eINDIA 2010 » Digital Learning India 2010

digitalLEARNING 2010 With the aim of promoting and aiding the use of ICT in
education, the 6th digital LEARNING 2010 education track focuses on the current
trends, perspectives, researches, discussions and initiatives of various countries
of the world in the field of ICT and education. Thus, over the years, platform has
built up a vast body of knowledge that can help private organizations and
government agencies regarding e-learning initiatives or other technology
mediated learning. Our initiative is based on the understanding that technology
can play a pivotal role in improving access and quality of education throughout
the world. 6th digitalLEARNING 2010 conference and exhibition organised by
Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies and Elets Technomedia Pvt
Ltd, will take a look at the current situation and outline desirable future
developments in the field of ICTs enabled Education. Convened alongside the
eINDIA 2010, from 4 August 2010 - 6 August 2010, the Digital Learning track
platform is to aid in suggesting thoughts, supporting good practices and
integration of ICT in Education sector, simplifying the process of delivering
believable shifts required to transform ICT enabled education in India. Digital
Learning India 2010 is in continuation of the past five ICT in Education
conferences in India and four in Asia.

A Brief Preview of the Education Sector through mid 2009 to Present Education
sector in India is witnessing a phenomenal growth across all levels. So much so
that it is catching the attention of leading educational institutions and investors
from around the world and had been a topic of serious discussions among policy
makers, entrepreneurs, academicians, media barons and various stakeholders
connected with this sector. Some of the top issues that caught recent limelight
includes - ‘Right To Education Bill’ that is on verge of being rolled-out; the
Cabinet Committee’s approval for establishment of a National Knowledge
Network (NKN) to be implemented by National Informatics Centre (NIC) of Govt.
of India;and announcement of the revised ‘ICT in Education Policy’ for
introduction of computer-based education at secondary and senior secondary
levels of nearly 108,000 government and government-aided schools across the
country. There have been drastic changes making news across Higher Education
Sector as well indicated increased amount of money being invested to upgrade
the ICT platform, introduction of new bills, adoption of bill for allowing foreign
universities to open their campuses across India, and so on.

The recent economic downturn left some marks on the generation of students
entering the job market but with a good scope of healing the bruises. Like health
and nutrition sector, education sector is one of the areas where consumers are
involved in making investments that are non-discretionary in nature. Substantial
government investments coming into India's emerging education sector is
evident from budget allocations in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), based on
recommendations of National Knowledge Commission (NKC). It is expected that
the education sector will be built on the increasingly accepted model of PPP.
Heightened interest among Private Equity and Venture Capital funds to invest in
Indian education sector are reposing entrepreneur confidence and reasserting
growth projections. Few updates on investments in education sector indicate that
this sector is considered as an attractive segment for long term investments.
Education sector is inherently an area where growth is inevitable, especially,
considering that India's young population and growing economy are increasingly
becoming dependent on the same. Education stream sees 'no-bar' when we talk
about the potential for its growth. If we look at the drivers of growth for this
area, many factors can be listed down including -

• increasing expense in education;

• growing demand for better education at secondary and senior secondary
level;
• Trends in digital competencies in the national education programmes &
policies
• increase in demand for quality education at level of Graduation and Post
Graduation;
• increasing need for skill-based and industry-relevant education;
• growing importance of vocational training;
• role of public-private partnership in education sector, cooperation and
collaborations in multi-stakeholders partnerships;
• opportunities of inclusive education;
• eLearning, Pedagogy & Quality Standards;
• Assessment and Certification;
• Virtual Classroom Dynamics
• growing emphasis for integration of information and communication
technology in all of the above related factors
• Ambition and challenges of e-Learning Industry Group
• R & D initiatives in ICT and education

THE PARTICIPANTS

The summit will witness high-level participation from the following eminent
repertoire

