Stating that digital technology advancements could provide a solution to the infrastructure and logistics challenges facing the higher education sector in India, experts have said the need of the hour was to use information technology (IT) so as to reach out to maximum number of youth.
Speaking at the inaugural session of 'International conference on recent trends in computer science and engineering', Adobe Systems India Private Limited's regional manager (south Asia) Sanjeev K Trivedi said, "According to a survey, only 12.4% students in India go for higher education. If that number has to reach even 30%, no less than 1,000 new universities and 40,000 new colleges would be required across the country apart from faculty members."
These gaps, Trivedi felt, could be bridged easily using IT solutions. "It would be much easier to develop a digital infrastructure and reach out to the youth and provide them higher education," Trivedi said.
Trivedi said writing, management and delivery of digital content required few things to be kept in mind. The digital content should use text, images and audio-video streams to engage students, customize the language and content according to the recipient group, and create a digital library for easy access, upload and download of material etc. "The delivery needs to be most effective and the study matter should be available on all devices, anytime and anywhere," Trivedi said, adding it would increase democratization of quality education overcoming geographical barriers.
Several papers were presented during the technical sessions on the first day of the two-day conference. Addressing the gathering, US-based Forum Communication Systems' CEO Raj Natarajan said while hardware was becoming powerful for general purpose works, it was the software which would provide intricate solutions. "Today, the entire world can be accessed using a simple smartphone if it has an Android or Windows operating system," he said.
A talk on the future of software engineering was also delivered by A K Misra, associated with Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. The concluding day of the conference would see presentation of 25 technical papers by scholars from across the country.
Speaking at the inaugural session of 'International conference on recent trends in computer science and engineering', Adobe Systems India Private Limited's regional manager (south Asia) Sanjeev K Trivedi said, "According to a survey, only 12.4% students in India go for higher education. If that number has to reach even 30%, no less than 1,000 new universities and 40,000 new colleges would be required across the country apart from faculty members."
These gaps, Trivedi felt, could be bridged easily using IT solutions. "It would be much easier to develop a digital infrastructure and reach out to the youth and provide them higher education," Trivedi said.
Trivedi said writing, management and delivery of digital content required few things to be kept in mind. The digital content should use text, images and audio-video streams to engage students, customize the language and content according to the recipient group, and create a digital library for easy access, upload and download of material etc. "The delivery needs to be most effective and the study matter should be available on all devices, anytime and anywhere," Trivedi said, adding it would increase democratization of quality education overcoming geographical barriers.
Several papers were presented during the technical sessions on the first day of the two-day conference. Addressing the gathering, US-based Forum Communication Systems' CEO Raj Natarajan said while hardware was becoming powerful for general purpose works, it was the software which would provide intricate solutions. "Today, the entire world can be accessed using a simple smartphone if it has an Android or Windows operating system," he said.
A talk on the future of software engineering was also delivered by A K Misra, associated with Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. The concluding day of the conference would see presentation of 25 technical papers by scholars from across the country.
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