List of Presentations held on 26th March 2011

1. National Institute of Technology, Warangal……………………………………………………… 1

2. IIT Kharagpur……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19

3. Amity University………………………………………………………………………………………………. 40

4. Virtual Labs Proposal, IIT Delhi…………………………………………………………………………. 79

5. Benchmarking of ICT modules, IIT Kanpur………………………………………………………… 135

6. CDAC, Mohali……………………………………………………………………………………………………

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E-content Generation and Delivery Management for Student Centric Learning

CONTROL NUMBER : DE- 07080910226

Dr DVLN SomayajuluProfessor & Institute Coordinator for NMEICT

National Institute of TechnologyWarangal

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Outline NMEICT activities at NIT, Warangal About Pilot Project Progress Web Site Demo E-Content Design and Delivery Demo About Detailed Project Report (DPR) Budget Details for DPR Conclusion

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On-going NMEICT activities at NITW

Pedagogy Research Project – Pilot work completed for 17 courses.

E-content design and delivery for student centric learning

Remote centre for conducting NMEICT workshops in association with IIT, Bombay

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On-going NMEICT activities at NITW

Pedagogy Research Project – Pilot work completed for 17 courses.

Regional Remote centre for conducting NMEICT workshops in association with IIT, Bombay

E-content design and delivery for student centric learning

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Workshops conducted at NITW Regional centre for conducting NMEICT

workshops in remote mode in association with IIT, Bombay - Organized One workshop in Summer

2010 and trained around 75 faculty on Computer programming and problem solving

- Organized Workshop on Database Management System and trained 65 faculty on DBMS in December 2010

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On-going NMEICT activities at NITW

Pedagogy Research Project – Pilot work completed for 17 courses.

Regional Remote centre for conducting NMEICT workshops in association with IIT, Bombay

E-content design and delivery for student centric learning

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General issuesfor student centric learning Issues How to make students participate actively

and interactively How to make students own and be

responsible for learning How to reach students with differing abilities How to promote self-evaluation How to stimulate student interest in the

subject

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General issuesfor student centric learning Issues How to make students participate actively

and interactively How to make students own and be

responsible for learning How to reach students with differing abilities How to promote self-evaluation How to stimulate student interest in the

subject

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Specific issues Students from rural background Poor basic skills esp. Comprehension Slow absorption of concepts Inability to get doubts clarified in a class

room Absence of competitive spirit Minimal understanding of evaluation

rubrics

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Action Plan (Content Development ) – used Four

Quadrant approach - Class room tested e-content - Graded Questions - Self Assessment with pre and post tests

(Delivery Mechanism)- Updatable content on the web - Web interaction for learners and peers - Also available in CD form

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Feedback used in Continual Development From Students From Faculty Academic reviewers External Monitoring committee

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Web site and Demo

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Expenditure details of pilot grant

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Lessons Learned Recording is done after incorporating the

student feedback, which effected the content qualitatively and quantitatively

the very process enthused to students to ask deeper questions and help to generate quality oriented questions

It influenced three developers in a way that changed their established way of teaching the subject

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Budget Details ( in Rs)S No

Head of A/c Approx

Budge

Actual Exp.

Committed Exp

Balance

Remarks

1 Acs 1,25,000 Nil 1,05,000 20,000 Underprocessing

2 E-content Development for 3 courses on turn key basis

14,50,000 2,85,130 11,40,520 24,350 Committed 95% workcompleted and uploaded, Bill is in progress

3 Travel for experts, coordinators, SME and others

2,50,000 1,49, 234 1,17,875 -17,109 Under processing

4 Honorarium 2,10,000 33,000 1,77,000 Nil Yet to be paid and Waiting for clearance from MHRD

5 Consumables,contingences, manpower, hospitality and misc charges

65,000 21,973 32,854 10,773

21,00,000 4,60,337 15,73,249 38,014

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Detailed Project Report (DPR) 33 courses in 8 disciplines Training of students Training of faculty from rural engg.

colleges Creation of infrastructure for e-

learning Website design and hosting for

dissemination of e-content

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Budget for DPR ( in lakhsS No Head of A/c 1st Year

(lakhs)2nd Year (lakhs)

1 CapitalEquipment

93 24

2 Manpower 78 873 Training 15 104 Travel 15 155 Contingencies

and Miscellaneous

10 05

211 141.50Grand total 352.50

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Thank You

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National Mission Project on Education through ICT

Sponsored by the MHRD, Govt. of India

A report on the pilot phase project

Developing suitable pedagogical methods

for

various classes, intellectual calibers and

research in e-learning

Anchor Institution : IIT Kharagpur

PI: Anup K RayDated 21-12-2010

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Pilot Phase Project SummarySanctioned Amount: Rs 5 Crore

Released amount: Rs 2.5 Crore

Anchor Institution : IIT Kharagpur

Participating Nodal Institutions: IITB IIT K IITG IIT RoorkeeNIT D NITW IIITB NIT Rourkela BESUS BIT Mesra BITS Pilani

P j t S20

Major Deliverable: Sample Outcomes-based Curriculum Document for B Tech Courses

Faculty participation :500+ from 50+ Institutions

Current Status: - Almost all pilot phase objectives achieved.

- Some review and editing work pending

Project Summary 2/221

Problem Statement

Teaching style is usually Intuitive, Verbal, Passiveand Sequential [http://www.ncsu.edu.felder-public>]

Strong mismatch exists between teaching and learning styles.

Outcomes-based learning near unknown concept.

Potential of ICT not utilized fully

Individual differences amongst learners are large.Problem Statement 1/122

The Vision Make engineering education system more

learner-centric

Take care of individual differences amongst learners

Ensure mastery over not only domain knowledge but also over the knowledge ,skills and attitudes needed for the 21st century

Introduce Outcomes-based learning

The Vision 1/123

Pilot Phase Project Outline Primarily meant to be a learning experience for

designing and developing outcome-based curriculum documents.

Identify, induct, motivate faculty from far and wide to participate in development and review.

Train large pool of faculty in pedagogy and outcomes-based learning concepts in short time.

Initially take up a small no. of B. Tech. courses for partial (approx 35%) development

Pilot Phase Project Outline 1/324

Curriculum document to contain: PEO and list of courses needed to match PEO.

Course & Module overviews, all Unit summaries

Course, Module and Unit level Specific Learning Objectives

Matching course, module and unit level problem /assignments (100+).

Suggested learning strategies to achieve stated learning objectives.

Pilot Phase Project Outline 2/325

Develop ICT tools to implement, monitor and coordinate project

New document to assist major shift from teacher-centric to learner-centric approach.

Could be used as a Reference Document by all stake holders in higher education.

Expected to eventually (in main phase) to combine best practices in pedagogy with appropriate e-learning tools to take care of individual differences amongst learners of various classes and intellectual calibers.

Pilot Phase Project Outline 3/326

DPR Objectives and StatusGenerate a report covering review of recent

researches, developments ….Research reports have been uploaded on the project site http://pedagogy.iitkgp.ernet.in/

Expose a large number of faculty members drawn from various institutions across the country to good teaching-learning practices….. Workshops Participation Total Training13 across 475 Faculty 518 man-dayscountry

DPR Objectives and Status 1/827

Build up necessary Expertise, Infrastructure, and Appropriate Curriculum Development Methodology including ….

Expertise (Status From a near zero base, significant expertise in

developing and managing complex and large scale outcome based learning projects has now been built up in several Institutions.

475 faculty members have been trained in pedagogic principles and curriculum design.

DPR Objectives and Status 2/828

Infrastructure (Status)

Initial proposal of establishing Videoconferencing Facilities abandoned due to lack of adequate connectivity till Sept. 2009.

Change of plan reported in July, 2009 meeting of PIs held at IGNOU.

Scope of actual curriculum development activity (intellectual component) increased many folds utilizing non recurring funds saved by dropping VC facility

All H/W & S/W required for pilot phase procured / designed / developed. DPR Objectives and Status 3/8

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Curriculum Development Methodology (Status)

Project Brief for Course Reviewers and Course

Developers posted on the project website

http://pedagogy.iitkgp.ernet.in/ under DOWNLOADS.

The relevant document includes

Guidelines to curriculum team

Suggested curriculum design procedure

DPR Objectives and Status 4/8

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Activity list for course developers including estimation of time requirement

Pedagogic Background Material

Responsibilities of the Reviewer

A second important related document uploaded in the website is Terms of Reference and other details under DOWNLOADS.

DPR Objectives and Status 5/8

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Develop sample subsets of curricula for a selected list of B Tech level courses …..

Almost all the targets have been met.

Nearly 500 faculty members from 35 institutions participated in developing, reviewing and coordinating pilot phase project activities.

