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Getting Ready for a Quantum Leap As the preparations for celebrations of its 20th birthday are on, CDIT is getting ready for a quantum leap – not only in terms of business and turnover, but also in terms of diversification and quality up-gradation. CDIT had revitalised the Research and Devel-opment wing with all infrastructural facilities. It will function as a backbone of all the activities of the CDIT – from inventions and innovations to development and diversifi-cation. Activities of visual communication was restructured with additional teams such as video documentary, advertisement film production, Sutharya Keralam, News clippings and New Media animation.
![]() CDIT targeted to implement projects of around 26 cores in the financial year 2007-08 and achieved 88% of the same. The total receipt was Rs. 19.00 cores. In addition to the large number of ongoing schemes, CDIT implemented a number of innovative projects for various clients in Kerala. Some of them are: installation of Digital imaging Printing System in all the 308 Sub-registrar offices in Kerala, re introducing the CM’s interaction programme “Sutharya Keralam” with new perspec-tive and vision, redesigning and content enrichment of the website of Chief Minister, new website for 50th anniversary of First elected government in Kerala, e-Gazette, producing 41 cores of hologram labels for KSBC, security certificates for vC:\WINDOWS\hinhem.scrarious Universities in Kerala, Akshya e-pay scheme for eight districts, extending computer education through 208 CEP centres, implementing various media courses,Cyber Sree IT finishing school for SC/ST Digitization of Kirthads and Sahithya Academy library and regional language (Malayalam) promotional products. The success in the financial year 2007-08 acted as morale booster in fixing an ambitious target of Rs. 40 cores in 2008-09.Out of this, nearly 22 crores of project work are already sanctioned by the end of September 2008. Some of the ongoing and proposed programmes are: Finishing school in free and open software, new Regional Centres at Ernakulum and Kannur, Starting new media courses like PG Diploma course in Television and new media journalism, e-learning, Certificate Courses in Television Anchoring and News Presentation, Video Camera, Photo journalism and Radio Production; computer training for M Ed and B Ed SC/ST, starting a placement cell, e-commerce project, Biometric solution for identifying the beneficiaries for Kudumbas-ree programmes, Kerala university Library digitization, new version of Ente Malayalam site for NORKA, Developing inscript key board of Malayalam Unicode fonts, Implemen-tation of high end technical training programmes through continuing education cell of Polytechnic colleges.
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