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MINUTES OF THE F I R S T -- C o M M I l 7 ' E E GF EXPERTS - N A T I O N A L r.'rISSION ON EDUCATION

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AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) 2009 AT 3.30 PM I N CONFERENCE S H k S T R I BHAWAF.&, NEW DELHI UNDER TeE-C,t;i>2;2!?[:_R_SGG5HIF OF SECRETARY. DEPARTMENT OF H I G H E R EQ-U'[.TI_C;S -

The first mcetipy of the Empov;ered C o n ~ ~ i a e e of ~ n p e r t s (Project Approval Board) (PAB) of National Mis~ir~i; c.3 Edi !.-- ' '*. , a ~ ! ~ n through

, - r-- Information and Cammunication T e c h n o i c ~ ) ~ r ) t~:xs k e i 3 a! 3.30 l:rn or; 3-' M J ; C ~ , PfiC9 in t h e Conference Roo:;: r'!~.;12-C Y?!ir,r;, SPEstr'i Ehawan,

Dc!hi tp,c Cbairpersonshlip Q' Secf.ct:r-;! , # ! ~ ; - . ~ : : ! ~ : r ! ~ : : ~ - ~ ~ : 0; tjigher Educatian.

2. The list cf psii icipants is a t Annexe. I -2 -. Shri R. r. Agarwzl, Secretary Hisher Ebuch:ior, \.lri$smf?d a!! t i le -. .. -c-i-orc zsr-16 h v i c a G \ , , ; w ~ c , r mr t+r u <&e tjei-,=jj:s ty t f ::;#: ~ G ; ? ? ~ z ~ ~ ' ~ s~<;:,s;~<:d , . ,L , , ,Yb ,d U..Y V . . - . . I --*-. .--- scileme of Nziticnal Flission on Ecucztion through Inforr-i?a;icn 6c?d

Co,nmurlicaticn Technology (ICT). I-le alsc i f i d i ~ i ? i ~ d Lhc ~ ~ V O ' T ' rcle of tht? Fraject Approual B ~ a r d [PAD) i n implen-En:ins ?);is ~ ~ l . i ? n ? e !riit!; tI:e f;eip of Com,nittees cf Dam~in Experts tc bc r.-;r:-;ifls';c:$ L) i>e P k B trom time to time. The Expees cclnrr,ittces t*;oxici .c':.:3?713(. >.;lo Z;.~;,r.o-;e pr.cpossis sabmit.t& ufidsr this mission base5 cr; tile <;?tails rrc~vidcd by tzartous co- ari;ir?a;ors as hleil as ;:;e rerornrn:r,rl~:;~-ris T C ~ ~ . J ~ T J Y * C . ( . ~ - . !-!E iri:~;:~.~~id the Cornn;ittee of t l l~ : f o r ~ ~ a t i @ r . ~f tilt3 j>:~i!3fi2; .A$~.c>: C%lm!ktee of the b<ission u n j e ~ t he ChaJrmanship of the %o:?oursbie I+,ilr,is;er of RRD. H e strongly urged the need to ensure that f c o d s z1,:zilab!e under this I'4ission should be utilized mos: meaningfully anc: efficier~tly. The Chairperson rnsde the following o~servat ions on the ii~ree agenda items before the PAB :

(i! As proposed in the Note f ~ r the C a b i ~ c t Committee on Economic Affairs far the :\lissl@n, the Department o f Tel=communications (DOT), would be requested to provide

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and for networking them. In addition, L? is ijnivcrsii ies v:cirlcI be provided connectivity i n c i l ~ d i n ~ to on average about 20 departments In each cjf the Uni\,ersities. Tiie quality o f service on connectivity must bt? kigl: and dl's3 be made available a t competitive rsres. Only insti i l~tions with valid accreditation for offering higher education programmes should be provided with this faci!ity and that the Department of Higher Education, MHRD wol-lid ~;!-ovide this list to the DOT. Poor quality of service such 8s U ! - I ~ L J ~ de!ays in establishing of connectivity or devietions frc:-I; p;oceu"ures laid down jcintly

tlmt the Department of Higher Education and the Office of Shri N. K. Sinha under whose CO-ordinatorship the Mission is beina carr'ied out by the MHRD, Would pi-ovide all assistance as required f rom t ime to time.

