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Knowledge centre inaugurated in Pondicherry
By Our Staff Reporter
PONDICHERRY, DEC. 5. The Governor of Assam, Lt. General S.K.Sinha, inaugurated the 10th IT Knowledge centre of the Chennai-based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Nallavadu, a coastal village, near here today. The centers have been established with the objective of exploiting IT for the benefit of rural poor. Lauding the foundation for establishing the center and the Union Territory administration for the financial support to such projects, Mr.Sinha said such knowledge centres will help in ushering economic and social transformation throughout the country. He also announced disbursement of Rs.10,000 towards the knowledge centre.
Earlier, he visited the `bio-friendly village' of Pillayarkuppam, which is being sponsored by the research foundation and listened to experiences of the self help groups there.
Dr. G.Narendrakumar, Secretary to Department of Science, Technology and Environment in Pondicherry, extolled the practical relevance of the knowledge centre and praised the administration for sanctioning the funds.
The research foundation has set up several centres in the past three years, including the ones set up in Veerampattinam and Nallavadu. The knowledge centre has an uninterrupted power supply system and one of the computers is linked to the Villianoor center.
Mr. Udipta Ray, director of the Department of S&T (Pondicherry), and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, Mr.Rajamohan, Ms Pakialakshmi, Mr. Rajasekar Pandy and Mr.Gopu of the foundation also spoke.
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