Quoting an article from the ToI dated 25 July 2006:
“…According to the project plan, the Central government is supposed to foot the entire bill, which is $100 per laptop for one million pieces. The project was floated by MIT.
Complete with technical problems pointed out by IIT, Madras, pedagogical suspicions raised by NCERT and first-hand experience of a senior HRD official who found that the laptops have not even crossed the prototype stage, Banerjee had said that OLPC “may actually be detrimental to the growth of creative and analytical abilities of the child”….”
They are talking about the Nicholas Negroponte’s $100 Laptop. Probably he hasn’t done whatever is required by the Government. Otherwise, would Rs. 450 crore ever be wasted by getting into newsprint?
Another interesting part of the article is the last paragraph which says:
“…The HRD official also said that an OLPC-like project has already been started by an Indian company which has supplied 50,000 laptops to South Africa at a price of $200. “Indian companies are not lagging behind. They may need more encouragement,” he said.”
This Indian company must be either Novatium or Encore Software. Whoever it is, if the HRD official is truthful then let’s hope this is the first success for Indian Hardware Industry. Beating Negroponte’s well-publicised (probably over-hyped too!) $100 Laptop venture is not easy.
20 responses so far ↓
shark // Aug 1, 2006 at 2:57 am
Nin post yaako arthaane aagalilla… what are you trying to say? :(
TJ // Aug 3, 2006 at 3:24 pm
Hello Aadi.
Hope u r having a great married life friend.. Sorry, couldnt attend ur wedding.
Arjuna_Speaks // Aug 3, 2006 at 9:08 pm
brother - I just saw my crimson sky blog! Its been ages since I opened that up..sry brother - I just saw that u have tagged me - sure I wuld write the tag by next week - very sorry for not seeing it brother :(..my main blog is
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adi // Aug 4, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Shark:
Enu illa kane. This is just FYI post with a bit of my opinion thrown in aste!
adi // Aug 4, 2006 at 1:01 pm
TJ:
Thanks yar! Nice to see you around here after a long time! I had thought you had forgotten me!
Married life is going on very well. Next time you are in Chennai please do drop in.
adi // Aug 4, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Arjuna:
Anna, didn’t know about your main and subordinate blogs! ;)
Do the tag whenever you want. Just inform me on which blog you have done it!
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