We Will Reach 10 Million Students By 2009 : shantanu prakash, CEO, Educomp Solutions
Educomp today works with over 7000 schools and 4 million learners worldwide. We are India
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We Want the Government to Work on Next Phase of NeGP : Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director, Government Strategy, Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd.
Jaijit Bhattacharya is responsible for the creation of the next generation of solutions for the governments, based on open standards. Bhattacharya also advises governments on e-Governance strategies. He is an e- overnance advisor to Government of Sri Lanka and has been conducting trainings for ADB institute in Tokyo on Public Expenditure Management as well as helping the World Bank develop curriculum for their e-Leadership programme.
Chattisgarh has Several Firsts to its Credit : Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary-in-charge (IT) & CEO ChiPS, Chattisgarh
Aman Kumar Singh is an Indian Revenue Services(Customs and Central Excise) Officer of 1995 batch with an Engineering Background (Regional Engineering College, Bhopal). He is presently Chief Executive Officer of Chattisgarh infotech and biotech Promotion Society CHiPS) and Secretary-in-charge (IT) of Government of Chattisgarh.
Infrastructure Is A Greater Priority Than ICT : T M Vijay Bhaskar, Secretary (Primary & Secondary Education) Government of Karnataka
There is no need for a separate ICT in School Education policy, because ICT is only one of the features of a desirable school. Hence it should be part of the larger requirement of a policy for good effective schools that provide quality education to all children in the schoolgoing age group
ICTs Cost Intensive But Save On Many Counts : Dr Achyutananda Samanta, Chancellor, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Orissa
It is one of the first institute in the country to provide a laptop to each student. Converged wireless network of KIIT make available a vast amount of intellectual resources at a student
Insurance sector to get healthier : K. C. Mishra, Director, National Insurance Academy, Pune
“IRDA expects the health insurance business to be the second-largest premium earner for insurance companies after motor insurance within the next three years”
Parity In Gender, Region, A Thing Of Past! : P ParthaSarathy, State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Government of Pondicherry
Though complete online courses of school curriculum are not available, implementing the engaged learning and integrating of technologies in curriculum transaction will definitely contribute in raising the achievement level of students. The classroom with computers and computer assisted instructions were the developments at the initial stage. Now that computers are used as tools for learner centered practice, the interactive methodology tailored to cater individual will definitely scroll up learning opportunity and there by facilitate higher order thinking and cognitive ability.
Facilitating Intelligent Information Infrastructure : Manoj Chugh, President, EMC, India and SAARC
Manoj Chugh is an industry veteran with over 25 years experience in the ICT industry. He joined EMC in 2003 and is responsible for driving EMC
Innovations – The Starting Point for Change : Prof M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSS Research Foundation
Prof Swaminathan gave India its green revolution more than three decades back. Then he gave India the
