Prof. D.B. Phatak from Computer Science & Engineering Department, IIT Bombay visited NIELIT Srinagar on 8th May 2014. Prof. Phatak who is Padma Shri Awardee has pioneered the development of Aakash Tablet as he was given the responsibility of executing the prestigious Aakash Tablet under National Mission on Education through ICT. He is regarded as the brain behind T10KT project i.e., training of 10,000 teacher at a time using 342 remote centres across India.

During his visit he was briefed about the activities of NIELIT by A.H.Moon, Director NIELIT J&K through a PowerPoint presentation in presence of the NIELIT faculty. He took keen interest while visiting the R&D lab and while interacting with the Research Associates and interns of different Engineering Colleges who are currently completing their internship at NIELIT. Later he addressed the students and the faculty of NIELIT & interacted with them in the auditorium of NIELIT Srinagar.

Prof. Phatak was shown live demonstration of two Android based projects developed by MCA students of NIELIT Srinagar for Aakash Tablet. In his address Prof. Phatak counselled the students to work very hard for achieving the academic excellence. He propounded the mantra of “DEW” i.e., Dream big, Enjoy whatever you do and Work very hard. He highly acclaimed the efforts of NIELIT Srinagar in hosting ISTE workshops of IIT Bombay in J&K on regular basis and valued its participation at the National Level. He promised all the assistance to the students of NIELIT for doing their internship at IIT Bombay. He also felicitated two of the MCA students namely Ms Ifrah Rayees and Ms Harmeet Kour for securing distinct positions in the semester examination.