NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRE

IRDWSI started a training centre for electronics and computers with the assistance of AISECT, Bhopal in the name of Training Centre For electronics and Computer (TCEC) at DID centre, IRDWSI premises, Semiliguda, Koraput , Orissa. The training institute commenced from January 11th , 1999. The TCEC reaches all the section of the society and imparted computer & electronic education.

AISECT is conducting an All India Coordinated Programme for Promotion of Electronics, Computers and Information Technology in rural and Tribal areas on behalf of Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) and Department of Electronics (Government of India). It is affiliated to the GG University, Bilaspur and Makhanlal Chaturvedy National University, Bhopal (MP) for conducting Diploma in Computer Application (DCA), Diploma in Computer management (DCM), Advanced Diploma in Computer Application (ADCA), Diploma in Computer Programming and Application (DCPA), Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Programming and Application (PGDCPA) and other courses with centres through out India.

Of all the many centres, TCEC is also one of them. The table below shows the courses available in TCEC:

Various Courses Available at TCEC

Sl	Course	Eligibility	Duration
1	Diploma in Computer Application (DCA)	10th passed	6 Months
2	Diploma in Computer management (DCM)	10th +	6 Months
3	Advanced Diploma in Computer Application (ADCA)	10th + 2 & above	6 Months
4	Diploma in Computer Programming & Application	10th +	12 Months
5	Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Programming & Application (PGDCPA)	Degree	12 Months

The second batch of the TCEC consisted of 20 DCM, 2 ADCM, 2 ADCA and 3 PGDCPA pupils. This group of computer savvy successfully completed their course to pursue on their career. Out of the 20 DCM students 9 of them are Adivasis from the neighbouring villages. Details of the groups are given in the table below:

List of TCEC Adivasi Students

Sl	Name	Sex	Age	Qualification	Village
1	Phulomoni Jani	F	18	10th	Putsil
2	Susanko Sekhar Khilo	M	24	10th +	Putsil
3	Prosanto Kumar Jani	M	21	10th + 2	Putsil
4	Sunam Hontal	M	18	10th	Phulbandh
5	Sridhar Jani	M	21	10th	Mantriput
6	Suku Sisa	M	19	10th	Guntalguda
7	Balaram Khora	M	18	10th	Gangamaguda
8	Ajemene Kulusika	M	22	10th + 2	Lodibeda
9	Kumbeshwar	M	21	10th + 2	Pirimachi

List of TCEC Non-Adivasi Students

Sl	Name	Course	Duration
1	Ranjan Khora	DCM	6 months
2	Santosh Kumar Nayak	-do-	-do-
3	M.Mahadev Kumar	-do-	-do-
4	Sudhakarkandpan	-do-	-do-
5	Simanchal Kuldeep	-do-	-do-
6	Nirmal Kumar Hansdah	-do-	-do-
7	Sangram Kishore Sahu	-do-	-do-
8	G.Siba Prasad Patnaik	-do-	-do-
9	N.Nalin Kumar Chowdhury	-do-	-do-
10	Ramesh Kumar Bagho	-do-	-do-
11	Siba Sankar Mohanti	-do-	-do-
12	N. Venu Kumar	ADCA	-do-
13	Hemalata Hontal	-do-	-do-
14	Satya Pradhy	PGDCPA	12 months
15	Brundaban Sutar	-do-	-do-
16	Sarabjit Kour	-do-	-do-

During this period another course known as 'Summer Crash Course" was conducted for school going children in the midst of their summer vacation. The details of the course and students are given in the table below:

Details of the Student particulars

Sl.No	Name	Address	Standard
1	Suraj Kumar Patro	Semiliguda	6th
2	M. Laveen Babu	-do-	7th
3	Prabhat Kumar Sahoo	-do-	9th
4	Pradeep Kumar Sahoo	-do-	7th
5	Amit Jain	-do-	10th
6	Amit Aggarwal	-do-	9th
7	Ashok Kumar Aggarwal	-do-	8th
8	Rashmita Dhala	Pottangi	10th
9	Santosh Kumar Dash	-do-	10th
10	Ranjeet Kumar Swain	-do-	10th
11	Ajit kumar Mishra	-do-	9th
12	Santosh Kumar Das	-do-	10th
13	Himanshu Shekhar Khora	-do-	8th
14	Siba Sankar Dalei	-do-	10th + 2
15	Jashbant Nayak	Semiliguda	9th
16	Balaram Panda	-do-	10th
17	Dibakar Bisoi	-do-	10th
18	Sudhakar Mohanti	-do-	10th + 2
19	Soumya Stanley	-do-	9th
20	Somnath Umulia	-do-	7th
21	Binod Jani	Jhimkiguda	8th
22	Jagabandhu Jani	-do-	9th
23	Phulomani Jani	-do-	9th
24	Radha Jani	-do-	9th
25	Laki Jani	-do-	9th
26	Govind Chandra Achary	Pottangi	10th + 2
27	Ramakrishna Sahu	-do-	10th + 2
28	Ajit Kumar Mallick	Semiliguda	10th + 2
29	Raman Aggarwal	-do-	8th
30	Pankaj Aggarwal	-do-	8th
31	Arun Aggarwal	-do-	9th
32	N.Suresh Kumar	-do-	9th
33	Devi Prasad Chowdhuri	-do-	9th
34	Tanuja Kumari Khosla	Kundili	10th
35	Rashmita Dhala	Pottangi	10th
36	Akash Gourinath	Damanjodi	8th
37	L.Harikrishna Achary	Semiliguda	9th
38	Anish Arora	-do-	5th
39	Prabhat Kumar Sahoo(Basic)	-do-	9th
40	Amit Kumar Jain(Basic)	-do-	10th
41	Raman Aggarwal(Basic)	-do-	8th
42	Pankaj Aggarwal	-do-	8th
43	Akash Gourinath	Damanjodi	8th
44	Amit Kumar Aggarwal	Semiliguda	9th

