CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (C-MET)
- C-MET has three centres at Pune, Hyderabad and They are developing knowledge base in electronics materials and their processing technology for Indian industries.
- The C-MET focuses on five core areas, namely, ultra high purity materials, integrated electronic packaging, piezo sensors and actuators and nano-materials and device.
- Deity has set up a testing and certification facility at C-MET, Hyderabad for Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) compliance.
- India has enacted Electronic Wastes (Management And Handling) Rules, 2010 from 12th May 2011. This rule also ensures the ROHS compliance for the electrical and electronic equipments manufacturer for selling products in domestic market from 1st May 2014.
EDUCATION & RESEARCH NETWORK (ERNET) INDIA
- Education & Research Network (ERNET), India is an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of the Department of Information Technology.
- ERNET India has been serving institutions in various sectors namely, health, agriculture, higher education, school and technology and thus, understands the needs of these knowledge institutions.
- ERNET network is a judicial mix of terrestrial and satellite based wide area network.
ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL (ESC)
- Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) is mandated to promote India’s export of electronic, telecom, computer software and IT enabled services.
MEDIA LAB ASIA
- Media Lab Asia has been set up as a not-for-profit organization under Section 25 of the Companies Act with an aim to bring the benefits of the information and communication technologies to the common man.
- MLAsia has developed various tools and system for education, easy communication and rehabilitation such as Punarbhava (a portal to provide information on all disability related aspects), Punarjjani (a web based tool to help teachers in assessment of mentally challenged children), iconic interfaces with TTS (Text to Speech) engine to enable persons with cerebral palsy, and speech impairment to communicate, speech recognizer, braille transcription system content in accessible formats etc.
- An Intelligent Tutoring System as a tool for delivery of courses-learning content for children and womenfolk of Nomadic Tribes and Scheduled Tribes are some of the efforts in the area of ICT in Education.
- ML Asia has pilot deployed rural tele medicine system along with a mobile telemedicine facility and Rural Health Management Information System in Kerala.
- Further ML Asia has developed ICT models in the area of CAD tools for artisans, agriculture like eSagu, aAQUA, DEAL, Agrosense
- ML Asia has developed an ‘Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDSY), an integrated platform to enable the farmers to interact with the experts.
- IIDASY is being field tested as “Annapurna Krishi Prasaar Seva” through 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendras in 6 villages and 600 farmers at Nellore and Nalgonda Districts of Andhra Pradesh.
