Chairman of the Development Team Tablet "Aakhaas", Prof. S. Yadav, who was accompanied by the acting director of IIT Rajasthan Prof. B. Ravindra, expressed willingness to the Ambassador to India, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Andi M. Ghalib on his visit to IIT Rajasthan, Jodhpur, India, Wednesday (1/2).
IIT Rajahstan India recently universe horrendous world of information technology to produce the cheapest tablet computer for 35 dollars. Prof. Yadav explained that the key to cheap tablet computer is simple.
"First, the components must be chosen low without sacrificing quality," he said. "Secondly, the production process must be optimized, taking into account aspects of location, labor and distribution. What matters more, he added, is the amount of production that must be achieved so that the amount of mass can be achieved economies of scale.
Government of India through Ministry of Human Resource Development (Ministry of Education) has targeted to split the tablet to 18 thousand schools across India, so total production is more than enough to be able to suppress the price.
Tablet "Aakaash" has been developed further, as shown in the visit. If the first version of the processor is only 300 MHz, so slow for video playback, then it has increased up to 1.2 GHz, so that its performance is much better. "It's the price to 60 dollars," said Prof. Yadav.
During the visit Ambassador Andi M. Ghalib who was accompanied by Counsellor, Embassy in New Delhi Education Dr. Kuswadi's son, welcomed the offer and will take several universities in Indonesia to welcome the offer.
Besides Ambassador will propose to the Education Minister to conduct a similar program in Indonesia, by cooperating with IIT Rajasthan that have been willing to provide technical assistance.
The visit also aims to see firsthand how the new IIT Rajasthan was built in 2008 has grown so fast. "Imagine, just less than four years, was able to take part and could attract the attention of the world with cheap tablet," the Ambassador said that former Attorney General of this Habibie era.
Acting Director Prof IIT Rajasthan. B. Ravindra explained that the fund was established with the concept of selecting the "Center of Excellence" what India needs. Of these choices, newly designed human resource needs, the Laboratory and its management.
IIT Rajasthan choosing cheap information technology, energy and the environment as a "center of excellence" is selected. With the development strategy, the purpose of establishing IIT is clear from the beginning, every academic society fully understood, so that all energy can be directed to the development of these three priorities.
Bachelor to doctoral level education can be directly deployed, said Ravindra.
Ambassador Andi M. Ghalib was impressed upon the concept of the development of IIT, which is not simply just use the conventional approach.
"Considering we're going to build two new institutes of technology in Kalimantan and Sumatra, then we will invite the designer to do a" benchmarking "to the country," said Ghalib.
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and the Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) has been appointed by the government to develop each technology institute in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Source
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