning comprehensive and exhaustive, easy learning mechanisms, easy ways of measurements and evaluation and improved writing styles. SOME BARRIERS Some drawbacks to name a few include lack of training of the trainers, lack of access, quality and equity amongst the users, requires ample time for experimentation and implementation, lack of willingness to let go of the traditional ways of learning, digitising not being able to meet individual needs in classroom situations, high cost of the technology and resources, operational failures, and so on.
ICT tools and equipments can make it possible for the economy to grow by spurring education amongst those who are still in schools and colleges; and reaching the young children and youth beyond these traditional educational institutions.
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Commentary The ICT Trends in India Karan Bajwa, Country Head – Public Sector, Microsoft India says “Education in India is, undoubtedly, one of the imperatives for the country and the investment made in it over the years has contributed hugely in propelling India’s growth in the knowledge economy. The fact that, as a country, we need to continue the emphasis on quality education is obvious, as are the challenges in implementing this course of action. Clearly our education system is struggling to meet the aspirations of our youth, and to deliver the quality and quantity of educated and skilled talent that the industry needs. There is today a lack of consistent, effective curriculum content; a shortage of trained, qualified teachers; and a lack of universal access to learning. And technology offers a panacea: the combination of quality content, partnerships, training, and broad access - complemented with the most appropriate technology tools to author, distribute, teach, and
connect - can transform education. The role of ICT in increasing access to education has become more pronounced than ever with the Right to Education bill. At Microsoft India, we have always seen education as a priority area and believe that technology offers new educational possibilities that can help empower both teachers and students. We also believe that technology is the tool, the catalyst, not an end in itself. For instance, if we look at the ratio of qualified teachers versus students in the country, we will never have enough teachers. But technology can help overcome both the problems of staff shortage and standardised study material. Take our flagship project, Partners in Learning, which has trained more than 450,000 government school teachers so far. These educators are also provided a common platform to share the lessons they create using ICT for their own students, making the lessons available to other teachers across the country. This is enhancing the power of the teachers, and in the process, also making learning more relevant for the students.”
“PERSPECTIVES QUOTED” Institutional Representatives
Satish Jha President and CEO, OLPC
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Importance of ICT equipment
Opportunities and Challenges with ICT presents to teaching learning process
Security of the ICT equipment and services available
ICT – a suppliment, not a replacement for teachers
Comparison between India and Abroad
Its just as important as having electricity at homes and offices. An education without these technologies in modern times is like keeping the children without access in the dark ages.
That depends on the equipment. If we present what is given out at work place or what is normally created for the adult users, it will not be as useful. Though anything that can actually work will be helpful. However, computers like One Laptop per Child that is designed for children and treats them as children who will grow up to be adults present a much greater opportunity. Simply putting a regular PC may pose infrastructural challenges. It may not work. If it did work, it may require special training. And given the paucity of funds, it may not be affordable when we do not have even a teacher per class. However, OLPC is designed for children in ways that they can learn both with the teachers and by themselves. Its designed keeping in mind the resource challenges our villages have, the quality of teaching currently available and how children learn.
While cities have their own challenges of security and everyone needs to be alert and adequate norms or policies need to be created before deploying these gadgets, in the beginning it may be less of a challenge in the villages and they may grow into good cyber citizens early on. We can draw lessons from the rest of the world as well where young students acquire a great degree of sophistication as they go along with such deployments.
Teachers help structure our knowledge. The represent a filter that helps us add value to society. In that sense its not yet possible or fusible o replace teachers. Replacing teachers may be a good idea from the point of view of costs. However, teachers create a social value that cannot happen without them.
In the affluent countries a school is designed with the idea of making the children have access to all that is socially acceptable and possible. At $9000 per child per year in primary school they can well afford nearly any technology they may want. However, at about $100 per child per year, much less can be afforded. So the schools in India are being created around the very basic of survival where the focus is less on education and a lot more on getting the children come to the school and not learning as such. In the affluent countries the school infrastructure is created around a national goal to excel. In India its around just letting them stand as a human being. Barring the urban, privileged schools that are privately run, Indian schools are nearly ten generations behind the school evolution curve.
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Absolutely necessary in this world of globalisation
The ICT equipments present huge opportunities to both teachers and students in becoming life long learners. Knowledge of ICT is the key to globalisation and creating world citizens. The major challenges are financial and availability of trained manpower.
The security issues are connected with ethics and morality of staff and students. Every institution must provide ethical capacity building along with digital training.
ICT equipment is only a tool and can not ever replace the teachers.
In India the use of ICT is very limited compared to other countries. However, the sharp mind of an Indian student is quickly catching up with the rest of the world given the right access and opportunity.
ICT has brought new opportunities in teaching and learning, and hence it is absolutely important to have ICT equipment in educational institutions.
ICT equipment offer the following new opportunities in teaching and learning: • Faster delivery and sharing of knowledge, • 24x7 learning, • Accessibility of knowledge in remote areas, thus bridging the digital divide, • Improving the quality of education, • Education for All.
University and colleges may not have the right security set up to prevent cyber threats and attacks. Students may use pirated version of firewall and antivirus software, without realising their hazards. Operating systems, which are generally come along with PCs and laptops, need regular updating. Students and other users freely download software and other e-material, which may sometimes be virus infected. Internet service providers generally give clear directions for making strong passwords, but such precautions are not seriously taken. Similarly, in opening e-mails from unknown persons/sources, precaution is to be taken, especially opening of attachment files.
ICT equipment may facilitate fast delivery of information and knowledge to billions, may bridge the digital divide through delivering quality education to all, but they can not replace teachers. Even when machines are to be used for knowledge dissemination, the role of a teacher becomes that of a facilitator. Teachers leave their imprints upon the students and they transform a student into a perfect human being.
Lack of ICT infrastructure in Indian educational institutions is the main reason which segregates them with foreign educational institutions. Our classrooms are not well equipped; even LCD projectors, which are the basic equipment for displaying PPTs, are not available in most of the universities and colleges. Due to high Internet bandwidth cost in India, in comparison to foreign institutions, is another factor that has left our country in disadvantage. Also, there is a lack of ITskilled teachers and trained IT technical staff in Indian academic institutions for proper use of ICT equipment that are available.
Dr. Shayama Chona, President Tamana, ex-Principal DPS
Dr. ZH Khan Director, FTK-Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
ICT equipment offer the following challenges: • Affordability of ICT equipment by educational institutions due to cost factor, • Proper maintenance of equipment, • Shortage of trained manpower for using ICT equipment, especially in remote areas, • Lack of IT-skilled teachers in colleges.
Fortunately, during the XI five-year plan, the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, under the National Mission of Education through ICT, has big plans to provide Internet connectivity to all Indian universities and colleges, develop low cost ICT equipment and also to develop e-content in various disciplines, which will be accessible to all citizens of the country. With such initiatives, the gaps in the use of ICT equipment for teaching and learning, are likely to bring the Indian educational institutions at par or close to foreign institutions.
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COMPANY NAME Hitachi India Trading Private Limited MANAGEMENT TEAM Country Head: Tarun Jain Sr. Manager Sales & Marketing Rajesh Kumar Singh HEAD OFFICE Units 304-306, 3rd Floor, ABW Elegance Tower, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi- 110025, India Tel: 011- 45515500 Email: singh@hitachi.co.in Web: www.hitachiconsumer.com.sg
Hitachi Limited, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 400,000 employees worldwide, and having expertise across sectors like information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. A world-leader in digital learning and presentation technology, Hitachi offers advanced interactive whiteboards, cutting-edge LCD projectors and premium LCD televisions. Hitachi’s innovative interactive whiteboards are marketed under the brand-name StarBoard, and are renowned for their durability, ease of use and advanced proprietary software. Hitachi is also a world leader in the LCD projector space, including ultra-short throw projector technology which virtually eliminates shadows. Hitachi’s commitment to quality, backed by efficient all-India customer-service makes it a trusted brand. For more information please visit www.hitachiconsumer.com/in
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A) Hitachi StarBoard: Reliable Interactive Whiteboard Technology Powered by the most advanced presentation software available – the StarBoard Software Suite - the Hitachi StarBoard technology is easy to install and operate, feature-rich, fully customizable. Anyone familiar with basics of computers will find the Starboard very easy to use. 1) StarBoard FX Series Interactive Whiteboards Premium FX Series StarBoard interactive whiteboards, equipped with industry best anti-glare surface to enhance picture clarity, are available in two sizes categories: 77” and 82”. Advanced FX-DuoBoard interactive whiteboard which allows you to write with the finger, digital pen or any other object is available in the 77” size category. Hitachi FX-TRIO 77 is the world’s first interactive whiteboard which allows three people to write simultaneouly. The FX-Trio also benefits from a superior surface and boasts improved accuracy and durability. 2) StarBoard Interactive Wireless Tablet The Hitachi Starboard WT-1 allows you to use the interactive whiteboard wirelessly. You can comfortably control your lessons/presentations on the interactive whiteboard up to 30 feet away from your computer. 3) StarBoard Panel The Hitachi Starboard Panels provides the full functionality of an interactive whiteboard through a 17”/19” LCD display. B) Hitachi LCD Projectors World-renowned for their reliability, the new generation of projectors from Hitachi,meet the diverse needs of corporates and educators. With advanced Ultra Short Throw technology on select models, they offer unparalleled clarity and brightness, coupled with industry leading practicality, portability and ease of use. Offering a range of security features to combat theft in busy environments, Hitachi’s projectors can be connected quickly to the corporate or campus network, streamlining maintenance and enhancing the user experience.
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Combination of industry best LCD projectors and interactive whiteboard technology helps deliver customised presentation solutions and superlative picture quality Advanced Hitachi ultra-short projectors, specially designed for usage with interactive whiteboards, offers shadowless presentation. Ultra-durable StarBoard series interactive whiteboards continue to function even when dented.
MAJOR BRANDS
COMPANY NAME VIRTUOSITY SKILL DEVELOPMENT P. LTD. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Dr. R. Palani Head of Operations/COO: Sujatha Ramasubramiam Head of Finance/CFO: Ramachandran Head of Sales: Ramakrishnan Krishnan Head of Technology/IT: Anand Rajendran Managing Director: P. Shiva Prasath PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Technical collaborations: Exclusive India Partner for Skillsoft (USA), IKM (USA), Books24x7 (USA), Walden Personnel Testing (CAN) Dwarka’, 79/36, Nungambakam High Road, Tamil Nadu, Chennai: 600034 Tel: 044-30164141-60 CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS P. Shiva Prasath Designation: Managing Director Tel: 044-30164151 Fax: 044-30164152
Education Without Boundaries. Virtuosity is pioneering Technology-aided Learning Solutions in the Indian Academia, ushering in a new era of globally contemporary, boundary less, anytime anywhere learning opportunities for learners across the country. It is Virtuosity’s credo that the answer to India’s educational challenges and the growing requirements of skilled workforce for India’s knowledge economy, lies in laying the foundation for the emergence of technology-aided learning, taking higher education beyond classrooms, while also enhancing learning experiences within them. Virtuosity is committed to instilling educational excellence at all levels, and thereby develop a skilled community by partnering with academia, industry, government, and other educational organizations. Virtuosity’s Technology-aided learning solutions achieve Increased Affordability, Accessibility and Quality of Education, in essence: Education without boundaries. Virtuosity’s Multi-modal and Blended learning solutions, built around the classroom, empower an institution to offer 21st Century learning and skills to its students. The Integrated International Skills Program offers a learning model developed to avoid skill gaps in graduates and make them Global Workforce Ready. Virtuosity is also a proponent of quality frameworks to be introduced in campuses across the country, through our globally benchmarked Skills Assessments, to assess true learning and skills acquired by students. Virtuosity is also pioneering a National Skills Bank, the first of its kind, which houses Skills e-Portfolio, with graphical Skills Audits by an automated Skills Map engine for each graduate. Virtuosity’s exclusive Global Partners, Skillsoft (USA), IKM (USA), Walden Personnel Testing & Training (CAN) are some of the most reputed brands in skills training and testing, and serve a majority of Fortune 500 Corporations around the world. Virtuosity is set to expand its presence across the country, in its mission to turn the worlds’ largest workforce into the world’s most skilled.
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Courseware 7000+IT Courseware SkillSimulations.
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Certifications 100+ Industry Certifications including TestPreps and Online Mentoring Digital Books Library 25000+ Referenceware Digital Books Library in 11 Collections from 150+ global publishers. Knowledge Centre Learning out of a box’, with Courseware, Videos, Simulations, Books, Online Mentoring and more for 21 different knowledge domains. Assessments 300+ Technical Assessments and 200+ Psychometric Assessments for every possible job profile.
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Pioneered use of ‘global industrial’ learning solutions in the academia doing away with the need for finishing schools.
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COMPANY NAME S.Chand Harcourt (India) Pvt Ltd MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Amit Gupta Head of Finance/CFO: Saurabh Mittal Country Head, Business Development: Sanjiv Sharma Vice President: Ashwani Duggal Academic Head: Neenu Puri HEAD OFFICE S.Chand Harcourt (India) Pvt Ltd A-27, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate New Delhi - 110044 India Fax: 43775029 Web: www.sch.co.in PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Interactive Blended Learning Digital Classroom solutions for Schools Technical collaborations: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA) Major Regional Offices Hyderabad Padma Plaza 3-4-630, Opp.Ratna College, Narayanguda, Hyderabad 500 029, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. Tel: +91-40-27550194 Fax: +91-40-27550195 CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Sanjiv Sharma Designation: Country Head Business Development Tel: 01143775000 Fax: 43775029
S. Chand Harcourt (India) Private Limited is a joint venture company established by two leading educational organisations, S. Chand & Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. S. Chand is one of India’s most respected education publishing companies, having been market leaders for over seven decades with more than 10,000 titles in print. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a global education company that boasts of the largest K-12 publishing business worldwide and publishes a comprehensive set of best-in-class pre-K–12 educational solutions, ranging from research-based textbook programs to instructional technology to standards-based assessments for students and educators. The joint-venture is an innovative provider of forward-thinking 21st century educational solutions across India. The highlight of S. Chand Harcourt offerings is to provide technology-enabled learning programs where content is designed to achieve specific learning objectives. As a part of the solution content is meticulously mapped to the syllabi followed in school and thus provide an enhanced education experience for the students, teachers and the school. S. Chand Harcourt flagship brand Destination Success, provides a rich and unsurpassed portfolio of high-quality educational software solutions in subjects such as English, Mathematics, Science and EVS for students from classes K-12. The Destination Success platform combines a holistic educational programme with digital and print materials, student tracking and report generating facilities, professional development services, training and after sales support. In addition, S. Chand Harcourt offers a diverse range of products which includes core-curriculum lessons and practice software, assessment tools, interactive whiteboards, and a powerful learning management system. These products can be used in a blended approach to provide educators with a flexible solution that can be tailored to their unique needs..
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Destination Success/Interactive Classroom solutions for schools Destination Success provides a research-based instructional model that builds understanding with a four-phase approach: 1. Explicit instruction that includes modeling 2. Guided practice 3. Application in real-world contexts 4. Individualization using assessment and prescription to deliver the right content at the right time Individualization helps a diverse student body reach its full potential• Includes real-world examples that connect to their lives • Provides age-appropriate interactivities and graphics that support multiple learning styles.
