Cisco debuts Live Remote Education Platform for Indian Classrooms

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Cisco debuts Live Remote Education Platform for Indian Classrooms 
Creating a milestone in the Indian education market, Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO) has announced the Cisco Education Enabled Development (CEED 2700) solution. This collaborative, cloud-based video interaction solution will enable efficient delivery of education and skills development courses across the country, facilitating inclusive growth and empowering rural India. Codenamed “Dwara” (after the Sanskrit word for portal to signify a doorway to a new future), the product is the first of Cisco’s groundbreaking “Internet of Everything” solutions from India. Helping connect the unconnected, this solution will enable vast rural populations to access expert teachers and master trainers. Such training is nearly impossible in many areas outside urban centres.
“CEED” is the second product to be launched from Cisco's India site with the intent of driving innovation from India to the rest of the world. With successful international compliance certified under FCC, CE and UL Labs, Cisco is fulfilling its vision to help transform education for the unprivileged by bringing down the cost of technology in education to about US$1 per child per month.
The CEED hardware is ruggedized and designed for harsh environments where temperature and dust can be high. It is energy efficient, using 40-per cent less power and thus proving ideal for rural environments. With a built-in router that also acts as a Wi-Fi access point, a computer, and projection device, this solution allows multiple students using devices like the Akash tablet that the Government of India (GoI) is trying to develop, to share a single Internet connection. It can also facilitate connections to well-known education portals such as the one produced by GoI’s National Information Centre (NIC).
By virtualizing expert teachers and master trainers and making them available to under-served populations, Cisco believes that CEED is an ideal vehicle to achieve inclusive growth and therefore bridge the rural-urban gap.
Aravind Sitaraman, President, Inclusive Growth, Cisco, said, “CEED is Cisco’s first step towards bringing inclusive growth to rural areas using the latest technology at extremely affordable prices. It has the potential to revolutionize learning and skills development in this country and help the nation leapfrog several generations to realize its dream of becoming a developed nation by 2050.....See More

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