MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)
(a),(b) and (c): The Government of Kerala had submitted proposals entitled:
1) IT facilitated Education in schools and colleges.
2) Integrated Tele Health, IT facilitated Education and Network Services for Lakshdweep Islands.
3) Pilot Telehealth and Medical Informatics Initiative in Kerala.
With regard to proposal (1) they have submitted a proposal entitled,
`Media and Information Centre for Education (MICE) for the Development of e-Learning
solutions and e-Learning Communities Management - A proposal to establish
MICE as a Regional Centre under the Media Lab Asia Initiative`. This
proposal is being considered by the Media Lab Asia along with other proposals.
As regards proposals (2) and (3) above, the Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune has already developed a Tele Medicine Software
under a major project funded by Department of Information Technology (DIT).
As such, it was felt that the Tele Health portion of these two projects can be
quickly implemented if entrusted to C-DAC. This decision was conveyed to Government
of Kerala, who have agreed with this approach, C-DAC is already working on the
details in consultation with Government of Kerala. As far as the Tele Education
part of the two projects (Sr.No.2 & 3 above) is concerned it was decided to bifurcate
this into separate project proposals to be implemented by IIITM-K and
communicated to Government of Kerala. These project proposals are being prepared by
the implementing agencies viz. C-DAC and IITM-K. As soon as the revised
proposals are received, the same will be processed for approval and release of funds.
