Hey!!! Coordinator Workshop on Aakash for Education of IIT Bombay was conducted by Prof. Deepak B. Phatak, Prof. Uday Gaitonde, Prof. Kannan Moudagalya on November 5th, 2012


Under this project, IIT Bombay plans to deploy the Aakash tablets in select engineering institutions in India, with two objectives.

The first is to test and enhance the effectiveness of these tablets for use in class rooms.

The second is development of new educational applications and contents on Aakash, largely through final year Research and Development projects done by BE/ME students at these Institutes.


The objective of this workshop is to introduce the tablet computers in general, and Aakash tablets in particular, to the participating faculty.



Following topics will be covered in the workshop

-Introduction to tablet computers and Aakash.

-Applications available on Android platform

-Special educational applications:

-Clicker software for conducting tests.

-Proximity application to develop interactive lessons

-Programming environment on Aakash(C, C++, Python)

-Engineering application - Robot Control



For getting more information contact:

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
Phone: 022 2572 2545