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S Chand Harcourt has succesfully implemented its program in, and is the sole e-learning content provider, to one of the region’s largest school with over 7,000 students. S. Chand Group have recently implemented a World Bank funded interactive learning programme and has been associated with the Governments of Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal for implementation of elearning solutions in over 2000 schools across these states
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COMPANY NAME Thotmatrix Solutions LLP MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Vishal Shah Marketing Manager: Anand Ramprasad Head of Finance/CFO: Nitesh Damani Head of Sales: Ami Damani Head of Technology/IT: Manish Suvarna HEAD OFFICE 903, Krushal Commercial Complex, G.M. Road, Chembur (West), Mumbai-400 089 Fax: 022-67550500 Web: www.thotmatrix.com MAJOR REGIONAL OFFICES (INDIA) M/s Sugal & Damani Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., 6/35 W.E.A., Karol Baug Delhi-110 005 New Delhi Tel: 011-43758882 Fax: 011-43758886 Altius Building, Olympia Technology Park, 1 - SIDCO Industrial Estate Tamil Nadu-600 032, Chennai Tel: 044-42994368
Founded in 2007 by the $1.2 billion Sugal & Damani Group, Thotmatrix provides solutions, strategic consulting and technology management services to help institutions visibly improve performance. By combining people, processes and technology, we work with colleges and universities to help them advance their IT infrastructure to support new generations of academicians and learners. Our solutions cover a wide spectrum of an institution’s technology needs including online admissions, virtual placements, automated alumni management and various other custom-built applications. Our applications help university administrators establish a student-centric culture and inspire receptiveness to students’ needs. University departments can radically improve their analytical capabilities and maximise strategic planning efforts by streamlining the management of student information, studies, accounts, and academic services – from admission through graduation and beyond. Thotmatrix offers innovative software solutions to automate conventional paper-based processes in various core functions of a university: 1. Admissions Cloud - Automation of admissions & enrollment management 2. SIS Cloud - Centralized student information master database 3. Placements Cloud - Virtualized campus placements 4. Alumni Cloud - Alumni relationship management 5. SLCM Cloud - End-to-end student lifecycle automation All Thotmatrix products are Hosted, zero-footprint and completely managed by our internal IT experts. In other words, the institution need not invest a dime in hardware, software maintenance or any technical infrastructure to computerise their core functions. Thotmatrix’s aim is to introduce and promote technology that can enable universities, colleges and schools to impart practical education effectively at a fraction of the cost of traditional ERP systems and manual paper-based processes.
PRODUCT DETAILS Admissions Cloud : The Admissions Cloud will give institutions the ability to manage and track their success at each stage of the admissions funnel. Institutions can manage all their applications in one, powerful easy-to-use system. Our greatest differentiator is the Institutional PortalTM that allows admissions officers to electronically search & sort applications, schedule interviews and update status. Placements Cloud: Placements Cloud help universities bolster their placement rates by virtually connecting prospective employers with graduates that best match their needs – without the associated overheads. It automates core functions within the placement process - corporate relations, campus events, resume banks, job applications, candidate short-listing and more. Alumni Cloud: Alumni Cloud help universities manage their alumni relations efficiently by providing an online registration and subscription renewal portal; broadcast newsletters, periodicals and donation requests; provide electronic job posting facilities, etc. It creates a virtual platform for current students to interact with past alums or the alums to connect with their alumnae.
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SIS Cloud: The SIS Cloud system allows universities to centralise student information into a single, scalable master database. It helps automate various administrative processes surrounding a student, such as - academic records, grading & transcripts, attendance tracking, class schedules, course registration, eLearning and classroom management.
READER’S CORNER
Exploring Digitised Content YUKTI PAHWA
In today’s world when most of us our running after the most recent information in any subject matter, what is required by any one of us is content. In education sector, content is not only the most sought but also required to fulfill conditions of access, equity and quality. This is where digitsation of content becomes the saviour. eContent, be it in school education or higher education, if appropriate, can lead to great achievements. Quality of the econtent provides with correct information access and supports use of search engines in most effective way. Content whether digitised or otherwise, needless to say has to suit the target audience. It should, however, be remembered that mere digitising of the print content doesn’t mean it is more useful. In fact the purpose of using econtent arises when something different from print medium is to be implemented, that guarantees better comprehension and application by the receivers, which in most cases are the students. OPEN SOURCES In addition to the e-content service providers’ services, the educational institutions at times also refer to open source e-content for deployment amongst students. But open source econtent risks lacking quality; although it offers flexibility, can be accessed quickly and is cost effective. CURRENT SCENARIO eContent in education in India, is usually associated with the information that is available in digitised form on websites, internet, e-version of print content, TV, Radio, CD/DVD, memory sticks, films and mobile phones. Private sector and the companies that invest in education sector as education service providers are sought for most of the relevant e-content that they prepare with years of expertise, research and knowledge of the given sector – K-12 or Higher Education. 18
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They cater not only to the education system but also to the society by providing education solutions in the era where India is facing shortage of cost effective infrastructure, trained and qualified teachers, low Gross Enrollment Ratio, high drop-out rates and lack of dissemination of education to large population of children in the country. eContent supports not only education but also ‘edutainment’ that includes both education and entertainment.
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Diverse ways of comprehending concepts, Cost effectiveness, Inclusive of global approaches, Introduce various methodologies of learning, and Reach more students in less time.
eContent encourages reduction of gap between poorly informed and digitally advanced groups of students, when disseminated properly. India as a nation is not only supportive of formulation of e-content abroad but is also receptive of the successful implementation of the same in developed or other developing countries. This is building a momentum in the country to gain expertise in developing, disseminating and maintaining quality e-content for educational institutions. Government is no less in providing its support to gaining understanding and use of e-content. For instance, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India; and Minstry of Human Resource Development, Government of India have been active in providing to e-content at large to the educational institutions. eContent is the future! It is hard to stop it from gaining its well deserved space in Indian schools and higher education institutions. Therefore, the focus is rightly set on providing it within the frameworks of quality, access and equity.
IDEAL eCONTENT, SOME SHOULDS In an ideal situation, whenever econtent is developed is should be prepared in consultation with the educationists (more than one person) and the stakeholders of the education sector. It should be verified and validated to provide the requisite information, for which it has been designed. It should be comprehendible. It should serve the objective of serving large audience and yet provide with individual performance. eContent should be available at anytime and any place to any learner and perhaps should be compatible to aid self and group assessment by both the teacher and the taught, respectively, under varying circumstances. It should be replicable, if required, and should be flexible so that it can be modulated to suit various academic environments. eContent can help in overcoming language barriers by providing with multi-lingual access, it can help in inculcating organisation and monitor the workflow, it can possibly provide for data management and data security along with managerial control,
OVERVIEW OF UGC’S ECONTENT SCHEME The UGC e-content scheme aims at developing high quality e-content, as well as expertise for generating such content over the long term. The scheme provides financial assistance and technical support to teachers and other experts based in colleges and universities for the development of e-content. The e-content development and associated web based learning described here does not seek to replace traditional teaching and learning, but is expected to supplement them. The inclusion of e-content in learning is now inevitable, and the UGC initiative is designed to meet the new challenges, and to help India take the lead in this newly emerging field. The content, once developed, will be maintained at the mirror sites of the UGC Information Network (UGC Infonet) and made accessible to all teachers and students of the Indian Universities system. The present scheme addresses the important issue of the creation of content. The goal of the UGC scheme is to encourage individual teachers, groups of teachers in colleges and universities and experts in the IT industry in visualization and multimedia production to develop educational content, in electronic format, suitable for use in various teaching and learning programmes. This scheme is open to teachers in all subjects and disciplines. UGC is working with following objectives: generation of e-content, in all subjects, development of teachers and experts resources in e-journal creation; distribution of the e-content to teachers and students from formal and nonformal educational modes, for supplementing and complementing professional teaching and learning content; development of partnerships between educational institutions and the IT industry for the continuous development of new content and methodology taking into account contemporary technology. (Source: http://www.csdms.in/gesci/pdf/econ.pdf) it can help overcome the barriers of demography and access, provide quality
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How relevant is the use of e-content in educational Institutions? “The relevance of e-content in school education cannot be doubted or debated anymore. Today the students learn continuously from their environment and day-to-day living of a digital world. The mobile phones, televisions, computers, multimedia appliances in some way or other touch their routine on a daily basis. In such scenario, the school environment cannot be left isolated and a digital intervention is a must.
Usha Saini Principal, Government Girls Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden, New Delhi
The most relevant feature of e-learning in schools is that it brings engagement. This engagement is beneficial as it handles the multisensory faculties of human brain and reach out to students in more than one way. The e-content brings information and data in various formats and can be easily interpreted in various forms with click of a mouse. It also provides a real life opportunity of learning to students.” –Amit Gupta CEO, S.Chand & Company Ltd.
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“Very relevant. More and more of teaching and learning is migrating to the electronic domain. Publishers and authors are also producing their material for direct digital consumption.” –Anand Kannan, Managing Director GRE EDGE “We lack sufficient infrastructure. So if infrastructure for e-content is provided and if facility to maintain the given infrastructure or facility of e-content then it can be successful.” –Usha Saini, Principal, Government Girls Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden, New Delhi Does e-content serve teaching-learning process in more fruitful way? “e-content, if pedagogically correct and instructionally designed, can support learning objectives and outcomes in a more scientific manner than the traditional teaching. What is essential and important to understand that econtent is complimentary and not stand alone solution. The e-content addresses different learning styles and provides an opportunity for immediate assessment. The e-content has flexibility, choice and helps in analysis and evaluation which are key factors of teaching and learning process. The e-content can bring high levels of interactivity and engaged children in an active learning process suited to their needs and abilities, hence, giving them an immersive learning. econtent if properly used in teaching learning process, would enable the child to develop high order thinking skills and make them lifelong learning.” –Amit Gupta CEO, S.Chand & Company Ltd. “More than the content, the processes and pedagogy is very important. personalization of learning experience is the key driver and e-content delivery must subscribe to that. When that happens it is fruitful for the student.” –Anand Kannan, Managing Director GRE EDGE “No doubt it is a marvelous system!” –Usha Saini, Principal, Government Girls Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden, New Delhi How do you compare the e-content utilisation, across India and rest of the world? “The e-content utilization in India presently is at an early stage. In the developed world use of e-content has become a routine. The reason for same is not only infrastructure, hardware and networks but the way these economies are structured now. Since, services, e-commerce and most of the day-to-day life has digital influence, the schools could also not do away without e-content being a major part of schools routine. It is also important to note that the teacher training and availability of resources to a teacher are integrated with e-content. In such a scenario, the use of e-content in other developed countries is much more than India. India faces a major challenge at three levels: 1. Policy makers, decision makers and administrators 2. Teachers 3. Parents Considering the size of our country, there is little or limited awareness of using e-content in schools. This puts forward the major challenge in allocation of budgets, training, commitment and awareness among all the three levels. In
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India, it is more important as this would provide economies of scale for also reaching the margin wise and bridging not only the digital divide but also meeting the challenges of urban and rural divide.” –Amit Gupta CEO, S.Chand & Company Ltd. “From our GREedge experience, I feel the adoption of elearning is the same in India and the US. At that segment. Most students use online learning experiences at some stage or the other. We expect that a significant amount of test preparation, especially at graduate and post-graduate level will shift online. There has been a rapid shift in student patterns and institutional attitudes over the last five years, especially in India.” –Anand Kannan, Managing Director GRE EDGE “Uncomparable” –Usha Saini, Principal, Government Girls Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden, New Delhi How do you rate the monitoring of e-content in the educational Institutions? “The e-content comes in various forms and shapes. Most important is that e-content is going to impact the basic education and lifelong learning of an individual. It is important that not only it is culturally and factually correct but should also have the sensitivity required for every age group and levels of learning. The pedagogy, the instructional design and the learning outcomes of e-content are most critical than having some expensive animations or bytes which do not support the main objective of e-learning. The development of quality e-content is an expensive and time consuming proposition and these resources should be fully utilized to bring full advantage to users. The clear benchmarks of quality and delivery need to be established. The government of India is presently making huge budget allocations but unfortunately there is no clear cut distinction between computer literacy and computer aided learning.” –Amit Gupta CEO, S.Chand & Company Ltd. “The market is the monitoring mechanism. The market will reject lower quality solutions and content and endorse higher quality solutions. Transparent marketing and consumer and teacher forums for rating products will be the best mechansim for regulation. e-content and educational technology is an area which needs to rapidly innovate and create new solutions and superior, scalable personalized economics. A government body or bureaucratic monitoring mechanism will prevent and kill such innovation. So I would not recommend it. However, the industry (the emerging educational technology industry) can come together and adopt voluntary standards for both content production and transparent and ethical marketing of products.” –Anand Kannan, Managing Director GRE EDGE “Definitely, to monitor the system decentralisation would be objective and convenient. Monitoring should not be left under control of one person. It should be given independence and should be given to the grass-root level workers, it shouldn’t be under one thumb.” –Usha Saini, Principal, Government Girls Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden, New Delhi
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Showcasing the ICT Experience to the World In celebrating the true spirit of eINDIA2010, we invite amateurs and photographers to participate in the eINDIA2010 Photo Competition. We are looking for unique and innovative ideas captured on camera, depicting out of the box use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for education, governance, health and developmental concerns. Show us how simple gizmos to the latest gadgets have enhanced the value and productivity of mundane activities and percolated its usage to villages and small towns and metros. Show the world how ICT has positively rendered to your life’s creative experiences, and that of others. CLICK and Send your entries now... Theme Harnessing ICT Potential for Development Selection Criterion Entries have to be unique and portray innovation in the usage of ICTs. We encourage entries to feature the use of ICTs at the grassroots. Eligibility Participation open to all above the age of 18. eINDIA2010 Photo Exhibition Outstanding photographs will be displayed at the eINDIA2010 Photo Gallery Exhibition at eINDIA2010 Conference to be held between 4-6 August, 2010 at Hyderabad International Convention Center, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Dr K Rosaiah Chief Minister Government of Andhra Pradesh
I am happy to know that Hyderabad is hosting the sixth edition of eINDIA 2010, South Asia’s largest ICT event. The Andhra Pradesh Government, which has taken up several path breaking initiatives in ICT, e-Governance, e-Education, e-Health, e-Agriculture and related fields, is glad to host this prestigious event in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a preferred destination for knowledge-driven and high-value investments. Hyderabad, capital city of Andhra Pradesh, offers immense potential for IT companies in terms of its advance business infrastructure and best IT & ITES practices, highly skilled workforce, and supportive government policies, etc. Within a short span of few years, Hyderabad has transformed itself into the most lucrative ICT destination in the Asia Pacific region. I hope that the ‘eINDIA 2010’ would highlight the leadership of Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad in ICT not only in India but also globally. On behalf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, I welcome you all to ‘eINDIA 2010’ and wish the event a grand success.
In serving its citizens, Government of Andhra Pradesh has embarked on practising e-Government and leveraging the tools of Information & Communication Technology. Hosting of eINDIA 2010 in Hyderabad, symbolises the government commitment of achieving the goal of citizen centric, clean and good governance. eINDIA witnesses participation from government, international developmental agencies and the service providers in e-Governance. Exhibition at eINDIA 2010 will facilitate synchronisation of demand and supply in terms of adoption of right technology and process, towards enabling e-Governance. To maintain the pace of growth and consistent progress in this sector, eINDIA would go a long way.
eINDIA has been an excellent platform for bringing together stakeholders to exchange ideas and to get to know the possibilities of new innovations that have come into the field of technology. eINDIA has made the entire process very exciting, and I must compliment that every time I have attended the event, I discovered newer and better innovations. It is an insightful and learning experience and will be a good eye opener for those who are not aware of these ICT trends. eINDIA has been instrumental in bringing together potential partners, not just in the ICT in education field but also those in the health, governance and telecentre domains. It has helped support the fact that technology can extend developmental opportunities and facilitate the teaching process further. Smt D Purandeswari Minister of State Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Shri Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Minister for Information Technology & Communications, Youth Services and Sports, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
It has been quite a spectacular journey and has always been an outstanding show growing from year to year. I feel happy to be associated with this mega conference, because it is one event that reflects under one roof, the amazing breadth and depth of the transformation, that is overtaking the country across multiple sectors, inside and outside the government, in every single sector. Besides, the participation in eINDIA has been growing. This is the time where we are actually growing and therefore, we need to address the issues, and think in a more mature way before we go forward. Beside bringing the technology providers we also need to bring the other stakeholders on the centre stage. I am sure that this event would continue to contribute in this absolutely exciting national journey. Shri R Chandrashekhar Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India Patron, Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA 2010
On behalf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, I invite delegates from India and across the world to eINDIA 2010. The conference will help participants further their understanding of ICT in governance, education, health, agriculture, and the impact on the society. SMT K Ratna Prabha Principal Secretary-IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh
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Why attend?
Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Technomedia invites you to join the India’s largest ICT event cum exposition eINDIA 2010. The conference aims to explore the diverse opportunities of integrating ICT in different spheres of life. eINDIA 2010 is also a platform for sharing knowledge, assessing the already existing initiatives, and planning creation of technology enabled society. The sixth annual ICT forum will be convened at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad along with Government of Andhra Pradesh as Host State partner. As an international event, the eINDIA 2010 Conference and Exhibition aims to bring together 5,000 high level representatives of the ICT industry, government, civil society, academia and private sector from all across the globe to share the best practices and digital opportunities for development, to discuss, to exchange knowledge and ideas that will shape the future of the global ICT development.
South Asia’s largest ICT event. Meet key decision makers, experts, leaders & stakeholders in ICT arena at one platform.
Meet service providers, IT vendors, telecom vendors, consulting firms, government agencies and national-international development organisations in the domain of ICT. Great networking opportunity with bureaucrats, policy makers, analysts, experts, ICT entreprenuers and NGO on innovative e-Gov implementations, technology issues and people’s need from India, Asia and beyond. A platform for engaging with colleagues and experts handling similar ICT projects, dealing with transformation and GPR challenges, automation of back office processes and integration. Benefit from in-depth conferences more than 50 in the area of e-Governance, e-Learning, eHealth, eAgriculture and Telecentre. Participants will get numerous opportunities to witness innovative solutions from within the Indian ICT industry and beyond. High RoI for stakeholders from diverse fields: government, civil society, academia, corporate and many more,through ample opportunities to nurture business skills, enhance citizen service delivery and deliver innovative solutions for the consumers & community. Supported by various state governments, government agencies and industry associations. Delegates to the event will have an access to the eINDIA exhibition which will showcase cutting edge developments in ICT.
about eINDIA Awards are the premier accolades given to innovative endeavours made in assimilating technology in developmental concerns. The award nominations are invited for the following Six categories from individual participants, government organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private institutions and enterprises who have transformed social development opportunities into a sustainable social enterprise through innovative use of ICT.
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G2C Initiative of the Year G2B Initiative of the Year G2G Initiative of the Year mGovernance Initiative of the Year ICT Enabled PSU of the Year ICT in Financial Inclusion Initiative of the year Private Sector Initiative of the Year
ICT Enabled Hospital of the Year Government Policy Initiative of the Year Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year ICT Enabled Diagnostic Service Provider of the Year Health Insurance Initiative of the Year Private Sector Initiative of the Year
Innovative Grassroots Telecentre Initiave of the Year Private Sector Initiative of the Year
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ICT Enabled School of the Year ICT Enabled University/Higher Education Institute of the Year ICT Enabled Business School of the Year ICT Enabled Engineering College of the Year Skill Development Initiative of the Year Open and Distance Learning Initiative of the Year Private Sector Initiative of the Year
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Key Speakers at eINDIA 2010 D Purandeswari Minister of State Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) Government of India
Dr K Rosaiah Chief Minister Government of Andhra Pradesh
Sam Pitroda Advisor to the Prime Minister Government of India
Shri Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Minister for Information Technology & Communications, Youth Services and Sports, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
R Chandrashekhar Secretary Department of IT Ministry of Communications & IT Government of India
Dr N Jadhav Member, Planning Commission Government of India
Sudhir Krishna Additional Secretary Ministry of Panchayati Raj Government of India
RS Sharma Director General Unique Identification Authority of India, Government of India
Shankar Aggarwal Joint Secretary Department of IT, Ministry of Communication & IT Government of India
N Ravi Shanker Joint Secretary Department of IT, Ministry of Communications and IT Government of India
Smt K Ratna Prabha Principal Secretary, IT Government of Andhra Pradesh
Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai Vice Chancellor Indira Gandhi National Open University
CD Arha Chief Information Commissioner Andhra Pradesh
J Satyanarayana Principal Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Government of Andhra Pradesh
Subhash C Khuntia Joint Secretary Ministry of HRD Government of India
Sharda Prasad Joint Secretary & Director General Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India
Dr S Vijay Kumar Project Director, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project
Dr Rajeev Sharma Director General Centre for Good Governance
Michael Riggs Knowledge and Information Management Officer FAO, Rome
Sherif El Tokali Assistant Resident Representative Poverty Reduction, MDGs and Private Sector Team Leader, UNDP
Kapil Mohan Director Ministry of Power Government of India
Dr Sameer Sharma Commissioner Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
T Krishna Prasad IGP & Director Police, Communications Government of Andhra Pradesh
U K Ananthapadmanabhan President, Kovai Medical Centre & Hospital
Dr Ashok Kumar DDG and Director Central Bureau of Health Intelligence Government of India
Dr Latha Pillai Pro Vice Chancellor Indira Gandhi National Open University
Dr SS Jena Chairman National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
Wg Cdr (Dr) Sanjeev Sood, Sr Medical Officer, Indian Air Force
Shakila Shamsu Joint Advisor (Education) Planning Commission Government of India
Dr R Sreedhar Director Commonwealth of Learning
Dr Karanvir Singh Consultant Surgeon Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Ashish Garg Regional Coordinator Asia Global e Schools & Communities Initiative
A Babu CEO, Arogyasree Health Care Trust Government of Andhra Pradesh
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more opportunities Public Safety and Security India is planning for a GDP growth of 8-10 per cent every year and it is imperative for law enforcing agencies to deploy advanced security and intelligent solutions so that citizen’s safety and security is not compromised. The session will focus on: ICT in policing, intelligence gathering and sharing (CCTNS and NATGRID), IP based video surveillance and secure communication systems cyber security, disaster management– preparedness and response and capacity building.
Special Session on UID Governments today are facing information overload and there is a need for conducting information audit to have a clear view of whether information is up to the mark and social schemes are reaching the right audience. The session will focus on: Comprehensive strategy to manage information across different departments, policies and guidelines for access, storage and security of document and information, deployment of Unique ID numbers pan India, dashboards and scorecards for analysis, monitoring and evaluation.
eINDIA workshops GTZ workshop on l ICTs for SMEs l International best practices in e-Governance Copenhagen Business School workshop on l Co-creation of new technologies Global e-Schools & Communities Initiative work shop on l ICTs in education Euro-India Spirit workshops on l ICT addressing societal challenges— governance, public services, health, inclusion, mobility, environment, energy l Audio visual, media & Internet l Emerging technologies and e-Infrastructures
“I have seen eINDIA from its inception and thereafter growing like an institution in itself. I congratulate the eINDIA team for its tremendous effort in putting together this outstanding conference.”
R S Sharma Director General, UIDAI
Cloud computing While the global cloud computing market expected to cross $70 billion by 2015 and India is ideally poised to address this growing opportunity—both as the solution provider to the world and the biggest consumer at the enterprise level—Government Cloud or “G-cloud” is yet to become part of the mainstream e-Gov discussion in the country. However, while the cloud computing is expected to allow government departments share applications or server power, and treat IT as a ubiquitous, on-demand service and to flexibly consume as much or as little as is needed, it also comes with a fear of the cyber-threat that could pose a major national
eIndia 2010 Knowledge Series is a unique platform for knowledge sharing among all stakeholders in the government space be it bureaucrats, technocrats, academia, industry and civil society. The Knowledge series will help in bringing together ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stake holders on to one platform through peer to peer learning, thematic workshops, and exhibitions. eINDIA 2010 Knowledge Series will have six tracks focusing on e-Gov, digital learning, eHealth, e-Agriculture, Telecentre Forum and Municipal IT. In all these tracks there will be multiple thematic sessions.
security risk. The session will focus on: general governance, management and legal challenges in adopting cloud computing, privacy, security and business continuity issues.
Power IT The Government of India is presently implementing the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, which is worth US $12 billion project and is aimed at IT-enabling power distribution system in India. The session will focus on: smart metering, smart grids and energy data management, GIS mapping of power distribution network, achieving superior customer services and profitability and operational excellence.
challenges with urbanisation are to provide better transportation, integrated public infrastructure, increase human capital, long term planning, sustainability, citizen centricity, and distribution of equal economic opportunities and poverty alleviation. Moreover, to make urban centres better planned, livable, connected and smarter, citizen centric is with judicious blend of good governance; the use of ICT is paramount. The session will focus on: integrated urban infrastructure, GIS and city planning, transport and traffic management, efficient handling of work, transparency in dealing with citizens, property tax management including records management, municipal accounting system, e-Procurement and payment of utility bills.
e-Panchayat e-Panchayat, one of the Mission Mode Projects (MMP) under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) aims to empower the panchayats and improve the internal management processes at the local level with the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The computerisation of the panchayats will ensure decentralised database and bring in transparency at the local governance by providing on-line monitoring of the various rural development schemes. The session will focus on: computerisation of the panchayats, capacity building of the panchayats, addressing challenges in e-Panchayat programme–connectivity, power supply, infrastructure.
Financial Inclusion Banks have centralised their operations, and have started new delivery channels with the usage of IT such as AT Ms, Internet banking, smart card based products, mobile access and using IT for customer relationship management, customer transaction pattern analysis, credit profiling and risk management. The main objective of financial inclusion is to bring these people in the mainstream of the banking industry. The session will focus on: financial inclusion of people who are out of ambit of formal banking systems, role of ICT solution for financial inclusion, pilots and case studies.
ICT in Urban Governance Urbanisation, is the engine of growth, socio-economic development and most importantly is a tool for poverty alleviation. The key
Agriculture, as an important sector, with a huge work-force engaged, it is in fact the backbone of India’s rural economy. Technology has the potential to change agriculture landscape for the better with a pre-condition to bring all the stakeholders in the ambit of the exponential age, leveraging on the power of networking, collective wisdom and shared information, in order to align efforts and change attitude. The fruits of technology can only be availed by addressing challenges in meeting this precondition. Modern farming practices and technologies have been implemented in many parts of the world, which need to spread out to the areas untouched by it. Both the communication networks and supporting infrastructure have to reach out to rural areas to enable the biggest entrepreneur community i.e., farmers to deliver its best and consequently build a stronger nation and economy.
The Indian Telecentre Forum 2010 is going to do just that by providing an opportunity to telecentre stakeholders, both regional as well as global, to meet and deliberate on the issues facing the telecentre movement. The session will focus on: review of the CSC programme, telecentre movement in India: issues, lessons and best practices, capacity building, telecentres in the age of mobile phones, knowledge sharing among the telecentre stakeholders, sustainability concerns in the telecentre domain, localisation of content, services and grassroots innovation.
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The initiative this year is to bring together India’s top-notch educational entrepreneurs, CEOs and private players from different walks of life. In K-12 sector the focus is on school principals and top executives. In the higher education sector the focus is on deans, directors and top executives along with policy and decision makers at national level. Skill Development and Vocational Training Programmes will focus on capacity builders as India requires a lot many experienced professionals if it is planning to grow at a GDP growth of 8-9 percent.
K-12 The track on K-12 will focus on Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan, strategising and implementation of policies on usage of ICT in leveraging learning, merging ICT in learning and training through open schooling, challenges in developing e-Learning and role of ICT in advancing inclusive education. Principal’s Conclave: Discussion on different education models, pedagogy and andragogy in ICT mediated classroom.
Higher Education The track will focus on systemic enhancement of learning and teaching, innovation, research and development, education governance in universities, collaborations with world class higher education players and quality standards.
“Conferences like eINDIA have the potential to create awareness about the stupendous possibilities that e-governance harbours within itself for overall improvement to the life and especially in the context of governmental activities.” Subhash C Khuntia Joint Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Government of India Co-chair, Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA 2010
“I congratulate the CSDMS and Elets team for organising an event that would go a long way in helping the country achieve the MDG objectives of education and health… IGNOU is happy to partner with eINDIA.”
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IGNOU Workshop l Strengthening capacities of educators: The ICT way l Vice Chancellor’s Conclave: discussion on emerging issues in ICT integration and higher education
Skill Development & Vocational Training The track will focus on skills and information literacy, PM’s national skills mission, skills development and training, certification and quality assurance across education sector, role of training centres in providing youth employability, best practices in vocational education system, assessment methodologies of future skills demand and how to connect skills to markets requirements
Advancement in modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) are revolutionising healthcare systems, by transforming health administration, service delivery and care management. Rapid market maturity, heightened consumer expectations, increasing cost pressures and emerging medico-legal/regulatory requirements are driving the need for ICT solutions that could bring substantive value -add through improved efficiency and enhanced business performance. Availability of intelligent healthcare information systems, high performance communication networks, advanced analytical tools and powerful computing gadgets are promising to achieve all of these and even more. ‘eHEALTH India 2010’ – the most definitive Indian event on healthcare ICTs, technologies and applications will once again bring together the entire community of health IT professionals, practitioners, end-users and decision-makers to engage over three power-packed days of active conferencing and networking, along with a vibrant exhibition to showcase some of the latest technologies that are on offer.
KEY SESSIONS l Envisioning Healthcare Reforms: Role of ICT in healthcare transformation l Hospital CIO Conclave: Technology strategy for next generation hospitals l Health Insurance Conclave: Leveraging technology for efficient health insurance administration
“With the help of ICT, India is ushered in a new paradigm that looks promising than ever before and the healthcare service is nowhere exception in that. We are planning to open community service centres to access as many people as we can, but it seems to be a challenge.”
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stakeholders and elected representatives Key decision makers from educational institutions - VCs, Registrars, Principals, Directors and Heads of organisations Key officials from Districts and municipalities Representatives from the judiciary and legal experts Key people from various chambers of commerce and associations Industry representatives and experts Representatives from NGO and other civil societies Consultants and research agencies
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The three-day eINDIA 2009 attracted more than 4,000 delegates from across 50 countries providing a very high RoI to over 150 exhibitors—from IT, to e-Learning, e-Health and e-Gov solution providers, e-Content majors, education sector specialists, medical technologies, medical equipment and healthcare application companies—making it the largest ICT for development Exhibition in the entire South Asia region. Going ahead with the success, eINDIA 2010 has earmarked a 3,000 sq meter area aimed at enabling the companies, state governments and departments, as well as PSUs to showcase the best in breed technologies and projects implementation.
