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A group of visionary and highly successful NRI hi-tech entrepreneurs, led by Ashok Trivedi, the co-founder and currently Co-Chairman and President of iGATE Capital Corporation,have come together to set up a world-class institution for advance technology education and training in multiple locations in the Northern States of Uttar Pradesh (U.P), Uttaranchal (U.A). and Delhi. This group of NRIs, are all united in their aspiration is to create a globally-renowned institution that will contribute to the resurgence of Northern India as a center of hi-technology industries and education in India. The institution will be called the Indian School of Advanced Technologies (ISAT) and will have campuses In Noida (U.P.), Dehradun (Uttaranchal) and Delhi. The ISAT will be self-funding on an operating basis-any cash surplus will be reinvested back into the corpus for the school that will be used to provide financial assistance to students and fund future expansion.
The proposed venture aims at :
§ Establishing a world class campus to provide training in emerging hi-tech areas such as mobile e-commerce, broadband communications and in leading-edge products in "hot" e-commerce such as SCM or CRM.
§ Reducing the technological North South Divide in India as far as sustaining and advocating IT industry is concerned. The first step in this regard would to elevate the availability of highly trained manpower, a cause which will promote new IT ventures to set base in the North.
§ ISAT also plans to mature into a R & D Center supporting and promoting the cause of advancing the Information & Technology industry.
§ Other ancillary advantages ISAT will provide are support to the existing IT ventures to enhance the image of the target cities as an IT destination, curb brain drain from the Northern region to South India as well as to the Western nations.
Wondersoft Solutions limited has prepared a concept note and working plan for this project and has been involved in this US$ 100 Million project from a conceptual stage. They are Currently locating 50 acres of land in three locations as well as actively coordinating this pioneering effort in education with the Chief Ministers of the three States.

      

 
 

             iiw 2000
           27th September to 29th September

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 Press Release

It is still to be proven that the internet can be the ultimate panacea. Can it save the earth?- bring in peace and remove all inequalities, the jury has not even been called for. Yes, the business world stands to benefit from the internet - we have already witnessed the enthusiastic acceptance of email as a tool of communication. Also, with the Internet being an open network, it may give more power to individual citizens, and encourage democracy. But what else? CAN IT BRING IN UNIVERSAL LITERACY? Remember the DIGITAL
DIVIDE everyone is so concerned about? The fact is that the poor are not refusing technology because they cannot afford it, it is because they lack the skills to exploit it effectively.. A better educational method might help us all.

Wondersoft recognizes that the key to an educational revolution in India has to start from the grassroots level. There are about 1.4 million( and growing) internet users in India but the quality of Internet access is low. Reasons- as usual, paucity of adequate bandwidth and the slow pace of telecom liberalization. So, how do you ensure, for example, that a high school in Bihar has access to the best educational guidance and content on the internet? One way is to PUSH the best content to the school's server at pre-determined timings (weekly or every 3 days). Once it is stored on the school's local server, students can access the content on the fast school intranet.

This is the grassroots level solution that Wondersoft aims to promote. Our iSchool2000 intranet solution will be installed in the school. It can be a school with just a couple of computers or one with 200. Once the solution is installed, the content delivery to the intranet will start. We will form a consortium of the best content providers to help us.

As part of our initiatives to promote Quality Education in India, Wondersoft is also launching a magazine for the new education. DIGITAL LEARNING is meant for all educators and everyone else in the field of education. It will focus on the impact of technology on education. It will feature case studies about innovative educational initiatives from around the world, articles from renowned educators and more. DIGITAL LEARNING will serve as a forum for everyone involved with education.

For technology to have a real pervasive effect, it has to be flexible and open to modifications. Moreover, it has to be affordable. The open source movement, witnessed in the success of the Linux operating system, and Apache Web server, will help technology bring widespread changes. Wondersoft is committed to the Open source movement. In a developing nation such as India, using the open source platform means cheaper solutions. Think about affordable & flexible software solutions being used by educational institutions, government offices and general businesses. That day is not far. iSchool2000 has been developed completely on the open source platform. It features the Linux Operating System and MySQL database management system.

Another of Wondersoft's Open Source Platform-based solution is iOffice2000, which is meant for small and medium sized enterprises- it is also based on the Linux Operating System and is pre-installed with office productivity applications.

We have been lucky to receive the support of many people in our effort. Mr. Ashok Trivedi, CEO of iGate Inc.( Formerly Mastech) has been our earliest supporter and investor. Mr. Trivedi is very keen on helping the cause of education in India, his home country. Mr. Dinesh Chandra, CEO Global Quality Associates , visionary in quality management, is also a keen supporter of Wondersoft's initiatives. Wondersoft will align with his foundation, FHED,USA in developing key educational initiatives.

In July 2000,Mr. Ashok Tiivedi, visited our office. Here he is with our team. From left to right Mr. B.D. Pandey,Mr.Amit Dabral, Mr Iftikal Ahmed, Mr. Ashok Trivedi, Mr. Vivek Sharma,and Mr. Pramit Singh

 

Magazine for the New Education (Digital Learning)