The project is an initiative by ChiPS agency of the state of Chhatisgarh . The State has signed a comprehensive MoU with IIT Kanpur for IT visioning of the State. IIT Kanpur is committed to deliver courses from IIT Kanpur to the students the of National Institute of Technology, Raipur and the Government Engineering College, Bilaspur (full course- 30/35 hours) and also deliver some short term courses for the faculty from the state of chattisgarh.
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The lectures have been delivered in the following subjects in semester starting in January 2005 - May2005.
| Full Courses |
- Mathematics-2
- Physics 102
- Modelling and Simulation
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The Full courses were delivered from the E-Classroom set up at IIT Kanpur to the E-Classrooms at both the location via VSAT with full two way interactivity. The uplink bandwidth is 512K while the downlink from each site is 128K
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| Short Term Courses |
- Basics of Networking
- Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic
- Bio-informatics and Data mining
- Project Management
- High Voltage Behavior of Dielectrics
- Simulation and Modeling
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E-Classroom:
The classroom has the setup for :
- Live delivery of lecture from the E-Classroom to remote location
- Two way Interaction
- Archiving of lectures for future playback
The E-Classroom has three wall-mounted cameras with remote control, mixer/switcher and a video distributor. The audio processor can take input from four microphones. The room is acoustically treated for such an activity. The software set used for the live lectutre session has the capability of switching to only video / video & slide mode for transmission to the remote site. Board capture can also be transmitted to the remote site. The archived lectures can be played back using the streaming server. Two persons can easily manage a live session.
The team members managing services at E-Classroom are:
Mr. Gaurav Nigam
Mr. Akhilesh Sharma
Mr. Chandan Srivastava
Mr. Parag Singh

ChiPS
It is, a Registered Society promoted by the Government and nodal agency and prime mover for propelling IT growth and implementation of IT plans in the state of Chhatisgarh. The Chief Minister heads the High Powered Governing Council of CHiPS . It includes Minister for Finance & Commercial Taxes, Minister for Commerce & Industry (including IT), Minister for Education, Minister for Panchayat & Rural Development, Chief Secretary, eminent persons from IT industry and a representative from the Ministry of Information Technology in Government of India.

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