Govt agencies show interest in Aakash 2

Just days after the launch of the upgraded version of the Aakash tablet, Aakash 2, the humble tablet is set to go beyond classrooms. The Business Standard now reports that Datawind, the Canadian manufacturer of India's low-cost computing dream is receiving queries from other government agencies, pertaining to the supply of the Aakash 2 tablet. This is in addition to the order for supplying 100,000 tablets to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) that the company received earlier. Datawind chief executive Suneet Singh Tuli was quoted as saying, “There is a lot of interest from the rural development department and others for using these.” Click here for full story