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, you can't expect and compare Aakash with Ipad or galaxy! Asked by: pc a.k.a. @jpchat9
A. Completely agree. I doubt any students or academic institutions think it compares with the iPad or Galaxy Tab devices. Perhaps some government babus and ministers did....
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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: Maker of low cost Aakash tablet, Datawind, today said it has started supplying the new version of the tablet to IIT Bombay and it is likely to be launched in October. "Supplies are on to IIT Bombay. In the next few weeks, it should be launched. I do not have the exact date, but HRD Minister (Kapil Sibal) has said he wants to launch on the anniversary date...
04:20 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama has appointed Romesh Wadhwani, an Indian American founder of several software and IT companies, on board of trustees of the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. Announcing his intent to appoint Wadhwani and nine other general trustees of the centre, Obama said, "These dedicated men and women bring a wealth of experience and talent to their new roles and I am proud to have...
04:48 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the present slowdown was not "inevitable or irreversible". Addressing Convocation ceremony at IIT Bombay in Mumbai, the Prime Minister said after half a century of zero rate of economic growth, from 1900 to 1950, India managed to register 3.5 per cent growth for three decades after Independence, from 1950 to 1980. But from 1980 to now, over the subsequent three decades, the...
09:42 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Mumbai: An employee of IIT Bombay, was on Monday arrested for allegedly molesting a 26-year-old student at his residence on the campus after offering her a spiked coffee, police said. Savree Vardarajan (57), a senior storekeeper at the institution, allegedly molested the girl at his residence at 7:30 am on Saturday after offering her a spiked coffee, they said, adding the accused and the victim knew each other since they...
11:57 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday gave its nod to the common entrance for admission to the undergraduate programme from 2013 under a format which will admit students having top 20 percentile of their respective boards. The senate approved the IIT council's resolution regarding admission to the IITs based only on rank achieved in advance test subject to condition that selected candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful...
10:03 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: Even as confusion reigns over the HRD Ministry's proposed common entrance test for all IITs, with some institutions backing it and others opposing it, it is the aspiring engineering students who are suffering the most. Kshitij is one of the lakhs of students every year who dream of joining the prestigious IITs. But with the deadlock persisting between the HRD minister's proposal and the senates of different IITs,...
06:40 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are split over the joint engineering exam for all centralised institutions. While IIT Madras and Guwahati back the government's proposal on the new format, IIT Kanpur and Kharagpur oppose it. The All India IIT Faculty Federation is likely to meet the Prime Minister on Tuesday. Differences have also emerged within the IITs. The Director of IIT Kharagpur, Damodar Acharya, is the first...
01:30 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are likely to emulate Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur which has decided to hold its own entrance test after rejecting HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test' proposal. A member of the IIT Delhi senate, who did not wish to be named, said that IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay -- possibly other IITs also -- may soon follow IIT Kanpur's example....
07:05 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Mumbai: Sceptics and scientists alike say homeopathy is a placebo. However, scientists at IIT Powai have done some ground-breaking research, and plan to release a new study this March. The British Medical Association has passed some serious judgment on homeopathy, liking it to witchcraft and black magic, all placebo and no science. The debate over homeopathy is not new. Some of the criticism is over the quality of compounds which...
09:19 AM, Jan 09, 2012
Mumbai: For the first time, IIT Bombay will be auctioning games designed by its students for a mass production. The auction has been scheduled for July 7. "Students from Industrial Design Centre (IDC) and Electrical Engineering Department have been designing games which are available for commercial and educational purposes. Some of these games have design registration completed, while more recent ones are in the process. We are inviting industries involved...
07:24 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Kanpur: IIT Bombay is the first choice among students who cleared the IIT-JEE exam this year, followed by the Delhi campus. According to an IIT-Kanpur release, which conducted the exam this year, most of the students who attended the first counselling session have made Mumbai their first choice followed by Delhi, with Kanpur being the third preference. A total 13,197 students cleared the IIT-JEE 2011 and 9,319 of them attended...
06:12 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Mumbai: India will have a 100 million heart patients by the end of the decade. What's worse - the Cardiological Society estimates heart defects go undiagnosed in four out of ten cases. But if Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay's innovations are anything to go by, then this lab prototype - a 4 mm long chip could soon revolutionize the way heart tests are carried out. Prof V Ramgopal Rao, elec...
10:35 AM, Jan 12, 2011
Mumbai: Just months after the British Medical Association dismissed homeopathy as "witchcraft", researchers at IIT Bombay have done further studies on the subject. For the first time, they have shown the science behind the 200 year old system of medicine. Homeopathy is "witchcraft", "black magic", all placebo and no science - a serious judgment by the British Medical Association just six months ago on homeopathy. The debate over homeopathy is...
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05:55 PM, Aug 24, 2009
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