Around 121 courses shortlisted from around 170 courses initially proposed.

15 courses dropped at early stage for lack of progress. DPR Objectives and Status 6/832

5-6 courses need additional work to reach specified quality standards.

Curriculum of around 100 courses nearly completed to the levels specified.

Review process proving to be most difficult task.

Process of review and incorporation of resulting changes continuing.

Certain amount of editorial work needed to be taken up in future. DPR Objectives and Status 7/8

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Develop sample set of ICT tools to increase efficiency……..

A sophisticated platform independent web tool designed and developed

In addition to acting as the project website, allows development, review, progress monitoring of the entire project.

Several other functionalities are proposed to be added in future.

DPR Objectives and Status 8/834

DPR Deliverables and Status

First Research Review Report – after 6 months Completed and uploaded on project site

http://www.pedagogy@iitkgp.ernet.in

Identification of all team members and allocation ofassignments -3 months Completed and uploaded on project site

Please login to the site using your password and click on All users

DPR Deliverables and Status 1/335

Conduct 20 workshops/seminars across India - 6 month

Conducted 13 workshops/seminars across India without the VC facility

Establish major core hardware and software facilities - 6 months Excepting VC facility, all required H/W & S/W

installed.

Develop first theoretical framework - 4 months Completed and uploaded on project site

DPR Deliverables and Status 2/8

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Formulate tentative online development and review process -4-6 months

Completed and uploaded on project site.Please see DOWNLOAD section

DPR Deliverables and Status 3/3

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Course Development Activity.Outcome based curriculum documents for 106

core departmental courses in 10 disciplines (each 40X1 hr duration) taken up for partial

development, out of 170 EOI received. Please see website for samples.

• Development Team: 2-3 faculty members• Estimated Dev. time/course = 300hrs (pilot)• Estimated Dev. time/complete course=800hrs• Review Team: 2 experts from a panel of 5• No of Development Team Members = 310+• No of Review Team Members = 242• No of Coordinators = 23• Estimated Faculty time required = 45000 hrs +

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Consequences of Target Revision

1. Many fold increase in work volume

2. Nature changed from mostly infrastructure setting up to mostly R&D in Pedagogy requiring mostly intellectual input.

3. Honorarium component of budget needs to be increased to around 75% of budget.

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E-content Development of Open Educational Resources (OER) of Skill

Oriented courses for IT & ITeS Industry

National Mission of Education through -ICT

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Agenda

• Introduction to AMITY University• Amity projects currently running : PAN Africa

e-Network Project• ACEL: Amity Resources for ICT projects• Proposed Pilot Project• Queries

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Facts about Amity UniversityTODAY ---------

• 85,000 Students, over 200 Institutions & 140 Programs• 4 Universities, 7 Schools, 4 Playschools.• Overseas campuses at UK, USA & Singapore, full flegded University at Mauritius.• AGBS Campuses across India and in all Metros.• Over 1000 acres of campuses and over 4.1 million sq ft. of built-up area• 3500 eminent, experienced, distinguished Faculty, Management Members &

Staff• Over 100 State-of-Art Labs in various areas of S & T• 5000 on - Campus Hostel Accommodation• Strong values and ethics• Grandparent and Grandchild• Wide spread international links• Constantly evolving curriculum• Extensive corporate interaction leading to excellent placements

and Growing 43

Amity is currently a leading education provider in India. Amity University, Uttar Pradesh (AUUP), India, is a private University established under State Legislature. AMITY is the single largest private university in India, recognized by Govt. of India, and we have excelled in the education arena continuously for the last 15 years.

AUUP and a host of other educational institutions function under the umbrella of the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF) founded in 1986 by Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, an educationist, entrepreneur and a visionary. "Our mission at Amity is that every student becomes a success story", says Dr. Chauhan

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Amity University, Uttar Prades

Amity University, Haryana

Amity University

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Amity University

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Amity Campuses, India

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Amity Campuses, Abroad

San Francisco Campus New York Campus

Singapore Campus London Campus48

Why AMITY University of NME-ICT project

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Pan Africa E-network Project

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Tele-Education Set-up in 5 Indian Universities (Selected by MEA) viz.

1. Amity University, Noida 2. IGNOU, New Delhi 3. BITS, Pilani; 4. University of Delhi 5. University of Madras

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Programs Offered under the Project List

• MBA in International Business- 2yrs• Master in Finance and Control- 2yrs• Bachelor of Finance and Investment Analysis-3yrs• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology-3yrs• Post Graduate Diploma in Information technology-1 yr• Diploma in Information Technology-6 months• Diploma in Business Management- 6 months

• BBA in French Language- 3 yrs• Diploma in French Language- 1 yr.

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Country MBA (IB) MFC BSc. (IT) BFIA PGDIT/DIT BBA (Fr) DBM PGD (Fr) TotalUganda

265 176 569 168 68 0 0 01246

Botswana32 36 59 61 0 0 0 0

188

Rwanda42 41 32 46 32 0 0 0

193

Ghana79 112 0 1 36 0 0 0

228

Malawi82 128 149 251 35 0 84 0

729

Somalia28 25 14 36 0 0 0 0

103

S. Leone76 8 52 9 0 0 4 0

149

Seychelles10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

12

Tanzania14 0 33 0 0 0 0 0

47

Gabon6 13 4 1 0 8 3 0

35

Cameroun0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0

60

Liberia0 0 162 0 38 0 0 0

200

Mauritius37 15 0 13 0 0 0 0

65

Madagascar17 2 0 0 0 9 0 0

28

Sudan5 1 19 0 0 0 0 0

25

Lesotho60 44 10 13 58 0 54 10

249

Ivory Coast21 5 6 3 5 17 5 0

62

Gambia16 2 2 7 0 0 0 0

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TOTAL790 670 1111 609 272 34 150 10

3646

Registration Status – 3646 Students (as on March 09,

2011)

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Amity Centre for E-learning ACEL

Amity Resource Centre for ICT projects

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Resources

• studio.html• newsstudioroom.html

• Computer.html

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Amity Centre for Elearning , Amity University

• Centre of Excellence in providing online education to students in INDIA and globe through virtual mode.

• Successfully running the professional courses e.g. MBA, BBA , BSc IT, PG-Diploma , Certificate courses ,Foreign Languages courses.

• Course Content can be accessed from "Anytime Anywhere".• SINGLE Login access for all workings.• Online Contact Program through Interactive Live Virtual

Classes.• Archived classes for those who missed the live classes.• Lectures by Exponent Faculty members.• Interaction with faculty and peers through email.

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Sample Lectures of the ACeL

• Prof. Debashish Chaudhury • Cmdr Rajan Bhandari

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Resources

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NME-ICT Project Proposal• Project Title• Objectives• Need & Justification of the project• Deliverables• Scaling & Extension Popularization • Review Mechanism• Budget• Cost Benefit Analysis , Social Impact• Outcome

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e-Content development for Open Educational Resources of skill Oriented courses for IT &

ITeS industry

“Accessibility: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone”

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Project Plan

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Objectives

– To increase the accessibility of educational resources to Indian people through ICT.

– To use of ICT in enhancing teaching and learning at all levels of education.

– To reach the deprived sections and rural / under-developed areas.

– To help in raising the GER in higher education by 5% in the current Five Year Plan.

– Make available the e-Content to teachers and students through various delivery modes for formal and non-formal education, for supplementing and complementing the process of teaching and learning in higher education;

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Project Description• Basis of NME-ICT vision

– Basic ICT skill required for using various other resources of NME-ICT project

• Job Oriented ICT Training resources– Training for enhancement/ up- gradation of skills through ICT– List of resources to be developed at various levels– Gap Identification in ICT skill in working population.– Skill Gap identification in IT & ITeS sector.– Alignment of the skill set with IT & ITeS industry

requirement.– Improvement in employability to convert skill based work

into decent wages.65

Deliverables

Courses

Phase I

Basic Course Courses

SLM (Self Learning Modules) Video

e-literacy Basic Computing & Internet Skills 1 10 20

Basic Office automation & File management 1 10 20

e-skill

Information & Communication Technology administration 1 20 40

Phase

II

e-skill

Office Automation Systems :Word Processing, Spread Sheet, Presentation, Databases 1 40 80

Web development & Administration 1 20 40

Multimedia : Image Editing, 2d Computer Aided Design 1 20 40

Information Systems & Security 1 20 40 Total courses 7 140 280

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E-content - format

• E-content • Interactive Web enabled Self Learning

Material• Video Lectures• Assessments through e-Portfolio Management

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Sample Syllabus

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Continued..

