Establishment of ICT Centre in Centre for Continuing Education,

Pondicherry Engineering College

Proposal submitted byProf. V. Prithiviraj,PrincipalPondicherry Engineering CollegePuducherry 605 014

Proposal

Proposal submitted to MHRD Government of India, under the NME-ICT, seeking funds to establish an ICT Centre in Centre for Continuing Education, Pondicherry Engineering College

Creation of an ICT centre includes a production of maximum of 560 hours of interactive multimedia output and establishment of a Computer Class Room

Agenda

Introduction to Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC) and Centre for Continuing Education (CCE)

Aim of the project Objectives Methodology Deliverables Time frame Budget other issues Conclusion

Introduction to Pondicherry Engineering College

The college was started in the academic year 1985-86 under the Seventh plan.

Offers B.Tech Degree courses in 8 disciplines and M.Tech Degree in 9 specialization

Ph.D (Full Time, Part Time), M.Tech by Research are also offered

EDUSAT nodal Centre, Centre For Continuing Education, Modern Library, Campus network with internet connectivity, Auditorium, Hostels, Computer Centre and other facilitates are available

Centre for Continuing Education

The Centre for Continuing Education of Pondicherry Engineering College was inaugurated on 28.01.2000

The Centre was started with a view that all the officials of Government of Puducherry are to be provided with computer training and to conduct job oriented courses for unemployed youth in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

– Office Automation, C++ & OOP Concepts, Java Programming & Web Design, Oracle 9i & Visual Basic, AutoCAD and Information Security

Two week training program in Information Security for faculty members in association with Department of CSE, PEC has also been conducted.

Achievements of CCE

So for till about 2504 employees of Government of Puducherry and 287 Private candidates have been trained in the Centre.

93 short term courses have been conducted so far. The Government official participated were

– Judicial Officers, – PWD Engineers, – Agriculture Officers, – Superintends, – Electricity SE, AE, JE,– LDC, UDC, – Data Entry Operators,– and Police Constables

Achievements of CCE (contd..)

Has signed an MOU with CDAC in providing training to Employees of Government of Puducherry, public, students and faculty members of institutions of U.T of Puducherry in Open Source Software (Mainly Linux)

CCE has been approved as centre by Oracle University to conduct Oracle courses

Aim of the Project Proposal

To Establish ICT Centre in Centre for Continuing Education, Pondicherry Engineering College. This includes – a production of maximum of 520 hours of interactive

multimedia output for the courses offered by CCE, PEC (list of courses in

the next slide)– establishment of a Computer Class Room

Computer classrooms are rooms that require regular use of computers as part of the learning process. Examples include—but are not limited to–libraries, computer science classrooms and design classrooms

e-Contents to be developed

Targeted Audience: Degree Level students

1. Software Testing2. Programming in .Net3. Programming in Java4. J2EE5. Programming in C++ 6. Computer Networking

Technologies7. Telecom Technology8. Chip-Level Technology9. ASP.NET

Targeted Audience: Diploma Level students

10. Mobile phone servicing11. Audio visual Editing and

Composing12. Video editing13. Lap-Top Maintenance

and WI-fi networking14. Computer Repair and

Maintenance 15. Network technology16. Visual Basic.NET17. Programming in C

e-Contents to be developed (Contd..)

Targeted Audience: +2 Level 18. Web Designing and Development19. Financial Accounting Tally20. Multimedia and Animation21. Call center management22. Computerized Secretarial Practice23. Desktop publishing

Targeted Audience: Employees of Government of Puducherry

24. Office automation (MS Office packages)25. Information Security26. AUTOCAD

Objectives of the proposal

Developing e-Content

– To develop, create and contribute e-Content materials of the courses. For CCE, PEC

– Initiating the movement for the development of in e-Content creation.

– Development of partnerships between Pondicherry Engineering College and the IT industries in and around Puducherry for the continuous development of new content

– To institutionalize on-line learning as a self-paced education anytime, anywhere and at no additional cost.

Objectives (Contd..)

– Establishing Computer Class Room To provide high end workstations to students to view the

e-Content of the courses in addition to the direct lectures

To enable the students to use the rooms as e-classroom through which students can listen the lectures of the EDUSAT

To enable the lecturer to conduct lectures with effective hands on session

Deliverables

This project would deliver 26 e-Contents as specified above. – Each of the deliverable would run for about twenty

hours.– In total, the project would deliver 520 hours of e-

Content as detailed in the previous slides A full fledged Computer Class Room with

– 30 desktop computers for students,– 1 instructor workstation – 1 high end server

Methodology

e-Content Development

This project would follow the standard procedures being followed by the reputed e-Content development companies for producing the e-Contents

The Spiral Life cycle model will be adopted for development of e-Contents.

The created modules will be thoroughly tested before the deployment for use.

Methodology (contd..)

Establishment of a Computer Class Room

The desktop computers, server computer, UPS and networking components will be procured

The structured cabling will be laid out

The Computers will be installed

The e-Content and other necessary software will be loaded in the server

Time Frame for completion of the project

For Delivering e-Content Time required for production of a single course

– Script 8 Weeks– Peer Review 2 Weeks– Instructional Design 4Weeks– Course Development 4 Weeks– Testing and Revision 2 Weeks

Total 20 Weeks For 26 courses time required would be 26 X 20 Weeks = 520

Weeks. If three production units could be established for production in

parallel , the time required to produce e content would be 170 Weeks (approximately 3 years).

Time Frame for completion of the project (Contd..)

For establishing Computer Class Room:– Procurement of Hardware 8 Weeks– Structure cabling 1 Week – Installation of Computers 1 Weeks – Other works 2 Weeks Total 12 Weeks

However the establishing a Computer Class Room may be carried out simultaneously along with preparation of e-Content.

Hence the project (creation of ICT centre) can be completed in 3 years.

Investigators

Principal Investigator – Prof. V.Prithiviraj ,Principal, PEC

Specialization in Telemedicine, Wireless networks , e-Governance, Information Security

Co- Principal Investigator– Prof. K.Vivekanandan, Convenor, CCE and

Professor in CSESpecialization in Educational Technology, Software and

Web engineering

Budget

Sl.No Type Cost in Lakhs

1. Non-Recurring Expenditure 57.5

2. Recurring Expenditure 10.32

Total 67.82

The details are given in the next 2 slides

Non-Recurring Expenditure

Recurring Expenditure

Other Issues

IPR & Copyrights– The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Production

Copyrights of the e-Content and other products developed shall rest with the Pondicherry Engineering College.

Procedure for Monitoring the Progress of the Scheme:– A Project Monitoring Committee would be appointed by the

Pondicherry Engineering College Principal Investigator Co-Investigators one faculty from Pondicherry University

– This committee would meet every month and send the Secretariat of NME ICT, New Delhi for Information

Conclusion

• Proposal to set up ICT centre has been presented

- 26 e-Contents will be prepared to cater the need of Official of Government of Puducherry, Private candidates and students at +2, diploma and degree level students

- Computer Class room is proposed

• Given the opportunity the project will be completed successfully and this in turn will enhance the existing ICT content and delivery.

Thank You