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COMPANY NAME Intel India Technology Pvt. Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Intel India President: Praveen Vishakantaiah Head of Operations/COO: Jitendra Chaddaha Head of Finance/CFO: Byas Nambisan Head of Sales: Sivakumar Ramamurthy Head of Technology/IT: Narendra Vaze HEAD OFFICE 23-56, Outer Ring Road, Deevarabeesanahalli, Varthur Hobli,Bellandur Post, Bangalore 560103 India PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Silicon Design, Validation,software development & Research
Intel is committed to conducting business with uncompromising integrity and professionalism upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and business ethics. We take a proactive, integrated approach to managing our impact on local communities and the environment. Intel started its operations in India in Bangalore in 1988. Since then, Intel’s investments in India to date have been around US$ 2 billion. Intel India’s main areas of operations include Sales and Marketing, Product Design and Development, IT applications development and infrastructure solutions delivery and, Venture Capital. Intel India as a leader in CSR in India, integrates social responsibility and uncompromising integrity into everything it does, working to advance people and better the planet through active commitment to education and environmental sustainability. Our dedication to corporate responsibility is unwavering, defining who we are and how we act as employees and as a company. To celebrate our 40th anniversary, against a goal of one million hours, more than 80,000 employees have donated 1,346,471 hours to more than 5,000 schools and nonprofit organizations around the world for education, environment and other social corporate initiatives. This captures the essence of corporate responsibility at Intel. It’s an example of the commitment, energy, and innovative spirit that are synonymous with the Intel name. Quite simply, we do what we say and help make the impossible possible. Our pledge is to be an asset to our communities and bring our technology expertise to solve critical community problems by helping communities in four key areas – technology inclusion, education, environment stewardship and safety, and community development.
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Working with India for Progress Faced by the challenges of developing economies, mankind needs to harness the powers of science and technology for which they need a robust and effective education system to produce and sustain these skills. Education therefore is the key to empowerment and Intel Initiatives are working across the world to provide equity and opportunity through education. Intel believes that young people are the key to solving global challenges. That is why, since 1999, Intel, as part of a sustained global commitment, has been involved in India in education programs to enable tomorrow’s innovators.
“Innovation and investments in information and communications technology (ICT) will accelerate economic recovery and jobs growth worldwide” - Paul Otellini, Intel Corporation President and CEO Working in close partnership with government and other decision making bodies at the central, state and local levels, the Intel® Education Initiatives have made a significant difference not just to the lives of the teachers and children touched, but also to their families and to the communities they live in . Intel Education has helped transform education in India through the Intel® Teach Program where over a million teachers have been trained to bring technology tools and resources into their classrooms for better student learning. It has provided teachers with proven professional development and 21st century skills, promoting studentcentered learning to engage students in appropriate use of technology for learning, creativity, and communication. Launched in India in February 2000 it is the largest, most successful program of its kind and has trained over 6 million teachers across 40 countries and over 1,000,000 teachers and student teachers in India. 40
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Today Intel collaborates with Central Government bodies like the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghathan (KVS) and the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), to provide the Teach program to teacher education institutions across the country. The Intel Initiatives are not limited to within the formal classroom. To take education beyond the classroom and to the heart of the community the Intel Learn program is an after-school, community education program, targeting underserved youth who have limited access to technology in their homes and schools. It provides opportunities for youth to hone technology and other 21st century skills in fun, engaging learning environments. This Program has reached over 100,000 learners across 22 states and five Union Territories in India bringing about a tangible change in technology knowledge, skills and attitudes giving the young learners in developing countries opportunities to learn key skills needed for tomorrow’s success. At Intel we believe, that a solid math and science foundation coupled with skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and digital literacy are crucial for success in the knowledge economy. To inspire and expand students’ knowledge and enthusiasm for science and math the Initiative for Research & Innovation in Science (IRIS) a collaborative initiative between the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the Department of Science and Technology (DST),
Government of India, and Intel encourages students to excel in innovative and creative projects each year. The winners at the IRIS National Science fair then get a chance to represent India at the Intel ISEF held in the USA and win exciting prizes. Research, innovation and entrepreneurship are the key to developing next generation technologies and bridging the technology gap that exists between developing countries like India and other developed countries. The Intel Higher Education program brings cuttingedge technology expertise to universities in India through advanced research and entrepreneurship opportunities along
Apurv Mishra, Winner at IRIS 2005 and Intel ISEF 2006 who was the first Indian student to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony on behalf of SIYSS.(Swedish Federation of Young Scientist for Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar) in the first week of December 2009
with innovative technology curricula, to support students at the higher education level. The program moves technology from university labs into local communities encouraging students across India to pursue technical degrees. Intel has collaborated with select Technology and Research institutions across India like IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati and IIT Delhi and close to 300 other engineering colleges in India to give an impetus to higher education opportunities. Intel strives to be a responsible corporate citizen worldwide by sharing a global vision of growth and opportunities for all. \\ For details visit: www.intel.com/education/in
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Online Test Preparation
Gaining Momentum in India SHEENA JOSEPH
Test preparation is increasingly becoming attractive for students in India. With the growing competitiveness in the job market and stringent examination rigours, more and more students are relying on study materials from coaching classes to supplement their routine lectures. Of late, several companies including Educomp, have entered into the multi billion dollar industry of supplemental education using VSAT. Under graduate test preparation has been the focus for several such new initiatives, and have included preparation services for IIT, PMT and AIEEE. Online CAT Preparation services have included platforms to assist students from different cities across India to access high quality content, tests and study material. Vital to this development have been the growth trends in Web 2.0 and e-Learning technologies. Companies that provide Learning Management Systems (LMS),
authoring tools and simulation tools are providing the enabling technologies used by trainers to provide Web 2.0 services to end users. New technologies are bringing in varied ways of conducting courses, seminars, discussion forums and other approaches to learning, to be delivered online, with ground-breaking methods to interact with instructors and students. Tools such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), MP3 Players, CD-RO, Web 2.0 tools, discussion and bulletin boards, collaborative software, computer aided testing and assessment, educational animation, simulation, and games, LMS and podcasts are being used in the elearning environment. There has been a gradual spurt in the use of the Internet and technology in education. Internet has the added advantages of being readily usable, highly interactive and flexible content. Additionally, the capacity
What is the growth potential for online test preparation market in India? Simply put the growth potential is enormous. With changing times and very favourable demographics, it is only going to get bigger. The only moot point which needs to be watched is what and when is the “Inflection point” that is going to change the landscape for better. Why has this segment gained popularity of late? Online tests are the way to go in future. Sooner or Later most competitive examinations will change to online format. Given the thirst for reform in the education sector, and the eagerness to reach to a large section of population with minimal resources Online Test formats will start gaining popularity. One additional benefit of online test formats is that it is a great leveller by taking out the subjectivity in paper correction and assessing all on a equal scale.
Srikanth Rajasankar Founder & MD Tutor Orbit e-Learning Pvt. Ltd
What are the advantages to students in enrolling for Test Prep services? Online Test Prep services give the students an opportunity to assess themselves, identify their strengths and weakness and work on improving their preparedness. As more and more exams become objective based and online, it will also help them to simulate the exam condition and gain valuable experience close to real test situation.
of the Internet to scale and reach out to a large number of users have increased its benefits in education. Several companies are now providing campus education network which is accessed and beneficial for the student community and young professionals. Services include helping students get information on campus admission processes, available courses and couseling services. Diverse range of products are offered across different segments including MBA, engineering, overseas study, vocational and IT courses, as well as Bachelor’s programmes in various disciplines. Ready online guidance is provided to students on the latest in the educational trends and requisites for growth and expansion. These services also help in connecting students to educational institutes and vice versa. THE INVESTORS CHOICE Online test preparation and technology enabled coaching centres are now becoming attractive for investors and venture capitalists. Many investors today are on the look out for education service providers who have been using technology to advance their business propositions. According to Anirudh Singh from Canaan Partners, any company which uses technology as a tool to scale up, including coaching, test preparation, online tutoring etc. will be the focus for investments in the current scenario. The highlight is the informal education or supplemental education sector. Online tutoring models have good potential during the medium term. The test preparation sector has a huge market. However, he states, that the largest coaching institute in India occupies only 3% of the market. The K-12 segment still needs to be tapped and made use of for increased business options. \\ digital LEARNING
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American School of Bombay, India Adobe sof tware opens up breakthrough new ways to teach and learn.
INDUSTRY Education CHALLENGES Incorporate digital communication • into the classroom Create and deliver media-rich • curriculum, lesson plans, and digital assessments SOLUTION Multimedia communication • eLearning • RESULTS Enhanced traditional methods of • teaching through digital • communication Enabled students to showcase • their work through multimedia projects Improved classroom efficiency • and enhanced collaboration and communication among students, teachers and parents. • Fostered skills useful in professional arenas SYSTEMS AT A GLANCE • Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro • Adobe Presenter • Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro • Adobe Creative Suite 3 • Adobe Premiere Elements • Adobe Photoshop Elements
New Ways to Teach And Learn At the American School of Bombay (ASB) in Mumbai, India, students learn that creativity, communication, and technology are essential tools in maximising their potential in any professional path they pursue. Recognising the capacity for technology to inspire and engage students and help them build practical career skills, ASB adopted Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and Adobe Creative Suite 3 along with Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter software to incorporate digital communication into the classroom and empower faculty and students to express their ideas effectively. The use of technology in education at ASB enables teachers to make learning a richer, more engaging experience, but – more importantly – it also provides an effective outlet for students’ creative instincts and opens up diverse career options for them. Engaging Students with Rich Multimedia Adobe Presenter provides an ideal way for teachers to create interactive, media-rich presentations of their coursework. Using Presenter software, ASB teachers also can create and distribute curriculum, multimedia lesson plans, and homework assignments electronically to improve classroom efficiency and enhance collaboration and communication among students, teachers, and parents. Teachers generate compelling classroom presentations complete with textbook excerpts, photos, video, and audio files that are combined into a single, engaging and interactive presentation. Technology As An Integral Part of Instruction At ASB, approximately 700 preschool through 12th-grade students can cultivate a truly global perspective; the student body is comprised of 51 nationalities. Adobe software tools and educational resources make integration of digital technology into the curriculum a natural process, and help teachers create a dynamic learning environment. The school offers a campus-wide wireless network, and every student from grade 6 onward is required to own a portable computer. Teachers use Adobe software to develop and deliver learning materials, and students tap into Adobe tools to express ideas effectively through words, images, videos, animations, and sound. According to ASB staff, Adobe software brings out the best in creative minds, both in classroom instruction as well as in the After School Activities (ASA) program. Inspiring Creativity Among Students With Adobe Photoshop Elements software, teachers and students can enhance photos and videos with special effects and professional-quality sound. From book reports to photo essays and video documentaries, teachers can demonstrate concepts to students in visual, vibrant ways that enhance learning and retention, and students can learn to communicate through creative visual imaging. Adobe Flash CS3 enables educators at ASB to work with students to create 3D experiences and give animated characters life-like motion with ease. This capability helps teachers guide students into a new realm of creativity by harnessing the power of object-based animation. Streamlined Processes for Teachers Further increasing efficiency and enriching the learning environment at the school, ASB has adopted Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro software. Faculty members are using Adobe’s web conferencing and eLearning solution for online meetings. They used the software to conduct virtual classrooms to engage students online when school needed to be closed due to a flu closure. “Adobe products help us enhance traditional methods of teaching and learning. I can’t extol the effectiveness and potential of using Adobe’s digital media tools in the classroom enough.” –Dr. Paul Fochtman, Superintendent, American School of Bombay “Adobe Photoshop Elements software supports creativity in students. When given the tools to demonstrate their creative talents, students exhibit amazing skills and abilities.” –Dr. Shabbi Luthra, Director of Technology, American School of Bombay
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COMPANY NAME Core Projects & Technologies Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Board of Directors CMD: Sanjeev Mansotra Directors Inclide: S. S. Dua Nikhil Morsawala Naresh Sharma Awinash Arondekar M. N. Nambiar Hari Iyer HEAD OFFICE Core Projects & Technologies Ltd. Block No:1-8, Building No:4 Sector-3, Millennium Business Park Mahape, Navi Mumbai - 400 710 Tel: +91-22-27784800 Fax: +91-22-27782977 Core Projects & Technologies Ltd. Lotus Business Park 10th floor, Plot No. C-21 Dalia Industrial Estate Off Link Road, Andheri (W) Mumbai - 400 053 Tel: +91-22-26741875 / 26741876 / 26741877 / 2674187 Fax: +91-22-26741880
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CORE is India’s largest global education company with presence in US, UK, Africa, Middle East, Caribbean nations and India. In FY 2008-09 CORE achieved revenues of over INR. 675 crores with 1100+ employees contributing to the growth of the organisation. CORE is focused on providing technology enabled education solutions to government bodies, schools and students. ICT systems provided by CORE are being used by various schools across USA as well as India. CORE also enables schools to administer 6 million tests for 2.5 Million students across 6100 schools. CORE is at the forefront of Formative Assessment practices and designing of teacher training interventions based on “Constructivism” as per NCTE and NCF guidelines along with University of Oxford. Over the years, CORE has developed key partnerships such as: IGNOU for certification of courses. • University of Oxford for Teacher Training and Capability building. • Centre for Higher Learning, NASA Stennis Space Centre, USA for 3D immersive • content and technology. • Our efforts stem from the belief that Quality education forms the basic foundation of a quality life. This guides as we work with various Governments across the world in bringing change to the life of students and society. CORE’s Educational expertise spans across the following areas: Teacher Training and Capacity Building • Vocational Education • K-12 Schools • ICT at Schools along with School Information System and Child Tracking • solution Content Creation & Management • Campus Management Solutions • Grants, Financial and Compliance management systems for Government • Programs.
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COMPANY NAME LIQVID eLearning Services Pvt. Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Vivek Agarwal Head of Operations/COO: Manish Upadhaya Head of Finance/CFO: Hemant Singhal Head of Sales: Sanjiv Marwaha Head of Technology/IT: Manish Upadhaya HEAD OFFICE LIQVID HOUSE, F-3, Sector-8, Noida Tel: 201301 Fax: +91-120-2424247 Web: www.liqvid.com
LIQVID is a global eLearning service provider with domain specific expertise in custom eLearning solutions, enterprise learning, blended learning solutions, eLearning technology & learning support. At LIQVID we develop custom content for the eLearning courses, hosts content on companion Websites, and employ latest technologies to repurpose content to various formats. LIQVID has a continual cycle of research and development (R&D) that captures feedback from the client base, education industry trends & expectations besides software analysis of tools & techniques that would enhance LIQVID’s learning solutions. English edge, a brand of LIQVID, is a unique English learning programme that help learners speak English confidently.English Edge offers you the best in terms of content, teaching expertise and methodology. It is based on a unique blended learning format and features an optimal combination of self-guided computer -based training with instructor-led classroom sessions. English edge product has been used by more than 100,000 learners so far. English edge is offered at 4 levels. The “Advanced” level of the programme has been developed in association with BBC Active. English edge is one of the only companies to have English for specific purposes (ESP) like ESP- IT, ESP-Management, ESP-Travel, ESP-Finance etc. JetKing, ICFe, HCL-CDC, Frankfinn, Educomp, Everonn, G-Tec, Allahabad University, IMA, Microsoft, British Council, Karrox, IIHT, Kuoni, Team lease, CRPF and many more.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Strategic Partners: BBC, Outlook Money; Outlook Traveller, outlook Profit; University of Cambridge; Buzzword
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CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Ankur Jain Designation: Manager-Strategic Marketing Tel: +91-120-4039 101 Fax: +91-120-2424 247
English Edge-Basic Builds the foundation vital for using English Language in day to day situations.
English Edge-Elementary Help students arrive at a level of ease with the language, and do away with the apprehensions about the same. It will lay the foundation for the content to follow.
English Edge-Intermediate Enhances fluency and grammatical accuracy. speech sounds, syllable stress & intonation.
Focuses on improving vocabulary,
English Edge -Advance This programme has been developed in association with BBC Active. Hones grammar, pronunciation, writing skills. Exposure to British accent through authentic BBC video clippings. English Edge- Soft Skills Focuses on soft skills like group discussions, presentations, handling job interviews, telephone etiquette. English Edge- School Product Focusses on each standard and mapped to NCERT curriculum, this product has been developed in association with Buzzword.
