Paperless Education in India
Manipal Digital, a premier IT solutions firm based out of Manipal, India has initiated a paperless classroom initiative for Indian colleges by introducing an e-textbook distribution system.
Manipal, India, April 12, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Manipal Digital, a leading pre-media service provider for eBook technologies has recently announced the availability of MiDistributor, an easy to use textbook distribution platform for the higher education market in India. Mi-Distributor is an end-to-end solution for managing and distributing e-Textbook to students in colleges and universities.
Under this platform, publishers can directly push their textbooks through the platform to Universities. The universities in turn create special log in credentials for their students using which the students can download all their textbooks right into the devices of their choice. With MiDistributor in place, students can now avoid carrying physical textbooks to class and can access their textbooks anytime and anywhere using their devices.
Manipal Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the print giant Manipal Technologies Ltd. and a part of the $1 billion Manipal Group, is dedicated to digital transformation of businesses and institutions. The ability of adding Interactivity to the learning content for the students is something really interesting and we have seen high demands for such technologies in the education sectors. When we developed Mi-Distributor, we wanted to create not just a textbook distribution platform but also a space for interactive learning for the students" stated Santhosh Shanbhag, Operations Head, Manipal Dig
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With the Digital India initiative underway, Manipal Digital is contributing in its own way towards creating paperless classrooms. The product has already been implemented in the MBBS course of Manipal University with about 700 students and 3 renowned academic publishers are distributing their medical textbooks through this platform. There are talks of implementing it in two other institutions by July.
“Manipal Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the print giant Manipal Technologies Ltd. and a part of the $1 billion Manipal Group, is dedicated to digital transformation of businesses and institutions. The ability of adding Interactivity to the learning content for the students is something really interesting and we have seen high demands for such technologies in the education sectors. When we developed Mi-Distributor, we wanted to create not just a textbook distribution platform but also a space for interactive learning for the students” stated Santhosh Shanbhag, Operations Head, Manipal Digital.
MiDistributor is only the first step towards creating integrated and digital heavy solutions for the education space by the company. It has also ventured into areas such as learning management system, integrated smart classes and elearning in major ways.
About Manipal Digital:
Manipal Digital started as a Pre-Media services firm in 2007 and over the years diversified into areas such as digital publishing, software solutions and recently packaging. It also harbors an Animation and Gaming hub and has already released a series of games for the IOS and Android markets.
Source: Manipal Digital Systems