Major projects

Major projects

	C-DIT Job Portal - www.careerskerala.gov.in
	FRIENDS counter at all the 14 district head quarters
	Hologram secured certificates for universities
	Hologram for Kerala State Beverages Corporation
	Computerisation of various organsations/ Departments under Govt. of Kerala, Universities etc.
	Web Portal development and maintenance for Government Departments
	Malayalam font development and linguistic computing consultancy
	Interactive Educational CDs for IT @ School project
	R&D work for State and Central Government
	Interactive e-learning content delivery to AKSHAYA project, Government of Kerala
	‘Sastra Kauthukam’ & ‘Padanan Kauthukam’ educational video series
	Digital Heritage Archiving Centre for University of Kerala
	Music rich web site on ‘Swathi Thirunal’
	‘E-adharam’ project for the Registration Department, Govt. of Kerala
	Project for the National Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Bangalore
	LIAS (Library Digitisation and Archiving Software) for the library digitisation of Kerala University Library

CliCK	The first major initiative of the Computational Linguistics Team, the CLiCK project (Centre for Linguistic Computing, Keralam) is funded and catalyzed by the State IT Mission. The project aims to consolidate and coordinate the efforts at integrating Malayalam with IT. Standardization of keyboard, production of Unicode supported Malayalam fonts, evolving a corpora of Malayalam are the major projects. Training and workshops on Malayalam Computing are also part of this project.
FRIENDS	A project that has brought laurels to the Team, FRIENDS has completed four years of successful operations. The fact that FRIENDS has been lapped up by the using public is demonstrated by its growing acceptance as a single window facility for multiple payments and also its replication in all the districts of the State. C-DIT has been providing software and hardware support for the project without the involvement of any external agency.The front-end computerization mechanism of FRIENDS took shape long before the conception of the idea of back end computerization. The dynamic nature of software used, responsive adoption of changes and realization of the fallibility of technology are the highlights of this project run by the Kerala State IT Mission. In view of its importance in collecting revenue for the Government and the acceptance received from the public, the Government has declared the FRIENDS software as protected system and only C-DIT is authorised to access and modify the software
www.entemalayalam.org	Designed and maintained for NoRKA, Government of Kerala, this website provides a comprehensive facility for online Malayalam learning. Users have the opportunity to use and test their language skills.
www.clickkeralam.org	The website www.clickkeralam.org recounts the information and tools related to CliCK, a joint project of Kerala IT Mission, C-DIT and the Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala aims at cultural customization of IT and the promotion of the vernacular language using IT
Paithrukam 1.1	A digital archiving software for ready manuscript reference, Paithrukam 1.1 comes with features for cataloguing, indexing, searching and a provision for CD backup, ideal for manuscript libraries
Webdarshini	Developed as part of the Akshaya CD for making the people of Kerala e-literate, Webdarshini is the first ever Malayalam interface browser. Designed keeping an eye on the specific requirements of the Kerala user, this browser incorporates features like settings to access three predefined web pages. The user can access these pages just by using the tab button. Webdarshini also comes with a consolidated web directory (Web Soochika) to access pages to hundreds of useful pages, thus simplifying the search process. Webdarshini is available in both Windows and Linux versions.
www.keralauniversity.edu	The innumerable activities of Kerala University have been efficiently highlighted in this web portal. Attracting almost one-third of the daily visitors to the University office to get things done through the web, the official website of the Kerala University is rapidly emerging as a model academic website.
www.kerala.gov.in	The official web portal of the Government of Kerala with 20,000 pages carrying and attracting close to 1.5 million visitors a month is updated daily. This portal extensively but comprehensively detailing the social, economic, cultural and allied characters of Kerala also highlights the administrative set-up of the State.
www.swathithirunal.org	A comprehensive website on Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813 – 1846), the former Maharaja of the erstwhile State of Travancore and noted composer and musician is available online at www.swathithirunal.org It is a joint venture of C-DIT and Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan. This website is envisaged in such a way as to make it a treasure chest of hitherto unknown and rare information on Swathi and his times. A photo gallery comprising of nearly 300 rare pictures, authentic articles and write ups on Swathi and related subjects, Swathi’s musical and other compositions, related institutions and events, resources on Carnatic music, composers and musicians, manuscripts of Swathi’s period etc. are the highlights of this site.
Manavodayam	Essaying evolution, Manavodayam is an Indianised attempt at visually encapsulating the journey of life, drawing insights from Brownowsk’s masterpiece, “Ascent of Man”. This was C-DIT’s millennium project cataylised and funded by the National Council for Science & Technology (NCSTC). The 26-episode video series begins with birth of Universe and ends with considerations on 21st century. The series has been shot all over India and produced with archival material collected from abroad. Experts in science, humanities, social sciences were involved in the project.
Sasthrakauthukam	Encompassing the fields of science, technology, environment and health for telecast in the television media, Sasthrakauthukam was an avant garde project in taking science to the masses, this 22-episode video series was produced for Doordarshan Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram, contains 60 main stories in subjects like Digital Cinema’, ‘Mobile Phone Technology’, ‘Alzheimer’s Disease’ etc. and 22 tailpiece stories, which include soft stories like ‘why athletes are running in anti clockwise direction’. Sasthrakauthukam paves the way for common man to understand the science behind every-day topics and help him widen his horizons.
Akshaya IT Literacy Resource CD	Visually and linguistically customised for the common man, the Akshaya IT Literacy Resource CD produced for KSITM, used by millions of people in Kerala to latch on to the Cyberage, is a path-breaking product. The design of the CD is pedagogically innovative & culturally and linguistically customised. This CD is available in both Windows and Linux versions. The State Level Executive Committee of the ‘Akshaya – Bridging the Digital Divide Programme’, chaired by the Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology, Sri P. K. KunjaliKutty has approved a proposal to expand the Akshaya IT Literacy CD into a Kaleidoscope of Edutainment for the roll out phase.
Chithrakkudukka	Showcasing ethnicity, the first volume of Chithrakkudukka CD has over 2500 images with audio visual effects leaving behind a lingering feel of Kerala at its natural best. A bewildering variety of images in Kerala architecture, furniture, jewellery, pottery, religious accessories, paintings, sculptures, festivals, rituals, flowers, birds, animals, food, vehicles, personalities etc. revolving around the cultural taste of Kerala are part of this Clip Art CD. It has a friendly interface to conveniently view and copy images and also to play and copy sound clips.
Padanakauthukam	Padanakauthukam (joy of learning) is the result of synergetic partnership of C-DIT with district Panchayats. This venture to provide educational software for high school students was implemented by 8 district panchayats as part of the People’s Planning Campaign. The aim of the first phase of the project was to produce 15 video films of 20-25 minutes duration based on the “hard spots” in the textbooks of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and Mathematics of classes 8-10. Padanakauthukam series seeks to encourage student’s curiosity and imagination by persuading them to observe and experiment the phenomena/concepts explained in the textbooks. The pilot episode on “Plate Tectonics” (Geography) titled “In quest of the inner secrets of the earth” was selected to the Competition Level at International Television Science Festival, Paris and at Roshd International Film Festival, Teheran. The video film on the nature of light titled “Let there be light” was also selected at the Roshd International Film Festival, Teheran.
Virtual Electrical Engineering Laboratory	Targeted at engineering college students, Virtual Electrical Engineering Lab Vol.1 delivers with a stunning punch simulated laboratory conditions for carrying out experiments in electrical machinery with audio effects. Click for Review