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LIQVID has won STC (Society for Technical Communication) excellence awards, for last two consecutive years. Ranked amongst the fastest growing technology companies in India and also ranked amongst the top 500 in Asia Pacific, for last two consecutive years. Nomination by British Council, U.K. amongst the top 12 Technology based English Learning Innovative product. Brandon Hall Gold Award winner, 2007. Selected to the prestigious ‘Top Specialised Learning Process Providers’ list. Recognised by Nasscom as Top 100 IT innovators for two consecutive years 2006 & 2007.
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Labs to Synergise Knowledge and Skills YUKTI PAHWA
INTRODUCTION India is a diverse country. India has a stratified society with many sections, some privileged to get best in education, while others striving to make optimum use of the available resources to learn, mostly to earn. Education in marginalised sections of the society or the socalled rural areas in the country have indeed suffered a major neglect. As a result many children and young adults have suffered barriers with respect to education and occupation. These barriers include language, practical or handson-experience and inability to derive application from knowledge sources that require training and comprehension. To feed-in the missed out spaces, the concept of learning laboratories was introduced. Learning laboratories can be of different kinds. SCIENCE LABORATORIES A science laboratory is mainly introduced to fill in the deficits that school children, from disadvantaged groups, face during their education. One instance of a Science Laboratory is the Maharashtra state’s Vidnyanavahini, that enabled rural children in Maharashtra to avail an opportunity to practice science and reduce the divide of the urban and rural education. This took place through a Mobile Science Laboratory (MSL) project of Vidnyanvahini, that commenced with aim to reach out rural school children and help them gain knowledge of science through laboratory experiments. This laboratory introduced specific apparatus to children to experiment and learn the fundamentals of science. It helped create awareness about science that exists in daily operations such as environment, health living, etc. The project also introduces to the youth the 50
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human reproduction system and hence making them aware of healthy living and cautioning them of diseases. The project also caters to train the science teachers through camps in order to encourage continuing education. The Laboratory is fully furnished, including audio-visual equipment, water tank and generator. It introduced to children rationality and helped children gain practical experience. DIGITISED LANGUAGE LABS India is land of many languages and skills. With country being swept away by the ever uprising use of mobile technology and Internet, there is an increasing demand to be linguistically skilled along with knowledge of the commonly used software. This is especially true for youth, who are fresh out of the education system but face barriers because of language or application of computer software. Additionally, in order to communicate clearly, it is essential to understand appropriately the cultural context in which communication will take place. These young people usually have trouble in learning second language, which in most of cases is English. Accent and colloquialisms due to first language hinders, at times, proper learning and usage of the second language such as English. Digitised language or the
Language Labs come to rescue in such scenarios. Language Labs are centres where digital language and accent for a particular language is taught through learning softwares. One language that is desired mostly everywhere today is English. These labs support honing of the communication skills with appropriate pronunciation. These Labs help learners to speak, read and write English in correct manner, with correct intonation. This is applicable for both native and non-native learners. Within labs, usually, teacher gives instruction to one or all the students. The teachers enable students to have a two way communication, enabled through digitised software. The students are provided with headphones, computers and keyboards through which the can listen, hear, answer, compare, record voices and written text, communicate with teacher and assess their language. There are opportunities to interact in a group or individually. Teachers can assess the performance of the students simultaneously, without the students knowing, through what students repeat on the speakers of their respective headphones. The language lab software enables delivery of precise language skills for effective communication, removing the limitations of classroom teaching processes. Students listen to the content
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Language Labs are an excellent tool for learning and acquiring proficiency in languages leading to effective communication which is very critical to success in work places and life in general. Being an automated system it overcomes psychological and emotional barriers. K V Simon, CHA Language proficiency will certainly help when Vice President it comes to placement. In areas of team work American Hotel & and customer relations which require effective Lodging communication, language proficiency is a great Educational Institute empowerment.
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recorded in language of native speakers or the linguistic expert and then record their own voice, replay and listen to the native voice and their own voice and compare to improve on their pronunciation. Teachers also can provide personalised inputs/ feedback as corrective measures to any student who seems to be facing difficulty in picking up the language. The students can also view the content or sound of the assignments in form of video or text. It is help of the broadcasting facility that the group discussions are made possible. A control panel is available to the teacher/ expert, through which the instructions are given to respective students without disturbing the fellow students. For the students the language labs are beneficial: Students can get any pre-recorded • lessons they wanted to learn Repeat, record and replay the native • voices and their own voices and text/ video clippings Repeat and re-do the assignments • Be part of individual and group • discussions Receive inputs from teacher control • panel, as soon as the log in Correct self with pronunciation/ • assess self Communicate with teacher • Store passages, instructions and • replies The control system with the teachers helps in Monitoring individual systems of the • respective students Plan the lessons in advance • Give individual attention without • disturbing the fellow students Teaching any language • Reviewing and assessing students • Recording the lessons in digital • format
Some overall benefits include learning interaction, self assessment, good methodology, appropriate accent for Indian learners and emphasis on appropriate language development. In schools the language laboratories help in improving Reading, Writing, Grammar, Pronunciation etc. Engagement in multimedia activities at school level also proves to be cost-effective and deployable. LEARNING LABORATORY Learning laboratories are professional labs to share knowledge in the area of collaborative research and experimentation. These provide basis for understanding new methods, discussing results and encouraging innovation for welfare issues such as mobility from poverty. Some learning labs provide vocational training and skills too, that cater to the industry based demand. COMPUTER LABORATORY Many a times computer training is required even by professionals who belong to streams other than IT, to compliment their mainstream course. Additionally, the employees at many
places are required to have requisite skills to handle certain software, especially, MS office. Usually in a university setting hardly any emphasis is given to training for preparing students for effective management of software application required in a working environment. These days open source software, Web 2.0 are certain applications that are gaining importance as well. Computer Laboratory or training centres are the saviour in providing for above mentioned skills. LABORATORIES, SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING There is a huge demand and supply gap that Indian markets are facing today w.r.t. the industrial requirement and the qualified skilled labour available in India. Higher education institutions, although are providing good knowledge of the mainstream sector, hardly provide with options for industry relevant programmes. The reasons for the same include lack of physical and intellectual (faculty) infrastructure, awareness and placement cells. Laboratories address a part of the above issue. It helps in gaining vocational or non formal skills to be an active employee member of the society. These laboratories on behalf of the higher education sector educate the enrolled youth/ people in phase of continuing education, who are either employed or are looking for jobs. It helps them either gain skills in learning language such as English, improving their communication skills or non-formal skills or vocational techniques. Through these laboratories the enrolled students are turned into certified professionals and their market value in terms of well paid employability improves dramatically. Language labs are of special importance when qualified people are in problem because of their linguistic usage. \\ digital LEARNING
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COMPANY NAME Math Buddy LLC MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Kannan Bharadwaj Head of Sales: Rajendra Shah Head of Technology/IT: Bharathy Bharadwaj HEAD OFFICE B303, Saikruti Complex, Harinagar Char Rasta, Vadodara 390021 Web: http://www.mathbuddyonline.com MAJOR REGIONAL OFFICES 105, Green Castle Apts, 40AM Road, St John’s road, Ulsoor, Bangalore 560042, Karnataka Flat no 302, Sukh Shanti Apartments Plot no 15, Sector 56 Gurgaon 122002 Haryana 504-A Wing, Manavsthal - 2 Gokuldham, Goregaon East, Mumbai: 400063 CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Kannan Bharadwaj Designation: Co-Founder/CEO Tel: 0265 2386989
Math Buddy LLC is an innovative educational services company established in 2007 for developing research based technology solutions to help students all over the world learn math concepts better. It has corporate office in Vadodara, India, and a branch office in Ann Arbor, MI. The vision is to make quality educational tools affordable and accessible worldwide. The mission is to develop best in class educational tools to help both learners and educators achieve their goals, and to make teaching and learning Maths a lot more fun. The flagship product Math Buddy @School Math Lab is installed in schools as a virtual Math lab to help teachers teach Maths through activities and for children to interactively learn concepts by playing with the activities. This is supplemented by an online portal Math Buddy Online to help students continue the learning from the comfort of their homes. In India, the curriculum is based on NCERT and every topic is made easy to learn through research based activities that relate Math topics to real life examples. The role of a teacher becomes that of a facilitator in the classroom, and every child in the classroom wants to participate when learning with Math Buddy. Having spent the initial years in developing and refining the content, as well as test marketing in some key schools across India, this is our first year when we plan to take Math Buddy lab to schools across India. Our goal is to install Math Buddy @School Lab in at least 250 schools and generate 10,000 subscriptions during the 2010-2011 academic year.
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Math Buddy @School Lab Virtual Math Lab with more than 1000 fully interactive activities covering every topic in Maths to help teachers teach concepts easily from the classroom and for students to interactively learn while having fun. Supplemented by interactive assessment module and Quiz Maker for schools to create and manage assessments. Any existing computer lab in schools could be converted into a Math Buddy @School virtual lab. Math Buddy Online Math Buddy Online (http://www.mathbuddyonline.com) is an online subscription based portal for students to learn Maths from their homes through interactive activities to help understand concepts, weekly online practice worksheets to practice and interactive assessments to gauge their understanding. Quiz Maker Server based platform for teachers to create customized printable worksheets from a database of questions. Great tool for schools to create and manage assessments for all subjects. Easy interface to create and edit questions. Question sets could be imported into Classroom Response Systems.
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Fully interactive platform that makes learning Maths fun for students. Enhances student participation and makes the whole classroom come alive. Existing computer lab could be converted into a Math lab without additional investments. Ideal for use with interactive whiteboards and classroom response systems. Partnered with key players to provide PAN India sales and service. Online customers from all over the world enjoy learning with Math Buddy.
Make your classroom come alive with Math Buddy Fully interactive platform to help teachers illustrate maths concepts in the classroom. Activities designed to encourage student participation and help them visualize Maths like never before. Interactive practice worksheets and assessments designed to develop higher order thinking skills. Highly acclaimed Quiz Maker to make it easier for Teachers to create printable worksheets or assessments in minutes. Complete package with a structured curriculum based on NCERT standards. Ideal content for use with interactive whiteboards and classroom response systems. Students can continue learning from the comfort of their homes using Math Buddy Online.
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Now you can convert your existing computer lab into a Digital Maths lab with Math Buddy Best of all, Math Buddy is affordable and can be a great resource for schools of any size, big or small. For more information and to arrange a demo in your school, call: Mr. Kannan Bharadwaj : 09327232151 Mr. Rajendra Shah : 09825334512 Mrs. Paramjit Johar : 09343837270 (South India) Email: sales@mathbuddyonline.com
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COMPANY NAME BarrierBreak Technologies MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Shilpi Kapoor HEAD OFFICE 102, Highway Commercial Complex, I B Patel Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai, Pin: 400063 Tel: +91-22-2686-0485/6 Web: www.barrierbreak.com CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Shilpi Kapoor Designation: CEO Tel: +91-22-26860485/6
BarrierBreak Technologies (www.barrierbreak.com) is a “one stop shop� for your assistive technology needs and for accessibility solutions in India. With India ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, it is important for us to look at the education and the employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. As a leading assistive technology provider, our products range includes technology that can benefit the visually impaired, mobility impaired, hearing impaired and learning disabled. Technology can be the enabler of their lives and it is important to provide them access to hardware and software that can benefit them. In our services, we specialise in making websites accessible and thereby disabled friendly and have worked on central government as well as state government websites to ensure that these websites are inclusive to the disabled people in India. We provide accessibility training, accessibility testing and accessibility consulting services. We specialize in Section 508 standards and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites. Our infrastructure comprises of an accessibility testing lab. We also offer conversion services to convert to alternate formats that are required such as Braille, Large Print, Digital Talking Book, etc. (http://digitaltalkingbook.in) In addition, we can help with infrastructure audit, on-demand accessible documents, accessible e-learning, etc.
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COMPANY NAME Designmate (I) Pvt. Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Kamaljeet Singh Brar Vice President: Vineet Koka HEAD OFFICE Horizon, Swati Society road, Nr. Darpan Circle, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380014 Gujarat India. Fax: +91-79-40049601 Web: www.designmate.com CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Vineet Koka Designation: Vice President Marketing Tel: +91-79-39836000 Fax: +91-79-40049601
Designmate is the only Indian Company to have won the Worlddidac Award for providing best e-learning content across regions of North America, EMEA and APAC. It has a unique library of 3D animations and wide range of educational resources. DM has been around for 22 years developing creative eContent for K12 education. We pioneer in animations and use of graphics to simplify concepts of science, maths, biology, physics and chemistry. Eureka universal curriculum based library can be mapped to any syllabus taking care of wide range of international customers like schools, scientific centers and ministries of education. Our Objectives • To be a world leader in 3D animated eContent for K12 education. • Develop strategic partnerships across the globe making “Eureka.in” a global way of learning Science & Maths.
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Eureka - A library of 3D Animations, 3D Interactives and Virtual Labs Eureka 3D content is available in educational packs for teaching and learning science, maths, biology, physics and chemistry for K12 education. Why Eureka is Effective: • Increases educational standards by introducing and explaining difficult concepts in science and maths using animations and virtual labs. • Equips teachers with quality content simplifying teaching and learning modules for students. • Helps students in visualizing complex topics resulting in better understanding, retention & improved grades. • Adds 3Dimensional value to traditional classroom teaching environment. Eureka Library of Educational Resources for K12 Universal Curriculum: • 5000 Animations supported by learning objects to study Science and Maths. • 1000 3D Stereoscopic titles covering four thousand minutes of science learning. • 200 3D Interactive modules for understanding difficult concepts. • 3D Geography Class Room. • 1000 Virtual experiments making a complete vitual laboratory. • Learning Management System framework to support and monitor the complete learning enviornment.
