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February 2010 / Times of India / Bangalore Edition
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 Students get best out of new portal
Site Links At Least 60 Colleges
Bangalore: In these times when Gen Y is rather smitten by social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and Twitter, it was perhaps not too long ago when tech companies tapped the web for education.
The IBM University Relations Collaboration Portal, for instance, connects colleges across the country. Currently, 60 colleges have logged in, and these include the seven IITs, most NIITs and leading engineering colleges and management schools. From Bangalore, IIIT, IISc, R V College of Engineering, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology and B M S College of Engineering are part of it.
The portal provides space for students and faculty to discuss academic subjects. There are forums to talk on subjects, blogs to share experiences, pop-ups to announce news and team calenders to update events in colleges.
Members have access to a library which archives research papers and one can even rate papers so that other users get an idea of its relevance. There are also facilities to conduct e-lectures and webinars through which students of colleges get access to lectures at other colleges.
Students get information on a subject from others in that field. The portal has started with ten key technological areas on which communities can be formed. This is scalable to other areas too. “The main advantage of this forum is the collective wisdom available. The peer-to-peer community can take forward research and projects,” said Amol B Mahamuni, programme director, websphere solutions and technology.
The company is keen on maintaining quality of interaction in the forums. The idea of connecting universities across the country found mention in the 11th Five-Year Plan as well and this project ties up well with development plans in education.
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Colleges can participate only on invitation by IBM Members will be given login ID and password on registering Mentors from IBM will guide students on issues from market perspective Universities/ institutions can contact IBM to register Registration is password protected and not available as open-source website
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