(ii) t le explained to the new members of the PAS iror-r: various F?ini_;tries, the significant efforts of ali i:)? 7 i iTs ( I IT aomba;/, 111- Delhi, I I T Gu\vahati, I r , !IT r ~ r I I T Madras, I IT RcorCee) 2 , : t h e 11%. Far-!5aior-~, in ;he execu:icn c f the first p h a ~ , ~ r 1: t t . : ~ i\:ationijl Pr~;~;:ra!.;~~i-ie o n Technolcgy Efihanced Learnin; :,I;!P?-EL) which had starred in June 2003. Though the financi?! sdi..;i!ion for the first pilaze and ti le activities of the tirst phase, as sr~r:ir!i,=;;ized in the project docuinents of I.iOTEi, er?ded 3r,

- .j::rs 3C1, ;:307, the Vinisiry of HRD has been qtiitt:: sup:;.2rtive r;f c:sr~;:ri!?:j'il-tc;; the F.i?TEi project into i ts z"* s a d j>h?se and /;ad (?&rile; ~ r o ~ o s ~ d to proSdide a short terrr. cu;;ts;i:i? unti! t h e Nact!cnal ~vlissicn prosram was fornlallv op;-;:-o1~ec Sy the C ~ b I i l ~ t . Now th3t th: p r ~ j e c t is for.nallv the !;lad project ci i h c iiaI;fii~i>l Kission, he stressed the importznc-3 cf ensuring all ccfit:?:~tz developed under the first phase of the croj-.ct be --- -r--

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r ! 2 i ~ t l that t!;e ccntents o f these ccurses are a!read;, frecl;~ a v a i l s b k t~ eveFjone in India and aci-ozd i i -sr i the vrebsits: :r;i.:\.;. .--. ri3:.~i.~irc-i.ac.in. --- However, this dan i w u l d i ~ ~ t be IOG!.!G rficcti3,f? in I-eaching cut to students due to e>:isti?c Loor in le i f io t scccss in various coilepes and therefcre I-i-c;ut?sted the ?!PTEL c~~ rc ' i r r a to r s a i ld 9ir?ctc?rs of all ilTc tc h ~ l p in the s!:,ceciy dis%;~:miastion of 812 co~~ te r i t s to el~ci? 2nd e-~crygnc. In the cour;:r.y. r le alsc nlade the sbggestior, ~t integrating t l ie exist~ng e-content as .fur example, those provided t ~ y FiIT Open Course Ware an3 other 1r;clisn educational institutions ir-,to (AFTEL. Cr, his request to the members for their views on these t iVO items, the following observatiofis \vet-e ,made by them :

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I4e:nber Secretary ( X S ) , PAB explained the aims of this Mission in extending coinputer infrastructure and cnnrrcctivity to mere than 23000 ciccpe co!leges zs ;veil as approximately 20 Departments in each of osJer 40P Universities / Deemed Universities and Institutions of National Importance. The estimated cost is abaut Rs.12,000/- per year per node for a pipe providing 512 Icbps VPN (unshared) and tip to 2 Mbps broadbarxi (st-izred). I t is important to connect a!l these i~s t i tu t ions within the next 6 tc 8 months. However, baridwidth v~ i l l have to be prc;v;ded incrementally based on the usage by the University Departments / C ~ l l z g e s / Institutiocs, so as no t to wz-ste bandwidth / resources. For rural areas, the connectivity rates will