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Sample LMS content

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Budget

Sr. Personnel Engaged Payments to be made Aprox. No. of Modules

Total

No. Per Subject

1 Course Coordinator for a subject

3,00,000/- per subject 20 Rs.3,00,000/-

2 Subject Experts 15,000/- per module 20 Rs.3,00,000/-

4 Programme Developers 15,000/- per module 20 Rs.3,00,000/-

5 Video Productions 10,000/- 40 Rs.4,00,000/-

Per module

6 LMS & Scorm Integration Rs.200/- Aprox. 10 Topics per Module & 20

Modules

Rs.200 X 10 X 20

Per LoR Rs. 40,000/-

Total Rs. 13.4 lacs

Total amount required: =Rs. 107.87 lacs Phase I - Rs. 46.23 lacsPhase II - Rs. 61.04 lacs

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S. No. Item AmountLakhs sixmonths

Duration TotalAmount

AmountLakhs nextsix months

Duration Total Amount

Phase- I Phase –II

A Development ofAcademic Contentfor e-learning, video,LoRs

40.2 Six months 40.2 53.6 6 months 53.6

Contingency, traveltraining workshopAprox. 15%

6.03 Six months 6.03 8.04 6 months 8.04

Sub Total A 46.23 46.23 61.04 61.0472

Popularizing and extension activities and plans.

• Strategy for popularization.– We will populate this project on our official AMITY

web site to bring more traffic– Usage our social media platform e.g Facebook,

youtube, twitter etc.

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Traffic to amity Website

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Extension activities and plans

• Maintenance mechanism– We have In-house team of professionals for any

technical or academic maintenance required.

• User feedback mechanism, its execution procedure and corrective measures.– We will use our Moodle LCMS(learning & content

Management System for Feedback mechanism.

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Review Mechanism• Frequency of review

– Monthly review for project growth– End of every phase (2 cycles)

• Reviewer1. Ms. Alpana Kakkar, Dy. Dir. (Students' Affairs)

2.Ms. Archana SinghAssistant Prof.

3. Mr. S.K. JhaAssistant Prof.4. Dr. Deepak KumarAssistant Prof.5. Ms. Rajbala SimonAssistant Prof.

6. Mr. Naresh KumarAssistant Prof.

7. Ms. Shruti NagpalAssistant Prof.

8. Mr. Himanshu GuptaSr. Lecturer

9. Mr. Purushottam SharmaSr. Lecturer10. Mr. Vinod Kumar Shukla

Lecturer

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Cost Benefit Analysis/ Social Impact/ Outcome

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Thank you

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Control No. is :- RIn16100910356

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Objectives

Field Trials of the Virtual Labs developed during the Pilot Phase (ECE, Mechanical and Applied Sciences)

Field Trials of some of the Virtual Labs developed during the Main Phase (CSE vertical)

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Field Trials

PROPOSAL

ECE CSEASMECH

4.55 Crore

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Field Trial BudgetElectronics & communication

Budget (Mar 11-Mar 12)

ActivityBudget

(in Lakhs)

Manpower 54

DNC Coordination

Budget30

Travel/Local Transport 5

Publicity 2

Contingency 10

Total 101

Mechanical Engineering Budget (Mar 11-Mar 12)

ActivityBudget

(in Lakhs)

Manpower 54

DNC Coordination

Budget30

Travel/Local Transport 5

Publicity 2

Contingency 10

Total 10182

Applied Sciences Budget (Mar 11-Mar 12)

ActivityBudget

(in Lakhs)

Manpower 54

DNC Coordination

Budget30

Travel/Local

Transport5

Publicity 2

Contingency 10

Total 101

CSE Budget (Mar 11-Mar 12)

ActivityBudget

(in Lakhs)

Hardware (IIIT-H) 30

Human resources

(IIIT-H)45

Travel/Contingency

(IIIT-H)10

HR (IGNOU) 12

Capacity Building

Programs15

Services Management

Lab10

Travel and

Contingency5

Total 12783

Justification of Manpower

Manpower for Field Trials

At Site(10 Persons)

Back End Tech Support

(5 Persons)

Maintenance at Lab end

(10 Persons)

10 persons : 15000/month15 persons : 20000/monthTotal = 54 Lakhs/ year

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Justification of DNC Coordination Budget

Total Coordination Budget

30 lakhs

Workshops10 lakhs

Training15 lakhs

Nodal Coordinators Meeting5 lakhs

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Total Budget (Mar 2011 - 2012) in lakhs

Field Trials of ECE Vertical 101

Field Trials of CSE Vertical 127

Field Trials of Applied Science Vertical 101

Field Trials of Mechanical Engineering Vertical 101

Honoraria 25

Total 455

Overall Budget

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Electronics & Communications Field Trial

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Workshop28th August 2010

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Expression of Interest

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Selection of Nodal Centre AKGEC, Ghaziabad ABES, Ghaziabad HRIT, Ghaziabad GLBIT, Greater Noida ITS, Greater Noida APIIT, Panipat NCCE, Panipat M.M. University, Haryana ITM University, Haryana SITM, Rewari MRCE, Faridabad KIIT, Gurgaon BVP, Delhi BMIT, Jaipur JECRC, Jaipur SCRIET, Meerut

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Nodal Coordinators Meeting14 September 2010

Questions Raised by N.C. What support to promote VLAB at NC?- AKGEC How to motivate students to use VLAB? – HRIT Time Slot Financial support –AKGEC Help in making VLAB-BVP Training for tech support-AKGEC One VLAB/subject Physical Lab vs. VLAB General Guidelines-BVP Motivational Lectures for students-AKGEC Demo Lectures-BVP More than one nodal coordinator-NCCE Bug Reporting/Tech Support Maintenance 2 yrs – GLBIT Non Working demos/labs-BVP Time to set up VLAB What if more no of students-ITS Allotment of PG in existing labs- AKGEC Theoretical query on VLAB Steps for developing VLAB Scalability What is expected of NC Invite students for summer training Webinar

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Inauguration

AKGEC ITS GLBIT

ITM BVPABES93

Training Training of Technical Staff of Nodal Centers at the Lab

End. Providing the hands on experience and giving

technical details of Experiments.

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Press Release

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Verticals for Pilot Phase Labs for Field TrialsElectronics & Communication

Discipline Wise Labs Institute

Electronics & Communications Virtual Wireless Lab (T) IITD

Prof. Mahesh Abegaonkar email:-mpjosh@care.iitd.ernet.in

Engineering Electromagnetics Laboratory (S) IITD

Virtual Advanced Lab for Design and Test in Electronics (T)

Dayalbagh

Microelectronics and VLSI Engineering Laboratory (M/T)

IIT-KGP

Systems, communication and control laboratory for remote users (T)

IITG

Power system Lab (S) IITB

Virtual High Voltage lab (S) IIT-KGP

FPGA & Digital Desing Lab IITD

Single Board Heater System IITB

Physical Sciences – Optical Device Characterizations (T)

IITK96

MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDiscipline Wise Labs Institute

Mechanical Engineering Virtual Labs for Mechanical Vibrations (M) IITG

Prof. C.S Kumar email: kumar@mech.iitkgp.ernet.in

Materials - Thermal processing & Micro-structural Characterization (M & T)

IITK

Mechanisms & Robotics Lab IITKGP

Virtual Robotics lab (S & T) IITM

webCNC: Internet based Virtual CNC laboratory (S)

IITB

Structural dynamics (S) IIITH

Virtual Smart Structures and Dynamics Lab (T & S)

IITD

Mechanical Sciences - Liquid Crystal Thermography of oscillating single phase flow

in a Microchannel (S & T)IITK

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APPLIED SCIENCESDiscipline Wise Labs Institute

Applied Sciences

Prof. Krishnashree Achuthan Analytical Lab (M & S) Dayalbagh

krishna@amrita.edu Physical sciences (S/M) IIITH

Physical Sciences- Low temp Electrical Transport and Property measurements (T)

IITK

Physical Sciences Amrita

Biotechnology labs (S) Amrita

Virtual Lab for study of Binary Distillation & VLE

IITG

Biomedical Instrumentation (S & T) IITR

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New Remote-Triggered Labs

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New Remote Triggered Labs

S.No. Name of the Lab Institute

Budget

(Mar ‘11 –

Mar ‘12)

1 Transport and Reaction Engineering Remote Triggered Virtual

LaboratoryIIT B 47

2 Control Engineering Laboratory IIT B 50

3 Remote Triggered Modern Digital System Laboratory IIT B 30.95

4 Remote-Triggered Laboratory on DSP IIT B 47.48

5Remote-triggered Virtual Laboratory on Electronic Devices and Circuits IIT B 39.7

