According to a press release received by ANTARA on Friday, Head of the Development Team of "Aakhaas" Tablet, S. Yadav, and Director of ITT Rajashtan B. Ravindra said they would provide technical assistance and product development for Indonesia to manufacture the tablet computer.
He made the statement to RI Ambassador in India, Ret. Lt. General Andi M. Ghalib, when he visited IIT Rajasthan in Jodhpur, India on Wednesday, Feb 1.
Yadav further said the key to manufacturing such inexpensive tablet computers was maintaining simple concepts.
"First, we have to choose the cheapest components without compromising the quality," he said.
The next factor was creating an optimized production process according to location, wages for labor and distribution.
"The more important thing is that the production amount should reach the mass amount. Therefore, the production amount must be enough to be able to reach an economic scale," he said.
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resources Development, was targeted to distribute the tablet to 18,000 schools throughout India, thus the production amount could assure the tablets price remains low.
Also, IIT Rajasthan has continued developing the "Aakaash" Tablet. For instance, it only had a 300 MHz processor when first released, but now comes with a 1.2 GHz processor for a better performance.
"Indeed, the price was also increased to 60 dollars. But it is worth it," said Yadav.
Ambassador Ghalib, who accompanied by RI Attache of Education in India Son Kuswadi, welcomed the Indian offer and also invited universities in Indonesia to join in the cooperation.
The visit was also intended to learn how IIT Rajasthan had grown so quickly, only four years after built in 2008.
"In less than four years they have amazed the world by manufacturing a leading cheap tablet innovation," said the Ambassador.
Ghalib was very interested in the non-conventional development concept of IIT Rajasthan and said he would like to invite the designer to organize a benchmarking, or standard of excellence, in Indonesia.
"The benchmarking would be useful regarding the construction plan of two brand new technology institutes in Sumatera and Kalimantan," he added.
Bandung Technology Institute (ITB) and Surabaya Technology Institute have been designated by the government to develop the new technology institute in Sumatera and Kalimantan. (*)
Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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