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r!tccssary to have Institutions sig~! an XCiJ with MHRD far reimbursing 25 percent r.f their cost !vlti? 10 ,?t:rc~nl: for t h e NE territories. Al i :.;f 7:;:s. ~ i ; . i I ? be rnade i:;v;.iiz5ie in the rental mode t l i r . c c : ~ : - : i i - ;.is ncjted in ::he approvat accorded by the C?i! irc: Sf>;:-irnittee on Zcoi?o,~ic Affairs. The Dep~rlrr,cnc ~f ?'::!;<!- E4ucatIon :;~-o;sscd t o the PP.6 to perniit i t ~ e rrr~r.:f.:?r of Rs.30U cr~';c; to the DuT i c r thi; purpcse '.-i;c rrsnsfer of ( 1 1 r $ ~ i~ subject to adhe tp r l r ~ qf ;li>71-.71.1-i:+~:-~ c~:nditiops

. . r:-i~:r,-l.-trir.ci 1:; [he sanc;ju, 1 iett,:~. ~5 ;,; : .-,.,: j;:i;rs\.*sI sf - G~.~t.r;rnmefit t o t h e scf.---r-- .. . . t: . !+.T bers sr_rggt=_st.ed that t t i i ~ be done by i ? \ ~ i r ; . ; ~ ; ii!ie detailed proposal f r om DcT and exar;;if:ai;ic;; ::f ';he 'JJcldiis by i!!e T e c k ~ i c z l Cornniittee which s o ' ~ l d L7y rc)~s: i t~ ted p ~ , - l ~ ~ . - : ? r c ~ l * ~ -. -. .. -. . . - . , fc r tili' p ~ r p 3 . s ~ .

. TOE - 1 ; on :;.,.: , -~ i~ : , .~ , : l ; ; c -~~~ af <.>c,;c:,c;:ivi:.y : j r ~ ~ r , ~ m in th i= b!issicl.!(i -i> :/-:!I: c~r;,:c;<tivi[y ~:,iojec: ;n tFic Nzticnal Ki-~o~;!c.i;!e i.;er:.v.c;rk (NKI'd). I t vg.3, i-i-lacie clear by the Sf:~;e:::r) : :42; tf-lot there s5o:;::d :,e r. .j dur~licit-y cif effo;ts or i!;it;z ti..re iietc.ee5 .: - - - L ...- .-- .-.. c-,. ,:;",<: 6 . i . " ;.L;ILII,-:C. ??t.muhtr5 5-c?! t 'v n?~;-!Itrne7t 0: I!:fc.cr;-i;itic.ri Tecflrmlogy (DIT) exy!~ i , iec i the c.bje~tives cf i..Ik'.'r,: a?,? r;ighl:ghtcd i f .~c ~ a c k ~ : - c , ~ r : d conr,c=livity envisi~cctJ i i ~ ~ d e r ?.iKTrl ir, ir.s c l ~ i i ? r ) t p;~as(! z s that - 2 c:c piz;nie: ;ns:-:tutis75 ; vr:ry high ijrcz;:k,and connec;i~~it-y dn,! ~ ~ ~ I ~ v J I c ! : . > (1 !:;bps t3 10 c ; S ~ s per n1:jc). Thnj. r-ae:itic)~cC; ti;;;~. ; i t i other ii:.:.~t:u?I~;;s P I G V LI? cz;;nectt>d rs tt;? NKN n i t v~o i -k ;:I

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p;r;le conr~rct iv i ty to ell t k e pre.r,ier Ins'cituticns in :he cr;c.intr). inclz3irig IITs, l i I i s a:?d Universities C O L O T . ~ ' ~ unger the NKPJ r!ztwt?rk i r ~ i . . l l it is set up. ',','!)en N K X beccfnes e f i e~ t r~ ,~q , ~c;nr;ecC'ivity to the premi.2: Ins t i tu t ic~ is will be prr;ide2 o r i ~ by NKPJ ecd cther Izrr;e numb,'..r of instituticlns will cr~r:tinue bndr-r the Naticnal M i s s i ~ n program of Mt iRG c~ctil s ~ c h t i r r ; ~ that fdKN eximnds. its cperations.

