HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju launches e-content for seven undergraduate subjectsUnion HRD Minister Raju launched online courseware for seven undergraduate subjects and asked the state boards to improve quality of educat...
29 Jan, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
HRD, Prasar to enter into agreement to launch educational DTH channelsThe Human Resource Development (HRD) is set to enter into a partnership which may allow it to establish scores of educational Direct-to-Hom...
18 Dec, 2013, 09.21 PM IST
- 50 DTH educational channels coming soon
Fifty Direct-To-Home educational channels would be launched soon, which would be more interactive and different from the existing programme...
08 Oct, 2013, 08.23 PM IST
MM Pallam Raju sees silver lining in Aakash, improved version of the tablet on anvilMM Pallam Raju said, "Even if Aakash fails, others (low cost tablets from private companies) have cropped up, which is a good thing."
25 Mar, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Kapil Sibal inaugurates IIT Bombay workshop to train 10,000 teachers
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal today inaugurated the 10,000 teacher training programme conducted by IIT Bombay.
25 Jun, 2012, 06.38 PM IST
Aakash gets Rs 765 crore in Budget 2012Aakash has been allocated about Rs 765 cr in Budget 2012, which is likely to trigger the IInd phase of the project expected to begin in Apr...
23 Mar, 2012, 08.43 PM IST
- Govt to take away Aakash deal from IIT-Rajasthan
Govt has decided to take future tendering and procurement for Aakash2 tablets from IIT Rajasthan, and hand it over to public sector underta...
02 Feb, 2012, 02.47 AM IST
- Department of Information Technology to handle tendering process for 'Aakash' rollout
The tendering process for rolling out the improved version of the world's cheapest tablet PC, Aakash, will be handled by the Department of ...
01 Feb, 2012, 05.33 PM IST
Aakash tablet: Mumbai University recieves 25k bookingsThe University of Mumbai has so far received around 25,000 requests for the low-cost computing device Aakash tablets.
28 Jan, 2012, 03.46 PM IST
Datawind to push for 'Made in India' Aakash tablet in next tenderDatawind said that it will request the HRD Ministry to include 'Made in India' clause in the proposed tender for the low-priced device.
22 Jan, 2012, 03.47 PM IST
Govt to bring out upgraded low-cost tablet Aakash-II in AprilAmid complaints with regard to the quality of the low-cost 'Aakash' tablet PC, the govt said it is hopeful of bringing out an upgraded vers...
16 Jan, 2012, 11.04 PM IST
22 crore Aakash tablets required to merge education with information technology: GovtThe HRD Ministry has even received requests for Aakash from America, Panama, Ecuador and other African countries.
15 Jan, 2012, 11.32 PM IST
- Datawind opposes test standard of IIT for Aakash tablet
IT device maker Datawind today said the proposed product testing criteria by IIT (Jodhpur) cannot be applied to the first version of Aakash...
15 Jan, 2012, 10.32 AM IST
- Aakash tab production cost less than $35, government buying at $49
On July 22, 2010, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had unveiled a prototype of the device and announced that it would be developed for use at aroun...
09 Oct, 2011, 06.22 PM IST
- Kozhikode BSNL to provide 1.20 lakh mobile connections
BSNL, Kozhikode, was targetting to provide 1.20 lakh mobile connections during the current financial year 2011-12, a top official of BSNL s...
10 May, 2011, 03.02 PM IST
- Virtual IITs: Top degrees a click away
After half-a-century of being an exclusive club, the Indian Institutes of Technology will finally open their gates wider.
16 May, 2010, 05.30 AM IST