he         University       Grants
          Commission,      through     its
          South     Western     Regional
Office at Bangalore, conducted a National Workshop on Technology enabled teaching and learning in colleges, on 3-5th November, 2003, at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (iiitb). The workshop was inaugurated by Shri 

T.N Chaturvedi, the Governor of Karnataka. In his inaugural address Shri Chaturvedi urged the teachers to make best use of technology in education and to provide access to a larger number of the eligible groups without compromising with the quality. He said that technology has brought in revolutionary

changes world over in every walk of life and has an important role to play in social transformation by disseminating knowledge to the society. He said ICT enabled education should focus on all disciplines. He cautioned that teacher-taught interaction should not be ignored in the process of technology     enabled       teaching.

Technology can act as a powerful vehicle for achieving excellence in education through better administration and management. However, it certainly can not be thought as the replacement of teacher.
Prof. V.N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission, in his presiding address said that the UGC is 

regularly interacting with the academics in order to have inputs and know how exactly the issues, suggestions and new ideas related to various schemes and policies of the UGC, could be implemented in the universities and colleges. He said, "ICT enabled education is the application of technologies to all aspects of teaching-learning processes and content creation for teaching and learning in various academic disciplines. In 10th Plan, UGC has formulated several schemes for empowering teachers with ICT-enabled approaches and for promoting ICT-enhanced learning, teaching and administration. Providing inter-
and intranet connectivity to
all colleges and universities, providing access to electronic journals as a central service, 
creating digital repository of teaching and research materials and providing computer and internet literacy to all the teachers and administrators in the collegiate and university education system in the country    
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