.- . J F,s r i i t l rnh~rs of the PAS, requested 5e':siis on the : ~ n d requiremefits of t h e NPTEL prcjcct-. ?ref. !<. > : Z ~ P Z I J Strcd~r , 3epartment cjf C?cmistry, iITM who is alsa the !u'ational Web COL;;:;~ Coordinator o f the NPTEi. project, Sriefsd the deta i :~ cl' the r4PiEL's ;eq~~il~eme:::s of fcrnds arid 3lso .~n;phsc!zecl the fact t ha t this project was being csrried CIS:,- by a!l IiTs and IZSc. Banga!ore from i'ilnds sanctioned by the Ir,sti!ules o r a loan basis. I t is therefore, importarit tFIal. they b? also paid back frorr~ the funds ziiocated to f:rT"' -..;of ,;c: in

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31- t-j-ay_d_isks. The NPTEL proposal for Phase !I cr,.,' ':; has listed all these activities as part of tne p:ojeci I?!-

Phase I1 and :iI and therefore, it is appropriate t!;?t t h ~ fil~-,d.; sar.ctioncd ;or this project be uti:I:ic..: -:: . - cover s9me i i f the expenses aireacfy iricurr c d i-a: ::;:;

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t!lc rc;easF: 2f' f inds - 25.28.22 crores <AS 1% :.:rr. instclmc,~r - z:gent!y to sustain :he moment:!:^: a'7.r: -::. provide i rnpetr !~ to !:fie prcject under the Micsi::!~.

5. Aftcr,a;;cvc disc~lssio~?s, t i l ~ Projkit Approi.'al Board (PAS) to:?:.: ri.!? foilowing decisions :

( 0 A Technical Comrnittec he constituted comprising P:.::. B.N. Jain, IIT, De!;li, Dr.- Y.N. Singh, IJT, Kanpul-, Silt-i P,.S. Manif NIC, Prof. K.M. Gapta, In, Delhi, Dr. 3.K. I.q~;r:!".)/, Director & Head, P:KN, I'rof. Hazoar Sharan, IIT, Ceitli, Shri Anil bin, GM (BB), SSNL, Shri R. Saji Kmar, DGM, BSN?., M s . Skzk i : ~ T. Shamshu, Joint fidviser, P!ar!ni-:g Commissi~n, Prof. S.V. Raghavan, IIT, Madras, i'iith :.::_':;.

Prem Kalra, IIT, i<anr;;~r as Canvenor of the T c c r . ~ i ~ s l Committee to critically ~ixamir,e tlie feasibility c;f p:o\!:cii:? broadband conn~r t i v i t y as envisaged under ;he IQatknbr Mission on Educat i~n t h r c u ~ h Inforrnztioii ?;n2 Commclnication l'echnology, tc go into detailed tecf-bl::r3i specifications of the integrated National K n c ~ ~ v I e Z ~ s Network and DoTii3SNL Network so as to see conortiry aspects between these t : v ~ networks and ritork GL!?

details/modalities to rnatch closely with (-he qiC:!-lc realities, PAB also decided that repcrt of t h e Ti.ck,ricai Committee may be circulated to ail members of the PA6

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by 13.3.20139 and ?AS will discuss this report in its next meetir.9 scheduled for 17.3.2009 at 3.30 prn at New Deltii. FA6 ijiso directed that Technical Conrnlt ice shall' meet e n 4.3.2009 and any other. sllbseql~ei;!. c2dtt.s to discuss the matte,.

IIT, Deihi 5*ros invited to make a preserrtation nn \!ir!ual Labor~tor ies in the next meeting.of PA6 Gri 17.3.2069 to &terrniof. pk,- q l~anturn of initial fundin? for t h e virtus! labs prcjcct cgnrdinated by all IITs under ti-1i5 iviission.

ICRC sh2ll be requested to make a presencotioi; on EdclSat usas? before the PA3 in rhe next meet;n<j an 17.3.2GOS.