• Policy Makers, Regulators & Decision Takers at National and State Levels
• Government Officials
• PE & VC Funds, Institutional Investors, Entrepreneurs, Policy Makers
• Chief Executives and Directors from educational institutions (across
schools, colleges, universities, professional/preparatory training centers
etc.)
• Educationists, Experts, Chief Managing Officers & Principals from K-12
Sector
 • Vice-Chancellors, Principals, Directors, Deans and Registrars
• Education technology vendors, Solution providers and suppliers
• Administrators , Teachers and Trainers
• Researchers and Students
• People from International Development Cooperation Agencies,
Representatives of International Education Missions
• Leaders of Professional Associations, NGOs and Continuing Education
Centres
• Corporate Training and Development Executives, Human Resources
executives, and IT Managers

Invitation to All the Education Sector Stakeholders

Our initiative this year is to will bring together India's top-notch educational
entrepreneurs, CEOs, private players from different walks of life; School
Principals, the Top Executives in the K-12 sector, Directors and Commanders
from the Higher Education Sector; Policy and Decision makers at National level;
and the future builders for various Skill Development and Vocational Training
Porgrammes in the country. These eminent people will come together with the
aims to be a prolific interface between three sectors of K-12, Higher Education
and Skill Development & Vocational Training aspiring to be part of the emerging
education growth story of the country. At a broader level, it will also help all
stakeholders to explore newer potential for their growth and an opportunity to
build new partnerships or refresh existing collaborations. With the above
background in mind eINDIA digital LEARNING 2010 TRACK invites all of you to
be a part of this 'Bigger than Life' event, to participate, share views, discuss, be
heard and make a difference to the education sector.

I am happy to know that Hyderabad is hosting the sixth edition of eINDIA 2010,
India’s largest ICT event. The Andhra Pradesh Government which has taken up
several path breaking initiatives in ICT, e-Governance, e-Education, e-Health, e-
Agriculture and related fields is glad to be the host of this prestigious event in
Hyderabad.

Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a preferred destination for knowledge-driven

and high-value investments. Hyderabad, capital city of Andhra Pradesh offers
immense potential for IT..."
Dr K Rosaiah
Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
Full Message
"eINDIA has been an excellent platform for bringing together
stakeholders to exchange ideas and to get to know the
possibilities of new innovations that have come into the field of
technology. eINDIA has made the entire process very exciting,
and I must compliment that every time I have attended the
event, I discovered newer and better innovations. It is an
insightful and learning experience, and will be a good eye
opener for those who are not aware of these ICT trends..."
Smt D Purandeswari
Minister of State, Higher Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Full Message

"In serving its citizens, Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP)

Has embarked on practicing e-Government and leveraging the
tools of Information & Communication Technology, Towards this
goal. With e-Government, it has gone along way in
accomplishing the vision of establishing a Simple, Moral,
Accountable, Responsive and Transparent (SMART)
Government, and has made Strides in Project Management of
various government flagship programmes and ensuring
qualitative change in the government to citizen..."
Komathireddy Venkat Reddy
Minister for Information Technology, Communications,Youth Services and Sports
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Full Message

"eGovernance is an initiative in administrative reforms and a

tool for citizens empowerment. A platform for knowledge
sharing is as necessary as the need for constant innovation in
technology and business processes.The eINDIA conference is
extremely well chosen in terms of domain. The conference is a
platform where the information on the ICT projects
implementation and sustenance from every corner of the
country is presented to the masses. I look forward to effective
knowledge and expertise sharing among the participants and all
stakeholders"
R Chandrasekhar
Secretary, Department of IT, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of
India
Patron, Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA 2010
 "Conferences like eINDIA have the potential to cretae
awareness about the stupendous possibilities that e-governance
harbours within itself for overall improvement to the life and
especially in the context of governmental activities. these are
fora for dissemination of new ideas, display of new products,
and interaction with idea generators and implementers. These
conferences are also great examples of public private
partnerships. I expect this event to be a trail blazer as have
been its earlier versions."
Subhash C Khuntia
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Co-chair, Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA 2010

"It gives me an immense pleasure to share that Hyderabad is

hosting e-INDIA 2010 – India's largest ICT event, for the
second time in a row in August this year. The conference and
exhibition will provide the participants a further understanding
of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the
domains of governance, education, health, agriculture and how
these advances will ultimately impact development of the
society.

Andhra Pradesh government has also taken several efforts to..."

