In June-July 2012, IIT Bombay made history by directing a uber workshop on Introduction to Research Methodologies, intended to prepare 10,000 educators at several Remote focuses spread the nation over. The workshop was led out there mode, utilizing A-VIEW programming and Internet, as a feature of the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India). More than 8500 educators took part from more than 165 RCs.

IIT Bombay is wanting to scale up the venture by leading all the more such super workshops sooner rather than later. The quantity of existing IIT Bombay Remote Centers is lacking right now, to oblige the huge number of potential members.

A Remote Center goes about as the middle person between IIT Bombay and the taking an interest instructors amid the workshop. It is typically a rumored building school, with high scholarly guidelines, incredible foundation and great staff with ability and experience of taking care of workshop subjects, to direct the members in Lab work.

What is a Remote Center?

A Remote Center (RC) is a place from where the members/individuals can communicate with the educator (personnel at IIT) who is directing the course or conveying an address from IIT Bombay. The live addresses are transmitted at Remote Centers utilizing A-VIEW software.

The Remote Center (RC) is generally a rumored designing school with great office and framework.

It goes about as a host for the virtual classroom condition made by A-VIEW.

The member can go to the workshop in a RC near his/her place. The RC limits the coordinations of travel, boarding and cabin.

What is expected to end up noticeably a Remote Center?

The organization wishing to wind up plainly a remote place for IIT Bombay for the directing the workshops, needs the accompanying offices :

It ought to be midway situated with various designing universities in the region, in order to draw in an expansive number of members.

It ought to have an all around furnished classroom and labs with broadband web association, for at least 50 members.

Reinforcement of web at scene if principle web network bombs because of any issue.

The classroom and labs ought to be furnished with overhead projector with least 12x9 feet screen.

The scene on where workshop will be directed, ought to be furnished with proficient sound framework.

UPS to maintain Power if primary line bombs because of any issue.

Hotel and boarding offices for members, either in inn or in a place close to the campus*.

*This is not required, particularly if the Remote Center is in an expansive city with numerous neighborhood members.

Further Guidelines for Institutes wishing to become a Remote Center of IIT Bombay




Contact

Principal Investigator
Prof. D. B. Phatak (Principal Investigator)
Empowerment of Teachers Programme,
4th Floor, KReSIT Building,
Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
IIT Bombay, Powai,
Mumbai - 400 076
Phone: +91 22 2576 7747

Overall Administration
Dr. Mukta Atrey (Administration Team)
Empowerment of Teachers Programme,
T10KT Lab, Ground Floor, KReSIT Building,
Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
IIT Bombay, Powai,
Mumbai - 400 076
Phone: +91 22 2576 4982, Email : eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in