6 Clinical Proteomics Remote Triggered Virtual Laboratory IIT B 49.4

7 Remote Triggered Digital System Laboratory IIT G 49

8 Electromechanical Energy Conversion Laboratory IIT G 87

9 Microprocessor Laboratory: Remote Triggered IIT G 50

10 Remote Triggered Fiber Optic Communication IIT G 49100

11 Remote Triggering Virtual Laboratory on Robotics and Robot

ApplicationsIIT G 52

12 Remote Triggering Spectrophotometry Virtual Laboratory IIIT H 174

13Industrial Automation Remote Laboratory COEP 50.4

14Advanced Process Control Remote Laboratory COEP 55.7

15Sensor Analysis Remote Laboratory COEP 52.2

16 Analog Communication Electronics Remote Triggered Virtual

LaboratoryDayalbagh 125

17 Remote Environmental Applications Laboratory Dayalbagh 50

18 Virtual imaging of cells, tissues and their organization in

plants through microscope life sciencesDayalbagh 201.54

19 Advanced Stress Analysis Remote-Triggered Lab Amrita 78

20 Virtual Biophysics Lab Amrita 46

21 Virtual Labs in Energy Storage Studies Amrita 66

22 Virtual Labs in Solar Energy Studies Amrita 27.5

23 Virtual Labs in Wind Energy Studies Amrita 38

24 Virtual Bio-inspired robotics Lab Amrita 52

25 Mechanics of Materials Remote-Triggered Lab Amrita 41

26 Virtual Wireless Sensor Data and Energy Conservation Lab Amrita 59101

27 Wireless Field Transmission and

Propagation LabAmrita 44

28 Heterogeneous Field Deployed

Outdoor Wireless Network LaboratoryAmrita 52

29 Mechanical Vibration Lab NIT K 50

30 Strength of Materials Lab NIT K 50

31 Virtual Microwave Measurement lab IIT D 46

32 Automotive Engineering Virtual Lab IIT-KGP 60

33 Teaching Aid for Dynamics and Control of

Mechanical SystemsIIT-KGP 50

34 Structural Characterization of Materials IIT-KGP 495

35 Semiconductor Devices Laboratory IIT-KGP 48

36 Plant Metabolic Pathways Laboratory IIT-KGP 54.2

37Virtual Laboratory for Operating Systems IIT-KGP 29.6

TOTAL 2646.67102

New RT Labs Discipline WiseDiscipline Labs

Electronics and Communication Engineering

8

Electrical Engineering 5

Mechanical Engineering 9

Chemical Engineering 1

Computer Science 6Biotechnology 8

Chemical Sciences 3103

Total Budget (Mar 2011 - 2012) in lakhs

Field Trials of ECE Vertical 100

Field Trials of CSE Vertical 127

Field Trials of Applied Science Vertical 100

Field Trials of Mechanical Engineering Vertical 100

Development of Remote Triggering Labs 2646.67

Honoraria 60

Coordination Budget for Participating Institutes 60

Total 3193.67

Overall Budget

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Deliverables1st Instalment

40% - Released upfront so that the initial purchases and development can begin.

Target output: Successful demonstration of 3 Experiments. Time frame: 6 months, ending with the 1st review by an expert panel.

2nd Instalment

60% - For the development of the remaining experiments. A deployment plan should be in hand.

Target output: 1st review comments being satisfied + Successful demonstration of remaining Experiments + Initiation of Field trials.

Time frame: 6 months, ending with the 2nd review by an expert panel.

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CURRENT STATUS

Pilot Phase

ECE Vertical has selected 16 Nodal Centers. 7 Nodal Centers are already Inaugurated and

remaining centers are under Process. ECE Vertical has done 2nd Nodal Coordinators meeting

at IIT Delhi on 7th Feb. Applied Sciences has completed its first Workshop at

Amrita University on 3rd Feb. Mechanical Engineering field trials are also underway.

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Main Phase

6 experiments has been completed in all 130 labs. 3rd Expert Review of all discipline is scheduled in

March. On schedule, as per DPR. Selected CSE labs will undergo Field Trials in

coordination with IGNOU.

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Field Trial BudgetElectronics & communication Budget

(Mar 11-Mar 12)

ActivityBudget

(in Lakhs)

Manpower 43

DNC Coordination Budget 40

Travel/Local Transport 5

Publicity 2

Contingency 10

Total 100108

Manpower Requirement

Manpower for Field Trials

At Site(10 Persons)

Back End Tech Support

(6 Persons)

Maintenance(4 Persons)

109

Activities of Pilot Phase

110

Mapping of Syllabus

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Experiments : Rajasthan Technical University RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (LIST OF EXPRIMENTS)

S.NO VLAB UG LAB OF RTU EXPERIMENTS

1Basic Electronics(IIT KGP)

3 rd Sem Electronics Workshop1.Identification, Study & Testing of various electronic components

3rd Sem Electronics Lab I1.Plot V-I characteristic of P-N junction diode & calculate cut-in voltage2.Study half wave rectifier and effect of filters on wave.

2Microelectronics(IIT KGP)

3rd Sem Electronics Lab I1.Plot input and output characteristics of BJT in CB, CC and CE configurations.

4th Sem Electronics Lab II1. Plot gain-frequency characteristics of BJT amplifier with and without negative feedback

3Virtual Advance Lab (DAYALBAGH)

3rd Sem Electronics Lab I1.Application of Diode as clipper & clamper 2.Study bridge rectifier and measure the effect of filter network on D.C. voltage output & ripple factor. 112

Experiments : Rajasthan Technical University RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (LIST OF EXPRIMENTS)

S.NO VLAB UG LAB OF RTU EXPERIMENTS

4Virtual Engineering Electromagnetic Lab (IITD)

8th Sem Vlsi & Optical Fiber Lab

1.Study of various microwave components and instruments like frequency meter, attenuator, detector & VSWR meter2.Measurement of VSWR (small as well as large values) & reflection coefficient3.Measure an unknown impedance with smith chart4.Drawing polar pattern of Horn antenna5.Measurement of Propagation loss and numerical aperture6.Observe the Amplitude modulated wave form & measure modulation index. Demodulation of AM signal.

5System Communication Lab (IITG)

5th Sem Communication Lab-I1.Measurement of antenna characteristics .

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Experiments : Rajasthan Technical University RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (LIST OF EXPRIMENTS)

S.NO VLAB UG LAB OF RTU EXPERIMENTS

6Virtual Wireless Lab (IITD)

7th Sem Wireless Communication Lab(a) Half wave and quarter wave dipole(b) Folded dipole(c) Yagi UDA multiple element folded dipole(d) Hertz Antenna(e) End fire array and broad side array(f) Helix antenna(g) Paraboloid reflector antenna(h) Loop antenna(i) Ground plane antenna(j) Log periodic antenna(k) Rhombus antenna(l) Slot antenna

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Experiments : GGSIPU, DelhiGGSIPU (LIST OF EXPERIMENTS)

S.NO. VLABUG LAB OF

ELECTRONICSEXPERIMENTS

1 Basic Electronics (IITKGP)3rd Sem Analog Electronics

1. Identification, Study & Testing of various electronic components 2. Plot V-I characteristic of P-N junction diode & calculate cut-in voltage

2 Microelectronics(IITKGP)3rd Sem Analog Electronics

1. Plot gain- frequency characteristic of emitter follower & find out its input and output resistances.

2.Study half wave rectifier and effect of filters on wave. 3. Plot gain-frequency characteristics of BJT amplifier with and without negative feedback

3Virtual Advance Lab (DAYALBAGH)

4th Sem Analog Electronics-2 1. Application of Diode as clipper & clamper

2. Study bridge rectifier and measure the effect of filter network on D.C. voltage output & ripple factor. 3. Study of push pull amplifier.

4. Low pass, high pass, band pass, band reject filters

4Virtual Engineering Electromagnetic Lab (IITD)

6th Sem Microwave Engineering Lab

1. Study of various microwave components and instruments like frequency meter, attenuator, detector & VSWR meter2. Measurement of VSWR (small as well as large values) & reflection coefficient

3. Measure an unknown impedance with smith chart

4. Drawing polar pattern of Horn antenna

5System Communication Lab (IITG)

5th Sem Communication Lab-I

1. Observe the Amplitude modulated wave form & measure modulation index. Demodulation of AM signal.

2. Performance of digital communication,BPSK,QPSK,MSK115

Experiments : UPTU (I)UPTU (LIST OF EXPERIMENTS)

S.NO VLAB UG LAB OF UPTU EXPERIMENTS

1Virtual Advanced Lab for Design and test in

Electronics (DEI)

3rd sem electronics engineering lab I 1. Study of Half wave & full wave rectifiers.

