login/register

Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

see all channels for Alan Dix

Snip
summary

Test-driving the 'World's Cheapest Computer'
India's 'Aakash' project, a tablet billed as the cheapes ...
Euphoria over a cheap tablet with a 'Made in India' labe ...

Test-driving the 'World's Cheapest Computer' | NDTV.com
http://www.ndtv.com/article.../test-driving-the-world-s-cheapest-computer-251021

Categories

/Channels/sustainability

[ go to category ]

For Snip

loading snip actions ...

For Page

loading url actions ...

Test-driving the 'World's Cheapest Computer'

India's 'Aakash' project, a tablet billed as the cheapest computer in the world, hopes to revolutionize learning in Indian colleges and universities. We've been following the ups and downs of the Aakash project closely here at India Ink and were delighted when we were allowed to test drive the new, improved version, known as the Aakash-2, at the ministry of Human Resources Development.

Euphoria over a cheap tablet with a 'Made in India' label grew after the Human Resources Development Ministry unveiled the Aakash in October 2011. But unresolved issues among various parties involved in the project seemed to have derailed it. Now it seems to be back on track.

HTML

<div id="inside_mainpic"><p><img src="http://www.ndtv.com/news/images/akash_nyt_blog_295.jpg" title="Test-driving the 'World's Cheapest Computer'" alt="Test-driving the 'World's Cheapest Computer'"></p> </div> <div id="storycontent"> India's 'Aakash' project, a tablet billed as the cheapest computer in the world, hopes to revolutionize learning in Indian colleges and universities. We've been following the ups and downs of the Aakash project closely here at India Ink and were delighted when we were allowed to test drive the new, improved version, known as the Aakash-2, at the ministry of Human Resources Development.<br><br>Euphoria over a cheap tablet with a 'Made in India' label grew after the Human Resources Development Ministry unveiled the Aakash in October 2011. But unresolved issues among various parties involved in the project seemed to have derailed it. Now it seems to be back on track.</div>