Draft report of

11.3 XI Plan Vision and Strategy

During the XI Plan period, it is proposed to spread the coverage of ICT to all the 360 Universities and 17625 Colleges in a phased manner. The benefits yielded by the Programs during X Five Year Plan would be continued and harvested for revitalizing and empowering intellectual hubs (Universities and Colleges) of the society through network, e-resources, online learning, access to global resources, archiving of contents and e-learning management techniques so that these reforms contribute immensely to enhance the access parameters in general and in particular to various Social Groups, Minorities, Women, Backward and remote areas.

In the first phase, it is proposed to cover 200 Universities and 5000 Colleges* across the country for achieving the desired objectives by using Broadband, Wireless, DSL, Leased line/TDM/FTDMA VSAT/SCPC/DAMA/Radio Frequency link, for establishing connectivity depending upon the geographical location in phased manner: This will include the following provisions:-

A) Access to global resources including multimedia based educational content through Networking of Colleges and Universities.

B) Platform for collaboration among teachers and students using Communication Networks.

3. 
   Better access to E-Contents (E-journals and E-books).
   

3. 
   Digitizing of Indian intellectual Content (Ph.D. Theses/Dissertations)
   

3. 
   Development and Maintenance of Union Catalogue (Books, Serials, secondary serial, current holdings etc. and others non book materials for Universities and Colleges).
   

3. 
   Audio/Video conferencing system at Universities.
   

H) Manpower Training.