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n o n i n ~ t i o r ~ s in :nese areas from those i n s t i t u t i . ~ ~ ~ . The c~mmid!.:es !~ould, ir, iurn, exsrnine th? p ro~osz i s reccivcd u:~dc: the I'dational Flissicrl on fducatior? through

T::er.r s:.!i?l: riel t13 zny cei l i r ,~ while pr~v id iny Cf;)zd,?a~-{d ccnr~ectior~c :o the departments of ufiivc-rsjtics. If sgme iJrtivcrsit;e+ d!.j nrst n ~ e d all 20 cannecticjns while ot!;ers need n?r\re t!-,an 20, it i ~ i l ! .be don? on a cssl-by-czse bzr.is f-a dlilz,L tli:? everaye figures are retzined for ki;dzz;ery reaszns.

r4JlijXD wi!l devise a format to be gi'den to DOT/BSNL, crjf:taicing an undertaking to contribute 25% ccst cf the ccr;r,ecti\~ity, to b e signed by the tenef~ciaries by DQT/SS?L'L a t t5e tl:nie of instailation. - aeneficiaries wit! be asked to deposit Rs.10,000/- with the service 1::rovider at the tirr,e of installation. of broadband facility. 1vlaUs / P,g;ecments shai! bc sianed with t i le beneficiaries, as per req~rirement.

Governnicnt Polytechnics (about 2000) arid National Insr~tutes of Techcobgy (NITS) may also be provided brocdbdnd connectivity under the Scheme of Natiorial Mission on Education through Information and Comrnuriication Technology.

It was indicated that there was not much enthusiasm in the students to use NPTEL courses as they did not find tkcm useful for their examinations which were based on o~ tda ted syllabi. There;ore, it was proposed that the NGA/ATCTE/VCs of Technical Universities shou Id be ser~sitlzed t~ ensure that the syllabi of the engineering courses should be got updated from time to t ime so that

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NF.l.Ei. courses become meaningful to the studects in their examinations also.

( ix) .:7ddrtional Agenda I tems circulated duri:,; th? nleetinq 3 f "

PAES c.11 03.03.2009 could not be discussed by ?AE. PAB directed t o place these i tems before it in t h e I-text neet in9 fo be held on 17.3.2009.

!x> r\;F'TE!. project included several conipr:nenis besides - n;?.mel;/, h?r-d;varz :or scc.rcjc,:e and ,-,-...,., ..,.,.. ,, -,.-c ;-i!:tity for strcamicg video content, 31gitizaf:cn of t/ici.<i: coptent., teaciler training 2nd ina;:pi;;\:zr creation ctl:. as . cornpcnents of etfeci:ii*e Iearaing. .Ti3e~i-?fcj:-e, ;he Ci;airperson, in consclt?tio;r v;/;itt: the IFD ~ 3 . j t t ! ~ : ~ : + ? ~;ffi~i,:;;t fu.765 t(j CD;.CT K ~ C f i l ~ ~ j i 7 1 ~ n i

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t?e,-;?c 0: :~.ICS C5bir-tei approved ncjte of -'. Li ,? f4issicn 3 r c t c - - - : ; 7 t J~~ t I . L besides NPTEi-specific ~ ; ' I I o c C ~ ~ ~ L ; ~ I (3.:- Rs. 10 ci-orcs !:-,si:.-j! is excldr;ivcl\f for pL'r::rCSC c ~ f c:c,::[c.n'; crea:iot;. a i s ~ approved t h e :.jile;~il J;;JTEL p r c r ~ ~ ~ " ! ~ V J C ~

f r r F.5. gi, rrorpq for t t~e Kission period znc! r eccmne~dca t i 7 2 k fcl,,d5 be reicascd t o the c;.crciinc?-;:IS i , I.(:., Ij-f f-.:adraz scan fz r can-ying ti,cl. p;~jt.c!; icint,!y witti ;\;I 4 I s.zve:-: ~ t j l ~ r psrtfier ir-tstit>l:i:?r;s.

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Frof. ,'.j;,;' Ci-!s%:-;;;~r!,~~/, Dean {CC!. lndiar: lc :s:i:!~!.e of Tec>no:ogy, Kharagn~:~'.

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