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IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Madras, IIT-Kanpur to join Aakash team

After a brief spell of distress, here's something that will surely make Aakash tablet enthusiasts smile. The HRD ...

February 03, 2012 / 13:05 IST

After a brief spell of distress, here's something that will surely make Aakash tablet enthusiasts smile. The HRD Ministry, who are the visionaries of the Aakash project, now aim to make the tablet more indigenous and cheaper. To achieve this, they now plan to expand their team to accomodate better expertise. The Economic Times, now confirms that, in addition to IIT-Rajasthan, the HRD ministry is in plans of inviting IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur to join the Aakash project; a move the ministry believes should make the tablet more Indian, and cheaper, too. Surely, the ministry wants nothing to go wrong with the upcoming version of the Aakash tablet. It is, without a doubt, working towards improving the quality, enhancing the quantity, while still keeping it low in price.Click here for full story

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first published: Feb 3, 2012 12:59 pm

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