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Indigenous tech need of the hour: Minister
INDIA NEEDS indigenous technologies capable of catering to local demand. For this, the industry-academia relation needs to be promoted. Union Minister of State for Communication and IT Dr Shakeel Ahmad expressed these views, here on Sunday. He was chairing the technical session on the second day of the ongoing international conference on ?Next Generation Communication Systems? at JK institute of Applied Physics and Technology, Allahabad University..
INDIA NEEDS indigenous technologies capable of catering to local demand. For this, the industry-academia relation needs to be promoted. Union Minister of State for Communication and IT Dr Shakeel Ahmad expressed these views, here on Sunday. He was chairing the technical session on the second day of the ongoing international conference on ‘Next Generation Communication Systems’ at JK institute of Applied Physics and Technology, Allahabad University.
Dr Ahmad said that the telephone subscriber base in the country was increasing by 60 lakh connections every month. Speaking about development in the field of information and communication, he said that only 18 lakh telephone connections existed till 1947.
Recalling the contribution of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and telecommunication expert Sam Patroda in information revolution, the minister said that earlier only the upper class had access to a telephone but now, everyone wanted a telephone connection.
Throwing light on changing technologies and contours of communication systems, Dr Ahmad said that subscribers were using 2G technology that would change once 4G technology was introduced.
Earlier, Prof Shamim Ahmad, vice-chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University, stressed on ICT, biotechnology and nanotechnology for making the lives of million worthy of being called as humans. He said that atoms could be more effectively used for peaceful purpose and for tapping Nature.
Dr Neeraj Tyagi presented paper on ‘Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV)’. He said that mobile adopt network could be used in providing connections in remote areas, flood affected areas and military areas too. Prof SS Pathak of IIT Delhi, Prof Rajeev Tripathi, NK Shukla, Vineet Chaudhary, Prof Borhanuddin Ali, CB Tripathi, K Shivkami Sundari, V Sadasivam, M Shukla, VK Srivastava, Jasvir Singh, S Tiwari and VK Srivastav also presented their papers.
