Prof. SVS ChaudharyIndia

Number of institution’s : 1947 → 2010Colleges: 500 to 25,951 Universities: 19 to 504Students: 0.23 million to 13.60 million

Open Universities : 14 (one national & 13 state) GER : 12.4 →25 (age 18-25 years by 2020) Literacy rate 18.33% (in 1951) →72.8% (2009) Plan to set up 1500 Universities and 50,000

colleges to make HE accessible

Knowledge Rich – Resources poor country

Initiatives to become technologically literate and acquire skills to use ICT

Making inroads to rural area

End of Government monopoly : 2000 Internet users worldwide by 2013:

2:2 billion One-third of world wide internet

users Annual growth of internet is 45% 7% of population have access to

internet

POTENTIAL OF EDUSAT

• CONNECTIVITY/NETWORK

• INTERACTION

• VIRTUAL CLASSROOM/LAB./LIB.

• AUDIO-VIDEO ON DEMAND

• DATABASE ACCESS/TRANSFER

• ON-LINE ADMISSION & EXAMINATION

• RADIO NETWORKING: BROADCAST

• REPOSITORY: NATIONAL,REGIONAL,LOCAL

5 Spot Beams in Ku Band

1 National Beam in Ku Band

1 National Beam in Ext C Band (6 Channels)

Night time Loading at Receiving end

Technological PossibilitiesWebcam as

Return Link Telephone as Return Link

Talkback Channel as Return Link

Internet as Return Link

Video Conferencing

Effective Multimedia Delivery

Radio Broadcast

TV Telecast

EduSat IGNOU Studio Uplink

C/Extended C Band

INSAT

IIT StudioCEC –UGC Studio

Teacher Training Teleconferencing SCERT/DIETs Cable

E-content generation National Knowledge Network Connect academic community to the world

of knowledge Digital empowerment of academic

community Nearly 504 Universities and institutions of

national importance are connected Thousands of students exchange and

share their views for inclusive growth

ICT connectivity is mandatory for Higher Education Institutions

Schools are being equipped with computers (stand-alone and networked)

Initiative would help address the deficiency of qualified teachers, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas

Success stories of Kerala : 20000 + Classrooms of 2000 schools Orissa: 2-way video and audio interactive

communication Virtual Classroom : TTTI, NIIT University, IITs,

IISc, IIMs

India’s willingness for online learning

Educational institutions thoughlagging behind are being encouragedto adopt ICT-enabled solutions

Microsoft India: Trained 45, 000 teachers of government schools

Intel Education: trained over one million teachers

Premier public schools are being equipped with Plasma TV, internet access, multimedia, virtual classroom, etc

Educational system inertia English language domination Relevant e-content Digital divide: reach out

disadvantaged / underprivileged groups

Cont..

Mind set of administrators, teachers, students & community

Lack of research support Costs of computer, broadband &

internet services

Online a promising area: Some more time Acquisition of ICT skills by teachers and

students Emerging lifelong learning Online learning will co-exist with other

media & methods ICT network on rapid pace: Inroads to

rural India