2. Applications of Op-amp- Op-amp as summing amplifier, Difference amplifier, Integrator and differentiator.3. Power Amplifiers-Push pull amplifier in class B mode of operation –measurement of gain.4.Differential Amplifier –Implementation of transistor differential amplifier .Non ideal characteristics of differential amplifier .5. To study the frequency response of RC coupled amplifier.

2

Systems, communication and control laboratory

(IITKG)

3rd sem communication systems lab I

1. To study Amplitude modulation using a transistor and determine depth of modulation.

3 Basic Electronics(IITKGP)

1st sem electrical engineering laboratory 1.To study P-N diode characteristics .

2.To study full wave and half wave rectifier circuits with and without capacitor.

3rd sem Electronics Engineering Lab I

1.Characteristics of PN Junction diode-Static and dynamic resistance measurement from graph.2.Half & Full wave rectifier.3.To plot the frequency response of band-pass filter and determine the band-width.

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Experiments : UPTU (II)UPTU (LIST OF EXPERIMENTS)

S.NO VLAB UG LAB OF UPTU EXPERIMENTS

4Engineering

Electro-magnetics Laboratory (IITD)

6th sem MICROWAVE

LAB1. Study of wave guide components.

2. To measure VSWR of unknown load and determine its impedance using a smith chart.3. To match impedance for maximum power transfer using slide screw tuner.4. To measure VSWR, insertion losses and attenuation of a fixed and variable attenuator.5. To measure coupling and directivity of direction couplers.6. To measure insertion loss, isolation of a three port circulator.7. To measure the Q of a resonant cavity.

5 Wireless Lab (IITD)

6th sem Satellite Communication

LabMeasurement of SNR Ratio and Antenna Characteristics

6

Microelectronics and VLSI

Engineering Laboratory (IITKGP)

6th Microwave Engineering Lab 1. Measurement of VSWR using slotted line.

2. Study of waveguide horn and its radiation pattern and determination of the beam width.3. Study of a ferrite circulator and measurement of isolation, insertion loss, cross coupling and input VSWR.

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Feedback from Field Trials Bandwidth Requirement Non Uniformity of Syllabus.

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Proposed Activities(Pilot Phase) Continued field trials for Electronics &

Communication Engineering in 10 colleges in NCR Region.

The field trials for other 2 verticals.

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Activities of Main Phase

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1st Evaluation July-Aug 2010S. No DISCIPLINE

DNC

Coordinator Name

Email

Date of

EvaluationName of Experts

1.ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

IIT-D

Prof. Mahesh Abegaonkar

mpjosh@care.iitd.ernet.in

9th July,2010

IIT Delhi

Prof. Ajay Chakrabarty , IIT KGP

Prof. Arun Kumar , IIT Delhi

Prof. Animesh Biswas , IIT K

2. CIVIL ENGINEERING

IIT-R

Prof. P.K Garg

gargpfce@iitr.ernet.in

16th August,

2010

Prof B.L.Swami, MNNIT Jaipur

Prof Prem Krishna, IIT R

Prof A K Mathur,IIT R

3. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-G

Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharya

ratnajit@iitg.ernet.in

5th July 2010

IIT Guwahati

Prof. S.C.Srivastava, IIT K

Prof. S. K. Bose, IIT G

Prof. S. Majhi, IIT G

Prof. R. M. Punekar, IIT G

4.BIOTECH & BIOMEDICAL

ENGINEERING

AMRITA

Prof. Bipin Nair

bipin@amrita.edu

3rd July 2010

Amrita Univ,

Kollam

Kerala

Dr. R.S. Verma,, IIT Madras

Dr. R. Vikramadithyan, BMS

Bangalore

Dr. H. Vijayakumar

SIDD Life Sci. Chennai

Prof. A. Banerji, Amrita

5. PHYSICAL SCIENCE

IIT-K

Prof. Anjan Kumar Gupta

anjankg@iitk.ac.in

24th July 2010IIT Kanpur

Prof. H. C. Verma, IITK

Prof. T. Kundu, IITB

Prof. Balaji Prakash, IITK

Prof. VRK Murthy, IITM121

6. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-B

Prof. Santosh Noronha

noronha@che.iitb.ac.in

July 7,2010

IIT Bombay

Prof. P. Aghalayam, IIT M

Prof. Mahesh. T, IITB

Prof. S. Roy, IIT Bombay

7. CHEMICAL SCIENCE

DAYALBAGH

Prof. Soami P Satsangee

deiusic@gmail.com

17 July, 2010

Dayalbagh, Agra

Prof. L.D. Khemani

Dayalbagh Educational

Institute

Prof Ajay Taneja

IBS,Agra University

Prof. Rajeev Jain

Jiwaji University, Gwalior

Prof. Ali Mohd.

AMU, Aligarh

8.COMPUTER SCIENCE &

ENGINEERING

IIIT-H

Prof. Venkatesh Choppella

venkatesh.choppella@iiit.ac.in

July 7th and 8th

2010

IIIT Hyderabad

R N Biswas, NIIT Univ

G N S Prasanna, IIIT-B

Kamal Karlapalem, IIIT-H

N Aginsarman, VAST

Thrissur

Subhasish Banerjee, IIT-D

9. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-KGP

Prof. C.S Kumar

kumar@mech.iitkgp.ernet.in

12th and 13th

July 2010

Prof. Ashok Kumar malik

Prof. Satya Ranjan Deb Prof.

B.V.S.S.S. Prasad

Prof. Amalendu Mukherjee,

Prof. P.K. Dutta

Prof. Tapan Baghchi122

2nd Evaluation Oct-Nov 2010S. No DISCIPLINE

DNC

Coordinator Name

Email

Date of

EvaluationName of Experts

1.ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

IIT-D

Prof. Mahesh Abegaonkar

mpjosh@care.iitd.ernet.in

23rd

Oct,2010

IIT Delhi

Prof. Ajay Chakrabarty , IIT KGP

Prof. Arun Kumar , IIT D

Prof. K.S. Yadav, CEERI Pilani

Prof S. Chatterjee, IIT D

2. CIVIL ENGINEERING

IIT-R

Prof. P.K Garg

gargpfce@iitr.ernet.in

Oct 9, 2010

IIT Roorkee

Prof B.L.Swami, MNNIT Jaipur

Prof Prem Krishna, IIT R

3. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-G

Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharya

ratnajit@iitg.ernet.in

11 Oct, 2010

IIT Guwahati

Prof. S.C.Srivastava,,IIT K

Prof. S. K. Bose, IIT G

Prof. S. Majhi, IIT G

Prof. R. M. Punekar, IIT G

4.BIOTECH & BIOMEDICAL

ENGINEERING

AMRITA

Prof. Bipin Nair

bipin@amrita.edu

Nov, 2010

Amrita Univ,

Kollam

Kerala

Dr. R.S. Verma,, IIT Madras

Dr. R. Vikramadithyan,, BMS

Bangalore

Dr. H. Vijayakumar

SIDD Life Sci. Chennai

Prof. A. Banerji, Amrita

University

5. PHYSICAL SCIENCE

IIT-K

Prof. Anjan Kumar Gupta

anjankg@iitk.ac.in

22nd

Oct,2010

IIT Kanpur

Prof. H. C. Verma, IITK

Prof. T. Kundu, IITB

Prof. Balaji Prakash, IITK

Prof. VRK Murthy, IITM123

6. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-B

Prof. Santosh Noronha

noronha@che.iitb.ac.in

27 Sep, 2010

IIT Bombay

Prof. P. Aghalayam, IIT M

Prof. Mahesh. T, IITB

Prof. S. Roy, IIT Bombay

7. CHEMICAL SCIENCE

DAYALBAGH

Prof. Soami P Satsangee

deiusic@gmail.com

6 Oct, 2010

Dayalbagh, Agra

Prof. L.D. Khemani

Dayalbagh Educational

Institute

Prof Ajay Taneja

IBS,Agra University

Prof. Rajeev Jain

Jiwaji University, Gwalior

Prof. Ali Mohd.

AMU, Aligarh

8.COMPUTER SCIENCE &

ENGINEERING

IIIT-H

Prof. Venkatesh Choppella

venkatesh.choppella@iiit.ac.in

12 Nov, 2010

IIIT Hyderabad

R N Biswas, NIIT Univ

G N S Prasanna, IIIT-B

Kamal Karlapalem, IIIT-H

N Aginsarman, VAST

Thrissur

Subhasish Banerjee, IIT-D

9. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

IIT-KGP

Prof. C.S Kumar

kumar@mech.iitkgp.ernet.in

Nov, 2010

IIT KGP

Prof. Ashok Kumar malik

Prof. Satya Ranjan Deb Prof.