Others

Security Holograms	Security holograms to establish product identity and to prevent duplication and counterfeiting, with customizable graphics and option for delivery on bar-coded security label
Certificate	Hologram affixed secure documents, useful for universities and similar agencies, with not only high security hologram features but also hundred other fixed and variable security features for enhanced security
Holography Hobby Kit	This all-inclusive kit, developed in-house, has all the requisites to enable first-time users and non-experts to record holograms
Coated Optics	Production and delivery of coated optics like mirrors, beam splitters etc are another area of expertise of the Optical Image Processing Team
The Weeping Rice Bowl	This video film titled ‘The Weeping Rice Bowl’, which won the Best Social Awareness Film Award in the Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, 1992, tellingly portrays the ecological degradation of Kuttanad
Green Citadel	The interactive multimedia production is an exciting exploration into the rich and fascinating biodiversity of Kerala forests. The green glory of our forests with its luxuriant vegetation studded with attractive and colourful wild flowers, gurgling waters for the swift moving streams and rivers, rapids, grass covered peaks projecting into the sub-tropical and temperate attitudinal zones are all fascinating. The Green Citadel CD is a journey to explore our Green Citadel for facilitating a deeper understanding of Kerala’s ecological capital
75 years of Malayalam Cinema	Produced for Kerala Chalachithra Academy to commemorate 75 years of Malayalam Cinema, this CD is a complete fact file including details of its history, landmark moments and profiles of cast and crew
On Fish and Tales	This short animation film conveying a serious message of avoiding juvenile fishing, in a lighter vein, was selected for the prestigious Tokyo Earth Vision – 12th Global Environmental Film Festival. This was the first animated film in Malayalam using the story and settings of Kerala. This film combines fantasy and values in the right proportions.
Citraramayana	An excellent example of heritage archiving, this CD produced in collaboration with IITC, for the University of Kerala, is a multimedia rendering of this centuries old pictorial presentation of the Ramayana
www.oushadhi.org	The services rendered by Oushadhi, a Government of Kerala owned Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturing Company towards promoting good Ayurvedic practices have been neatly recorded in this website
Aksharamala	Aksharamala, incorporating 25 Malayalam fonts including 5 web fonts, is the first joint venture of C-DIT and C-DAC. A Malayalam Editor using this is under development
Bharana Malayalam CD	To facilitate the switch over to Malayalam as the official language, the Bharana Malayalam CD incorporates commonly used Malayalam administrative jargon and official orders in the native tongue
Cyber Lady	An artificial intelligence tool with audio visual support, this software grips the user attention by making an intelligent analysis of the questions posed in a wide variety of topics, demonstrating Turing’s Test of Artificial Intelligence.
CAMS	This fully automated banking software for cooperative societies allows flexibility, functionality and ease of use
Pharma Kare	A customized application software with graphical user interface, Pharma Kare is the total computerization of Medical College Pharmacy Services and a tool for managing its different sections
Linux version of “Webdarshini”	The first ever Malayalam interface browser, the Linux version of Webdarshini has been developed keeping an eye on the specific requirements of the average Kerala user.
Kairali Linux	Kairali Linux is C-DIT's own Linux distribution with visually and linguistically customised interface awaiting imminent release. This product is also in line with the tradition of uniqueness followed by C-DIT
Linux version of Akshaya CD	A worthwhile attempt at redoing Akshaya IT Literacy Resource CD, a major venture of taking Information Technology to the masses, in Linux
Malayalam book on Free Software	To spread the message of free software and Linux to the common man, a book in vernacular language, written in lucid communication style has been published jointly with the State Institute of Languages