The third batch of DCM,.class was started in July 2000. The session was from July 2000 December 2000. This group consisted of 12 students. All modules of the course viz. theory, practical, presentation and assignment were completed as scheduled. Final examination was conducted on January 5th and concluded on January 10th 2001'. One external invigilator was present at the time of the examination to investigate its conduct. Results was declared after 45 days from the date of examination. Most of the students could secured A grade and B+ grade. Details of the third batch students are shown in the table below:

Details of Third batch DCM Students.

SL	Name	Address	Qualification	Course	Duration
1	Uftam Kumar Hota	OUAT Semiliguda	10th + 2	DCM	6 Months
2	Surya Narayan   Nayak	OUAT Semiliguda	10th	-do-	-do-
3	K.Sagar Kumar	Main Road Semiliguda	-do-	-do-	-do-
4	Atish Kumar Mohanti	P.Coiony Semiliguda	-do-	-do-	-do-
5	Jagabandhu Chopadi	Kundiii	-do-	-do-	-do-
6	Santanu Senapati	Main Road Semiliguda	-do-	-do-	-do-
7	Sar6j Kumar Ray	P.Colony Semiliguda	-do-	-do-	-do-
8	Monaranjan Nayak	Main Road Semiliguda	-do-	-do-	-do-
9	Siba Sankar Dalei	Pottangi	10th + 2	-do-	-do-
10	Pitambar Guntha	Kundili	10th	-do-	-do-
11	Gobind Chandra Barik	Sunabeda	Degree	-do-	-do-
12	Ajaya Kumar Nayak	HAL Sunabeda	-do-	-do-	-do-

The fourth batches began from 2000 January to December 2001 and the other session from January to July 2001. Two students were admitted in DCPA. Admissions were open till the end of April 2001. In this session both DCPA and PGDCPA are conducted. The contents of the modules viz. Fundamental, DOS, Windows were already prepared, except Word Processing, which is yet to be accomplished.

Study Materials

Study materials were provided by AISECT to the students. Through out the course the students were very attentive, punctual and regular in writing notes and attentive during the theory classes. For references the centre's library was effectively used in order to obtain any kind of information related to their studies. During the month of October'2000 to March'2001 we finished one batch of DCM and starting the new batch of DCPA course. All the Theory & Practical classes (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Local Area Network -and Introduction to FoxPro) of DCM are over in scheduled time. The questionnaires of DCM was set up by the instruction of AISECT. The DCM examination was held on 6th January to 10th January 2001. All the students were appeared the Final examination. One external resource person came to conduct the examination. The examination was over by the schedule time. The result was declared after 45 days from the date of examination. Most of the students got A grade and B+ grade.

The DCPA class was started on Jan'2001 onwards for the session of Jan-2001Decembee2OOl. The Theory & Practical classes were continued four modules were finished. Rest of them continued. As per the AISECT rule Theory, Practical, Presentation and Assignment are continued. The time table of DCPA was one-day theory and alternate day Practical & on Saturday of every week they have Assignment/ Presentation class

The Course Modules of 1st Semester of DCPA

Fundamentals (Introduction to Information Technology and Computer).
Microsoft Disk Operating System.
Microsoft Windows.
Introduction to FoxPro.
Introduction to Local Area Network (LAN).
Word Processing (Microsoft Word).
Spread Sheet (Microsoft Excel).

The Course Modules of 2nd Semester of DCPA

Programming Concepts & Techniques.
Programming in C
Programming in Foxpro.
Introduction to Visual Basic.
Multimedia through PowerPoint.
Project report on FoxPro/C.

Other Activities

In theory classes we are dictating notes to student. Along with course the WFP chart, report etc- Monthly report & Letter correspondences to AISECT were done. Virus checking and cleaning of system done weekly once. Report making every month for system, status list etc.

Study Materials

The study materials were provided by AISECT to the students. Students were efficiently taking notes from their theory classes. They are using library for the reference purpose.

Future IT related Activities

- Planning to start CICA course.
- Imparting more computer training to the interested youth.
- Planning to start DTP course to make self-employee.
- Plan to start again "School Computer Programme" during the school holidays.
- Plan to start DTP course to make self-employee