B.V.S.S.S. Prasad

Prof. Amalendu Mukherjee,

Prof. P.K. Dutta

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Basic Conclusions Total of 130 labs were Evaluated. 3 Experiments completed in each lab with all the additional

frills (~30% syllabus). Lab manual Step by step procedure Pre experiment quiz Post experiment quiz

Adherence to Syllabus. Some labs to be integrated with Field Trials. Evaluators felt a need to evolve a mechanism to sustain these

labs beyond 2012.

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Deliverables

Deliverables to be accomplished in Next Phase (Nov 2010 – Mar 2011) : Target output: 1st review comments being satisfied + Successful

demonstration of 6 Experiments Initiation of Field trials, which involves: Identification of potential users (colleges) Organizing a workshop for potential users

Both of these activities will be carried out by the Lab developer in sync with the DNC.

Technical review by a subject expert (at least one) in a specified format.2nd review by an expert panel. The review-cum-evaluation will be fixed by the DNC.

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Budget 40% of 80 Crore = 32 Crore Statement of Expenditure being sent to MHRD Status report being sent to MHRD

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Issues for Remote Triggering Labs Space Requirement Maintenance beyond 2012 Sustainability after 2012 Bandwidth Requirement Inventory

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Budget for Deployment of existing Virtual Labs over 5 years = 341 Crore

Explanation for ECE Discipline

Remote Triggering labs = 10Simulation Labs = 25

a) Manpower :-5 persons/lab.5*20K = 1 Lakh/Month12 Lakh/year/Lab35*12lakh = 4.2 Crore

b) Publicity :-5lakh/lab35 * 5 = 1.75 Crore/year/discipline

c) Travel:-2 Lakhs/lab/year2*35 = 70 Lakh/year/discipline

d) Maintenance :-5 Lakh/lab/year5*35 = 1.75 crore/year/discipline

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Manpower 4.2Publicity 1.75Travel .7Maintenance 1.7Contingency .35Total 8.75 Crore

e) Contingency

1 Lakh/lab/year1*35 = 35 Lakh/year/Discipline

Therefore Approx~ 9 Crore/year

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Discipline No of Labs 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17Total

(in crore)

ECN 33 9 10 11 12 13 55

Mechanical

Engineering41 9 10 11 12 13 55

Chemical

Sciences17 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 27.5

Electrical

Engineering27 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 37.5

Biotechnology 26 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 32.5

Computer

Science and

Engineering

42 9 10 11 12 13 55

Chemical

Engineering8 1.7 2.7 3.7 4.7 5.7 18.5

Civil Engineering 16 4 5 6 7 8 30

Physical Sciences 16 4 5 6 7 8 30

Grand Total 226 341 Crore131

Budget for Duplication & Deployment over 5 years = 1547.3 CroreExplanation for ECE Discipline

Remote Triggering labs = 10. Simulation Labs = 25.

Remote Triggering labs = 10.

Replicas required / lab = 10 (40 slots per day thus 300*40 = 12000slots/year•120000ECE Students, 120000/12000= 10 setups

Replicas required /10 labs = 100

Budget required for a single lab is 15Crore.

Therefore for 10 labs is 150Crore.

Simulation Labs = 25.

Replicas required to cater 1lakh students = 2Average Budget per lab = 5 lakhsTotal replicas = 25*2 = 50 Budget required = 2.5 crore.

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DisciplineNo. of

Labs*2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

Total

(in crore)

1. ECN 28 175 65 75 85 95 495

1. Mechanical 35 175 65 75 85 95 495

1. Chemical Sciences 16 30.7 10 9 8 764.7

1. Electrical

Engineering

24 76.05 25 20 15 10

146.05

1. Biotechnology 24 60.9 20 15 10 5110.9

1. Computer Science

and Engineering

41 61.75 20 15 10 5

111.75

1. Chemical

Engineering

7 15.35 5 4 3 2

29.35

1. Civil Engineering 14 15.75 5 4 3 229.75

1. Physical Sciences 12 30.80 10 9 8 764.8

Grand Total 201 1547.3

Crore* 1st year Budget is mainly for hardware replications.133

10 persons 15000/month15 persons 20000/monthTotal = 54 Lakhs/ year

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Gurunath Ramanathan and Raj K Thareja

No. F. 16-49/09-DLIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Benchmarking of ICT modules in Chemistry and Physics

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Quadrant 4 Quadrant 1

Quadrant 2Quadrant 3

Four Quadrant approach of the ProjectBenchmarking of Information and Communication

Technology (ICT) Modules in Physics and Chemistry

Creation of a course with detailed contents in wikipedia format

Video and ppt presentation based on the material given in quadrant 1

Simulation / animation concepts discussed in

quadrant 1

Finally interaction module to work varying difficulty / understanding

of individual student / user

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Development of courses

• a pool of around 50 institutions that teach-IITs, IISERS, NITs, IIITs, Central and State Universities spread across the country

• materials will include (4Q) - Web based tutorials and handouts- archived lectures and experiments- “in silico” learning

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Efforts so far …

• Small focus groups- content providers

• Divide into experimental/ resource material (wiki) focus

• Coordinate for amalgamation/ distribution at central/ server node(s) for easy access.

• Concentrate on Wiki- web first

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Efforts continued….

• 202.141.40.218 on the ernet at present

• Older pages on brihaspati continue

• Content providers/ reviewers have been given their own logins.

• The pages have now started to evolve.

139

Teething problems

• Content providers need to be educated on wiki model first/ backup/nptel

• Copyright for figures

• Chasing the content!

• Chasing the review

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Current status• http://ictwiki.iitk.ernet.in/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

• 21 courses in physics and 13 in chemistry

• Only 6 courses completed; other courses in various stages of completion/ review

• 2 and 3 rd quadrant started in 3 courses

• Personnel problems

• More courses are expected to be on by end of this year. Feedback from students and reviewers is being sought

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Future plan• Hold a one day workshop to enable content providers come together and clarify their

doubts

• Make part payments on content pages basis rather than bulk payment on completion of all work.

• recent changes and web viewing statistics are available on each and ever page.

• Back ups are being taken and soon mirror sites will become available

• Concentrate on university syllabi

• Integrate with other similar projects

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Presentation on

e-Content Generation For Specialized Training Programs

Of Electronics Hardware and Animation Domain(As per the suggestions of NMEICT’s Standing Committee Meeting on 15.01.2011)

CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING Mohali

March 26, 2011

Chetan ManchandaPrincipal Investigator

Design Engineer

Shashi mansotraCo-Investigator

Deputy Design Engineer

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Agenda

About Electronics and Animation Domain 1. Brief Information

About C-DAC Mohali1. Information about C-DAC Mohali2. Existing Facilities and Knowledge resources

About Project Proposal1. Objective2. Methodology for QA, Maintenance3. Deliverables and Specific Milestones4. Budgetary Support proposed5. Cost Benefit Analysis6. Social Impact7. Outcome

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Skilled Manpower Requirements in Electronics

As per the skill gap analysis report of NSDC;

The Indian Electronics and IT Hardware sector has 6 key segments, namelyConsumer Electronics, Industrial Electronics, IT Hardware,Telecommunication Equipment, Electronic Components, andStrategic Electronics.

Consumer Electronics and Telecom Equipments are the largest segments with about27% share each in total production.

The consumption of Electronics was US $ 28 billion in 2005. It is estimated that thedemand for electronics (consumption) in India will be US $ 126 billion in 2010 and US $363 billion in 2015. Out of this, the Indian Electronics and IT Hardware sector productionamounted to Rs. 947 billion in 2009 and has grown at a CAGR of 16.4% since 2002.

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Skilled Manpower Requirements in Electronics

As per the skill gap analysis report of NSDC;The human resource directly employed in the industry is estimated to be approximately 770,000 in 2007. This is expected to be about 0.9 million currently.

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Skilled Manpower Requirements in Animation

As per the NASSCOM report on Animation and Gaming Industry;

The Indian Animation and Gaming industry holds a great potential and is recognized asa high growth sector. The information technology industry in India is also the key enablerfor its growth. However, it foresees various challenges in fully realizing the potential. Oneof it is;

Shortage of skilled manpower: Significant talent crunch due to limited traininginstitutions, non-standardized curriculum and lower awareness among students foranimation and gaming as a career option.

“Indian Animation and Gaming Industryexpected to reach

$2.5 billion by 2013”

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C-DAC Mohali

C-DAC Mohali (Formerly CEDTI) has been a leadingInstitute, for more than two decades, in the field oftraining with focus on Electronics & IT related areas.

Today, It has grown both in the R&D as well as trainingdomains.

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C-DAC Mohali

Laboratories

• 15 state of the art laboratories • Thematic area : Electronics and IT

Library

• More than 11000 books in the field of Electronics and IT• 200 + journals• Online access for IEEE and ACM digital library

Manpower• 200 + well qualified Technical staff

Research focus on Electronic Product Design in Medical electronics, Automotive electronics, Agri-electronics, RFID, etc.

