New Delhi: Datawind, the maker of low-cost Aakash tablets, said it has shipped to the government all the 1 lakh units completing the deal after almost two-and-a-half years that was marred by glitches.
Datawind had won the contract to supply 1 lakh unit of Aakash tablets priced at USD 49.98 apiece in 2011, translated into a price of Rs 2,276 at that time.
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11:16 AM, May 02, 2013
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. Concerned over the tardy progress, the HRD...
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 conceding that there has been a "failure" in its production. ...
11:55 PM, Apr 03, 2013
New Delhi: The government is all set to cancel the Aakash tablet - India's low cost version of an iPad - that is suffering from delays in manufacturing, a faulty processor and low memory. The new Human Resource and Development Minister Pallam Raju made the decision of cancelling the tablets, which has been a dream project of IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. It was feted as India's fitting answer...
10:25 AM, Mar 24, 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
Datawind was asked to supply one lakh pieces of Aakash tablet initially, which never happened. ...
07:04 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Government is keen to take Aakash tablet to the people at a cost of Rs 1,500 apiece, Telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday. "I asked Rajat Moona (Director General,C-DAC) to help us in Aakash. Let us take that Aakash to the people of this country for a sum of Rs 1,500. Each student must have a Aakash in his/her hand so that they can see the world...
03:41 AM, Feb 12, 2013
United Nations: The end of 2012 will see India complete an eventful two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, leaving the high-table of the world body with confidence of returning "very" soon having established its credentials as a dominant global power. India joined the 15-nation Council in January, 2011, after a gap of 19 years, winning an overwhelmingly high number of votes, which its Permanent Representative...
03:45 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Chandigarh: The Education Department of Punjab government will explore the option of sourcing low-cost tablet 'Aakash' for distributing among class XI and XII students, which was promised by ruling party SAD in its poll manifesto. "We will certainly explore (sourcing) 'Aakash' tablet for giving them to students as announced in the state budget. Moreover, Aakash tablet is also being propagated by the Centre," a senior official of School Education Department...
04:42 AM, Dec 18, 2012
India's first indigenously created low-cost tablet Aakash will be showcased at the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday. India will be presenting a tablet to the representative from each country at the General Assembly which begins on Wednesday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will launch the tablet at the invitation of Permanent Mission of India to celebrate India's presidency of the UN Security Council through November. ...
10:08 AM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Datawind, the maker of Aakash tablet PC, on Saturday said assembling and programming of the low-cost tablet has been done in the country and only some main parts have been sourced from China. "For the first 10,000 units for IIT, and for expediency sake we had the motherboards and kits manufactured in our Chinese subcontractor's facilities, and then the units have been 'kitted' in China at various manufacturers...
01:24 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: Datawind, the maker of Aakash tablet PC, has said it will clear all backlog of paid orders for the commercial version of tablet within next six weeks. "All the paid orders (for tablets with) resistive and capacitative (screens) without SIM will be cleared in next 10 days. But the ones that want tablet with SIM they will be cleared in the next 4 to 6 weeks," DataWind CEO...
12:26 PM, Nov 18, 2012
New York: Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine among the 15 "classroom revolutionaries" who are using innovative technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers globally. The Forbes list names 15 education innovators who are "harnessing a slew of disruptive technologies to change everything from the way we...
07:49 AM, Nov 10, 2012
United Nations: India will showcase its low-cost Aakash tablet at the UN, highlighting the country's innovation involved in creating the "most competitively priced" tablet computer. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said a presentation on the tablet will be held on November 28 at the world body's headquarters here to which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will be invited. Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of Canada-based Datawind, which...
01:39 AM, Nov 03, 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: A day after Narendra Modi said he was being "bribed" with a couple of Aakash tablets, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said he had sent the low cost devices to the Gujarat Chief Minister so that he can "learn" about them. "I am bribing him because I want him to learn about Aakash," Sibal told reporters in the latest war of words between them...
08:52 PM, Oct 05, 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
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took yet another dig at Union Telecom Minister and Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal accusing him of resorting to "cheap gimmicks". Sibal had on Friday gifted Aakash tablets to Modi after the Gujarat Chief Minister, in his Teacher's Day speech, had ridiculed the Union Minister for failing to launch the Aakash tablet, saying the UPA's publicised tablet Aakash hasn't taken off...
06:33 PM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to turn the tables on the Gujarat Chief Minister, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that he would present the version-2 of Aakash tablet to Narendra Modi on a public platform in the state on September 22. "After receiving the tablet, Modi may think about taking back his statement," Sibal said when asked about the Gujarat Chief Miniser's remarks made on Wednesday. Taking a swipe at...
01:24 AM, Sep 07, 2012