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Worlddidac Award for e-learning 2008 World summit award 2007 Manthan Award for e-Education as special mention in e-Education 2006 Best employer award from President of India 2006 NASSCOM CSR Award 2007 Best Employer Award Gujarat from Education Minister 2007
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Open and Distance Learning
Providing Boundary-less Education SHEENA JOSEPH
Open educational resources coupled with the increasing capabilities of the Internet would offer new dimensionality to distance education by facilitating extensive access to globally created educational resources to serve the knowledge needs of diverse communities. The National Knowledge Commission’s recommendations on education have addressed a variety of topics and issues, including distance education and institutional governance. CHANGING EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is one of the most rapidly growing fields of education. ODL has brought together a range of technologies that have enabled teachers and learners to overcome barriers in distance and time. These technologies have enabled distance teachers and learners who are separated by distance to communicate with each other in real time (synchronous) and delayed time (asynchronous). A direct outcome of this indicates that access to education and learning opportunities are now suited to individual lifestyles, learning preferences and personal development plans. According to Dr Neeta Kapai, Deputy Director, Campus Placement Cell, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), “Distance education at IGNOU has been democratizing the dissemination of quality education for all. With the aim of providing employability skills, we impart training to the youth through common service centres which are technologically enabled. We have a tie-up with NIS Sparta wherein we will be training youth belonging to the weaker sections in 5 different states through these common service centres. The objective of the distance programme is to reach out to the un-reached population and provide job placements. We have similar collaborations with other corporates for 58
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the purpose of dissemination of education and training.” As Dr Sunita Raju, Senior Chairperson at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) elaborates on the role of distance learning at IIFT, “Courses at IIFT are conducted both through classroom lectures and by adopting distance learning- the blended learning approach. We have tied up with NIIT Ltd. and Hughes Communications for the purpose. We take every effort to ensure that the distance education classes get the same value added options which the classroom teachings get. We also have good provisions for receiving feedbacks from students in order to evaluate the process outcomes and make necessary changes to suit their requirements.” At a Seminar on ‘Open Course Ware’ hosted by Europe Asia Business School, MIT Senior Associate Dean Prof. Vijaykumar emphasised on what the distance education movement means today. He elaborated that MIT has been experimenting with open learning in more than one ways and has numerous connotation also but to put in simple words, it is a movement encompassing
a variety of educational content like blended learning, compatibility content, accessibility and adaptability, deeper learning, to name but a few. But the actual meaning of it lies in few simple words - it is an excellent open method which can be accessed by anyone from any part of the world through the internet, added Prof Vijaykumar. The Open Course Ware initiative at MIT has aimed to accelerate global movement through network enabled open education changing the landscape of learning having Open Education Resource as one of its key strategies for educational advancement. The mission of the Open Course Ware is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses. Thus, open and distance learning has tremendous potential for developing countries like India. It has been gaining increasing popularity especially among working professionals who demand flexible learning hours, while at the same time expanding and enriching their skills base. The need here is to accommodate work life with skill development. Open and distance learning has proved to be a boon for this segment. \\
STUDY REPORT THE UNESCO REPORT ON OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING: TRENDS, POLICY AND STRATEGY CONSIDERATIONS According to the UNESCO Report on Open and Distance Learning, Trends, Policy and Strategy Considerations, the terms open learning and distance education represent approaches that focus on opening access to education and training provision, freeing learners from the constraints of time and place, and offering flexible learning opportunities to individuals and groups of learners. Two main factors have led to an explosion of interest in distance learning: the growing need for continual skills upgrading and retraining; and the technological advances that have made it possible to teach more and more subjects at a distance. New training demands and new competitive challenges faced by many institutions have led to the need to undertake profound changes in terms of governance, organizational structure and modes of operation. Increasingly, traditional universities are rapidly transforming themselves from single mode to dual mode universities, recognizing the importance of distance education in providing students with the best and most up-to-date educational resources available in addition to the traditional teaching methods that they receive.
With the changing educational environment, how has distance education contributed in overcoming barriers in higher education? Powerful global regulators such as the World Bank say that for countries to achieve sustainable economic development, the Age Participation Rates (APRs—participation of the Asha Kanwar 18-24 year olds) must be in the Vice President region of 40 to 50%. In South Asian Commonwealth of countries the APRs are in the region Learning of 10% whereas in much of Africa the APRs are below 5%. Governments in developing countries would like to expand access to higher education. Building the vast number of brick and mortar institutions needed, is not an option at all. So countries are opting for alternative approaches such as distance education. In India, about 25% of all participants in higher education study at a distance. So there are more entrants to higher education than in previous times and this would not have been possible without distance education. ODL has been playing a significant role in professional development. What are the preferred courses that have the maximum demand today? Management and Information Technology courses are
The increasing number of open universities being established across the world is highly indicative of this trend, says the report. What does it mean for the education community: For the student/learner open and distance learning • means increased access and flexibility as well as the combination of work and education. It may also mean a more learner-centred approach, enrichment, higher quality and new ways of interaction. For employers it offers high quality and usually • cost- effective professional development in the workplace. It allows upgrading of skills, increased productivity and development of a new learning culture. In addition, it means sharing of costs, of training time, and increased portability of training. For governments the main potential • is to increase the capacity and costeffectiveness of education and training systems, to reach target groups with limited access to conventional education and training, to support and enhance the quality and relevance of existing educational structures, to ensure the connection of educational institutions and curricula to the emerging networks and information resources, and to promote innovation and opportunities for lifelong learning.
in great demand. There is a trend towards continuous professional development and the training and re-training of professionals. This can only be done through distance education. The US Department of Labour estimates that today’s learners will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38. And many of these jobs still do not exist! What role do you envisage for open courseware in the future of higher education? Open courseware will have an increasing role in higher education. This will make higher education truly global. Learners will be able to access knowledge from different sources, study this and after achieving the required knowledge and competencies can approach ‘Degree Granting Bodies’ that will assess them and provide the appropriate qualification. Access to open courseware will help poorer students in developing countries to access the best possible knowledge available at minimal or no costs. There is a huge potential here—what is needed is a radical approach to provide opportunities to the hitherto unreached. What are the possibilities and innovations that you see happening in the ODL system of education? The most exciting possibility is the creative use of mobile devices in the teaching-learning process. Most Indian students have simple mobile phones whereas only a few have access to computers and connectivity. It is up to teachers and universities to use mobiles to support learners.
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COMPANY NAME NComputing, Inc. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Manish Sharma Vice President - APAC HEAD OFFICE Amit Khanna Director - Business Development, NComputing India, Type II, #14, Dr. VSI Estate, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai Tel: + 91-44 431-98880 Web: www.ncomputing.com CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Amit Khanna Designation: Director - Business Development - India Tel: +91-44-431-98880
Awarding winning NComputing, Inc. was founded with the goal of making desktop computing affordable for everyone. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, NComputing is a privately held virtualisation software and hardware company. The company’s patented technology drastically lowers desktop computing costs by 75%, improves manageability, and reduces both energy consumption and e-waste by over 90%. For further information please log on to www.ncomputing.com. The technology is based on the simple fact that the average person uses less than 5% of the capacity of their PC. The rest is wasted. NComputing taps into the other 95% so that multiple users can simultaneously share a single PC. Each person runs their own applications—and has their own files, settings, and preferences. Without the bulk. Without the expense. Without the cost of a dedicated PC. There are over 20 million users in 140 countries including India.
PRODUCT DETAILS U series: The virtual desktop offering the easiest way to connect The U-series’ USB plug-and-play simplicity makes it the easiest way to connect users to a shared PC. Install the vSpace software, connect your keyboard, mouse and monitor to the U170, plug the U170 into the PC or a USB hub and you are all set. The U170 gets its power through the USB data cable, eliminating cable clutter. And the access device automatically assigns any other USB device to users so users don’t have to assign their keyboard and mouse when they log in. Users can also expect stunning multimedia capabilities on the U170. Can support as many as 9 additional users. X series: The virtual desktop with lowest cost with best multimedia The X-series comes with PCI cards with either three or five connectors. The access devices connect directly to the PCI cards via standard cables (up to 33 feet long). The X-series provide a rich PC experience that includes widescreen resolutions and fullscreen video. A single host PC can support upto 10 additional virtual workstations The virtual desktop with maximum flexibility using Ethernet networks The L-series access devices connect to the shared computer via standard Ethernet networks. That way, users can be any distance from the shared PC—whether that’s across the hall, across campus, or across the world. L-series products come in a variety of confi gurations, with options that support USB fl ash drives and two-way audio. Up to 30 L-series users can share a single PC. And a server can support hundreds.
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eIndia Best Policy Initiative of the year. PC Quest Best Implementation of the Year. Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in Desktop Virtualisation. ESIC - Project Panchdeep using NComputing access devices - 31, 000 seat project. MKCL - Over 1200 centres with more than 10,000 seats.
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COMPANY NAME Edurite MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Meena Ganesh Head of Operations/COO: Srikanth B Iyer Head of Finance/CFO: Sivasubramanian G Head of Sales: Philip Kurian Head of Technology/IT: Gopinath R HEAD OFFICE Edurite/Manipal K-12 Education Pvt. Ltd, Tech - Park, PESIT campus, 100 ft. Ring Road, Banashankari 111rd stage, Bangalore -85 Tel: 080 30461060 Web: www.edurite.com www.manipalk12education.com PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OEM, Retail, Schools, Tutorials, Manipal K-12, English Expert MAJOR REGIONAL OFFICES (INDIA) Manipal K-12 Education Pvt. Ltd, 65-A, Ompro Towers, 3rd Floor, Kalu Sari, N.D # 124, TV Industrial estate, Worli, Mumbai Manipal K-12 Education Pvt. Ltd, 66, Lakshmi bhavan, 609, Mount Road, Chennai Manipal K-12 Education Pvt. Ltd, 57/3 M, NSC Bose Road, 3rd Floor, Kolkota -40
Edurite Technologies is one of the leaders in the field of technology enabled education and has carved a niche for itself in the education arena over the past eight years. Founded in 2000, Edurite’s core business is in providing curriculum based digital content solutions for teachers, students, parents & administrators. Edurite is an established player in the K-12 (Kindergarten to 12th) domain. Edurite offers Edurite in collaboration with Manipal has started the Manipal K-12 program • Technology aided solutions for classrooms (iclassroom) • Digital Content Value-adds for aligned products (OEM) • • Self-study packs for students in CDROM’s/Online (Retail) Technology aided Tutorial services for students (www.eduritetutorials.com) • Modern Teaching methodology to teach English (www.englishexpert.in) • Edurite in collaboration with Manipal started, Manipal K-12 Education Programme • (http://www.manipalk12education.com) Edurite has reached more than one million users over the last eight years. We believe that technology and education go hand in hand and we are committed to providing high quality education by using innovative, flexible and contemporary knowledge delivery solutions. Edurite Technologies is now a part of Tutor Vista (www.TutorVista. com), a Global Online Tutoring Company, which has been providing quality tutoring services to students worldwide. TutorVista is backed by the Sequoia capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Its mission is to make education affordable and accessible. The Manipal Education and Medical Group, a leader with over half a century of experience in founding higher education institutions of excellence like Manipal University, among others, has partnered with TutorVista.com, the leading online tutoring company. The new venture, christened Manipal K-12 Education India Pvt. Ltd., will seek to provide end-to-end education solutions in schools, right from Kindergarten to Class 12. The Manipal K-12 Education’s charter will include providing end-to-end management services to existing and new schools under the brand name Manipal Schools, as well as ICT based school learning solutions and tutorials. Schools run by Manipal K-12 Education will leverage Edurite Technologys’ high quality teaching inputs employing a multimedia approach. The proven ICT methodology helps in enhancing participation and assimilation of difficult concepts, leading to better and enjoyable learning experience. The Vision • To be a leader in the field of educational services, fulfilling educational needs across a spectrum of individuals • To create comprehensive, educational content that can be delivered through a series of innovative delivery mechanisms, thus removing physical and cultural barriers to its dissemination • To be a vehicle of change by creating interfaces that allow education to reach the underprivileged • To create an atmosphere that fosters excellence and original thinking, allowing personal progress At Edurite we believe that technology and education go hand in hand and we are committed to providing high quality education by using innovative, flexible and contemporary knowledge delivery solutions.
PRODUCT DETAILS DigitALly is a powerpoint enabled teaching tool. iClassroom is a complete classroom solution consisting of an Interactive White Board, Projector and Multimedia Enabled Syllabus Specific Course Content DigitALly. For Further Details: http://www.edurite.com/businessverticals/schools/school.php • •
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COMPANY NAME Academy for Computer Training (Guj) Pvt. Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Jasvinder Singh Head of Operations/COO: J. Figueiredo Head of Finance/CFO: Tejal Gandhi Head of Sales: Jasvinder singh Head of Technology/IT: J. Figueiredo HEAD OFFICE 204, Silicon Towers, Near Law Garden, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Fax: +91-79-25464495 Web: www.wordsworthelt.com www.actuniv.com PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Educational content Technical collaborations: Microsoft, Tally, Pearsons, Univ Of Cambridge Major Regional Offices Taura Business Centre, No. 51, St Johns Road, State: Karnataka Tel: +91 9343837270 A/24, Ketan Apartments 25, Katrak Road, Dadar (East), Maharastra- 400031 Tel: +91 9820048686 CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Jasvinder Singh Designation: CEO Tel: +91-79-25464495, 25468192, 25464080 Fax: +91-79-25462400
The ACTUniv group has emerged as a knowledge resource enterprise over the last two decades since its inception. The company is engaged in imparting Education and Training services in Information technology, English Language and content development. Its expertise rests in its people and technology; developing products and services for IT, Technology Specialisation, Course Content, Multimedia, Animation, Digital content and Language Learning Systems. The company has been known for its non-conventional approach to skill development and is instrumental in designing and developing training curricula, training aids and content in the print and digital media for several organization including the government, corporate organization, the academia and public. The Company is committed to be a catalyst in the process of development of individuals. Understanding the core needs of the industry as well as the learner’s environment is significant in providing appropriate training programs and suitable methodologies. The beneficiaries include K-12, Undergraduates, Graduates, Career planners, Professionals, Executives and Specialists besides corporate and government organisations. Words Worth English Language Lab is based on an extensively research of India, incorporating the latest blended learning methodology, Digital content for the trainer as well as for the learner, providing ample interactive practice using technology based audiovisual tools. Words Worth English Language Labs have been widely accepted by the Academia across the country, Universities, Institutions of higher learning as well as private organisations with training centres. ACTUniv has been honoured to partner State Government initiatives to impart training to the masses. These include programs for the Government of Gujarat, Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation, CEDMAP and KELTRON.
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Digital Content development Design and development of training curricula, syllabus, implements, tools, content, Courseware, Digital software content using audiovisual elements. The content covers K-12 subjects, English Language training and Technology programmes. Words Worth, the English Language Lab is designed for improve the proficiency in English language and is available for Schools, Colleges and adult learning. Papyrus is another product specially designed offering multilingual facility. Words Worth English Language Training Words Worth is a truly Digital English language Lab, designed for the Indian learner. It uses the blended learning approach with digital content for both, the teacher and the learner. The Junior product is specially designed to complement school curricula while the Senior is designed for colleges and higher institutions. Packed with interactive audiovisual elements, the progressive learning levels cover periodic assessment and self paced learning. The programmes are based on the ALTE/CEFR framework leading to International language Certification administered by International Certification bodies such as Pearson and University of Cambridge.
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Trained the largest number of students of SCOPE (Govt of Guj) Training partner to implelent English Language Training to RKCL Tie-up with University of Cambridge to provide certification examinantion Tie-up with PEARSON to provide certification examinantion Training partner with CEDMAP to implelent English Language Training in MP Training partner with KELTRON to implelent English Language Training
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Online Examinations
The Way Forward SHEENA JOSEPH
The online examination system is rendered attractive to both students and the faculty due to the decrease in the paper-work time involved and the added benefit of receiving immediate feedback. Online examinations bring about a reduction in costs and improve efficiency and quality of the correction process. Due to an increase in the number of students and exams, many higher education institutions are considering a shift from paper based examinations to electronic computer based environment. With the number of academic and competitive examinations on the rise, the level of interest for adopting online examination process has been high among many university administrators. Online or electronic examinations are still at a nascent stage for the Indian Universities. It would involve bringing about gradual but considerable changes in the educational examination traditions. A long term system, that will also be sustainable and efficient, will be based upon surmounting the barriers that exist in the form of infrastructure, technical support and methodology adopted. Some of the necessary steps include provision of adequate PC pool,
procuring relevant software, meaningfully integrating with the curriculum and proper implementation of examination regulations. WHAT STAKEHOLDERS SAY According to Dr R P Singh, Vice Chancellor, Sharda University, “Online examinations are the future of the examination process in India. The entire education system in this country is based on exams and if we talk about educational reforms, it must necessarily also entail a reform of the examination system. The transition must therefore begin with the examination process itself, because
STUDY REPORT Examinations and the Role of Technology: Emerging Directions, an initiative by MeritTrac, a research report published by EDGE-Value Notes, has given positive feedback on the online examination trends. According to the survey covering over 75 university VCs/Registrars/Controllers • of Examination (CoE) and 400-odd students across the country , 70% of all VCs/Registrars/CoEs indicated that they are considering introducing online examinations and 68% of these respondents indicated that they will do this in the next 6-36 months. 69% of all students, particularly those from Tier III cities, felt that universities that conduct online exams are more technically advanced. The top three priorities in exam management are faster results, greater • transparency, and student authentication/higher security. Respondents said these will have the most impact on their decision to go online. The study also includes a student perception survey – covering 400 students across several Tier I, II & III cities, to understand how students feel about online exams. The survey indicates that students too are positively inclined towards online examinations, despite concerns being raised by skeptics. It is also notable to observe that students in the Tier III cities were more positive about such exams.
