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Inaugration of Virtual Class Room at National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar by Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon ble Union Minister, MHRD

Sarbjeet Singh, Punjab singh[dot]sarbjeet[at]nic[dot]in
  |   May 3, 2012
Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon able Union Minister  inaugurating the  Virtual Class Room at NIT, Jalandhar
Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon able Union Minister inaugurating the Virtual Class Room at NIT, Jalandhar

On 29.04.2012 Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon ble Union Minister, Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India visited Dr. B. R. Ambedkar  National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar and inaugurated Virtual Class Room Project over National Knowledge Network.

He interacted with NIC Delhi Headquarters Team, IIT Ropar team and Registrar cum Nodal Officer from IIT Chennai. During the discussion, Sh. Raynil John, Scientist-D from from NIC Delhi briefed him about the present status of establishment of Virtual Class Rooms in premier Institutes of India. He informed that at present 66 premier Institutes like IITs, NITs, ICAR etc have been covered under VCR project. For establishement of Virtual Class Room at NIT Jalandhar, NIC had transferred funds to the tune of  Rs. 40 lakhs for purchase of Hardware, Networking and Site renovation.

Dr. Agnihotri, Nodal Officer, NKN-VCR, NIT Jalandhar informed the Hon’ble Union Minister that faculty from NIT Jalandhar has already started using this facilty in delivering the lectures to the remote institutions.

Sh. Sibal appreciated the work done by NIC for establishing such a State of Art Virtual Class Room and he emphasised on taking this work further ahead. During the inaugration, Dirtector, NIT, faculty members, officers from NIC Punjab and students were present.
 

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