New Delhi: Datawind, supplier low-cost Aakash tablet to the government, has said it expects to complete delivery of 1 lakh units of the device by end of this month.
"We expect to complete supply of around around 70,000 units by end of the week. Rest of the units will be supplied in 14 to 15 days," Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli told PTI.
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09:33 AM, Apr 08, 2013
The much-touted Aakash tablet project has been plagued by massive production delays, technical and delivery hitches. There have been complaints about its low memory, frequent system freezes and low-quality display and sound. So is this another of those showcase government projects gone wrong? joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Biztech2's managing editor Ivor Soans joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Guys, in 2k,...
06:40 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The fate of the much touted low-cost computing device Aakash looks uncertain with the government on Friday conceding that there has been a "failure" in its production. Concerned over the tardy progress, the HRD Ministry has written to IIT Bombay (the executing body) to ensure the vendor (Datawind) meets the terms and conditions and the supply order by March 31 in letter and spirit, failing which action could be initiated...
10:29 PM, Mar 22, 2013
New Delhi: While the HRD Ministry is offering the low-cost Aakash 2 tablet to Indian students at a subsidised price of Rs 1,130, the same device is also commercially available for purchase at Rs 4,499. The commercial version of the Aakash 2 unit is branded as UbiSlate 7Ci. The UbiSlate 7Ci (Aakash 2) tablet comes engineered with a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, while the original Aaaksh tablet was powered by...
02:49 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Datawind in association with the HRD Ministry has launched Aakash 2 - the new version of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, which was trashed by both users and reviewers for its poor performance. The new Aakash 2 tablet is available at a subsidised price of Rs 1,130 for Indian students, while Datawind is delivering the tablet to the HRD Ministry at Rs 2,263. Compared to the previous version of...
02:53 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor ha said that a number of pending legislations pertaining to HRD ministry will be passed during the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament despite possible opposition from some Congress MPs. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he said a lot of persuasion will be required to convince Parliamentarians rather than pushing for enactment of the legislations. He also ruled out the possibility of...
10:37 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resources Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor on Friday rued that the quality of higher education in the country was "extremely uneven" and prescribed specialised training by institutions to its recruits as one of the solutions to bridge the gap. Speaking at the 2nd convocation of the Max Institute of Medical Excellence in New Delhi, the new MoS for HRD said there was a...
07:43 PM, Nov 02, 2012
The former junior defence minister Pallam Raju has got a promotion. He is the new Human Resource Development Minister. Speaking to reporters, he said that the reshuffle had rectified the representation of Andhra Pradesh in the Cabinet. He added that it was time to strengthen the party base in the southern state. ...
03:48 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Star India batsman and Member of Parliament Sachin Tendulkar has some plans to improve the sports culture in India, and he wants to share that in detail with the government. By integrating it with the education system, Tendulkar wants sports to be a compulsory activity in all educational institutes. Tendulkar entered the Rajya Sabha four months back but it hasn't taken long for the icon to come up...
10:56 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said the new version of the low-cost Aakash tablet PC is expected to be available to students on November 11. "Hopefully on November 11, you will see the President talking to 20,000 students across the nation (who) will have their hands on Aakash," Sibal told reporters here at the Economic Editors' Conference. He added that Aakash, an instrument of empowerment, will feature...
04:21 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The squabble between Kapil Sibal and Narendra Modi over the low-cost Aakash tablet refused to end with the Gujarat chief minister returning two such devices sent to him by the Union HRD minister for his feedback. According to sources in the HRD Ministry, the advanced version Aakash II tablets, sent a few days ago to Modi, came back undelivered. Now the Ministry is planning to courier the tablets...
11:00 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday against hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the alleged coal blocks allocation scam. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal slammed the Opposition saying the states ruled by the BJP had opposed competitive bidding. Sibal also accused the main Opposition party of "lying to the people of the country". This came hours after another senior Union Minister, Jairam Ramesh, dragged BJP president Nitin Gadkari...
05:37 PM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: An unidentified person had sent a letter to Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal using a forged letter head of Commerce Minister Anand Sharma in March and efforts are on to trace him, police said on Monday. An FIR in this regard was registered last week after a complaint filed by the Director of Vigilance Department in the Ministry of Commerce. In the complaint, the senior official said...
06:35 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Hyderabad: An upgraded version of Aakash, the low cost tablet billed as the cheapest computer in the world for students and the teaching community, is set to be launched "very soon", HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Sunday. The improved version is fitted with a faster processor and enhanced battery life among other features. "It (the idea of low cost computer) was rejected throughout the world and it was said...
04:51 AM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: The IIT Kanpur on Saturday accepted the new Joint Entrance Exam pattern proposed by the Human Resource Development Ministry, clearing the way to make changes in the reputed examination. Most of the members of the IIT Kanpur senate agreed to the latest prescribed pattern avoiding a confrontation on the issue. The confirmation of the exam pattern changes will be given at the academic senate meet on Sunday. ...
07:48 AM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: The NCERT monitoring committee will meet on Saturday to decide whether to axe caricatures from text books. The Thorat Committee, set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry, had recommended the scrapping of 46 caricatures, of which 24 pertained to the Nehru-Gandhi family. Sources say that the cartoon on Dr Ambedkar that started the whole controversy in the first place is sure to go. So is the one...
11:39 AM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: The government has raised Kendriya Vidyalaya admission quota for MPs from two to six seats in the wake of increased demands from the Parliamentarians. With this, roughly 6,000 seats in the KVs would be filled up on the recommendations of the Parliamentarians, HRD Ministry official said after a meeting chaired by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal with KV Board of Governors. At present, there are 1,087 Kendriya Vidyalayas with...
12:50 AM, Jul 14, 2012
Kolkata: Two days after a 10-year-old girl was forced to lick her urine by her warden, the Visva-Bharati University apologised on Thursday and urged the parents to let her return to school. However, the child is too scared to go back to her school and her parents as well are not keen on adhering to the request of the school. The apology by the university came in a statement which...
08:32 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: In response to the call given by the Bar Council of India, lawyers belonging to Karnataka State Bar Council will boycott courts on July 11 and 12 protesting against some new bills proposed to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. A member of the Bar Council of India, Bhoje Gowda told PTI, considering the impact of Higher Education Research Bill, 2011, the National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for...
02:18 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: The Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to engineering and medical colleges is likely to be introduced all over the country by the next four years, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said. "It (Common Entrance Test) will take three to four years for being introduced in all states," he said at a media interaction. Sibal said that during his talk with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
12:39 AM, Jul 06, 2012