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if we change the assessment process in the education system, the change will be reflected in the entire structure. Online examinations, as it is perceived today, is mostly related to multiple choice questions. But it is not necessarily so. Several online examination processes also provide scope for subjective assessments as well.” In terms of psychological barriers, he says, “Most of us who use technology would also be open to technology based reforms, However, for those who are not too tech savvy, the prospect of online examinations may look adverse. However, I must say that these fears have to be dispelled. Technology has to be embraced in the education process and it has to begin with the examination process.” According to Dr Sarabjit Singh, Principal, Apeejay College of Engineering, “The entire learning and teaching process requires that what we learn also has to be tested for outcomes. Assessment of the learning process is therefore crucial. Quality of imparting test is important in order to ascertain the advantages and limitations of the education system. Specifically for MBA and Engineering courses, what we teach has to be objective, measurable and achievable. For any new assessment system, teachers also need to be trained to make question banks and also address the intricacies of the online examination system. Infrastructure and technology enablement are the primary requirements that educational institutes would have
STUDY REPORT In a study of German Universities that have adopted online system of examinations, it was observed that the standardised examination administration process is being supported by the Internetbased examination and course management systems. According to the study, some of the potential obstacles related to the transfer of examination procedures from a paper and pencil scenario into a computer-based environment were: Organisation of on-screen • examination settings: planning of simultaneous and of delayed exams, room planning with regard to PC pools and the number of available PC workstations, instruction of staff, establishing test centres, etc. Conceptual design and • methodology of exams: design of examinations and planning of the exam process (generation of test item pools, designing exams along available question types, securing consistent levels of difficulty, etc.), computerbased preparation of the examination (conception and carrying out of practice exams and tests for the purpose of exercising, etc.) Examination technology • and tools: guaranteeing an interference-free and fraudprotected examination process, considering test tool-based intolerance against orthographic or other minor mistakes in the automatic exam correction process, etc. Judicial requirements: setting • up reliable authorisation procedures, guaranteeing a perennial verifiability of results, adding the new exam forms to formal curriculum and exams regulations, etc.
to look into for new initiatives such as these.” Significant reorganisation is required for any move towards an online system. This includes familiarising the lecturers, students, IT support staff, administrative staff and examiners about the changes
What are the opportunities and potential benefits of online examinations for Universities across India? 13 million students, 21,000 colleges, 425+ Universities and 200 million exams - and less than 0.5 million exams using technology in some form or the other! These sets of statistics sums up the opportunities and the crying need to introduce automation in one of the most visible processes of the education system – Examinations. Technology impacts two critical aspects of Madan Padaki examinations – efficiency and effectiveness. Efficiency is Co- Founder and CEO, MeritTrac Services Pvt Ltd about doing thing right – operational issues like security of test forms, ease of administration of exams, accuracy of evaluation and speed of announcing results are all efficiency benefits that accrue by using technology. Effectiveness is to do with doing the right things – examinations are about measuring learning outcomes accurately and consistently. We have been using proxies for measuring such outcomes in the forms of tests, using subjective and objective type of questions. Are there better methods to measure such outcomes which are more real-time? Technology plays a vital role in designing assessments that use simulations, serious games, role-plays, etc as critical indicators of learning outcomes. Therefore, the potential benefits of embracing technology for our examinations processes are immense! Do you think that the users including administrators, faculty and students are trained to be using the online examination process? There are two levels of awareness that needs to be created amongst the stakeholders- viz. administrators, faculty and students. The first level of awareness is about the application of technology itself, the benefits that is brings and creating a positive mind-set for adopting technology. This is a critical first-step for increasing the usage of technology for examinations. Then comes the second level of awareness in using the technology itself. This is an easier issue to address as most of the testing systems are designed from a perspective of simple user interfaces and workflows. Especially for a population that is fairly tech savvy, getting them acclimatised on the online examination systems is relatively easy. What are your suggestions to University administrators interested in introducing online examination process? As a transition towards introducing online examination process, we see the following discrete steps that would help Universities achieve this objective: Step 1: Begin by automating parts of the entire paper-pencil exam process. We have typically seen application processing for entrance exams or registration process for end-term exams being taken online. Today there are services/products available that automate the authentication process using biometrics, applications that automate the question bank management within Universities, etc. Step 2: Expose your examinations team and the institution administration team to various technology options that are available in the market. This could be participating in online testing conferences/seminars, organising demos to your teams from various service providers, etc. Step 3: Identify a smaller exam as a pilot run for online exams and engage with an partner to deliver this pilot online. This will give you an clear insight into the processes that you need to manage an online exam and will also boost the confidence of the team for having successfully delivered an online exam Step 4: Plan out a roadmap for migrating all of your exam processes online. In creating such a roadmap, one has to consider the ground realities in the speed of transition, the costs involved and the expertise required for this migration.
in the workflow. The need of the hour is a smooth operation of the examination process. This would involve a tougher interconnection of IT infrastructures, and in particular, a flexible data exchange between campus management systems,
learning management systems, and examination tools. To add to it, significant foresight is required to inculcate the cultural change related with the execution of new administration workflows and to deal with substantial reorganisation processes. \\ digital LEARNING
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COMPANY NAME Mind shaper Technologies Pvt. Ltd. MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Rohit Pande Director: Sameer Buti HEAD OFFICE A-1, II Floor , Naraina Industrial Area, Phase - 1, New Delhi - 110028 Web: www.classteacher.com
Classteacher Learning Systems (www.classteacher.com), founded by Rohit Pande and Sameer Buti, alumni of IIT / IIM, is a decade old leading education company working with more than 500 schools and about one million students and providing consulting and innovative technology solutions in the area of school education. The company is headquartered in Delhi and has operations in AP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, UP, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal,Uttaranchal , Himanchal Pradesh and north east. It uses technology as an enabler along with professional development of teachers, to improve learning outcomes of students. Classteacher Solutions works at three levels for schools – • Teachers use technology for teaching students (delivery of lessons) and personal productivity. • Teachers assess students through continuous,comprehensive and personalized evaluation. • Students continue the process of learning during and after the school. It uses technology as an enabler along with professional development of teachers, to improve learning outcomes of students. Over the last decade, the company has worked with over 500 schools across India, some of the key ones are Bombay Scottish School, DPS, DAV, Center Point School, Father Agnel, Vikas, TVS School, Zenith School, KR Mangalam World School, Lady Andal, CMS, and GD Goenka.
PRODUCT DETAILS Digital Interactive classrooms It includes “state of art’ facilities used for enabling the process of teaching and learning in the classrooms using interactive white boards and digital lessons for preK-12 . Assesment center, Hand held assessment. To enable continuous assessment of learners with detailed feedback and reporting for students and teachers designed according to CCE. SAP (Skill Assessment Program) It is a unique skill test that adopts to the students ability and are conducted in schools to evaluate the conceptual understanding,critical thinking of students. Digital Lab solutions Math Lab is an electronic lab that allows improved conceptualization through experiential learning. Digital Science Lab revolutionizes a conventional Lab into a state of the art science lab with true -to-life experiences . Language Lab enables students to use a language flaw lessly and effectively. Virtual Learning Environment VLE takes up from where a teacher leaves the classroom. It is a web based learning environment, where-in a student is able to test her understanding of concepts, clarify concepts and seek support where needed. Moreover, the feedback and reports available to teachers helps in guiding the student to next steps, making the whole process of learning a very personalised one. Iperform Iperform is a self learning solutions for students and a web based service that provides the unique oportunity for students to connect from anywhere and at anytime for individualised learning.
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Classteacher Learning has innovated key patent pending technologies for classroom teaching and student learning. The company offers a unique research based methodology to its partner schools.
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COMPANY NAME Agile Learning Private Limited MANAGEMENT TEAM Chief Executive Officer: Ravi Putta Head of Technology/IT: Chetan Babu
The Agile Learning Company is a pre–eminent provider of ICT solutions and Training to the public sector. The company has been recognised by entities such as UNDP as having developed the most innovative ICT solutions for the public sector. Agile Learning has been selected by various ministries and partners to provide training in the usage of ICT in an educational context in over a dozen countries.
HEAD OFFICE 209 Prajay Corporate House, Chikoti Gardens, Begumpet, Hyderabad -16 Fax: +91-40-66919429 Web: www.agilelearning.com
Agile has been recognised by entities such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for having developed “the most innovative and comprehensive technology applications” for their projects. Microsoft selected Agile’s educational administration and management solution as a “Best Practice ICT Solution for Governments” in 2008. In its most recent business opportunity, Agile has just been selected to replace the UNESCO Education Management Information System that is currently being used in Uganda. The UNESCO EMIS has historically been a solution that is used in many ‘developing world’ countries.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Technical collaborations: Microsoft CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Sreenivas Indra Designation: Manager - Operations Tel: +91-40-66207462 Fax: +91-40-66319429
Agile’s Team Agile’s technology team has significant experience in developing Management Information Systems. In addition, Agile’s team has expertise in developing GIS, Tracking Systems, Web portals, and applications with embedded mobile, cell-phone and SMS technologies. Members of the company’s team have been responsible for the management of the development of e-Learning solutions for organisations such as Microsoft’s MSN education portal in India, and other eLearning solutions for companies such as Coca Cola.
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Education Management Information System (EMIS) This software system electronically links all information (academic, educational, demographic & compliance) from all schools to the Ministry of Education Offices. This system aggregates student staff information, school building programmes; Integrates curriculum programmes and academic assessment in real time. It informs strategic planning, assessment, analysis, evaluation, budgeting and the provision of reporting. SMS EXAM Results Publication SMS Results Publication System which enables examination authorities to provide all registered students with the results of their National examinations.This enables ease of access of information for the students as well as parents to get results. The results are published on a server which can be accessed by sending an SMS to the pre specified mobile number and the results are returned as SMS. This system provides a means of accessing information from any part of the country with the help of a mobile phone. School Administration and Management System (SAMS) The Agile SAMS and Agile SAMS Central solutions offer schools and Ministries of education an integrated monitoring and evaluation system for all program activities. The Agile SAMS is the administration and Management system for individual schools. Agile SAMS contains integrated modules which permit M & E on all programs at the schools .The modules in this are Student Information, Staff Information, Time Table Management, Curriculum and Assessment Modules, Attendance, Professional development and Teacher training, Payroll and Finance, Library Management, Resources and Physical Infrastructure and many more.
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COMPANY NAME Innovative Education Concepts MANAGEMENT TEAM Founders: Sudarshan Borker & Puja Sharma HEAD OFFICE Parsn Paradise, GN Chetty Road, T Nagar, Chennai Pin: 600017 Tel: 044-32999756 Web: www.ieconcepts.in MAJOR REGIONAL OFFICES (INDIA) RK Plaza, CMH Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, Pin: 560038 CONTACT PERSON FOR CLARIFICATIONS Sudarshan Borker Designation: Business Strategy
We are a new initiative in education, with ideas to spearhead the change in education in India. We aim to be well recognised in the education field for the quality of services and training provided by us to various schools across India. Our objective is to be a part of the change in the education trend in India. We work with Schools to provide low cost IT solutions to set up Interactive learning centers for Language Labs, Math Lab, other applications and Smart Class solution. We help improve teacher’s teaching skills and develop new innovative educational products which will help in changing the current education trend we have been following for years. We conduct special summer/ weekend training courses and seminars for Principals/Teachers to enable them stay abreast with new practices evolving in education and teaching methodologies and make schools aware of ICT in education. Our Seminars/Workshops on different subjects for teachers enable them implement interactive and interesting teaching techniques in the classrooms, so as to help children focus better and be more involved in day to day activities. We work with renowned educationists and consultants so as to develop, market and promote new innovative educational products and services to educational institutes. We also host a free online Forum for schools to come together on a common platform to discuss and brainstorm various issues faced in education, discuss certain topics and teaching methodolgies. Our objective of the IE Forum is to bring schools together to interact with each other and to share their experience with other school teachers and also recognise the teachers for their work and appreciate new and innovative initiatives in teaching.
PRODUCT DETAILS NxtPC It is a virtual computing device which replaces the old CPU and provides access to multiple users to the applications maintained in the server, thus reducing investment cost by 75% compared to CPU installations. These units have no movings parts or internal Hard disk as the data is stored on the server and the access to certain applications can be restricted to the users. In long run there are no updates or system replacement to be made, the server is the only hardware which needs to be updated. EduClass – Smart Class Solution with Video Conference A low cost Smart Class solution which features a device installed in every class room. The device is connected to the main server which is loaded with education content. The teachers can access relevant content stored subject wise on the server which is projected on the digital white boards or Interactive displays in the classroom. Our solution also features video conferencing thus enabling children in every class to interact with children in other classes and also with children in other schools.
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Innovative Educational Products We assist school to develop new course materials such as textbooks, workbooks, interactive teaching aids and other educational products. Inputs from schools are discussed to improvise on the existing material available to the schools. With our IT partners and application providers we develop innovative tools such as school management software, teaching aids and products which enable easy and enhanced functioning of the educational institute. Our aim is to reduce the burden on teachers and school management by helping them decide and evaluate for themselves on the best suited curriculum, content for textbooks, IT solutions and other necessities of a classroom. We ensure that the choices made are not only more effective but also affordable. Teacher Training We formulate teacher training for schools as per the current requirements to improve the teaching capabilities, class room processes, student management, general educational terminology and improvement of teacher communication skills with students and parents.
