Transcript Report of the Task Force on Development of North Eastern

ICT in Education
Global IT Forum
Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC
6th September, 2007
Rajeeva Ratna Shah
Member Secretary
Planning Commission
[email protected]
Scenario
Universities
268
IITs
7
Engineering Colleges
1,537
Deemed Universities
110
Schools (8-12 class)
4,26,780
Polytechnics
1,244
Agriculture
274
IIMs
7
Medical Colleges
723
Educational
Institutions: Only a
small fraction
teaches ICT
Degree Colleges
18,064
Dental Colleges
240
R&D Labs
CSIR/DSIR
DST, Biotech
IMD DOS
DAE etc
New Institutions Planned
467
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Objectives - ICT and Education
Two Main Objectives
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Advanced ICT Education
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Improving Quality of Content
Increasing Capacity
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Improving Connectivity
Digital Community Building
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Objectives in Advanced ICT Education
Improve Content with respect to
Level
Breadth
Dynamism
Multidisciplinary Research
Technology Development and Transfer
Capacity Building
Faculty pool
Postgraduate Enrollment, especially PhD
Undergraduate Enrollment
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Capacity Problem
Expected shortages in 5 years
1. Faculty – 5000
2. IT Enabled Services and Business Process
Outsourcing skilled workforce – 500,000
3. High-end IT exposure is available to less
than 10% of the skilled workers
2005 NAASCOM-McKinsey study
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Initiatives in Capacity Building
467 new educational institutions planned
Major ICT Institutions
20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology
8 Indian Institutes of Technology
5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research
Others
30 Central Universities
370 colleges
7 Indian Institutes of Management
20 engineering and medical colleges
7 National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Research
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Initiatives in Content Enhancement
Plans for collaborations with top foreign
universities, e.g., UIUC
Establishing new institutions
Partnerships with existing public and private
institutions
Exchange of faculty, students
Joint research programs
Building a National Knowledge Network for
Establishing Communities for Cross-campus
Creation of Content
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A Solution for Content and Capacity
Setting up a new type of enabling institution
called IT Academy (ITA)
with four simultaneous objectives
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To be a world class center of ICT excellence
Help emerging IT institutions achieve excellence
Educate large number of PhDs
Focus on preparing potential faculty
Implementation expected to begin in late 2007
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Distance learning network
Teach from anywhere
Students
PG Scholars
Short term UG Scholars
Local
Curricula
Partner
Institution
Faculty from
Abroad and India
Permanent or visiting
Faculty QIP
(Eventual)
Contributions to ITA
enable
Research
ITA Curricula/Research
Holistic
Development &
Societal
Sensitivity
Lab Setups
ITA Faculty
Recruitment/Visiting
Students
UG/PG
IT Curriculum
New
Faculty
Recruits
Entrepreneurship
Curricula
PG Students
ITA
PG Student Teams
back for mandatory teaching
Research Teams
Distributed centers of excellence
IT ACADEMY
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National Knowledge Network
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Internet 2
GEANT
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Internet
Servers
Database Servers
Application Servers
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UNIVERSITY
Servers
Web Servers
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Servers
VPN/IP MPLS
Network
10 Gigabit GRID
Connecting
Institutions on
common
Network
School
Servers Pool
School
VPN/Firewall/ IPS
Central Data Centre
Wi-Fi Enabled Virtual Classroom
Backbone
Hosting Content &
Applications of different
disciplines
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Typical Single Campus Wide Network
CAT 6 Cable
Fiber Optic Cable (Gigabit)
Switch
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Internet
45-155 Mbps
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Web, DNS, Proxy
and LAN Servers
Switch
Existing
PBX
Router Cum RAS
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Residential
Quarters
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Central Switch
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Hostel Blocks
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Administrative Blocks
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Thank You
ICT in Education
Creation of National Knowledge Network
Connecting 10,000 educational & R&D institutions
Digital libraries
Virtual class rooms with telecommunication facilities
Technical & Skill development emphasized
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