(a) whether the Government have taken appropriate action for creation of multilingual internet technology and websites to facilitate internet based education;
(b) if so, the initiatives taken/under consideration in this regard alongwith the implications thereof; and
(c) the details of action plan finalised in this regard?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)
(a),(b) and (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.260 FOR 09.08.2000 REGARDING
MULTILINGUAL INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
(a),(b) and (c): Thirteen `Resource Centres for Indian Language Technology Solutions` as at Annexure have been set-up in March, 2000 at various educational institute and R&D organisations. These Centres will:
I. Develop methodologies and tools for multilingual internet based computing, content creation and learning systems.
II. Create websites and content in Indian languages.
III. Develop courseware in Indian languages.
ANNEXURE-I
Organizations Languages
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Hindi, Nepali
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Marathi, Konkani
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Assamese, Manipuri
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Kannada, Sanskrit (Cognitive Models)
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta Bengali
Jawarharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Foreign Languages (Japanese, Chinese) & Sanskrit (Language Learning Systems)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Telugu
Anna University, Chennai Tamil
MS University, Baroda Gujarati
Utkal University, Orrisa & Orrisa Oriya Computer Application Centre (OCAC)
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Punjabi Technology, Patiala
Electronics Research and Development Malayalam Centre (ER&DCI), Thiruvananthapuram
Centre for Development of Advanced Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri Computing (CDAC), Pune