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This section provides a compilations of companies in education technology solutions. Major sub heads include: CAMPUS/SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | LANGUAGE LABORATORIES | SCIENCE LABORATORIES | EDUCATION ICT EQUIPMENTS | TRAINING SOFTWARE | OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING | ONLINE TEST PREPARATION | ONLINE PORTAL | EDUCATION CONSULTANCY | WEB DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY | SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TESTING | DIGITAL LIBRARIES | EDUCATION TRAINING EQUIPMENTS | ONLINE ASSESSMENT TOOLS | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS | PUBLISHERS | PRINTERS | OTHERS
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LISTING OF COMPANIES 24x7 Learning No. 20, Annaswamy Mudaliar Road, Ulsoor Lakefront, Bangalore- 560042, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 4069 9100 Fax: 080- 2555 1041 Email: contactus@24x7learning.com Website: www.24x7learning.com Products: Intellectual Infrastructure Partner; Training Software Providers; Information Technology Services 3i Infotech Consumer Services Ltd. #56, 3rd Floor, Sai Arcade, Outer Ring Road, Devarabeesanahalli, Bangalore- 560036, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 67821616 Fax: 080- 67175306 Email: info@e-mudhra.com Website: www.e-mudhra.com Products: e-Mudhra Digital Signature Certificates, Online Banking, eCommerce, eTender, eProcurement, eGovernance, Electronic Clearing Services (ECS) mandate, Online trading A & T Network Systems Pvt Ltd Plot No: 774, Ist North Cross Street, Anna Nagar, Madurai- 625 020, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 0452- 4392222 Fax :0452- 4210890 Email: ashwin@atnetindia.net Website: www.atnetindia.net Abacus Infotech 201,Shreenathkrupa No.2, 2nd Floor, Opp. Swagat Hall, Kasturba Cross Road No.5, Borivali (E), Mumbai- 400066, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022-65263486 Fax: 022-28615576 Email: jatin@abacusinfotech.net Website: www.abacusinfotech.net Products: School/College ERP Software, RFID Solution for School/ College, Security Solution for School/ College Actuniv Group 204, Silicon Tower, Nr. Law Garden, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad- 380009, Gujarat, India Tel: 079- 26468536 Email: jasvinders@actuniv.com Website: www.wordworthelt.com Products: Words Worth Digital Language Labs for School and Colleges ADC Krone 10 C 2nd Phase Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, Karnataka Tel: 080- 28396101 Fax: 080- 28396104
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Email: sony.bhandwalkar@adckrone. com Website: www.adckrone.com/in Products: ICT Equipments Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd. I-1A, Sector 25A, Noida- 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: 0120- 2444711 Fax: 0120- 4333427 Email: jbhadaur@adobe.com Website: www.adobe.com/education Products: Adobe Creative Suite Software, eLearning Solutions, Student Editions, Adobe Curriculum and Certification
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Agile Learning Pvt. Ltd. 209 Prajay Corporate House, Chikoti Gardens, Begumpet, Hyderabad110016, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: 040-66207462 Fax: 040-66919429 Website: www.agilelearning.com AIETS.com Pvt. Ltd. B-32, Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar, Delhi- 110017, India Tel: 011-26691021 Email: aiets@rediffmail.com Web: aiets.co.in Products : Content Development for K-12 &Competitive Exams Aims Digital Services Pvt. Ltd. 76/31, Shanti Sheela Society, Off Law College Road, Erandwane, Pune- 411004, Maharashtra, India Tel: 020- 25452041 Fax: 020- 25452041 Email: sachinkulkarni@aimsdigital.com Website: www.aimsdigital.com Products: eLearning Content Development, eLearning Solutions, Web Design & Development, Communication Design AISECT SCOPE Campus, NH - 12, Near Misrod, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal- 462026, Madhya Pradesh, India Tel: 0755- 2499657 Fax: 0755- 2429096 Email: aisect_bpl@sancharnet.in Website: www.aisect.org Products: Education and Training Services Almoe Digital Solution Pvt. Ltd. S-705, Manipal Centre, # 47, Dickenson Road, Bangalore- 560 042, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 4045 8686 Fax: 080- 40458687
Email: rajiv@almoe.com Website: www.almoe.co.in Products: Digital Interactive Classroom Solution, Learner Response System, Interactive Tools, A/V Solution. Almoe Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd. S-705, Manipal Centre, #47, Dickenson Road, Bangalore- 560042, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 4045 8686 Fax: 080- 4045 8687 Website: www.almoe.com Products: Education ICT Equipments Alvari Systems Pvt. Ltd. Y-6 , Block EP, Sector 5, Salt Lake, Kolkata- 700106, West Bengal, India Tel: 09830058313 Fax 033-23577656 Email: alka.rao@alvarisys.com Website: www.alvarisys.com Products: ICT Training and Applications for Human Development Aptech Ltd. A- 65, Aptech House, Near Hotel Tunga International, M.I.D.C., Andheri East, Mumbai- 400 093, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 28272300 Fax: 022- 28272399 Email: gopalk@aptech.ac.in Website: www.aptech-worldwide.com Products: Training Solutions for Enterprises – IT Training, Soft Skills, Customer Interface Training
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Email: help@iken.in Website: www.iken.in Products: Iken Interactive System, Iken Books, Iken Virtual School, Iken Library
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BA Systems India Pvt. Ltd. # 562/640, Janardhan Towers 2nd Floor,Bannerghatta Road, Bilekahalli, Bangalore-560076, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 41109735 Fax: 080- 41107596 Email: jaga@ba-sys.com Website: www.ba-sys.com Products: ICT Equipments BarrierBreak Technologies 102, Highway Commercial Complex, I B Patel Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai- 400063, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 26860485 Website: www.barrierbreak.com
Arteria Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Unit 11,1st floor, Innovator, ITPL, Whitefield, Bangalore-560066, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 42423800 Fax: 080- 41473470 Email: sales@arteriatech.com Website: www.arteriatech.com Products: ICT Equipments Atom Technologies Ltd. Boston House-3rd Floor, Suren Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai- 400093, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 67099017 Fax: 022- 67099769 Email: rahul.tandon@atomtech.in Website: www.atomtech.in Products: ICT Equipments Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 209 Garfa Main Road, Kolkata- 700 078, West Bengal, India Tel: 033- 24186214 Fax: 033- 24186214 Email: enq@aunwesha.com Website: www.aunwesha.com Products: e-Learning LMS education ERP Axiom Education Pvt. Ltd. 512 Midas, Sahar Plaza, J.B. Nagar, Andheri 9E), Mumbai- 400059, Maharashtra, India Tel: 09223224044 78
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Bookccurry E Services F-37, Phase 1, Ashok Vihar, Delhi- 110052, India Tel: 011- 45065675 Email: bookcurry@gmail.com Website: www.bookcurry.com Products: Online Books C&S System Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Dorr-Oliver House Annex, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai- 400099, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 40014848 Fax: 022- 40014800 Email: info@cnssystech.com Website: www.cnssystech.com Products: Learning Management System (LMS), Virtual Classroom, Smart Campus Solutions, Custom & Off-theShelf Contents, Content Development Tools C2 Workshop Twins Chambers 824 P. H. Road, Kilpauk, Chennai- 600010, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 9840063558 Fax: 044-42047675 Email: contact@c2workshop.com Website: www.c2workshop.com Products: Custom e-Learning Solutions C3 Xperts # 2 Manasvee Apartments, 37/21 86th Street, 18th Avenu,e Ashok Nagar, Chennai – 600083, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 044- 32551337 Fax: 044- 4202 9787 Email: manoj@c3xperts.com Website: www.c3xperts.com
Catura Systems TF-301B, Spanish Court, Block-C1, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana122017, India Tel: 0124- 4240375 Email: info@caturasystems.com Website: www.topchalks.com Products: Digital Library, Learning Centre, Online CDs and DVDs CCS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. G-261, Panampilly Nagar, Cochin, Kerala, India Tel: 0484- 4010350 Fax: 0484- 2320353 Email: busdev@ccstechnologies.in Website: www.ccstechnologies.in Products: ICT Equipments Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Sector 7, Rain Tree Marg, Nr Kharghar Station, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400614, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 27565303 Fax: 022- 2756 0004 Email: sasi@cdacmumbai.in Website: www.cdacmumbai.in Products: Online testing, descriptive examination, automated response management, instruction design Cisco Systems, Inc. 7th Floor, Birla Tower, East Wing 25, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110001, Delhi, India Tel: 011- 42611000 Fax: 011- 23766126 Email: nitmathu@cisco.com Website: www.cisco.com/in Products: Networking Gears Chalkpad Technologies Pvt. Ltd SCO 160-161, Second Floor, Sec – 9C, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh- 160017, India Tel: 0172- 4372056 Email: kabir@chalkpad.in Website: www.chalkpad.in Products: Smart Web based Education ERP solution Clarity India Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 1-F, Lakshmi Bhawan, 609, Mount Road, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 044- 28298693 Fax: 044- 28292065 Email: contact@clarityindialearning.com Website: www.clarityindialearning.com Products: Clarity English Language
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Labs, We Play, Learning Mates, Polydron, Playbase Classteacher Learning Systems A1, 2nd Floor, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase 1, New Delhi, India Tel: 011- 32607282 Email: contactus@classteacher.com Website: www.classteacher.com Products: ePathshala, iPerform CMS Computers Ltd 35-A, Rear Building, 2nd Floor, Ring Road, Kilokari, New Delhi -110014, Delhi, India Tel: 011-30888392 Fax: 011-26348620 Email: priyankar_biswas@cms.com Website: www.cms.com Products: Apple Desktop and Laptops, Video Conferencing solutions, Streaming Solutions and LMS solutions. ConceptGears IT Solutions Pvt Ltd. C 622, New Friends Colony (East), New Delhi- 110025, Delhi, India Tel: 09910970048 Email: info@conceptgears.com Website: www.conceptgears.com Products: Parent Portals, eGov Platform Connoiseur Electronics Pvt. Ltd Connoiseur House, #12, 13th Main, 12th Cross, Doopanahalli, HAL 2nd Stage, Bangalore- 560008, India Tel: 080- 4115 2203 Fax: 080- 4115 2646 Email: harish@connoiseur.com Website: www.connoiseur.com Products: Information Technology Services Core Projects and Technologies Ltd. Block No.1-8, Building No.4, Sector – III, Millennium Business Park, Mahape, Navi Mumbai- 400 710, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 27784800 Fax: 022- 27782877 Email: info@coreprojectstech.com Website:www.coreprojectstech.com Products: Education end to end solutions Coromandel Infotech India Ltd. 2/4 Mount Towers I & II floor, Mount Poonamallee Road, Manapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 044- 45052222 Fax: 044- 45052211 Email: pad@c2il.com Website: www.c2il.com Products: ICT Equipments
Crestron Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. #5 CMH Road, Indira Nagar, Bangalore- 560038, Karnataka, India Tel: 080- 25215474 Fax: 080- 25287367 Email: murugan@crestronasia.com Website: www.crestronasia.com Products: Device Control, Monitoring, Asset Managements, Scheduling and Reporting - Software Tools & Equipments, AV equipment CyberLearning Pvt. Ltd. C-56/22, 3rd Floor, Sector-62 (Institutional Area), NOIDA- 20130, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: 0120- 4212999 Fax: 0120- 4212990 Email: info@cyberlearningindia.com Website: www.cyberlearningindia.com Products: Training Courses; Global certifications including Microsoft Office Specialist Certification, Microsoft Business Certification, Adobe Certified Associate Certifications and IC3 Certification DB Power Electronics Pvt. Ltd. 120/37, Ramtekdi Industrail Estate, Hadapsar,Pune, Maharashtra, India Tel: 020- 26808050 Fax: 020- 26808061 Email: sales@dbups.co.in Website: www.dbups.com Products: ICT Equipments Deeksha Systems Pvt. Ltd. Uniken House, Shrileela Plaza, Sc. No 115, Baner-Mhalunge Road, Baner, Pune- 411045, Maharashtra, India Tel: 020- 66427970 Email: kapil.khangaonkar@ deekshasystems.com Website: www.deekshasystems.com Products: Learning Management System; Video Conference Solution; Secured Browser; Digital Content Creation; Secured CD Provider Deep Channel Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Plot 88, Road 71, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500083, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: +91 9652052345 Email: info@deepchannel.biz Website: www.deepchannel.biz Products: IT Solutions Delite Infotech 149,Shukrawar Peth, Shinde Ali,Near Kelkar Museum, Pune, Maharashtra, India Tel: 020 24464852 Email: delitesales@rediffmail.com
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Website: www.deliteinfotech.in Products: ICT Equipments Designmate (I) Pvt. Ltd. Horizon, Swati Society Road, Above Reliance Fresh, Darpan Circle, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad- 380014, Gujarat, India Tel: 079- 32919601 Fax: 079- 40049601 Email: info@designmate.com Website: www.designmate.com Products: 3D Educational Software - Eureka.in Diginatives Content Solution Pvt. Ltd. 112,Udhoy Vihar, Phase-1, Gurgaon, Haryana, India Tel: 0124- 4718484 Fax: 0124- 4718448 Email: Steni.jacob@dignatives.com Website: www.diginatives.com Products: Juniors.net Digital Synthesis A-114, DDA Shed, Okhla Phase-11, New Delhi- 110020, India Tel: 011- 40523905 Email: lokeshdhawan@gmail.com Products: Education ICT Equipments Dispro Visual Technologies Ltd. 403, Ramakrishna Niwas, 247/3RT, S.R. Nagar, Hyderabad- 500038, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: 040- 23705474 Fax: 040- 23809039 digital LEARNING
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Email: contact@simplyshiksha.com Website: www.SimplyShiksha.com Products: Online Assessment, Test preparation, Online Tutoring Upside Learning Solutions Punakar Complex, Survey No-117, 1st Floor, Opposite Popular Nagar, Bangalore Pune Highway, Warje- 411052, Maharashtra, India Tel: 020- 25236050 Fax: 020- 25236059 Email: info@upsidelearning.com Website: www.upsidelearning.com Products: UpsideLMS – Learning and Training Management system, Effective classroom, and online training management UpsideAssess: Assessment System -Highly robust and scalable web-based platform for authoring and administering assessments Custom Elearning Development: Catalog Courses (off-the-shelf ) Vidyatech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. C-69, Sector – 58, Noida- 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: 0120- 4789900 Fax: 0120- 4240197 Email: info@vidyatech.biz Website: www.vidyatech.com Products: Instructional Design and Development, Technologies pertaining to Creation, Delivery, and Management of learning content. Learning 86
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Virtuosity Skill Development Corporate Office, Dwarka, 79/36, Mahatma Gandhi Road, (Nungambakkam High Road), Chennai – 600 034, Tamilnadu, India Tel: 044- 30164151 Email: contactus@virtuosity.ac Website: www.virtuosity.ac P roducts: eLearning content solutions on IT, Business, Soft skill, life skill, Digital Books, Online technical and soft skill assessment, Learning Management Systems. Vishwak Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 169, Habibullah Road, T Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 044- 42222345 Fax: 044- 42047711 Email: info@vishwak.com Website: www.vishwak.com Products: ICT Equipments Wice Net Ltd. 2203, Sovereign, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai- 400076, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 26790000 Fax: 022- 25701379 Email: ac@wicenet.com Website: www.wiceedu.org Products: Low Cost “Live Virtual Classroom Technology”; Electronic Black Board, Slide Presentation, Multimedia Audio-Video Files & MCQ tests. Winning Edge Learning (P) Ltd. SCF D 30, 3rd Floor, Ranjit Avenue,
D-Block, Amritsar- 143001, Punjab, India Tel: 0183- 5013344 Fax: 0183-5063344 Email: yogesh@winning-edge.co.in Website: www.winningedgelearning. com Products: Institution Management System, Learning Management System, Document Management System, Digital Content Development WITS Interactive Pvt. Ltd. WIPL House, 76-D, Government Industrial Estate, Charkop, Kandivali (West), Mumbai- 400067, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 65983731 Fax: 022- 28696883 Email: nirmesh.rajyaguru@witsindia.com Website: www.witsindia.com Products: Custom Content Development, Animation, Game Development, Digital Communication Solutions, Web Design and Development WWW.Elearningvoices.net. 11535, Meadow Lake, Dr. Houston, Texas 77077, U.S.A Tel: 832.419.1373 Email: gtognacci@comcast.net Website: www.elearningvoices.net Products: Voiceover / Narration for elearning, Sound Design Xpress Computers Ltd. 2A, Majestic Mansion, 380 S V P Road, Prathna Samaj, Mumbai- 400004, Maharashtra, India Tel: 022- 66122000 Fax : 022- 23872626 Website: www.xpressindia.com Email : sales@xpressindia.com Products: PCs, Server, Notebooks, Storage & Security, IT Infrastructure for Schools & Colleges Young India Films 1-F, Lakshmi Bhawan, 609, Mount Road, Chennai- 600006, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 044- 28295693 Fax: 044- 28292065 Email: youngindiafilms@airtelmail.in Website: www.youngindiafilms.in Products: Innovative Educational Products
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
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DIGITAL LIBRARIES
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WEB DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION CONSULTANCY
ONLINE PORTAL(Whiteboards)
ONLINE TEST PREPARATION
OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
TRAINING SOFTWARE
EDUCATION ICT EQUIPMENTS
SCIENCE LABORATORIES
LANGUAGE LABORATORIES
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