Launch of Low Cost Access Device Aakash - The 35$ Indian Tablet PC - Official Video Coverage

Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resourced Development launched 'Aakash', a low cost access cum computing device, here today. This device was also distributed among 500 children on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion the Minister underlined that Aakash will help in eliminating digital illiteracy. For this he also emphasized the need for having high quality study content to be made accessible to students. He also called for support and partnership from all so that the device could cost further less, while praising the team which had worked towards the creation and production of this device.

Background on the Device
To ensure complete transparency and a level playing-field, the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) decided to task one of the IITs (IIT Rajasthan at Jodhpur) with the job of procuring and testing these devices based on the design and specifications that the Mission's team had finalized.

IIT Rajasthan followed an open tender process. A three-step process was followed to evaluate the bids that were received. First, a committee scanned all bids to check their eligibility based on the conditions specified in the tender. Eligible bids were then evaluated by a technical evaluation committee comprising of eminent academics and industry experts. Bids that were found technically suitable were then evaluated by a financial evaluation committee which then declared the lowest bidder. Following set government norms, a further negotiation was then held with the lowest bidder and a further discount obtained from them

It needs to be mentioned that this price does not include any subsidy from the Government and is a price that has been arrived at following a commercial tender process. The Government will also be providing price subsidy to the students on the price indicated in the earlier paragraph. The device will be distributed to students through the institutions at which they are studying.




To achieve this, the team of experts working on this project would be broad-based. The production capacities of Indian manufacturers would also have to be substantially expanded to meet production requirements of a few million devices within a six-month time frame

Broadly speaking, future efforts will move in two directions -- to achieve the same functionality at a lower cost and to achieve added capabilities at the same cost

MHRD invites collaboration, ideas and inventions from the community of academics and experts and inventors to achieve the cherished goals.

Connectivity:
It is expected that 416 Universities and 20,000 colleges all over India will be connected under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT). The Mission pays for fiber connectivity for each University to connect to the nearest NKN node. The Mission has placed a consolidated order for connecting all Universities and Colleges to BSNL and about 80% of the Universities and Colleges have been connected already

Content Creation
The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) has proposed 18 different line items for content creation. All content that is created under this Mission needs to meet the following criteria:
It should be related to education delivery.
It should involve faculty from different institutions
All IP (Intellectual Property) created under projects funded by this Mission will vest with MHRD
All content should be created using open-source software.
All content created under this Mission is for open access by all and cannot be charged for in any way
The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) was launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, in February 2009 with a budget of Rs. 4612 crore. The National Mission on Education comprises of 48 different components structured broadly around building CONTENT, enabling ACCESS and developing LOW COST ACCESS cum COMPUTING DEVICES.

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[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

let's do the math, Shall we? @36:19, it scrolls the numbers of percentages of parts from the countries involved...39%, 24%, 24%, 16%, 5%=108%!!! Amazing! A full 8% of nothing has been added! In a power point demonstration to the world, DataWind can't get the numbers to even be possible!

[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

@36:19, it begins to scroll the actual percentage numbers on the screen, it says the U.S. makes 24%, and only 16% come from India, the remaining 5% is Taiwan. Why doesn't he know the actual stats?

[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

Forget about the Same amount of parts as India actualy produced, that matches the United States parts, This is all for the kids! Yeah, billions of taxpayer dollars, Lies, horrible twisting of "Who can claim to be the maker" this is not about crushing iPad, and then censoring the internet after the big guys are gone...it's about the kids...and what they will be seeing on youtube, and the internet...the kids...we gotta censor the internet for the millions of kids now! (google owners)

[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

The same percentage of parts that come from "India" come from the U.S., but somehow, this is an "India Innovation", not a United States Innovation...nevermind that the same amount of parts came from us, as India, this is about India's Innovation! LMFAO! WHAT A BLATENT CONSPIRACY!

[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

39% of the parts come from South Korea...The Same country as the United Nations Leader! What a coincidence! The highest amount of parts, "Made in India" tablets come from S.Korea,24% from China, 16% come from India...But wait, How can anyone claim that a product with only 16% of it's parts be "Made in India?!?!?!"

[D0N0TSUBMEASSHOLE]

@35:45 biggest lie ever.

[shivamtomar100]

THANKSSSSS SIR JI

[Maakali amar maa]

very good year