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The Hindu
2 days ago
- The Hindu
Servants of Knowledge presents digital libraries to science, educational institutions in Bengaluru
Servants of Knowledge, a non-profit organisation working towards creating free and universal access to public data, has gifted offline digital library archives for research and education to two institutions in Bengaluru. SoK representatives presented the archives to Arvind Narrain, secretary RBANM Trust, and scientists at the Science Gallery, Bengaluru, at two different events earlier this week. These facilities are in a ready-to-use mode, and will be maintained and updated by the SoK. SoK founder Carl Malamud, co-founders Omshivaprakash H.L., Sushant Sinha, and Lawrence Liang of Dr. Ambedkar university, New Delhi, and others were present at the events. 'The library curated for the Science Gallery has science books in English, Kannada, Tamil and other languages, collected from various sources. It has additional material in different languages for educational and research,' said Mr. Omshivaprakash. It has digitised copies of around 20,000 books. All of them are searchable in Optical Character Recognition format. The library created for RBANM has the over 12,000 books that were digitised from the libraries of various educational institutions run by the RBANM Trust and other materials. This includes materials for pedagogy, online and offline teaching and practical training. It has children's books, text books and other books and educational material that can be used by school, pre-university and degree college students, he informed. 'All such efforts are aimed not only at helping these institutions aid better educational delivery, but also to engage them in protecting and preserving knowledge and archiving it, and making it easily accessible to the general public,' said Mr. Malamud. Mr. Narrain said the Trust would encourage its students to utilise the facilities not only for their regular studies and projects, but also to take up research in multi-disciplinary studies, and other areas. He said the Trust library will be utilised to provide access to books and magazines to students, researchers and the general public in phases. SoK has put up over seven lakh pages of Indian gazettes and over six lakh books in Indian languages and English online. Their facility in the Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru has the capacity to digitise over 15 lakh pages every month. 'We are making progress. However, it is not easy, due to technical issues and fund raising delays,' said Mr. Malamud. 'Our motto is to provide free and universal access to knowledge, in all languages. We are working towards facilitating free, open access to knowledge, through online and offline resources,' he said. SoK has digitised over 33,000 books of the National Law School India University, and the complete library of Indian Academy of Sciences. Work on digitisation of libraries in Azim Premji University, Hampi Kannada University, Karnataka Sanskrit University, and other institutions is nearly complete. 'The books were digitised and made searchable through Optical Character Recognition technology. The digitisation project in the Gandhi Bhavan is complete with over 11,000 books in multiple languages archived. The group has completed digitisation of over 70,000 science books in the Lalbagh library, and other places. Books on Indian languages, art forms, and children's literature and Assam Theatre archives, have been digitised in the last few months,' he said.
United News of India
2 days ago
- United News of India
Karnataka sets USD 20 bln Quantum Economy target by 2035
Bengaluru, July 31 (UNI) Karnataka has launched an ambitious initiative to transform itself into a $20 billion quantum technology economy by 2035, aiming to generate 10,000 high-skilled jobs and position the state as the "Quantum Capital of Asia." The mission, unveiled at the Quantum India Summit 2025 in Bengaluru, will be spearheaded by the Karnataka Quantum Mission (KQM), backed by a ₹1,000 crore fund. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, speaking at the summit, stated, 'Karnataka has long been India's technology and innovation capital. Our vision is to make this platform a global hub for collaboration, innovation, and real-world quantum applications. Karnataka and India are ready to lead the world into the quantum era.' As part of the mission, the government will establish Q-City, a dedicated quantum technology hub near Bengaluru. The project also includes the development of India's first Quantum Hardware Park, four Innovation Zones, and a dedicated FabLine to boost domestic manufacturing. To build talent pipelines, Karnataka will introduce quantum skilling programs in over 20 colleges, support 150 PhD fellowships annually, and implement a quantum curriculum in English and Kannada at the higher secondary level under the Stream Labs initiative. In addition, the state plans to develop 1,000-qubit processors, pilot quantum applications in healthcare, defence, and cybersecurity, and promote over 100 start-ups, alongside launching a Quantum Venture Capital Fund. Minister for Science & Technology and Minor Irrigation, N S Boseraju, said Karnataka is targeting 20 percent of the global quantum technology market share by 2035 and creating over two lakh direct jobs. 'The country's first commercially deployable quantum computer, developed in Bengaluru by local talent, is already offering commercial services,' he revealed. He noted that the Quantum Research Park at IISc Bengaluru has already supported 55+ R&D projects, 13 start-ups, and trained more than 1,000 quantum experts annually. The summit, themed 'Building a Quantum Ecosystem: Qubits to Society', was organised by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, in partnership with IISc's Quantum Technology Initiative (IQTI) and supported by the National Quantum Mission. Karnataka's quantum ambitions include fostering global collaborations through the India Quantum Conclave and establishing quantum chip fabrication capabilities by year-end. The state envisions quantum tech playing a transformative role in early disease detection, secure communication, smart agriculture, and enhanced national security. UNI BDN GNK
The Hindu
24-07-2025
- The Hindu
Conference to kick off higher secondary curriculum revision
The General Education department will organise a conference here on Friday to garner public opinion and hold discussions with stakeholders on the higher secondary curriculum revision that is being launched in the State. Following curriculum revision implemented for Classes I to X, students up to high school have received new textbooks in a phased manner. Now, the stage is set for revision of higher secondary textbooks published by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT). Ahead of it, a discussion with stakeholders, including students and representatives of their organisations, teachers' organisations, academics, other experts, education officers, and members of the public, will be held at Tagore Theatre here. Minister for Finance K.N. Balagopal will perform the State-level inauguration of the public discussions at 10 a.m. Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty will preside. Kerala State Planning Board vice-chairperson V.K. Ramachandran will deliver the keynote address and release a few publications of the SCERT. Higher Secondary Principal Secretary Sharmila Mary Joseph will be the chief guest. Rationale for revision Following the inaugural, SCERT Director Jayaprakash R.K. will present the concept note for the curriculum revision. It will delve into the rationale for the revision; its context, particularly at the national level; and the changes in the State's higher education sector which the higher secondary classes are a stepping stone for. At present, both the SCERT and the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks are in use in the higher secondary classes. These comprise 44 NCERT titles that were prepared as per the National Curriculum Framework, 2005, and include those for subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, History, Political Science, Geography, Economics, and Sociology. These will continue to be used till a revision by the NCERT is effected. Revision of 80 titles published by the SCERT will be done. These include textbooks mostly for languages such as English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, and Arabic; subjects such as Journalism, Gandhian Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Home Science, Music; foreign languages such as German, French, and Syriac; and those for Computer Science and Computer Applications.