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C-DAC Mohali

Two Master’s Degree Program Electronic Product Design VLSI design

Short Term Courses 6 Month’s Diploma in Embedded systems Bio-Medical Course Course on PCB design Wireless and Broadband Networks PG Diploma in Animation and Multimedia

Till date, C-DAC Mohali has conducted over 1000

courses and trained more than 30,000 students.

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Past Experience - C-DAC Mohali

C-DAC (Mohali) has setup “Multimedia EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Centre” at Mohali under National InformationInfrastructure (MCIT) project with a total outlay of Rs. 108.20Lakhs sponsored by Ministry of Information Technology started in1998, and it was completed on June 2002 .

The training programs on high end multimedia and animationsoftwares are currently going on at this centre. High-endmultimedia content creations are already going on.

The Multimedia Centre also provides consultancy and facilitiesto potential entrepreneurs with a view to reduce their level ofup-front investment.

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Past Experience - C-DAC Mohali

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Proposal for e-Content Generation

Objectives

1. e-content design and development for specialized skill development courses in Electronics and animation field for rapid capacity building in English language.

2. Customization of online content delivery platform for flexible learning and to develop the e-learning contents with respect to the four quadrant structure of e-content development as indicated below:

(I) Web based notes &Video lectures ofContents

(I) Animations/Visuals/Videodemonstrations/Interactive simulations

(I) Supplementaryreading,Wiki/Glossary, Casestudies, Historicaldevelopment of thesubject

(I) Problems, Quizzes,Assignments & solutions, Onlinefeedback through discussionforums & FAQ’s.

Specialized Areas of Electronics Hardware and Animation field153

Proposal for e-Content Generation Courses Covered:

Multimedia, and Animation (6 Subjects) Biomedical - Technology and Maintenance (3 Subjects) Microcontroller (Architecture, Programming and Interfacing) (1 Subject)Wireless & Broadband(VoIP) Communication Networks (3 Subjects) Electronics Product Design and Technology (2 Subjects) Repair and Maintenance of PC and Peripherals (1 Subject)

Total No. of Subjects = 16

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Proposal for e-Content Generation

Deliverables

Total Project Duration of 24 Months : 16 Subjects

Phase-1 (Pilot) of 12 Months : 9 Subjects

Phase-2 (Main) of 12 Months : 7 Subjects

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Proposal for e-Content Generation Deliverables(Pilot Phase)

Phase S.No. Program Topics No. Of Subjects [e-content as per 4Q approach]

Payment

Project Approval Letter from NMEICT, MHRD

56.25%

Pilo

t Pha

se –

1 (1

2 M

onth

s)

1.0 Biomedical Electronics –Technology and Maintenance

Subject1 : Medical ElectronicsSubject2:Measuring, Recording and Monitoring InstrumentsSubject3:Clinical Laboratory Instruments, Imaging and Therapeutic Equipment

3 [120 hrs]

2.0 Multimedia and Animation Subject1 : Graphics Designing using open source software packagesSubject2 : Web Designing using open source software packages

2[80 hrs]

3.0 Repair and Maintenance of PCand Peripherals

Subject1 : Repairing and maintenance of PC, Laptops, Printers, Monitors, and peripherals

1 [40 hrs]

4.0 Electronics Product Design and Technology

Subject1 : Subject1 : Knowledge of components and Power Supply Design, Introduction to SMPS and UPS and their testing, Product Design for Electronics Equipment Subject2: PCB design concepts andconsiderations, PCB Design using opensource software

2 [80 hrs]

5.0 Microcontroller (Architecture, Programming and Interfacing)

Subject1 : Microcontrollers 1 [40 hrs]

Total Subjects in first 12 Months 9 Subjects [360hrs]

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Proposal for e-Content Generation Deliverables(Main Phase)

Phase S.No. Program Topics No. Of Subjects [e-content as per 4Q approach]

Payment

43.75% [Due after Phase-1]

Mai

n Ph

ase

–2

(12

Mon

ths)

6.0 Multimedia and Animation Subject2 : Audio Video Editing & Special effectSubject4 : Interactive MultimediaSubject5 : Cad & 3D AnimationSubject6 : 2D Animation

4 [160 hrs]

7.0 Wireless & Broadband(VoIP) Communication Networks

Subject1 : Telecommunication ConceptsTelephone And Voice Switched Network And Its Entities, Broadband Communication (Voice Based)Subject2: Mobile And Wireless Communication, Mobile Software DevelopmentSubject3: Radio Frequency Identification Technology

3[120 hrs]

Total Subjects in next 12 Months (from 13 to 24 Month)

7 Subjects [280hrs]

Total Subjects in 24 Months 16 Subjects[640 hrs]

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Quality Assurance Arrangement for quality control1. Quality control through Internal Committee (Academic Program Committee) of Subject Matter Experts and Content Designers.2. Quality assurance procedures and plans adopted by CDAC Mohali as per ISO norms.3. Use of e-Learning standards and NMEICT guidelines.

Accuracy1. Accuracy of contents shall be maintained as per the objectives of the project.2. Frequent Review by Subject Matter Experts.3. Use of project management tools

Coverage

Contents would be developed as per the four quadrant course structure and according to the curriculum of contents.

Updation mechanism1. Analysis of feedback of students, course coordinator, and subject matter experts.2. Updation after inputs from corporate sector and other industry actors3. Formulation of procedures for updation of e-content.4. Contents would be updated, once in six months, based on the users

feedback and review committee recommendations

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Quality Assurance & Testing Testing by users1. Offline and online testing of the e-content w.r.t. various features like usability, Accessibility, performance etc.2. Formulation of Test cases3. Getting inputs using a questionnaire prepared by CDAC Mohali4. The Quality Inspection group would be entrusted for Testing

Testing by peer group1. The Quality Inspection group would be entrusted for Testing2. Interaction sessions3. Formulation of test cases and test procedures4. Review by Peer groups5. e-Content Hosting on Intranet for testing

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Scaling up1. Start Small and Scale Fast Methodology2. Parallel activities for e-content creation, where ever possible.3. Outsourcing of content creation activity as per the script and story board.4. Website hosting of e-contents and e-courseware5. In Future, To develop e-Learning contents for other specialized programs like

Health Informatics (Medical and Dental in collaboration with PGIMER)Diploma Courses (State Board of Technical Education)E-content in regional languageEmbedded SystemsVLSI Design

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StrategyIn-houseThe e-content design and development would be in-house, with devoted e-Learning team and faculty/SMEs of respective programs. The project development will initially consist of preparation of outline of the project, which includes pert chart and Project Management Plan. Following steps would be adopted;

Step1: e- course design, identification of the modules Step2: Devising the technical criterion for content creation, Scripting and storyboarding of the course contents for designing multimedia graphics, video-lectures and software simulations.Step3: Production and editing of the audio, video, graphics, quizzes, problems, FAQs, software simulations, multimedia and animated content using four quadrant approach.Step4: Customization of content delivery platform and hosting of the courses on the web.Step5: Obtaining feedback by user community, Evaluation of the contents by regular reviews by reviewers and modifications and final hosting of the contents in the website.

Out sourcing20-30% outsourcing to meet the project deadlines and adopt latest industry experts

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Popularizing and extension activities and plansStrategy for popularization

1. Through Seminars/Workshops/Publications.2. Visibility through Online web enabled course and e-content3. Through Social Networking4. Through SEO5. Through publicity campaigns

Maintenance mechanism

1. Bug removal through standard software engineering methodologies.2. Version control3. Preparation of maintenance and backup schedules

User feedback mechanism, its execution procedure and corrective measures.1. The user's feedback would be taken frequently as per the schedule and would be documented.2. Standard ISO procedures and feedback policies would be created.3. Feedbacks collected would be analyzed and implemented keeping in view the feasibility aspect.4. Change management procedure would be adopted.162

Review MechanismFrequency of review

Quarterly review meetings and interactive sessions

List at least 10 Reviewers, who are eminent in fields of the projects.