K Ratna Prabha
Principal Secretary-IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Full Message

India's Largest event on Information and Communication

Technologies
This three-day international conference and exhibition is a unique platform for
knowledge sharing in different domains of ICT for development and facilitates
multi-stakeholder partnerships and networking among governments, industry,
academia and civil society organisations of different countries, including the host
country- India. The objective is to bring together ICT experts, practitioners,
business leaders and stakeholders of the region onto one platform, through
keynote...
E-learning market may grow from $27 million to
$280 million by 2012
26 May, 2008
The size of e-learning market in India is expected to grow from the current $27 million or Rs 105 crore to
$280 million or Rs 1,092 crore by 2012, according to a report by brokerage firm CLSA Asia Pacific Markets.

Worldwide market for online tutoring is estimated to be in the region of $12 billion (Rs 46,800 crore). India
now earns around $15 million (Rs 60 crore) per year from online tutoring -- 10 per cent of the total market
share, reports Financial Express.

Vijay K Thadani, co-founder and CEO, NIIT, has said the Indian market, despite a 4 per cent market
penetration, shows promise. The reason happens to be due to the size of the Indian population (100 crore) --
the absolute internet users are over 4 crore, which is bigger than the population of many developed
countries.

However, K Ganesh, founder and CEO of TutorVista, warns that a 100 per cent e-learning model would not
work for India. “India’s internet penetration levels are very low and computers are very expensive here. A
hybrid model, and not a 100 per cent e-learning model, would work better here,” K Ganesh has said.

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Summary:The size of e-learning market in India is expected to grow from the current $27 million or Rs 105
crore to $280 million or Rs 1,092 crore by 2012, according to a report by brokerage firm CLSA Asia Pacific
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by Jordan on 12 January, 2011

Online tutoring and other online-based jobs are becoming the latest trends in employment in India these
days. It cannot be denied that this new industry has generated several millions of dollars. The article is
informative but the numbers ought to be verified first.

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by pdf on 02 September, 2010

no chance. Online tutoring will be close to $2 billion. $12 b is total e-learning market of which 60-65% is
enterprise.

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by Lingerie on 11 April, 2009

If there are group or chain of Institutes to offer this kind of Online + Offline Learning Classes, it would be
really great and gives more oppurtunity and penetration for India.

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by Guest on 02 April, 2009

"Worldwide market for online tutoring is estimated to be in the region of $12 billion (Rs 46,800 crore). India
now earns around $15 million (Rs 60 crore) per year from online tutoring -- 10 per cent of the total market
share, reports Financial Express."

Where are you guys getting the numbers -- Seems the FT guys did wrong math and everyone else is justing
copying it...

10% of $12billion is $1.2 billion

$15mission is way lesssssss than 10% of $12billion.

Thanks

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by Guest on 12 December, 2008

www.learnnext.com, a brand new website is launched for CBSE & ICSE students. The website provides
interactive and inspiring courseware for users to master the concepts, clear the doubts and score better in
the exams.

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by Ramesh Joshi on 14 October, 2008

good post guys. interesting.

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by SRII on 23 June, 2008

Online tuition is growing in Indian Market also. you can some Indian students who are looking for online
tuition website http://www.2tion.com

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by Seema Singh on 26 May, 2008

By the time, people discuss e-learning over forums, we are already on the job and have so many schools and
students being trained on how to Teach and Learn Mathematics through e-learning. After 25+ years in USA,
now we have launched ourselves in India and quite successfully. Just visit us at www.educosoftregister.com
(registration and web promotion site for educosoft.com) and you may actually would like to become our part
in first visit only. Welcome to e-Learning.

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by Pravin (SEO) on 26 May, 2008

K Ganesh has been very practical in suggesting the future trends of the web in online training. This sure is a
Go-getting next (income) generation formula for elearning companies to look for.

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by Kumar on 26 May, 2008

I see that there are many institutes coming up with Online Courses backup wit infrastructure to provide in a
certain location too.

If there are group or chain of Institutes to offer this kind of Online + Offline Learning Classes, it would be
really great and gives more oppurtunity and penetration for India.