PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY WINS THE e-INDIA 2010 AWARDS
No. 1 ICT Enabled University of the Year
No. 1 Open and Distance Learning Initiative of the Year
eINDIA 2010 Awards organized in association with Department of Information Technology (DIT) under the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, were held at Hyderabad International Conventional Centre, Hyderabad on 5th August 2010. These awards acknowledge and felicitate unique and innovative initiatives in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development in diverse domains namely, e-Governance, Digital Learning, e-Health, e-Agriculture, Municipal IT & Tele Centre through a two way process of jury evaluation and of public voting.
Out of 448 nominations received by e-India, 26 were put up online for the public to vote, with the entry receiving the maximum number of votes being declared the winner under the eINDIA Citizen Choice Award. The jury process entails that a group of experts screen through the nominations and choose the best project based on certain established guidelines and evaluation criterion and the winner is awarded the eINDIA Jury Choice Award.
Three projects were submitted from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Distance Education, under the domain - Digital Learning. The EBRIDGE and the LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) & COMPUTER BASED TUTORIAL (CBT) projects were nominated as one of the best in top three nominations selected by the jury.
Three projects were submitted from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Distance Education, under the domain - Digital Learning. The EBRIDGE and the LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) & COMPUTER BASED TUTORIAL (CBT) projects were nominated as one of the best in top three nominations selected by the jury.
Three projects were submitted from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Distance Education, under the domain - Digital Learning. The EBRIDGE and the LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) & COMPUTER BASED TUTORIAL (CBT) projects were nominated as one of the best in top three nominations selected by the jury.
In the Citizen’s Choice award (through Voting), PTU was awarded the Best ICT enabled University of the Year (LMS & CBT) & also as the Best Open & Distance Learning initiative of the year.
On behalf of the Punjab Technical University Dr. Rajneesh Arora (Vice Chancellor), Dr. N. P. Singh (Dean – Distance Education Programme), Shri H.S. Bains, (Registrar), Sri D.S. Sekhon (President, AIPTUDEP Associates) & Sri J. S. Dhaliwal (President, PUTIA) received these awards from Ms. Agatha Sangma, Honorable Minister of State for Rural Development & Agriculture, Govt. of India.
On this Occasion Ms. Agatha Sangma congratulated the PTU team for the initiatives and lauded its efforts in enabling to spread the reach of quality and affordable education across the country in not just urban areas but also to remote destinations that were lacking in opportunities for higher education with the help of ICT tools.
Dr. Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor, PTU thanked the eIndia team, jury and all the people who participated in the voting process and made this award possible for PTU. He informed the gathering that the PTU team is committed to bring in more such innovations and explained his vision for PTU as the most progressive University in India, internationally recognized for the relevance, innovation and responsiveness of teaching and learning, research, partnerships and international activities.
Dr. N. P. Singh, Dean DEP, PTU emphasized on the need for building a ‘Knowledge Society’ for the nation. He explained that in today’s competitive environment, continuously upgrading oneself and acquiring new skills to enhance ones capabilities are imperative to thrive and PTU strives to provide a supportive, amicable and responsive environment for its team to achieve overall excellence in education.
Er. H.S. Bains, Registrar of PTU, added that PTU is endeavouring to bring in more innovations in this programme so that the quality of teaching & learning can be improved through innovative use of ICT & that PTU will continue to strive to provide the students with resources & tools necessary to help them improve their quality of life.
ABOUT THE PROJECTS
NAME OF THE CATEGORY : ICT Enabled University/Higher Education Institute of the Year
NAME OF THE PROJECT: eBridge
PTU has established a state of art Electronic Data Processing Unit that handles tabulation & declaration of result & Certification of more than 1,50,000 students enrolled in its Distance Education Programme. In each session, more than 8 lakhs records are entered & processed. This EDP system, amongst other things, processes reports at click of a button, handles student verification, updates Auto Semester Progression and maintains individual Electronic Records of students and is scalable to 10,00,000 students. The EDP connects the University with the Regional Centres, the Learning Centres & the students through a dynamic web portal (www.ptudep.org) and the intelligent ERP software (web based) which is operated by the Learning Centre & supervised by the Regional Centre with a central server.
NAME OF THE CATEGORY : Open and Distance Learning Initiative of the Year
NAME OF THE PROJECT: Learning Management System (LMS) and Computer Based Tutorials (CBT)
LMS is a facility so as to supplement the Distance Education Programme of Punjab Technical University. This is meant to impart an opportunity of learning to the students at his / her own pace where he / she has a dedicated online mentor, a large group of fellow students, various online resources and a vide exposure to enjoy applications of computerization and communication system. In Learning Management System learner is provided with a Login and User ID by which he/she can get access to the Digital Content of the courses he / she opted for. Besides that he / she can also get access to the Digital Library, Resource Library, Discussion Forum, Tests, Assignments, Notice Board, Chatting, Notes, Syllabi, E-book etc. The object of the LMS is to enable students to learn online, anywhere any time, enhance learning capability by providing gist of subject with animation and illustrations, enable students to learn on their own pace, enable Students to make retrievable online notes tagged with the content, provide a self testing mechanism to the students for self benchmarking, scale up the education delivery system, provide a platform for faculty of our centers to share their knowledge in the entire PTU DEP community.
ABOUT PTU –
Punjab Technical University (PTU) was set up by the Government of Punjab in 1997 through a State Legislative Act. PTU started with a modest beginning in 1997, with only nine Engineering and thirteen Management colleges affiliated to it. PTU now has affiliated 82 Engineering & Architecture, 159 Management and Hotel Management and 6 Pharmacy colleges. During a short span of 10 years in Distance Education, the University has undertaken many innovative programmes. The major development during this period is that the University has restructured its degree programme and upgraded the syllabi of the courses in such a way so as to increase the employability of students and make them self reliant by imparting higher Technical Education. We at Punjab Technical University are propelled by the vision and wisdom of our leaders and are striving hard to discharge our duties for the overall improvement of the quality of education that we provide.
Over the past few years, the Distance Education Programme of PTU has gained wide publicity and acceptance due to certain quality features that were introduced to increase the effectiveness of learning methodologies. Various innovative initiatives have been taken, which have increased the popularity of the programme. Under its Distance Education program PTU has more than 1500 centers across India presently having 1,50,000 students that are growing every year.
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