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India's National Knowledge Network expanding
With a budget of roughly US $1.23 billion, the network is slowly but surely expanding to connect universities across the vast country, and giving access to untapped sources of knowledge, and being lauded ad nothing short of a "technical revolution".
The National Knowledge Network (NKN) is deepening the information pool in India, and providing instant communication between principal and rural satellite campuses in India - an important development in such a large state where distances between campuses can be quite expansive. While having the ability to browse online journals or communicate via videoconference may seem to be ho-hum to most, it represents a large step forward for the higher education system in India, both in technological advancement and commitment to financial support for the universities in the Asian state.
More can be found at this link: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120203152050651
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