AICTE e-kumbh (Knowledge Unleashed in Multiple Bharatiya Languages)

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has initiated Technical Book writing scheme initially in a 09 languages viz Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, Odia. Subsequently, 03 more languages Assamese, Malayalam & Urdu are added in it.

The journey of first year engineering book writing was started with identification of 20 programs, 11 at Diploma level and 9 at Degree level. Subsequently, author from different institutions were identified, for writing original book in English languages.

At the same time a parallel exercise was initiated to identify the translators & reviewers by involving technical universities across India. For every identified language, the work was given to the universities so as to provide quality text books to the various stakeholders.

For the second year total 88 programs, 42 at the Degree and 46 at Diploma level have been identified across five major disciplines viz Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering & Civil Engineering, for the purpose of original book writing in English and its subsequent translation in the 12 Indian Languages.