Sibal : Aakash 2 tablet PC to carry 'Made in India'

The low-cost Aakash tablet PC will be made completely indigenous and its production base diversified, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said.
"We are now going to diversify production base and indigenise Aakash tablet. We are planning to create eco-system for end to end development of Aakash in India. This will create enormous opportunities for R&D institutions, developers, electronic production houses," he said at a function here.
Sibal also said that the IITs and ITI will be involved in the development of the Aakash tablet. As of now, IIT-Rajasthan has been spearheading the project. But very soon, IIT-Kanpur, Madras and Mumbai will join the project. Sibal believes the tablet will help boost the government's............
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