201085172418e-india press release

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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.

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 progressiveUniversity 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 ineducation.

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 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 beginningin 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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