Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has given the go-ahead for setting up a Centre of Research and Development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the state.
The Chief Minister took the decision after meeting a delegation headed by Prof Shikhar Kumar Sarma, Head of
Department of Information Technology and Director In charge, Institute of Science and Technology, Gauhati University recently.
In a brief presentation on local language technology development for Information Technology (IT) Prof Sarma
apprised Gogoi that the ICT could be an effective tool for empowering the society only if local language technology could be developed.
The proposed research centre would develop the tools, standards and applications in Assamese for the digital media benefitting the masses, said official sources here.
Studies carried out by the Department of Information Technology revealed that ICT has been the media and tool for
only 10-12 per cent people of the state.
The Chief Minister directed the Commissioner and Secretary, IT to take necessary steps to open such a centre,
the sources said.
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