List of Tentative Reviewers :1. Dr. R S Khandpur, DG, PGSC2. Dr. Kannan Moudgalya, IIT, Mumbai3. Shri A.K.Arora , D.I.T 4. Dr. C G Mahajan, Prof., IISER, Mohali5. Dr. George Varkey,ED, CDAC, Noida6. Dr. Vinod Kumar, Head-Biomedical Instrumentation, IIT, Roorkee7. Sh. J S Bhatia, ED, CDAC Mohali8. Dr. J S Saini, Prof. And Head, EE, DCRUST, Murthal9. Dr. Lillie Dewan, Prof., NIT, Kurukshetra10.Dr. C. Ramakrishnan, Prof., NITTTR, Chandigarh 11.Ms. Preeti Abrol, HOD, STD, CDAC Mohali12.Sh. R K Sehgal, HoD, CSTD, CDAC Mohali13.Dr. S P Sood, Head, Academics, CDAC Mohali

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Total Budgetary support requirement details

Total Amount Required = Rs.112 LakhsPilot Phase Budget = Rs. 63 LakhsMain Phase Budget = Rs. 49 Lakhs

S.No. Program Budget, In Rs. Lacs

1.0 Biomedical Electronics – Technology and Maintenance

21

2.0 Multimedia and Animation 423.0 Repair and Maintenance of PC and

Peripherals7

4.0 Microcontroller (Architecture, Programming and Interfacing)

7

5.0 Wireless & Broadband(VoIP) Communication Networks

21

6.0 Electronics Product Design and Technology [1 subject is common with microcontroller]

14

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Budget - Capital ExpenditureSr. No. Items Description Quantity Price/Q Amount

(Rs.) Justification1st Year(Pilot

Phase)

2nd Year(Main Phase)

1 Laptop Highest configurations 5 60,000 300,000 e-content

preparation 180,000 120,000

2 Desk top computers

Maximum configuration 5 40,000 200,000 e-content

preparation 160,000 40,000

3

Printer(all in one) (printer, copier, scanner)

-- 1 32,000 32,000

For preparation of e-content,

MCQ, one line questions in hard copy before final

upload

32,000 0

4 Video Camera

Professional Broadcast

Quality 2 300,000 600,000

Video shooting for lectures &

animation 600,000 0

5Non-Linear Video Editing Setup

Apple’s FCS and MAC Pro 1 450,000 450,000

For editing of video and

synchronizing animation

450,000 0

6

Accessories for Audio-Video Recording and AMC

1 set 600,000 600,000Video shooting for lectures &

animation 300,000 300,000

7 UPS & accessories 400,000 400,000 For power

backup 200,000 200,000

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Budget - Capital Expenditure

Focused comments on high cost equipment (More than Rs. 10 lakhs worth of items)(Specifications, reasonability of estimated cost)

Not Applicable(Individual equipment cost is less than Rs. 10.0 Lacs)

Sr. No. Items Description Quantity Price/Q Amount

(Rs.) Justification1st Year(Pilot

Phase)

2nd Year(Main Phase)

8 LCD Video Display

Good Configuration 1 100,000 100,000 For Display 0 100,000

9 Storage server

Good Configuration 1 300,000 300,000 For backup and

data storage 0 300,000

10 Projectors Good configuration 1 50,000 50,000

For Lecture delivery by

Expert50,000 0

11 Visual Presenter

Good configuration 1 50,000 50,000

For Lecture delivery by

Expert50,000 0

12 Books 150,000 For reference 80,000 70,000

13 Journals & Periodicals 140,000 For reference 80,000 60,000

Total amount (Rs.) 3,372,000 2,182,000 1,190,000

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Budget - Recurring Expenditure

• Total honorarium to be paid in the projectPilot Project Phase = Rs. 820,000/-.Main Project Phase = Rs. 600,000/-Total Amount = Rs. 1,420,000/-

Anchor Institution for disbursement of funds.Centre For Development of Advanced Computing, CDAC, Mohali

Sr. No. Items Amount Amount

(Rs.) Justification1st Year

(Pilot Phase)2nd Year

(Main Phase)

1 Man power

Project Staff& PI,Co-PI (7)

Project Staff(5) =20000/month/personPI&Co-PI(2) =Rs.90000/month

Typing and setting, graphic designing,

animation generation, project

coordination

2,280,000 2,500,000

Honorarium

Expert honor., Shooting (video with

sound recording) and editing honor.

820,000 600,000

Consultancy

Language Proficiency,

Animations, graphic designing, Expert

fees

100,000 100,000

2 Miscellaneous 628,000 Consumable and general expenditure

428,000 200,000

3 Contingency & travel 800,000 --- 490,000 310,000

Total amount (Rs. ) 4,118,000 3,710,000

• Total consultancy fee during the project.Pilot Project Phase = Rs. 100,000/-.Main Project Phase = Rs. 100,000/-Total Amount = Rs. 2, 00,000/-

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Cost benefit analysis

As per the project proposal, e-content of around 16 subjects would begenerated.

The subjects relates to electronics and animation domain, which are indemand by the students for better job prospects and skill enhancements. The workingpeople would also be able to join the courses and get benefit from the quality e-content.

The cost of the project vis-a-vis number of students that can take advantage fromonline web enabled e-content justifies the economic viability of the project. The studentscan undertake the online training at anytime, anywhere. This would reducethe learning cost.

The dissemination of knowledge would be more and spread around the world, withoutany location limitation.

Easy Access to Subject Experts

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Social impact The e-content relates to the skill development courses that student from various streams often undertake to get a better job and placement. Skill development centres, student community as well as in service professional would be greatly benefitted from the quality content. Our training pedagogy is depicted in Annexure – A2

Generating skilled manpower at various levels Self paced learning opportunitiesQuick re-orientation of professionals in IndustryReduce digital divide and Benefit for the industryEasy availability of Quality e-content and Subject Experts

As the programs are specialized in nature, therefore they will be able to fill the need of acute shortage of skilled manpower in these advanced topics.

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Outcome The project outcome would be e-contents of around 16 subjects on skill development course in electronic and animation domain. The skill development course proposed are job oriented and as per past records, students prefer to join such course for increasing the employability prospects. The norms of CDAC Mohali are given in Annexure-A3 pertaining to courses. Training program Eligibility and Expected Competency at the end of the course are depicted in Annexure-A4

Through the online e-content modules, the overall cost of education would be reduced. At the same time, right quality content would be available to the student community and learners. The specific outcome would be;1. Regularly Updated and reviewed e-content2. Reduce shortage of skilled manpower in the specialized areas of electronic product design, animation, biomedical electronics and instrumentation, and RFID.3. Benefit for the industry 4. The rights of the e-content will rest with MHRD.5. Generating e-content for Training Programs mostly based on Open source packages (Pilot Phase plan is to generate e-content for 360 hrs with 4 Quadrant approach as given in Annexure-A5 )

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Usefulness of C-DAC Mohali’s Courses to Students

Program AICTE/UGC approved subjects covered on an average more than 50 % with intensivePractical approach.

Biomedical Electronics –Technology and Maintenance

1) M.E (Instrumentation & Control) Subject ELECTIVE 1: Fundamentals of Biomedical Instrumentation http://www.unipune.ac.in/Syllabi_PDF/revised/engg/19%20%26%2020.%20ME%20Instrumentation%20-%20Process%20%26%20Bio-Medical%20%20Instrumentation.pdf2) Electrical Engineering: PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES , Subject 9. Biomedical Instrumentation.This course cove more than 50 % of the above subject plus it has more practical exposure and servicing and maintenance part with practical approach with rich Bio-Medical equipment exposure.http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/mugelectricalengineering.pdf3) Biomedical Engineering : THIRD YEAR : Semester 5: Biomedical Instrumentation 1THIRD YEAR : Semester 6: Biomedical Instrumentation 2http://www.vit.edu.in/academic-courses/under-gradutate-courses/1-biomedical-engineering4) Syllabus For Diploma Level Courses : Instrumentation & Control : FIFTH SEMESTER : 5.1 Bio-Medical Instrumentation Elective II a) Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation http://techeduhry.nic.in/

Microcontroller (Architecture, Programming and Interfacing)

1) B.E(Electronics & Electrical Communication)SIXTH SEMESTER,EECE-603 Micro controller andEmbedded Systems.PTU, UIET, B.Tech Courseshttp://www.ptu.ac.in/userfiles/file/engg_syllab/ece-04.pdf (6thsem)http://www.puchd.ac.in/includes/syllabus/2010/20100927113543-be_ece_3_to_8.pdf

(6th sem)http://www.uietkuk.org/download/ECE%20syllabus%20full.pdf (7th sem)

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Usefulness of C-DAC Mohali’s Courses to Students

Program AICTE/UGC approved subjects covered on an average more than 50 % with intensivePractical approach.

Multimedia and Animation

BSc. Multimedia Syllabushttp://www.bitnoida.in/bamcourse/syllabus/complete_bam_syllabus.pdf

Repair and Maintenance of PC and Peripherals

Syllabus For Diploma Level Courses : Computer Engineeringhttp://techeduhry.nic.in/syllabus/COMPUTER%20ENGG/6Comp.pdfhttp://www.dget.nic.in/coe/syllabus/Advanced_IT.pdf

Electronics Product Design and Technology

http://www.pec.ac.in/

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