On February 5, 2010, the American India Foundation (AIF) organized a knowledge event titled as above. This seminar was sponsored by Hewlett Packard. The objective of this seminar was to bring to a common platform domain experts and stakeholders in the “ICT in education space” in order to provoke a discussion on the challenges and successes of implementing computer-aided learning in India’s under-resourced government schools, and to facilitate cross-sharing of learnings from the various experiences.
The issue was widely debated and several perspectives were put forth by the four panelists who expounded on the subject. Mr. Mark Walker, MD, Global Community Affairs, Applied Materials Inc., Ms. Vandana Kumari Jena, Principal Secretary, Government of Orissa, Mr. Dileep Ranjekar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation, and Mr. Sanjiv Verma, officiating Principal, Government School, Randhawa (Fatehgarh Distt.), Punjab were the panelists during the seminar.
As part of the seminar, Mr. Vinod Dham, popularly known as the “father of the Pentium processor”, who has been associated with the DE program since its inception, was felicitated for his immense contribution to AIF. The seminar was well attended by senior representatives from corporations like Intel, HP, AMAT, Yes Bank, GE Infrastructure, Honeywell, etc. Members of civil society participated actively in the discussion, including representatives from TIE, CARE India, Dell Foundation, Ashoka, Teach for India, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mobile Crèches and USAID, along with the representation from the State Governments.
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